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June 1, 2022

Hacking the Dabney Lee for Blue Sky Horizontal Weekly Planner

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As you may have noticed from my past few posts – all things travel is consuming me lately. I haven’t been posting much as I’m currently planning my next holiday! I’ve never left planning a trip so late because I…

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May 4, 2022

10 Strategies for tackling your to do list

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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…

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December 8, 2021

30 Sections to include in your weekly planner

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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…

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April 21, 2021

Weekly Planning using priority lists

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If your plans keep changing throughout the week and you’re erasing and re-writing things multiple times, one option is to try a checklist with a due date column instead. Before the Pen I resized this US letter (8.5 x 11″)…

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December 18, 2020

7 Tips for storing planner supplies (pens, highlighters, washi tape, stickers, planners etc.)

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I’ve accumulated quite a few pens, sticky notes, happy planner inserts, stickers etc. over the years. I have very limited space to store them (I live in an apartment) so here are some tips if you’re looking for better ways…

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November 4, 2020

5 Ways to get ideas for your planner spreads

I’ve been doing a different spread almost every week for a few years now. I’ve had plenty of planning ruts in that time where I’ve felt like I haven’t had any ‘fresh’ ideas for planning. If you’re in a rut…

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October 1, 2020

12 Questions to ask yourself at the end of every month (part of my monthly review process)

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The start of a new month means its time to do a review of the last one. One of the most important steps (for me anyway), are monthly review questions. After experimenting with various questions over the years I’ve settled…

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March 17, 2020

5 Things I Plan (but not in my weekly planner)

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I’m all for using a weekly planner (obviously!) but not for everything. There are a few things I prefer not to plan in my weekly planner. 5 things I plan (but not in my weekly planner) 1. Budgeting I’ve mentioned before that I use…

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February 26, 2020

7 Color coding mistakes to avoid in your planner or bullet journal

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I’ve been color coding my planner for years and in that time have made many color coding mistakes – here are a few to avoid: 1. Using too many colors I’m guilty of buying those pen packs with 20, 30…

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February 17, 2020

5 planner supplies I regret buying

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I’ve acquired quite the collection of planner supplies over the years. Some have been great investments, others have been a waste of money. These are the 5 planner supplies I regret buying. 1. Cheap pens I’m sucker for pens. I…

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February 7, 2020

15 Questions to ask yourself at the end of every week (my weekly review process)

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Each week I do a review. This isn’t just a quick glance over the week – been there, done that (it wasn’t very helpful – I just kept repeating the same bad habits). Over the past couple of years I’ve…

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January 22, 2020

50 Cleaning task reminders to add to your planner

January means you’re probably setting up your planner for the year, doing your future log for the months ahead etc. One thing I found myself often forgetting to schedule into my planner… definitely not deliberately… was cleaning tasks. Below are…

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