Planner Update

I am using an A5 Stalogy notebook. I started out using some Midliner markers for a touch of color, as well as some Hubman and Chubgirl stickers, and a black pen. I do use highlighters to highlight things I need to as they come up.

Well, so far, I am loving this setup.

I set up each week individually before each week starts. Or in the case of this week, on Monday first thing when I get up because the Sunday before was too much for me to make the time to set up the week.

The weekly setup is not all that complicated.

A one-page weekly spread. A to-do page. An Anchor Card of the Week page. And then we get into the daily pages, which I do not set up until the night before after I finish logging in the current day.

In addition to the weekly to-do page, I have been lining off a small section on the daily pages to put in to-dos that need to be done in a more timely manner. Sometimes I log two days on one page.

I do take notes, write down ideas, create mini-plans for any given project, on whatever page is next in the midst of the daily pages.

At the end of the week, after logging that Sunday — as my weeks begin on Monday — I set up a Week In Review page, a What Worked/What Didn’t Work page, and sometimes I also add a brain dump/brainstorm page, depending on how I am feeling. Sometimes I do not feel I need this page because the Weekly review page brings up enough stuff that the brain dump becomes unnecessary.

Other than random highlighting, I gave up on the markers and outlining pages after the first week. I am loving the Hubman and Chubgirl weekly planning stickers and other decorative stickers for the weekly planning setup pages.

The only thing I am actually missing is: a future log/2024 calendar. We do make appointments six months to a year ahead of time in some cases, so having the ability to write those down on the calendar itself would be beneficial.

Yes, I could pull out any of the current planners that I have, like my two Hobonichi Weeks planners, but I don’t really want to do that right now.

I have been thinking of just getting a monthly spread only planner, perhaps even a TN insert of one, and using that for keeping track of appointments and classes and things of that nature.

How is your planner journey coming along? Let me know in the comments below.