5 Reasons You Should Plan Your Life on PAPER 📝
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- Опубликовано: 5 июл 2024
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Bury me with my paper planners, ok?
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00:00 intro
00:54 reason 1
02:59 reason 2
04:05 reason 3
07:36 reason 4
10:03 reason 5
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I’ve recently come to the same conclusion. I’m going back to paper planning. I think the memory loss and scattered feeling of so many screens was affecting my mental health. Ever since I went back to paper planning I have felt so much better!
You made a great decision!
i am the opposite
I've found a decent middle point using Goodnotes on my iPad. I was going through SO MANY notebooks and pages a month. I typically find myself generating around 300 pages of notes a month, so the digital strategy helps me keep up with things and try to get as many of the benefits of hand writing as I can.
Same! For my personal life a digital app is good for especially for trips, family stuff etc.
For work I use work productivity apps but still do a paper planner for day to day tasks.
what do you write? i tried and gave up.....
I have been bullet journaling for like 6.5 years now but also take advantage of tools like digital calendars and note-taking apps. I am journaling a lot, usually using one paper notebook each month... along my journey I have developed these "rules" for myself:
- paper is for capturing, braindumps, reflecting, short-term planning (within the same month), idea generation
- digital is for capturing stuff like a screenshot from a RUclips video or useful links. Mentioning this in my journal helps me to connect both worlds
- when I feel like braindumping digitally it´s fine, I just need to take a short reference note in journal
- for long-term personal knowledge management and ideas stick with me for a long time I prefer using a note-taking app, but adding photos from paper journals is fine
- Google Calendar is unmatched for time-blocking, scheduling appointments and repeated events. No pre-scheduled event without an entry at google calendar
We use Google Calendar for our household, but I LOVE paper planning. I am an office supply nerd and it brings me joy. lol I also like knowing I can get to my plans anytime I want even if the power is out, my battery dies, etc. I find both useful for different things. It's like being a reader and loving physical books but also seeing where a Kindle can come in handy.
I love writing with pen and paper. But I have been unsuccessful staying organized with it. I recently discovered actual digital planners you can write in on a tablet and I love it! I can still hand write everything. And my Samsung notes can search it all. Great word recognition. I found a screen protector that feels more like your writing on paper. And you have all the colors and highlighters and digital stickers. This is a perfect compromise for me.
To me, one of the big reasons why I find using paper & pen better than virtual is that I have a limited space, so I only add what is relevant, and if I have to highlight or mark something I have to think how to do it and if I should do it. Too much highlight and everything gets messy & the important stuff gets lost. It's that conscious act of filtering in and out that I don't have with software bc they normally have infinite room what does it for me.
I find the use of digital vs analog planners in my life depends on the availability to reference them readily. My work life is a bit chaotic, as I'm expected to be in different locations at different times, and no weekday is the same as another. I use my digital planner to have alerts sent through my smartwatch to keep me on track throughout the day. The analog planner comes in when scheduling errands, social outings, personal events, and travel. Doing so allows me the added bonus to keep my work and home life separate. In general, I love how many options are out there, and that there's something for everyone and every life.
I’m a huge goodnotes digital planner, specifically in a digital hobonichi dupe. Having the flexibility to quickly duplicate spreads to try out a new use or layout, copy and paste consistent checklists and migrated information, and play with digital stickers without perfectionist fears for awhile has been AMAZING!
However! I am going back to paper after six months of strictly goodnotes only. I’m switching back because 1 - I want to and I’m allowed to change my mind and my planner system as I want to (this is me affirming that switching is ok lol why do we have guilt about planner hopping!?!?) and 2 - because I’ve discovered fountain pens. I’m trying to let myself lean into planning being about enjoyment and fun and not just function and necessity.
Oh, the joy of colored pens/markers and sticky notes! Yes, I know there are digital versions of washi tape, etc., but it’s not the same! 😂
Fountain pens are amazing!
im the same with a hobonichi dupe on my ipad, and note taking for uni - its amazing! im also a fan of fountain pens and ink so I still use a paper book as a journal, that fills my needs for those. I feel like ive found a happy medium for myself.
Been hearing more about fountain pens lately, I may have to check it out at some point … soon as I organize all my washi tape and journaling supplies… 😂
@@DishWithDinayesssss!!!!! 🙌🏼
When i do digital planning, I end up playing around with the software, and not retaining anything I do. I really like to try to push things to the limit when looking at applications, so I will try to learn everything. Todo lists are probably the worst thing for me digitally, since i can just put them in and ignore them and push away the notifications with a flick of a finger. So, I love using paper and the old analog method. Thanks for another great video!
I actually use an e-ink tablet because I want to reduce paper waste and not be tempted to buy different pens/markers/accessories, as well as not be distracted by the apps on my iPad or phone. I do use digital for my calendar and task catch-all though. And I use paper for specific journals, like my tarot journal and lorekeeper.
With the exception of reason 5, its these are reasons I like using digital planners in Goodnotes. But I don’t use it at night to limit screen time. But my ADHD would never allow me to go paper (or digital planner) alone so I use Google Calendar, Clickup, Structured, and Routinery to keep me in check.
Great video!
I'm here to just agree wholeheartedly even without watching. 😂
Edit: I do love digital note-taking, though. It grew on me, especially the GoodNotes app. I love to have unlimited space for my notes without carrying a notebook and easily accessible across devices (as a PDF in my OneDrive because I'm a Android/PC user other than my iPad). I still find it to be similar to using paper since I do write things out, rather than type. But planning is strictly paper. I miss physical stickers too much. But, it's good to find what works for you. I have reminders /alarms on my phone and place stuff on my Google Keep as my second brain because I always have my phone on me and I'm a power user. But, that's not the same for someone who has a different lifestyle /does not have ADHD.
So, I love to see channels that aren't bashing other people who are different /have different needs.
Thanks for your awesome content! ❤❤
My husband used a paper calendar when we met because there was no internet yet. For our entire marriage, his calendar was THE LAW when we made plans or appointments. Sadly, when he died 6 years ago, I was so used to his calendar that I had no routine. It took me most of the first year to make a routine for myself. I had to figure out how to plan. Now, I put my appointments on my phone and then add them to my planner as soon as I can.
Note taker all my life - enjoying fountain pens and the joy of opening a new journal with endless possibilities - thanks for sharing
Yes, fantastic! I also use 3 paper diaries: a Filofax planner, a Bullet Journal (Moleskine) and a commonplace book (Traveler Notebook). I'm going to recommend a very good book about the benefits of writing: "Reader, as home: the reading brain in a digital world", Maryanne Wolf. Thank you very much for this important video!
It’s “Reader, Come Home”
Hiya Rachelle! Life's been busy but I'm finally catching up on all-things planning related here on RUclips. 🙂 I agree 1000% that paper-planning helps retain information moreso than digital planning; even if I don't always open the planner itself, having that memory of my own writing/highlighting is more efficient than reminders on my phone. They're just to easy to delete! Also, when it comes to brainstorming on paper, this is another concept that I put into practice myself. I'm sure I've mentioned it at some point before but as a writer, I'm the type of storyteller who has to outline what is going to happen before I start typing on the first page of a blank Word document. If I'm working on a short story I could probably get away with that, but for projects of novella and especially novels, writing things out just helps me translate those scattered brainstorming thoughts into an organize plot w/solid character development.
Thanks again for another great video!
Digital planning usually refers to handwriting on a PDF notebook or planner on a notetaking app like Goodnotes or Notability. I use Goodnotes and not having to invest in countless pens and stickers and having the clutter that creates simplifies things, so you can get on having the handwriting experience without the many choices of what stationary to use.
exactly! you can still use handwriting benefits if you use a tablet with a pen. and if you have a dedicated tablet with no distractions (like i do) theres also no multitasking or social media. I have saved SO MUCH money since I started a few months ago
i am the same. i still get the experience with habdwriting using JNotes and i am happy i don't have to waste more money on paper, stickers, pen, highlighters etc. It's easy with commute just bring one tablet and you mobile everywhere easy ❤️
@@nurinumodz Exactly! Paper planning does seem like a rabbit-hole of multiple planners & ‘sticker kits’ for very week! And people planning about planning 😮
I love paper, I love pens, I love writing, but recently I’ve found myself staring at a blank page and my eyes glaze over. I can’t think of a single thing to write. Tasks, events, things like that are no problem, but when I want to write other things? Nada. 🤦♀ Very annoying.
Paper Base - in the form of paper base planner diaries and wall calendars are always my first go-to for planning out my days, weeks and months, because I am actually seeing my day-to-day week-to-week and month-to-month visually as it's always in my face, which helps with being constantly reminded without having to fully rely on my phone.
I do still love using my Google Calendar for the on-the-go reminders about events and appointments, as well as my Outlook Calendar for my studying, because have that on-the-go reminders, it's convenient as I can just type it into the calendars then & there and open the app up to look what's happening.
I still always though go back to my paper based methods every time.
i LOVED my school planners back in the day
I use a mixture of both. I use google calendar for long term planning and a paper planner for monthly, weekly and daily basis. very helpful video thank you.
There are various note taking apps where it's possible to do handwritten plans. I use Samsung Notes and my digital planner looks exactly like my paper planner did with my handwriting, doodles, and brainstorming.
Sometimes I miss the feel of writing on paper, but for me, digital planning on Samsung Notes allows for an easier, more streamlined planning and note taking experience.
i love my samsung note too ! :) Great to hear someone with the same preference as me !
🎉awesome it’s great to get that validation of the why I love to plan in my physical planner
Thank you for making this video!! I just sent it to my hubby as I've been trying to convince him for years that paper planning is super beneficial. You have great points, thanks again!
I've never properly tried digital but I think I'm definitely more of a paper gal 😊
The blend of paper and digital planning as helped me so much. Back at the end of 2021, I had a heart attack and when I was recovering, I realized I was having memory issues when previously my memory was like an elephant (no joke). Talked to my cardiologist and it turns out that he has done some research and published papers on the correlation of heart attacks and memory loss AND depression, which I was suffering more of. Needless to say one of the things we talked about was committing things to paper to increase my brain's retention and it is working wonderfully. :)
I speak two languages. I like analog because I can easily switch between languages. Also, if the internet goes down, I still have my plans available to me.
I found a series of planner/diaries my mom kept from when I was a child. Took me a minute to realize what they were because I've not seen her handwriting in probably 15 years. She's still alive, don't worry.
If I ever have children, they won't be able to discover something of mine like that because I've been writing down everything on a damn phone...
90% digital planning and digital notetaking for work, because as employees we usually need to work collaborately. One exeption: My Task List. This is a slim notebook, and during a meeting a can quickly and effortlessly write down a task in seconds. And during paper based morning sessions, I have this notebook with me to plan the day as well as my digital work calender on my phone for minimal reference. // For everything private I plan on paper for over 10 years - especially reflecting, goal setting, progress evaluation etc. I will never change this for me because it‘s a completely different usage of my brain und access to my feelings as well as a creative outlet.
I love my paper planner! I play around with a digital planner but always use my paper planner for my real planning.
I have to use Google Cal for work to schedule around other things related to business events. But my brain is on my paper calendar and to do lists. I too, MUST write things down to even process ideas. Great video in this digital age!
I have a fond memory of a color-coded, habit-tracker style to-do list that I had for my last 2 months or so of high school in 1996. I wish I'd kept that! Nowadays, I have to keep digital calendars for important things (anything I want my watch to buzz me for when it's time) but I love, love paper. For me it's mostly driven by my ADHD - if I'm on a screen I'm way too easily distracted! (and this had been true for me since college, yes there was plenty of internet to be distracted by in the late 90s!) There are places in my life where digital could theoretically work better (for example, using Obsidian instead of a commonplace book) but my brain craves tangible things. If I do something digitally, I forget about it the minute I close the tab. My problem now is that I have too many paper calendars, and I don't have a good routine for keeping them all synced.
Great video! Thank you 🎉
I use Google Calendar as it makes reminders possible, but I still write everything down in a notebook style calendar as well, mostly as a daily log type event tracker. There's nothing wrong at all with using old school pencil/pen and paper planners.
i do handwriting also, but in my tab. it's the best for me ❤️
I’ll forever plan on paper ❤
Strictly agree with yr decisions!!!
Coz I trying many type of planning too)
And about reading by paper books, its have more plus then e-books too.
Will try to get yr opinion about mixed system..
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Good luck!!!
I’m a boomer, so I can hardly string two words together digitally, hence I agree with everything you mention. My only problem is: what to do with the old planners. I have so many that I did not use consistently, so there may be a journal entry one month, a great quote the next and nothing remarkable in between. I really love paper and ink, so I won’t let that stop me. Thanks for another informative planner video.
Hi! Perhaps you can just cut out the great quote, the entries you want to keep, and paste/tape them into your current book, and then just throw out the old books. I often write in my current entries, “Look what I found from such and such date” and then write my current thoughts on the subject, i.e., how much I’ve grown, changed, or how that great quote speaks to my life now, etc. Just an idea! 😊
Hi Rachelle, what are your thoughts on notebooks with moveable paper? Like Discbound or Miracle Blueline? When I was planning digitally I liked being able to move files and text around. I feel being able to reorganize paper gets close to that freedom
It's also faster and easier to jot down an appointment and look it up later if you do it on paper than digitally.
I’m a paper planner through and through!! The only time I use a digital version is when I don’t have my planner with me and it gets transfered as soon as I get to my paper planner
Omg those cat stickers at 2:47 are so adorable!! Where did you get them from? 😮
Do you have links to your planner versions? The thicker one and the smaller one?
I love paper planning for almost all things, EXCEPT for actual calendar stuff. My level of business just varies a lot and it feels so wasteful to have a paper calendar when there's weeks of basically nothing going on (or if I have like one or 2 appointments in a week I really don't need to write that down, it's not that hard to remember). Because of this I will also not necessarily always carry a notebook/planner with me, so if something comes up it won't be written down in it. So calendar is on my phone. But everything else stays on paper.
i use a paper planner for school because my school doesn't allow students to use phones, i don't bring my ipad to school and some classes i don't need to turn on a computer so using a paper one is just the most convenient
I have a template to plan my homework hours during weekends and put it on a stand near my setup
It's better than digital for me because digital is too distracting
Special brain reason really clicked with me 👍 good one
Reason no. 6: Your work-product and -experience are your own intellectual property. If you plan on paper you needn’t worry about losing that record of your growth when you change employers. Google doesn’t permit as much free space as it used to, and moving stuff off of Microsoft is a huge pain. Just keep the planner for future reference.
In re. mind mapping of any kind: too easy to get wrapped up in fiddling with the tools and away from what one is trying to do. “If I made this text box a liiiittle bit smaller it would fit between these two ideas.” Writing on paper? Just write it smaller and move on.
The answer for me is an e-ink tablet :)
I prefer writing it down than putting on google calendar or apple calendar
Paper is better!
Getting tired of ads in the middle of videos
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