31 Ways to Use Your Monthly View in your Planner - Monthly Spread Ideas

Do you get bored of the same old thing every month in your planner? Why not spice up your monthly layout with something new and interesting? No one said the monthly view has to be boring! Here are some functional and some fun ideas for filling up the month in your planner, no matter what kind of planner you use!
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[@dedestaggs5093]

I love the flowers in the binding

[@dedestaggs5093]

I've been meal planning for years; it is such a game changer!

[@notoriousMAG]

I like how you’ve organized the ideas: 31 ideas in 31 date boxes ➡️ screenshot 👍🏾😂

[@abbisaiya2254]

Is there a KZbin screens hot function or did you do it on your phone?

[@abbisaiya2254]

Is there a KZbin screens hot function or did you do it on your phone?

[@notoriousMAG]

@@abbisaiya2254 my phone

[@FaceFabLLC]

@@abbisaiya2254 You can also do CMD/SHIFT/3 (entire screen) or 4 (if you want to grab a specific part of your screen) on mac. :)

[@monstyle1459]

- random act of kindness - weight - photo of the day - food - social media, video of the day - gratitude - hydration/steps - to do (top3) - faith (bible verse) - meal planning - social media (folowers) - win of the day, accomplishments - quote of the day - declutter (area) - sticker of the day - positive affirmations - cleaning - doodle of the day - self-care - sleep tracker - mood tracker - headline of the day (current events) - memory (1 thing that happened) - things that make me happy - budget (spendings) - health, symptoms - fintess - today's goal (small goals) - weather - work (to do, hours, goals, ..) - bills

[@kims915]

These are great ideas! I will definitely use these for my monthly spreads. Love your vids…Thank you ❤

[@sherieforbes9551]

One of the best tips I've seen since I began the planner life. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@olinalegros1577]

You are honestly such an inspiration, your demeanour and resilience is beautiful! Keep being happy and planning! Sending love to you and your family and of course it includes those sweet pups!

[@sherryallison5258]

Such a help. I know I am stumped sometimes trying to fill in all the days. Got some great ideas to definitely put to use. And has got my wheels turning on some other things to put down. Like a song of the day. 🎵

[@MichelleGissara]

I might do one box as fav song for the month. Thanks for the idea.

[@jmnelson318]

I like how you did something different every day. Just something different to look at each day and you could switch it up with every month.... I love this idea

[@dominiquedeiter9825]

Love your Bible verse! Great ideas! Thanks for all the inspiration. There are many who do not know what to put in the vertical planner. I think any of these ideas are things you can pick and track in a in that area.. Pick three and each row is dedicated to those ideas..The month at a glance can then be used for appointments and to do lists.

[@kirstendhammasukha]

Love these ideas! My two favorite ideas are cleaning and keeping track of spending. It would be really great to be able to look at two pages to be able to see what you spent or what you cleaned for the whole month!

[@glitterxgore6943]

That lettering is to die for. So envious. I tried practicing mine for a month. It was a no go. I do want to try the font like the word FOOD was written in. That might be doable with a double tip marker.

[@ottergirl1913]

Great ideas! Also like that you use lettering and boxes and stickers on your monthly. Affirmations are really good! I'll have to implement some of these ideas in my own monthly. Thanks for posting.

[@tammygant4216]

Love this. I'm already a subscriber (In fact I saw this a year ago). . .but had to re-comment cuz of the dog! Cuteness!

[@evelyndaisy9722]

This was a much needed video for me. I was feeling like my planner was redundant in that I was writing the same things in my monthly as in the rest on the planner. If that makes sense. So starting in 2020, I’m going to use my monthly for budgeting and bills. What a great idea.

[@YestoHawaii]

Love this inspo!

[@lisasproul8027]

Loved this

[@Thepaperandpengirl]

All amazing ideas. You are amazing sis. Love the video

[@jenlambert9454]

Love this. Some great ideas

[@CDPizzini]

Thanks So Much for this video! I am on the struggle bus doing my monthly spreads. Wanted new ideas... You Rocked This!

[@NdiNaija]

Great video! I love the "Win of the Day" and "Sticker of the day" ideas. The win of the day is very motivating.

[@QuirkyGirlie]

So much great info!!!

[@KatieReadsKoziesAndMore]

I love this. I even like the idea of tracking different things on different days of the month. You gave me the idea of turning one month into a animal sticker menagerie. I love your Toucan and dachshund stickers. Your hedgehog is adorable! So many ideas...thank you!

[@dee-marie198]

I know this is an old one, but I luv it, in fact I like the idea of different ones daily or weekly, I’m going to add this to my monthly page for 2021. You have so many wonderful ideas I can’t wait for my 2021 planner to arrive to put some into place for myself. Today I became a small patron, as I appreciate all the effort you put into your channel. Thank you

[@PlanningwithBumble]

Thank you!!

[@crystalyoung2139]

You are totally amazing! Love all your ideas and your creativity! You rock!

[@dawnh7043]

Great ideas...can't believe you came up with so many!

[@colombepetite]

This type of video is why I subscribe to you! I do use the monthly in my daily planner as a memory/highlight keeper, but you have some GREAT ideas here. I might change it up when I don’t have anything else to make not of. What a GREAT video, thank you so much for sharing.

[@hindenburg2006]

This is awesome!

[@thepedanticplanner]

What a clever presentation. Thank you

[@babs4767]

I love these ideas! I am definitely going to track my water, exercise, spending, and chore of the day. Thank you for this!

[@xiction]

your handwriting is soooo pretty

[@CharlieD2012]

I subscribed just because Bumble was in the beginning of the video, such a cutie!!! Also, great ideas, I use mine for bill due dates.

[@LeaRaesWay]

I like them all, but the “Headline of the day” was my favorite because I would have never thought of that one. I’m bad with current events, but that’s a good way to get in the know. Thanks for all the good ideas!!

[@emilybannon1943]

Love all the ideas! I don’t use my monthly in my mini and now I have so many great ideas. My top 3 favourites are the win of the day, quote of the day or self care

[@karenrich9092]

In 2009, I had an historical preservation project involving my husband's high school. We had to scan all the yearbooks they had to save them on a website. My daughter (A BIG THANK YOU) helped me by doing half. But, we put 2 years on each monthly square, 5 days a week not counting weekends and vacations (during the summer) and we managed to finish all of them before she went back to school. She was 80 pages short of finishing her last one, so I did it, but we were done! In short, this is a way to schedule a big project and know if you're on track. It would also be good for Christmas planning: Plan one week, shop one week, bake/cook one week, decorate one week, send cards one week, etc.

[@jalexanderphotography6264]

I love this!!! Def helps me have a more interesting month.

[@PlanSarahPlan]

Terrific ideas and very creative and fun! Thanks for sharing!

[@kalyndabaumgarden9649]

I usually use my monthly for appts and birthdays. This year I am adding a creative journal and wanted to use that monthly for something different. Thank you so much for these ideas! I might be combining of few of these ideas into each month.

[@josefinabatton1025]

Happy birthday 🎉

[@ThePinkblossom21]

Thank you so much for making this video. So many good ideas. ❤️

[@glovely87]

Thank you!!! This is very helpful for us that feel like we’ve wasted a page when it’s not filled

[@mcoutrier]

30 seconds in and I couldn’t concentrate all I was looking at was poor Bumble scared to jump down off the bed...lol poor baby ....soooo cute too!

[@PlanningwithBumble]

Mel Cou she whines to get on the bed and then whines to get off. Up down up down lol

[@mcoutrier]

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[@PlanningwithBumble]

Mel Cou yes I have them but even after training her to use them, she won’t.

[@arlenecollins9801]

I wish I could do such cool lettering! Thank you for the ideas!

[@darniataylor7749]

This is a great idea! I'm always looking for ways to fill in empty spots in my monthly & now I know how. Tfs!

[@CassandraWHaire-ii2tq]

This is awesome what you do as a monthly! I always wanted to know gonna what to use it for, i struggled with what to do monthly!!!!

[@MarianRB70]

I ❤️this. Saving this vid and writing down these ideas. I think I’m take 7 and use them each week for a month or some other rotation. Thx. 😊

[@angiepayne6104]

Excellent video with great ideas! I love this. I may refer to this video in the future as well if I need to remember an idea. Thank you.

[@loridee21]

I love your monthly layout! Great ideas. I am inspired.

[@gingerspath9777]

This was fabulous....such great ideas! I love your videos! I always get such great ideas to use in my Happy Planner. Happy Thanksgiving!

[@sonagray3176]

Thanks for sharing these great ideas! WIN of the day really spoke to me; however, I plan to start using many of the other suggestions! too!

[@heavenlydove1920]

❤❤ this! Just the ideas I need!

[@abbisaiya2254]

😲 Speechless.

[@Nightfeare]

I never use my monthly spread, because I wasn't sure what to do. This video was amazing. Great ideas.💖💖💖

[@MichelleGissara]

Love the different ideas. I'm going to use a few different ones for variety. I thought another idea could be word of the day to expand your vocabulary or fact of the day to increase knowledge. Also if you were learning a new language then a new word each day too could be helpful.

[@justforsomething]

Cool ideas

[@sheilalawrence8569]

Very clever!! Thank you 🥰

[@Soullynatural]

Love this suggestion! What a great way to fill out a monthly overview👏🏾👏🏾

[@tierabowman1515]

You're so inspiring, thank you!!!❤

[@NonnaBethsCrafts2Be]

very helpful as I am making my own Planner

[@colleenmengel1337]

great ideas! Combining a few daily tracking or just devoting one month spread to one them. Love it!!

[@amca2421]

Brilliant ideas!

[@beverlystotz5652]

Great suggestions!! So back to the lists - I think I will do a medical history list so I don't have to remember that shizzz every. time. I. go. to. a. doctor! There is no reason why I should have to, but apparently all the computers in the world are unable of talking to each other! Lol!!

[@CarrieWilliams1968]

Such good ideas. Thanks !

[@betzvj5039]

Love this idea! Thank you 😊

[@praptisalaskar6281]

This was a great video!!

[@blmorgan0219]

So inspirational- I’m gonna use the monthly on my classic horizontal (which I use for daily journaling)- to a daily “memory” for each of my kids for an at a glance overview of their days :)

[@marti1264]

Love this! Great idea. So fun.

[@boleykr]

great ideas!!!!

[@veronicaann9061]

Love this Mary Ellen!

[@jollicrafts]

Very inspired by this, thank you!

[@katiesoldchannel]

I love this!! I’m always looking for ideas for my monthly!

[@jande14]

Love this! So helpful and I'll definitely try some of these. I hardly ever use my monthly pages right now 😕

[@jenniferriddell1787]

I love this. Thank you for sharing. I was wondering what I could use the monthly for because I have multiple planners.

[@CMRRollins]

I was just looking for ideas on how to use my monthly spread, now that I’m going to have a separate planner for budgeting. These are fantastic suggestions! I already see a few I’m going to start using. Also, I think we share a birthday (09/23). I’m definitely going to have to subscribe! ☺️

[@PlanningwithBumble]

Christi Rodriguez great birthday!

[@CITE123TR]

Good ideas! Thank you!

[@cherylrobertson5629]

Great ideas! Thx!

[@bigqueenbudgets2373]

I want to learn how to color code and decorate my bills by paycheck on my monthly view sheet. I’m new to the planner community, I love stickers, not much of a floral person, more like abstract . Can you show how to plan the bills by paycheck using a color code system with the decorative stickers. New Subbie

[@amyd2424]

Thank you, these are some great ideas! However, I am not sure if I can narrow down which one I want to use now!

[@NenaKPlans]

great ideas!

[@intentionallyinpired]

My new favorite video😘

[@dominiquedeiter9825]

I have a black and white shih tzu, too. Named him Oreo! Yours is adorable. I do assume your fur baby is a shih tzu.

[@PlanningwithBumble]

Dominique Deiter she is a shih tzu/bichon mix

[@jazminsilverplans4933]

I am definitely gonna need to do some of these ideas

[@jimehey]

Still having a hard time decorating my monthly. Could you do an updated video pleeeeeaaase :)

[@quietmadness1768]

Is there a template for that style of handwriting in the planner, or a font that’s used? I see it in all of the planners, but I never have seen it actually in stickers or a template. Really liking the ideas!

[@PlanningwithBumble]

Not yet!

[@darlenegodfrey5186]

Can you please tell me what I could put or add in my summary page. Thank you so much.

[@PlanningwithBumble]

Do you mean your currently page?

[@darlenegodfrey5186]

@@PlanningwithBumble it has monthly calendar, to do list. And summary.

[@PlanningwithBumble]

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[@darlenegodfrey5186]

@@PlanningwithBumble thank you so much

[@AnitaandLucas]

Genius!

[@intentionallyinpired]

But bumbleeeeee on the bed 😍😍😍😍🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰😘😘😘😘😘

[@glitterxgore6943]

Does anyone know what breed Bumble is? He looks a bit like my dog and mine is a mix.. which I could never figure out what he his.

[@PlanningwithBumble]

Shihtzu/bichon mix. A shichon

[@Monificent1]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@lovernumber7]

Just to let you know that my baby suddenly started dancing to the intro song! 😂

[@angelabarbara139]

your images are blurry

[@MsValove4]

Day 9- why did you put I can do all things thru him instead of Christ?

[@Christyvillasenor]

It depends which translation of the bible someone has.

[@abbisaiya2254]

😲 Speechless.