Silk + Sonder is a monthly planner subscription that makes planning, reflecting, and achieving easy and fun by delivering a new pen-to-paper experience every month. Each planner features new layouts that are "inspired by positive psychology, bullet journaling, and self-help books." For an annual plan, the cost is $15.75/month. There are also quarterly and monthly plans available.
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Silk + Sonder October 2024
As I write this, I am in absolute shock as to just how fast time goes. I swear it was just yesterday that I was enjoying summer vacation with my kiddos, and now it's already October! With cross country and fall baseball all wrapped up, our schedule is actually on the quiet side for a minute, but I still need all of the organization I can get! How do I manage it? With Silk + Sonder of course! Seriously, this journal contains my life, and has become a necessity in my everyday schedule!
While Silk + Sonder is a journal, it is also a planner, stress reliever, focus improver, mood booster, and productivity increaser! Centering around a new theme each month, this book has it all, and aligns with my needs perfectly. With 60 pages of amazingness, I look forward to opening this journal each day, and have found it to help keep my anxiety under control.
Opportunity: A set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something.
I enjoy the fact that Silk + Sonder chooses themes for each month, and love the fact that Meha is so very thoughtful when choosing each and every one. This is the last quarter of the year, and because opportunity can arise from challenges and wins alike, it was the perfect way to start off this new fall season. Her words are very inspirational, and they have helped me seek out opportunities I may have otherwise missed in my daily life. Now let's dive into this month's journal!
One of my favorite aspects of Silk + Sonder is receiving a new planner each month. Starting "fresh" has been really helpful, as yearly planners make me feel overwhelmed. While this does feature an entire year calendar, it is too small to start filling, but big enough to reference for the future. To start my month, I fill in my calendar with dates I already know, and watch the month fly by! (Can you believe I only have a couple things listed so far?! It's amazing!!) Staying organized is a huge help in managing my anxiety, and being able to quickly reference this calendar at the front of this planner is exactly what I need.
On page 6, we open up to a "Future Log." This includes two small calendars for the upcoming months. With just enough space to write small notes, I typically don't fill this calendar up too much, but do like to add days we are off from school, just to give us something to look forward to. On the opposite side we received a "Wheel of Life" activity in which we rank 10 areas of our life and write ways you can increase your level of fulfillment. The day I started this I was feeling somewhat fulfilled, but it can fluctuate day to day. I have a few things to work on and always enjoy writing down more.
Page 8 offers a space to reflect on the previous month. With an area to write down your wins, challenges, and favorite moments, this is a great way to learn what works and what doesn't. This page is one of my favorites, as it shows all of the month's accomplishments. It also features an area to write things down that you want to start, stop, and continue. September was cram packed and a little stressful! We started school and delivered over 30 flower bouquets for my colleagues and got to see my mom twice! My challenges for the month included long work days, school situations, and just being plain busy. Hopefully October will offer some reprieve!
I love the inclusion of the monthly intentions page. Here, you set intentions for yourself, and re-read them throughout the month. With six categories and six boxes to complete, there is plenty of room to jot things down. This isn't necessarily a to-do list, but a place to get yourself off to a good start and remind you of things that you would like to work on. My October intentions are quite similar to September, but I really, really need to work on not taking my school work home with me. Eeekkkkkk!
As I have mentioned above, this is more than just a planner, and these trackers are proof of that. Page 10 and 11 offer a mood tracker and habit tracker. We are given space to fill in what our typical moods are, and fill it out throughout the month. This is great for tracking patterns, especially for me and my anxiety. I love the fact that these are customizable to track exactly how you want in such a pretty way! Silk + Sonder typically ships a week and a half before the next month starts, so I haven't started tracking October yet, but I am ready! I find this to be a great way to hold myself accountable, and while I keep some of my goals the same, tend to switch things up to keep it exciting. As you can see, I only have four habits listed for October, one of them being new! With such a change of schedule, I decided to keep it minimal and work really hard to hit those instead of adding more just to say I did.
Page 12 offers another tracker, this one being for sleep. I have no trouble in this department, so I usually skip it. The opposing page, however, is another one of my favorites. Page 13 offers a Gratitude Log with space for every day of October to fill with things I am grateful for. It's amazing how many things we have to be grateful for each and everyday! Looking back on this throughout the month is a reminder for those extra hard times, when it's difficult to keep a positive mindset.
Because this month's theme was "Opportunity," we received three thoughtful prompts regarding this topic that asks us to dive a little deeper into what we think of in terms of opportunity. It's amazing looking back at the chances I took, and the way life works when it comes to opportunity, and it was really fun to reflect on that. Page 15 offered a different type of activity which focused on emerging opportunities. I like to save some activities for the actual month, so I haven't filled this one out yet, but I am loving the door art! It makes it feel so much more fun!
The next activity was hard for me, so I have skipped it for now. This prompt was to help unblock self-limiting beliefs. It went pretty deep and I just felt at this time I needed more time to think about this. A good prompt, just one that I needed another cup of coffee for! Page 17 features a very beautiful poem by Emily Dickinson titled "Almost". This truly encompasses missed opportunity perfectly in such a lovely manner. A poem I have never read until this week, it's now one of my favorites!
Page 18 and 19 offer two more fun activities: an adult coloring page, and a "My Favorites" page. I love the adult coloring page, and check it out - I've got some of it done already! Can you tell I needed to self-soothe after my last week of school?! The "My Favorites" section was also fun, and helped me reach inside to a more positive place than I've been, which was really helpful. I just now need to figure out a way to win the lottery! 🤣
Every Silk + Sonder journal comes with a recipe, and though I typically don't try them, do appreciate the thought. This month's "Pesto Quinoa Bowl" looked decent, but I didn't have any of the ingredients on hand. Has anyone given this recipe a go yet? How did they turn out?
On the opposing page, we received a "Create Your Own Bingo" board. This activity features 24 spaces to fill with self-care activities. Challenge yourself to get a row or full house this month! I can't wait to try and earn myself a black out!!
Blank sheets are always helpful and a great place to do some long division, write notes, and jot down addresses!
Each month we are given some sort of mind puzzle, and this month it was a visual brain teaser that I can't figure out, and a riddle. Guys guess what?! I think for the first time I figured out the answer to the riddle all by myself! Check out my pictures to see if I'm right! The opposite side features an expense tracker, and while lovely, because I utilize a Google doc, don't fill this out. Again- use this journal how you see fit!
While all of the activities are really useful, helpful, and great, I tend to put most of my time into these calendar pages. With sections for meal plans, to-dos, habits and activities, shopping lists, and specific day sections, I write everything here. It keeps me on schedule for each day and feeling accomplished, and there is NOTHING more satisfying than crossing out an item on my list.
Tidying up with one last quote, the dictionary definition of "Sonder", and the back cover, that's all there is to it. I have come to find that a key part of my day is when I sit and fill out my planner with my cup of coffee. This quiet time happens before the kids are awake, and kicks my day off to a good start before I start my school day. It is extremely important for me to keep a consistent schedule for managing my anxiety and creating much more positive life, and this journal definitely is a big help in that.
The Verdict
As we head into October, I am working on focusing on our family and saying no to extra things that aren't fulfilling to me, which is hard. Because I need to stay organized, Silk + Sonder has become a necessity, and without it, I'd definitely be lost. This month's planner was designed beautifully, and I loved the "Opportunity" theme and how to incorporate more of that mindset this month. I continue to be impressed with this subscription, and can't wait to see what's in store for November.
I typically tend to allocate about 15-20 minutes a day to this journal and flip from front to back reflecting, adding to, and processing what I have previously written. By the end of the month, my brain feels much more organized and stable. The beauty of this planner is remarkable, and the packable size means I can tote it around in my purse. Being extremely impressed with all aspects, I am really looking forward to discovering more about myself, all while staying organized and offering myself a little daily quiet time and important self-care.
To Wrap Up:
Can you still get this box if you sign up today? Your subscription will start with November as your first month but there is an option to add on October for 50% off at $10.99. A note from Silk + Sonder on shipping:
You can expect your SILK + SONDER issue to arrive 2-5 days before the 1st of every month.
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