My writer productivity skyrockets when I set monthly writer goals, and itโs time to share…
Trying a New Planner
The first quarter of 2024 zipped by in a flash. My planner–a Kate Spade little beauty–was working okay for my weekly needs. But in February, my schedule got really busy, and I couldn’t see the big picture of everything.
Naturally, I bought a new planner. It would fix everything.
The dashboard-style planner I purchased did complement the Kate Spade one. But within a few weeks, I realized I was merely writing all of my to-dos in two places instead of one.
*blinking rapidly in frustration*
A few weeks ago, I came across a book in my library. Dot Journaling: A Practical Guide by Rachel Wilkerson Miller prompted me to purchase a blank bullet journal. So far, it’s kind of working. I haven’t found the ideal spread. Maybe it takes time. I do like that I can fit everything for the week on two pages and organize them for my brain. That helps.
Maybe I have too much going on for any planner to work at the moment.
I don’t know.
I’ll keep playing with it until I’m satisfied.
How do you keep track of projects and to-do lists?
Have a great day!
I have a planner for tutoring and daily life stuff, a calendar for writing deadlines and blog/socials, and a calendar for editing jobs. This method works for me, because putting all the things on a single planner or calendar would be major overload for my ADD brain. I need things to look fairly clean and simple while showing me what I need for the one task (such as editing or writing) that I’m looking at in any given planner.
Maybe that’s what I need – multiple planners. Hmm…you’ve got me thinking!
Sounds like my job here is done. ๐