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Addicted to Planners I'm addicted to planners. Well, planning really: organizing, re-organizing, finding the most efficie

02/14/2026

Here’s my latest delight: using my for my ‘plotline’ each morning! Lmk if you want to hear more about what I do!
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02/19/2018


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I would have had a better caption, but
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At the start of every month, after I figure out and , I make sure I actually have time for all the things I want to ...
02/06/2018

At the start of every month, after I figure out and , I make sure I actually have time for all the things I want to do. Here’s an in process look at how I build out my time budget.
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Much like my $ , I’m not always the best at sticking to it, but just the work of figuring out how much I have and how I want to spend it, keeps me more mindful. It’s the same with time. I didn’t budget much for tv, so when I find myself caught up in a marathon, there’s at least a flicker of a thought that this means saying ‘no’ to something else.

People ask me all the time about my weird colors in my planner and what they mean. I don’t know how I’d get through Mond...
02/05/2018

People ask me all the time about my weird colors in my planner and what they mean. I don’t know how I’d get through Mondays without them!
• I start my day by highlighting the top priority tasks for the day. •
Next, I plan my time in thirty minute increments! I know. What a weirdo. But it really helps!!
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I don’t do the whole day at once, I just usually think through 2-3 blocks of 30 minutes at a time.
• then I color code the tasks I’ll do in each thirty minute slot. E.g. first thing on this day I was going to prep for my 9 am and I figured that would take about 30 minutes so I coded it pink. I figured I could email bob, follow up with June and email about the balloons all within another 39 minutes, so I coded them blue. Lastly, I figured it would take me 30 mins to empty my inbox, so coded that green.
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Then I added blocks to my schedule (which is the circle at the top). •
I flip my beautiful 30 minute timer and go to town!
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I know this seems crazy, but you waste SO much time trying to figure out what to do next and reacting to other people’s priorities, that this helps me make sure I work efficiently and effectively. I’m aware that I very rarely get to stick to this plan, cause Interrupts. But, it helps me not waste the time I have and often shows me how efficient I can be when I plan well.
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January embarrassingly reveals I read a lot of that, if you could see my ratings column clearly, you’d know was not ...
02/03/2018

January embarrassingly reveals I read a lot of that, if you could see my ratings column clearly, you’d know was not good.
• love tracking books because I always forget what I read and liked, as well as books I want to read, that I add to this list to help remind me to read ‘em!
• btw, if you have any good YA recommendations, send em my way!!!

Here’s how my planner helps me stay on track!!• - at the start of the year, I created one/two word values for this year...
02/02/2018

Here’s how my planner helps me stay on track!!
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- at the start of the year, I created one/two word values for this year in different categories
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- at the start of each month, I list out those values, keeping them in mind as I creat MEASURABLE goals under each value.
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- with my goals in mind, I fill in my habit tracker, which will help me assess if I’m meeting my goals!
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- final step! I budget out my time, keeping my habits in mind. Do I actually have time to work out five times a week AND do my spiritual bootcamp plan 5 times a week AND write 100 hours a week? Probably not. And my time budget keeps me honest!

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Anyone got preferred methods for tracking habits? Here are a couple I played with last month (and don’t judge my face wa...
02/01/2018

Anyone got preferred methods for tracking habits? Here are a couple I played with last month (and don’t judge my face washing or lack thereof).

1. Bootcamp is my bible plan that I wanted to do five times a week. So at the start of the month I wrote out 1x5 (for week one) 2x5 (for week two) etc. then, I colored the boxes green if I did it that week, and red if I missed a day. I liked this for habits that I want to do a number of times a week.

2. Writing- I just translated all the blank boxes as hours. Each one represented an hour I wanted to write this month. Highlighted it in purple when I did it!

3. Up by 7 am- I wrote out the dates of the month in each box at the start of the month, then highlighted green if I hit the goal and red if I missed. This works well for habits that you want to do daily

4. Wash face- the old fashioned just check-the-box if you do it approach. Hmmm.

5. Blog- I just figured out how many times I wanted to blog in a month and the slashed through all the extra boxes. This looks a little confusing so maybe next to I would mark off irrelevant boxes using a black marker? I like this approach though for habits that you want to have happen a certain number of times a month, but don’t care when!

All in all - loving my new and cannot wait to set up February!!

Hmmm. Didn’t build ‘getting sick’ into my time budget. 😬😷😩😴
01/30/2018

Hmmm. Didn’t build ‘getting sick’ into my time budget. 😬😷😩😴




Crushed this past week. Here’s hoping next week works! A lot of you have asked about how I use these planners so I’ll tr...
01/29/2018

Crushed this past week. Here’s hoping next week works! A lot of you have asked about how I use these planners so I’ll try to share more!






The starting spreads of my #2018 which is sort of like a meets meets notebook!Spreads as follows:(1) list - w...
12/31/2017

The starting spreads of my #2018 which is sort of like a meets meets notebook!
Spreads as follows:

(1) list - who I’ll pray for on each day of the week

(2) for each of those people (starting with me!)

(3) - I’ll track my memorization of Romans

(4) - where I’ll track the books/essays I’m reading.

(5) - where I’ll track what I’m reading!!

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