17:52 one way to track your time is... Plan your day like you did, then with a different colored pen or highlighter, mark the time you actually start and the time you finish each task. This will show you immediately where you are over/under the estimated time. 💖🌞🌵😷
@@PlanningwithBumble I would think planning AND using a digital time tracker would be labor intensive. This analog method is not. You have to look at your plan any way, so all you have to do is mark your start time. If you use a digital planner, you could make duplicate events and then adjust the duplicate to reflect the actual event. You really need a planned event and an actual event to be able to evaluate and adjust your scheduling techniques. Having the info on the same page makes it easier to see any differences. 💖🌞🌵😷
@@suzisaintjames yep it makes sense but this tool is very easy, just hit a button sto stop and start, and then it saves them all so you can compare times. I like it! I am someone who uses paper and digital combined.
I love my 4 month planners. I am a busy stay at home mom. Who is in school full time and i work 2/4 weekends and 16 hours a month at my externship. Between my jobs and the kids activities and school and my social and gym life. This daily layout is the best for me. I get the fitness extension and meal plan extension and if I need I’ll add a few extra extensions for Christmas and for vacations. Love it.
I relate very much to your content. I'm 54 and diagnosed with adhd last year. I'm trying lots of different ways of organizing to find ones that work well and stick. Using planner has helped immensely. I've started using the daily for work but struggling with making anything stick. Thanks for some great new ideas!
just getting into using a daily planner and your "mistakes" make me feel so much better about the anxiety of messing up my own planner. so real for that
You are an artist!!! That's an important part of using these planners. You hit the nail on the head by pointing out that decorating will draw attention to the planner and make us more apt to use it. Us ADHDers need to write & see the things to remember them. LOL
Great video! I am a procrastinator. I like how you keep it real. I do not always get my list done. I am a list person. I remember taking notebook paper for my list way before happy planner, etc.
I love to pull out daily pages for braindump or when I have a ton of tasks I need to get thru... Love all these fun ways of using one, Thank you for doing this video Mary Ellen..
These ideas really started me thinking about how I could use a daily sheet for my health journal. I track lots of things for several chronic conditions and I need lots of room for that. I’ve also wondered about using the monthly layout pages for this. Could you possibly do a video on using the monthly layout? I’m sure you can come up with lots of creative ideas! Keep doing you-you’re great! 🌼
I played around using the butterfly dailies and finally settled on using it as a weekly to do list spread. The left page is work, right page is personal, saves me a lot of copying, etc. Most of my tasks are big tasks so I can only do two or three a day and this seems to work perfectly for that. Love this whole video!
I thought this video had some GREAT ideas! I was wondering how to keep track of my daily to-do list w/o cluttering up my planner and was thinking about using a guided journal for this; but I think a simple daily page will work much better. Thanks!!
11:32 a lot of planners have the top 3 for the day, but I like the Franklin method where you can prioritize your tasks right on the to-do list... by 'A' must do today, 'B' would be nice if done today and 'C' I'm lucky it gonna get today. So in the left margin of the task list you write A1, for your highest priority task. A2, for the next, etc., then the B1, B2 etc., then the C'c. This way it saves me time rewriting the tasks, but I could use that box for personal tasks or an affirmation or prayer. 💖🌞🌵😷
Thank you for this video. I have been searching for ideas on using a daily planner to incorporate an hourly and to do list on the butterfly daily happy planner paper. This video gave some very helpful ideas!
@@PlanningwithBumble I'm so sorry.That came out a bit wrong and horribly blunt. I was tired and lazy with that comment. It's great news! I think I wanted you to have a live person because I know working from home can sometimes be isolating and you've been through so much. It made me happy to think you had a person right there to chat with. I just love you so much!
@@vanessastannett5702 thank you for explaining! I’d love an in person assistant once in a while but I do believe they’d then have to be considered an employee and not an independent contractor, which I want them to be. Independent contractors choose their own hours, location, and use their own equipment and supplies
The fact that you re an ADHD planner is one of the things that keeps me coming back. (That and your wacky sense of humor, because I relate to that too!) This kind of video from a neurotypical planner would be useless for me. Thanks for some inspiration to play with daily sheets again! For some reason, when I use dailies I am more likely to write in my regular planners too.
17:52 whilst time blocking I always have little, short term projects ready to squeeze in if I get done early. There's studies that show that a task always takes up more time than you schedule. Your subconscious automatically knows when to stretch a half-hour task into a 60-minute time slot. So by having fill in tasks I manage to get more done. 💖🌞🌵😷
Lemme be the first to say how extremely fortunate Alyssa is to get to be a personal assistant for the legendary Mary Ellen 💖💖💖 may we all be so fortunate 😢lol
For my work planner, I have: Top 3 Phone calls Auths Random To-Dos But I really like the idea of timing myself. It's really easy for me to get distracted, i'm basically the go-to for a lot of people on different teams because I know a lot of different tasks. I'm thinking of timing those questions for a time when i'm not swamped.
Thank you for another great and informative video. As a new planner, I always learn so much from you and look forward to your videos. Also, I loved seeing Bumble's adorable little face. I would never get anything done if she lived with me. I would want to play with her and cover her in kisses all day. She is precious! 😍
I have not used the daily sheets, but I love the idea of using sheets smaller than the main planner so you can still see the spread some. Fully covering it does feel very wrong lol. I have not used daily pages, but I've thought about it. 🤔 😁
11:10 when I have two categories (business/personal) and one to-do list. I'll start business at the top down and personal bottom up. (Instead of skipping a few lines...that way there's plenty of room to add more tasks in the space between... there's no lines wasted.) That way I don't have to sort the list twice. 💖🌞🌵😷
My mind saw the hours like you did. I actually didn’t see the mistake until you explained it. If the way you blocked out the times worked for you, then go for it! What do you always say? “You do you.”
I have been using some hourly sheets that I made myself because sometimes I start as early as 5am and I like using the hourly because I too tend to over pack my day and is sometimes 11pm and I’m still going… I’m working on changing that to be able to rest. Time blocking is what I’m practicing now
Totally understand! I just started using the girl with goals layout with the time stamps and I get confused the same way! But I just decided. Eff it. I know when and what, BASICALLY 🤣🤣 maybe. It's allllll fine.
Actually I was wondering if you could do a video on the "block notes" from HP - I have a couple of the block note pages (where you get 100 basically daily pages that you tear and insert) and it absolutely kills me that they are only printed on one side and the back is completely blank, LOL.
I have over 400 books and I’m 75, I will never be able to use all of them SO, I decorate my daily sheets with some that I don’t care as much for, and I find ifs it’s decorative I will look at it more and it’s more fun to check stuff off
Question: I currently use a bound B5 dot grid planner. I love being about to set it up for what I need however, I can’t add or move pages easily. I’m not “hard” on my planner but it has fallen out of the car and ended up at the bottom of a bag. I worry about the discs coming loose and all the pages coming out if it is dropped or snagged on something inside a bag. I would love to be able to add a page to the planner and then be able to move it to the next week/month. My planner doesn’t sit on a desk all day. It travels all over with me. Will it hold up and discs/pages not come loose?
I left the discs system and went back to ring bound recently. I use regular ring bound paper but if there are pages I want to move from week/month to the next I cut a slit at each hole of the paper. It still stays nicely on the rings. Sort of a hybrid disc/ring system. If your planner binder has a strap closure it will help papers to stay put if the binder gets dropped or at the bottom of a bag.
A friend of mine posts her Instagram videos on RUclips also... as "RUclips Shorts" two platforms, one video. Double the views. ... As many RUclipsrs, like me, don't do Instagram. 💖🌞🌵😷
I like stickers just as much as everybody else, but no matter how much they do or don't cost I too feel like they are being wasted on daily/weekly pages .. I'll use them on more permanent pages like checklists I need to keep on hand all the time .. but I have discovered it's mostly the colors that add life to my planners so i use colored pencils to just lay some colors around on the page. Colored pencils last nearly forever so I get much more use out of them than one-use stickers. I'm not artistic at all so I don't make artful masterpieces with them, only add some pops of color to my daily planning and I get the same 'thrill' from them as I do from expensive stickers.
You confused me BIG time in this video. You didn't stay on one subject. I'd start to listen and understand then you would move to something else. Not an informative video to me.
I didn’t see that at all. As with ALL Mary Ellen’s videos it was excellent and very helpful. She’s absolutely the best and if I don’t have much time, her videos will be the one I will watch before any others. We LOVE HER. And Bumble ❤️ 12:17
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17:52 one way to track your time is... Plan your day like you did, then with a different colored pen or highlighter, mark the time you actually start and the time you finish each task. This will show you immediately where you are over/under the estimated time. 💖🌞🌵😷
Great idea! I actually started using an online time tracker tool
@@PlanningwithBumble I would think planning AND using a digital time tracker would be labor intensive. This analog method is not. You have to look at your plan any way, so all you have to do is mark your start time. If you use a digital planner, you could make duplicate events and then adjust the duplicate to reflect the actual event. You really need a planned event and an actual event to be able to evaluate and adjust your scheduling techniques. Having the info on the same page makes it easier to see any differences. 💖🌞🌵😷
@@suzisaintjames yep it makes sense but this tool is very easy, just hit a button sto stop and start, and then it saves them all so you can compare times. I like it! I am someone who uses paper and digital combined.
Always love your honesty!! We need more of that in this world. Love your work❤❤
I love my 4 month planners. I am a busy stay at home mom. Who is in school full time and i work 2/4 weekends and 16 hours a month at my externship. Between my jobs and the kids activities and school and my social and gym life. This daily layout is the best for me. I get the fitness extension and meal plan extension and if I need I’ll add a few extra extensions for Christmas and for vacations. Love it.
This set up is the best. I’ve been trying to look for a planner to start journaling in and i really love!❤
I relate very much to your content. I'm 54 and diagnosed with adhd last year. I'm trying lots of different ways of organizing to find ones that work well and stick. Using planner has helped immensely. I've started using the daily for work but struggling with making anything stick. Thanks for some great new ideas!
Awesome. I love to use daily sheet when I'm busy and feeling overwhelmed and don't want to forget anything. TFS Be Blessed
just getting into using a daily planner and your "mistakes" make me feel so much better about the anxiety of messing up my own planner. so real for that
Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉🎉 on hiring your new assistant! 💖🌞🌵😷
Thank you!!
You are an artist!!! That's an important part of using these planners. You hit the nail on the head by pointing out that decorating will draw attention to the planner and make us more apt to use it. Us ADHDers need to write & see the things to remember them. LOL
Great video! I am a procrastinator. I like how you keep it real. I do not always get my list done. I am a list person. I remember taking notebook paper for my list way before happy planner, etc.
I love that planner cover and rings!
Really great. I'm just not that busy right now that I need a daily page. Thanks for the info
I have been searching for ways to use my happy planner for productivity to actually get things done !! I love this video , lots of great ideas
I love to pull out daily pages for braindump or when I have a ton of tasks I need to get thru... Love all these fun ways of using one, Thank you for doing this video Mary Ellen..
Helpful. I use a plain notebook for daily planning. But this was helpful.
I use a passion planner daily for work. It has a similar layout, and I love it! These ideas are so helpful. Thank you
These ideas really started me thinking about how I could use a daily sheet for my health journal. I track lots of things for several chronic conditions and I need lots of room for that. I’ve also wondered about using the monthly layout pages for this. Could you possibly do a video on using the monthly layout? I’m sure you can come up with lots of creative ideas! Keep doing you-you’re great! 🌼
I played around using the butterfly dailies and finally settled on using it as a weekly to do list spread. The left page is work, right page is personal, saves me a lot of copying, etc. Most of my tasks are big tasks so I can only do two or three a day and this seems to work perfectly for that. Love this whole video!
I thought this video had some GREAT ideas! I was wondering how to keep track of my daily to-do list w/o cluttering up my planner and was thinking about using a guided journal for this; but I think a simple daily page will work much better. Thanks!!
Glad it was helpful!
Congratulations on your new assistant too
11:32 a lot of planners have the top 3 for the day, but I like the Franklin method where you can prioritize your tasks right on the to-do list... by 'A' must do today, 'B' would be nice if done today and 'C' I'm lucky it gonna get today. So in the left margin of the task list you write A1, for your highest priority task. A2, for the next, etc., then the B1, B2 etc., then the C'c. This way it saves me time rewriting the tasks, but I could use that box for personal tasks or an affirmation or prayer. 💖🌞🌵😷
You always have such good ideas!!! I’ve been liking all your creativity, as usual.
Thank you for this video. I have been searching for ideas on using a daily planner to incorporate an hourly and to do list on the butterfly daily happy planner paper. This video gave some very helpful ideas!
I need to get some daily sheets and give this a try. Thanks for sharing this.
Check your office depot. They have the OG daily sheets. And Hobby Lobby...💕
@@abbylynn8872
Thank you Abby.😁
Always super useful videos 😎 I use the daily sheets as a "Running To-Do list" it can stay with me for weeks lol
Bumble is so cute.😊 She deserves camera time. LOL.
I was SO excited that you got an assistant! And then it was virtual.
Why does that make a difference?
@@PlanningwithBumble I'm so sorry.That came out a bit wrong and horribly blunt. I was tired and lazy with that comment. It's great news! I think I wanted you to have a live person because I know working from home can sometimes be isolating and you've been through so much. It made me happy to think you had a person right there to chat with. I just love you so much!
@@vanessastannett5702 thank you for explaining! I’d love an in person assistant once in a while but I do believe they’d then have to be considered an employee and not an independent contractor, which I want them to be. Independent contractors choose their own hours, location, and use their own equipment and supplies
Love this…pretty and functional! 😊
The fact that you re an ADHD planner is one of the things that keeps me coming back. (That and your wacky sense of humor, because I relate to that too!) This kind of video from a neurotypical planner would be useless for me. Thanks for some inspiration to play with daily sheets again! For some reason, when I use dailies I am more likely to write in my regular planners too.
17:52 whilst time blocking I always have little, short term projects ready to squeeze in if I get done early. There's studies that show that a task always takes up more time than you schedule. Your subconscious automatically knows when to stretch a half-hour task into a 60-minute time slot. So by having fill in tasks I manage to get more done. 💖🌞🌵😷
It was helpful. Thanks!
I definitely would suggest color coding with highlighter or ink!
You are right! The way the times are set up on the sheet are confusing.
Lemme be the first to say how extremely fortunate Alyssa is to get to be a personal assistant for the legendary Mary Ellen 💖💖💖 may we all be so fortunate 😢lol
Haha awww thank you
@@PlanningwithBumble ❤️
Great ideas
For my work planner, I have:
Top 3
Phone calls
Auths
Random To-Dos
But I really like the idea of timing myself. It's really easy for me to get distracted, i'm basically the go-to for a lot of people on different teams because I know a lot of different tasks. I'm thinking of timing those questions for a time when i'm not swamped.
Thank you for another great and informative video. As a new planner, I always learn so much from you and look forward to your videos. Also, I loved seeing Bumble's adorable little face. I would never get anything done if she lived with me. I would want to play with her and cover her in kisses all day. She is precious! 😍
I have not used the daily sheets, but I love the idea of using sheets smaller than the main planner so you can still see the spread some. Fully covering it does feel very wrong lol. I have not used daily pages, but I've thought about it. 🤔 😁
11:10 when I have two categories (business/personal) and one to-do list. I'll start business at the top down and personal bottom up. (Instead of skipping a few lines...that way there's plenty of room to add more tasks in the space between... there's no lines wasted.) That way I don't have to sort the list twice. 💖🌞🌵😷
My mind saw the hours like you did. I actually didn’t see the mistake until you explained it. If the way you blocked out the times worked for you, then go for it! What do you always say? “You do you.”
I have been using some hourly sheets that I made myself because sometimes I start as early as 5am and I like using the hourly because I too tend to over pack my day and is sometimes 11pm and I’m still going… I’m working on changing that to be able to rest. Time blocking is what I’m practicing now
Totally understand! I just started using the girl with goals layout with the time stamps and I get confused the same way! But I just decided. Eff it. I know when and what, BASICALLY 🤣🤣 maybe. It's allllll fine.
I love all your spreads. Tell us the story of your new ring.
No story, I was sponsored by the jewelry brand Ana Luisa, so I picked out something I liked 😊
Good choice, it's beautiful@@PlanningwithBumble
Great video
Actually I was wondering if you could do a video on the "block notes" from HP - I have a couple of the block note pages (where you get 100 basically daily pages that you tear and insert) and it absolutely kills me that they are only printed on one side and the back is completely blank, LOL.
Girl I get confused too! I just pick one way and stick to it. As long as I’m consistent, I’m right.
True! I didn’t really overthink it until I was filming lol
Lovely work.
Can you do a short flip through on how your daily pages look in your catch all planner?
I don’t save them anymore but I can trey to save some and do that
I have over 400 books and I’m 75, I will never be able to use all of them SO, I decorate my daily sheets with some that I don’t care as much for, and I find ifs it’s decorative I will look at it more and it’s more fun to check stuff off
The camera was focusing on the real star! Hehehe jk. Love you Mary Ellen.
Truth though! 😂
Question: I currently use a bound B5 dot grid planner. I love being about to set it up for what I need however, I can’t add or move pages easily. I’m not “hard” on my planner but it has fallen out of the car and ended up at the bottom of a bag. I worry about the discs coming loose and all the pages coming out if it is dropped or snagged on something inside a bag. I would love to be able to add a page to the planner and then be able to move it to the next week/month. My planner doesn’t sit on a desk all day. It travels all over with me. Will it hold up and discs/pages not come loose?
I left the discs system and went back to ring bound recently. I use regular ring bound paper but if there are pages I want to move from week/month to the next I cut a slit at each hole of the paper. It still stays nicely on the rings. Sort of a hybrid disc/ring system. If your planner binder has a strap closure it will help papers to stay put if the binder gets dropped or at the bottom of a bag.
A friend of mine posts her Instagram videos on RUclips also... as "RUclips Shorts" two platforms, one video. Double the views. ... As many RUclipsrs, like me, don't do Instagram. 💖🌞🌵😷
To avoid feeling like I am wasting/throwing away stickers, I often use stickers from the Dollar Tree for daily sheets.
Some of those Dollar Tree stickers can be rather costly
Use your stickers. They make you happy.💕 there will always be more. Don't get me wrong, I love DT stickers.... well I love all the stickers
I like stickers just as much as everybody else, but no matter how much they do or don't cost I too feel like they are being wasted on daily/weekly pages .. I'll use them on more permanent pages like checklists I need to keep on hand all the time .. but I have discovered it's mostly the colors that add life to my planners so i use colored pencils to just lay some colors around on the page. Colored pencils last nearly forever so I get much more use out of them than one-use stickers. I'm not artistic at all so I don't make artful masterpieces with them, only add some pops of color to my daily planning and I get the same 'thrill' from them as I do from expensive stickers.
Looks like every line is 30 minutes.....how would you feel about doing your timeblocking with either a pencil or erasable pen?
I could. I just like pens lol. I don’t have erasable ones
😁 I can't function without my Frixion pens .. especially the new 1.0 bold ones!
I bate that tge most common HP suze is so big
Try the HP mini. It's the perfect size.
Seriously? Someone doesn't know how to write a todo list?
You confused me BIG time in this video. You didn't stay on one subject. I'd start to listen and understand then you would move to something else. Not an informative video to me.
Really? I thought it was fine and very helpful. She obviously put a lot of work into making this video.
Sorry it wasn't for you. I do the best I can.
You make great videos! You're my favorite RUclipsr and I just love your videos. I could watch you all day long!
@@sharonbelieves thank you ❤️
I didn’t see that at all. As with ALL Mary Ellen’s videos it was excellent and very helpful. She’s absolutely the best and if I don’t have much time, her videos will be the one I will watch before any others. We LOVE HER. And Bumble ❤️ 12:17