If you’re in need of a productivity reset, these are some of the ‘strategies’ I use to complete my to do lists. 1. Master Task List My main strategy is maintaining a master task list. For my personal and blogging…
30 Sections to include in your weekly planner
If you’re interested in creating your own bullet journal spreads or are thinking about making a DIY planner, I assume one of the main reasons is being unable to find a weekly spread that works for you. There are plenty…
30 Purposes for Your Planner
If you have a planner with half empty pages or you need an excuse to use more than 1 planner (no judgement here, I’m so indecisive I use a different planner just about every week!) here are some ways to use…
50 Reminders to Put in Your Planner or Bullet Journal
I’ve had readers ask what else they should put in their planner if they were only ‘temporarily’ using one during a season of their life (while moving house, renovating, planning a wedding etc.). So if you’ve never really used a planner or…
50 Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Planner
If you’re stuck in a planning rut, it may be because you’re not using your planner effectively. Here are 50 tips for getting the most out of your planner! 50 Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Planner Using…
10 Things I don’t put in my planner (and why)
I’ve been using planners for years and finally feel I’m at a point where I have a streamlined system that works well. One of the factors in that was ensuring I have a specific place for each thing I plan,…
Bored with your planner? 25 ways to mix it up
So you’ve been using your planner for a while and it’s getting, well, a little boring. Your spreads look basically the same week to week, you tend to use the same colors and types of stickers and planning has become…
Using blank pages: 50 useful lists to add to your planner
I love making lists! I gravitate towards planners that focus on lists as I find lists are the easiest way to organize all my ideas. If you’re a fellow list maker, have some blank pages of a notebook to fill,…
52 Lessons learned after trying 52 different planners in 52 weeks
Where did that year go?! Seems like it was only a few months ago that I was picking which planners I wanted to try throughout the year and now the challenge is ‘over’! I looked back at all of the different ways I planned…
Favorite pens for writing headings in my planner
I have a slight addiction to pens and have become rather particular with which pens I use for what, especially when it comes to writing headings / titles where I prefer to use thick / marker style pens so they stand…
Using a planner key and symbols to code your planner (efficient planning methods)
If planning your day/week is taking too long and you’re tired of re-writing the same things over and over again, it’s time to start using symbols when planning! Symbols speed up the planning process by replacing an entire phrase with…
What to do if your planner isn’t working
So you’ve bought a planner. It’s really cute and pretty, but you’re not really using it for much else beyond adding decorative stickers and washi. Or you may have bought a planner with the intention of using it, but the…