My favorite planner is my bullet journal (A5 Leuchtturm) ... I have to also carry a small monthly calender to dr and vet appts so that I always am careful not to double book our truck lol. In busy times I've also enjoyed preprinted Hobinichi Weeks or similar. It's just that I only really use and keep up with my bullet journal very consistently for 9 years it's proven that I'll use it and I love that I can set up special projects and index it all. It really works for me!
I think that you consistenly have used the bullet journal shows its value to you. I think I'd be back on the bullet journal if the e-ink solution hadn't presented itself.
I can't see a good way to do both. The Monday start make the most sense, but in the US, people grow up with a Sunday start, so the change can be confusing.
I would never have imagined that many people struggle to read and write fluently enough to use these skills in their daily lives. I have encountered students who felt a deep shame regarding their inability to read their own notes. This shame led them to avoid any handwritten tasks, always opting for a keyboard equipped with an automatic spell checker. One student was diagnosed with dyslexia, while others managed to finish high school without ever fully learning how to write with a pen. I was also intrigued by why the contractor renovating the neighbors' house consistently parked on their lawn. It turned out that he was unable to read parking signs.
It is unfortunately true that there are people among us who cannot read or write. And there are those with handwriting that is so poor as to be useless to them or to others. I've always been able to read my own writing, but I know students who cannot read their own. I don't know enough to decide if this is something missing, lack of skill, or a conscious choice.
I use a page a day diary for my daily bullet to do tasks. I use an A6 pocket notebook for my idea dump for work. I have a second A6 pocket notebook for shopping lists and random stuff. I have a bullet journal with task list, year and month lists. But I find it hard to use it. I find the diary and pocket notebooks work well
I find it helpful from time to time to just look at what I'm using and re-evaluate. My version of a bullet journal worked the best on paper. I actually like an electronic solution for my shopping lists: I put my planned menu and recipes on the same page, and another has sizes for my furnace and other filters.
Recently, I've felt like a bit of a failure since I don't have a beautifully decorated planner. I use the basic Newestor inserts from Amazon.( I already had the cover and plastic organizing pieces. ) Otherwise, I've used various planners that were usually given to me. I do have a Travelers Passport which I am struggling to utilize as an EDC planner. I prefer planners that start the week with Monday; which most don't. With the Sunday beginners, I catch myself putting appointments on the wrong day. This has been an interesting topic. Thanks.
I'm glad this helped. And I do think most people overdo it. My own planner could do this because it was an electronic/handwriting hybrid that didn't have physical mass or space.
New to you and love your sweater! No, that isn’t all I got out of this video. 😂 I am a planner and one of those people that tend to plan for people around me. Because a few of them are not planners AT ALL. I had a recent discussion with my Mother and my Brother, she was going to see him, we were going to meet halfway for me to dump, oh I mean drop her off, for the weekend. These two are in the group of non planners in my family and they do okay with their life being planned for them until they are in groups of more than one and then for some unknown reason they gang up on the planners and refuse to answer basic questions to formulate a plan. Even what time do we meet?My brother says, all of you planners, see if you don’t plan things you are never disappointed when they don’t happen. My reply to that was….that doesn’t even make sense and besides you are dumb. 😂 Being the little sister, those kinds of names are a given. Anywho, I finally had to tell them when we are meeting, when we are leaving, where we are meeting, all of the details. I discovered recently that I am a forwards planner AND a back planner. I plan all of the things for the future and then I come behind that and back plan everything that happened. I find that I need those back plan details in the future quite often. Currently I use a Sterling Ink Tomoe River Paper in A5. It has the months then the weeks and then 300+ glorious pages at the back to put in all of my back planning details. And it is Fountain Pen Friendly. For the most part although that is debatable this year due to a change in the paper. I also use a Happy Planner because I love stickers so I decorate that to my hearts content but mainly use it as a sort of diary of my life. Then I have a small BuJo that I keep with me at all times, this contains all of the info that doesn’t tend to change year after year. Medication lists for me and my Mom, insurance information, car information, emergency information, people’s phone numbers in case I end up somewhere without my mobile phone, birthdays….just think of any info that you might need to dig for in 500 different places and it is in that little BuJo! And yes, to answer your question, I keep up with it all. 👍🏻 Sorry for the long response but you did ask? 😂 T ✌🏻
The back planning is an interesting wrinkle on planning, and is certainly a good use of those extra paages in the planner. It always amazes me how some people can take it as a point of pride that they are unable to even take care of minimal planning.
Being retired doesn't mean that there are any less demands on my time. I use a desk calendar with a page to a day. Also a diary with a weekly layout when you open it. Key appointments months in advance I put on a monthly calendar in my iPhone. Overall I am a much better organised person, able to keep track of things. Avoiding the embarrassment of double booking is important. Micro and macro,free time, allocated time. There's enough flexibility to take into account other people not being able to keep appointments.
I think the biggest difference between retirement and work is ideally that you get more control over your time, not that you have less to do. Those who retire to do nothing don't seem to last long after they retire.
I've never been great at planning (or sticking to a plan), so multiple reference systems are out for me. I quite liked having everything on Outlook at work, but it didn’t play nicely with home calendars, so I had to transcribe everything. Now, though, I'm back to using a diary and a paper calendar on the wall, because that's what my mum needs to understand what's coming up (she's 85 and has got dementia).
And, as one gets older, those To Do items are projects involving multiple steps. One has more than one project processing at different rates. Adults juggle and continuously evaluate priorities.
1) I am intrigued by the zoom sign that you drew in your planning representations in addition to the arrow. I don't know this sign. What is the origin? 2) And why not instead a mental map ? Thanks for all 😊
My zoom sign was supposed to be a magnifying glass: sort of the classic Sherlock Holmes design. I forget my students are used to me doing that, not my viewers. To be honest, this diagram was what came to me. I tend to like sketchnoting when I can.
Funny how lots of perfectly successful people survived without complex planners. O right, there were wall calendars and things were written on those and everyone could see events and appointments, etc.
That's true. I like to have things written down and in a portable format, though the complexity depends on the day. For me a monthly calendar and a blank notebook work best for a paper solution.
Unfortunately, we live in the era of information overload and the majority of that information is not in a tangible format. We don't have space to spare in our brains for keeping track of our commitments because we're constantly being distracted by all of the noise around us. So we crave a way to tie down at least a part of the information. It helps us feel we have some kind of control.
I have a very simple planning system. It's called a diary. I find a lot of so-called planners are just an elaborate development of a basic diary. I operate a card index system as a retrospective viewer, not as a planner. It will show me what has been achieved over the year rather than what I hope to do in the future. I am also working on a way of time retrieval in my life. This entails making more time by dropping those things that already take up too much of my life. For example, watching RUclips is too addictive. Do I really need to watch so many pen videos and do I really need to keep subscribing to more and more new channels? If I claw back some of that time and re-allocate it, surely I will get more done. There is also a great danger of over-planning as can be seen in your description of allowing so many minutes to put washing into a washing machine and then a few more minutes to hang it all out to dry. I certainly wouldn't wish to live my life like that. With over-planning the planning side becomes more obsessive to the point where all you're doing is writing a glorified wish list without the motivation to start a project.
Pretty planners only work for some people. I find that I resent taking time to make my planner look pretty. For me, my Planner just has to work for me; it is for me, not another person.
To me there is a happy place in the middle between overplanning and underplanning. I'll list laundry as a todo, but I don't block out how long it takes. But it works for some people. As you say, stealing back those minutes also helps.
I had a High School Teacher, who said "the faintest ink is better than the best memory". The older I get the truer that saying is.
Sounds really good to me!
Enjoyed this video. As the planner spouse, it is ironic that those who need planner most are the least likely to use them.
Very true!
My favorite planner is my bullet journal (A5 Leuchtturm) ... I have to also carry a small monthly calender to dr and vet appts so that I always am careful not to double book our truck lol.
In busy times I've also enjoyed preprinted Hobinichi Weeks or similar. It's just that I only really use and keep up with my bullet journal very consistently for 9 years it's proven that I'll use it and I love that I can set up special projects and index it all. It really works for me!
I think that you consistenly have used the bullet journal shows its value to you. I think I'd be back on the bullet journal if the e-ink solution hadn't presented itself.
I use a Happy Planner. I like how you broke down all the ways to plan. Everyone has different needs and likes of how to plan.
The variety of planning needs is part of why the planner field is so wide.
Definitely a Monday start but some do both within the calendar which is really daft.
I can't see a good way to do both. The Monday start make the most sense, but in the US, people grow up with a Sunday start, so the change can be confusing.
I would never have imagined that many people struggle to read and write fluently enough to use these skills in their daily lives. I have encountered students who felt a deep shame regarding their inability to read their own notes. This shame led them to avoid any handwritten tasks, always opting for a keyboard equipped with an automatic spell checker. One student was diagnosed with dyslexia, while others managed to finish high school without ever fully learning how to write with a pen.
I was also intrigued by why the contractor renovating the neighbors' house consistently parked on their lawn. It turned out that he was unable to read parking signs.
It is unfortunately true that there are people among us who cannot read or write. And there are those with handwriting that is so poor as to be useless to them or to others. I've always been able to read my own writing, but I know students who cannot read their own. I don't know enough to decide if this is something missing, lack of skill, or a conscious choice.
I use a page a day diary for my daily bullet to do tasks. I use an A6 pocket notebook for my idea dump for work. I have a second A6 pocket notebook for shopping lists and random stuff. I have a bullet journal with task list, year and month lists. But I find it hard to use it. I find the diary and pocket notebooks work well
I find it helpful from time to time to just look at what I'm using and re-evaluate. My version of a bullet journal worked the best on paper. I actually like an electronic solution for my shopping lists: I put my planned menu and recipes on the same page, and another has sizes for my furnace and other filters.
Recently, I've felt like a bit of a failure since I don't have a beautifully decorated planner. I use the basic Newestor inserts from Amazon.( I already had the cover and plastic organizing pieces. ) Otherwise, I've used various planners that were usually given to me. I do have a Travelers Passport which I am struggling to utilize as an EDC planner. I prefer planners that start the week with Monday; which most don't. With the Sunday beginners, I catch myself putting appointments on the wrong day. This has been an interesting topic. Thanks.
I'm glad this helped. And I do think most people overdo it. My own planner could do this because it was an electronic/handwriting hybrid that didn't have physical mass or space.
New to you and love your sweater! No, that isn’t all I got out of this video. 😂 I am a planner and one of those people that tend to plan for people around me. Because a few of them are not planners AT ALL. I had a recent discussion with my Mother and my Brother, she was going to see him, we were going to meet halfway for me to dump, oh I mean drop her off, for the weekend. These two are in the group of non planners in my family and they do okay with their life being planned for them until they are in groups of more than one and then for some unknown reason they gang up on the planners and refuse to answer basic questions to formulate a plan. Even what time do we meet?My brother says, all of you planners, see if you don’t plan things you are never disappointed when they don’t happen. My reply to that was….that doesn’t even make sense and besides you are dumb. 😂 Being the little sister, those kinds of names are a given. Anywho, I finally had to tell them when we are meeting, when we are leaving, where we are meeting, all of the details. I discovered recently that I am a forwards planner AND a back planner. I plan all of the things for the future and then I come behind that and back plan everything that happened. I find that I need those back plan details in the future quite often. Currently I use a Sterling Ink Tomoe River Paper in A5. It has the months then the weeks and then 300+ glorious pages at the back to put in all of my back planning details. And it is Fountain Pen Friendly. For the most part although that is debatable this year due to a change in the paper. I also use a Happy Planner because I love stickers so I decorate that to my hearts content but mainly use it as a sort of diary of my life. Then I have a small BuJo that I keep with me at all times, this contains all of the info that doesn’t tend to change year after year. Medication lists for me and my Mom, insurance information, car information, emergency information, people’s phone numbers in case I end up somewhere without my mobile phone, birthdays….just think of any info that you might need to dig for in 500 different places and it is in that little BuJo! And yes, to answer your question, I keep up with it all. 👍🏻 Sorry for the long response but you did ask? 😂
T ✌🏻
The back planning is an interesting wrinkle on planning, and is certainly a good use of those extra paages in the planner.
It always amazes me how some people can take it as a point of pride that they are unable to even take care of minimal planning.
Being retired doesn't mean that there are any less demands on my time. I use a desk calendar with a page to a day. Also a diary with a weekly layout when you open it.
Key appointments months in advance I put on a monthly calendar in my iPhone.
Overall I am a much better organised person, able to keep track of things. Avoiding the embarrassment of double booking is important. Micro and macro,free time, allocated time.
There's enough flexibility to take into account other people not being able to keep appointments.
I think the biggest difference between retirement and work is ideally that you get more control over your time, not that you have less to do. Those who retire to do nothing don't seem to last long after they retire.
brain exercises thnk u :]
You're welcome!
I've never been great at planning (or sticking to a plan), so multiple reference systems are out for me. I quite liked having everything on Outlook at work, but it didn’t play nicely with home calendars, so I had to transcribe everything. Now, though, I'm back to using a diary and a paper calendar on the wall, because that's what my mum needs to understand what's coming up (she's 85 and has got dementia).
I think something very obvious makes the most sense in your situation.
And, as one gets older, those To Do items are projects involving multiple steps. One has more than one project processing at different rates. Adults juggle and continuously evaluate priorities.
Very true! I think the value of older employees is how we can juggle so many things so much more efficiently and more naturally evaluate priorities.
1) I am intrigued by the zoom sign that you drew in your planning representations in addition to the arrow. I don't know this sign. What is the origin?
2) And why not instead a mental map ?
Thanks for all 😊
My zoom sign was supposed to be a magnifying glass: sort of the classic Sherlock Holmes design. I forget my students are used to me doing that, not my viewers.
To be honest, this diagram was what came to me. I tend to like sketchnoting when I can.
Funny how lots of perfectly successful people survived without complex planners. O right, there were wall calendars and things were written on those and everyone could see events and appointments, etc.
That's true. I like to have things written down and in a portable format, though the complexity depends on the day. For me a monthly calendar and a blank notebook work best for a paper solution.
Unfortunately, we live in the era of information overload and the majority of that information is not in a tangible format. We don't have space to spare in our brains for keeping track of our commitments because we're constantly being distracted by all of the noise around us. So we crave a way to tie down at least a part of the information. It helps us feel we have some kind of control.
I have a very simple planning system. It's called a diary. I find a lot of so-called planners are just an elaborate development of a basic diary. I operate a card index system as a retrospective viewer, not as a planner. It will show me what has been achieved over the year rather than what I hope to do in the future. I am also working on a way of time retrieval in my life. This entails making more time by dropping those things that already take up too much of my life. For example, watching RUclips is too addictive. Do I really need to watch so many pen videos and do I really need to keep subscribing to more and more new channels? If I claw back some of that time and re-allocate it, surely I will get more done. There is also a great danger of over-planning as can be seen in your description of allowing so many minutes to put washing into a washing machine and then a few more minutes to hang it all out to dry. I certainly wouldn't wish to live my life like that. With over-planning the planning side becomes more obsessive to the point where all you're doing is writing a glorified wish list without the motivation to start a project.
Pretty planners only work for some people. I find that I resent taking time to make my planner look pretty. For me, my Planner just has to work for me; it is for me, not another person.
To me there is a happy place in the middle between overplanning and underplanning. I'll list laundry as a todo, but I don't block out how long it takes. But it works for some people.
As you say, stealing back those minutes also helps.
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why is Thursday an "R" ?
T has been taken. Some colleges make use of R for Thursday on their schedules to save room on print outs.
@@bcase5328 So, following that logic, explain S being used for both Saturday and Sunday.....
@pamelaboxall7015 the logic is that there are usually no meetings or appointments on Saturday or Sunday.
@ Thank you. It’s fascinating how differently we all approach what on the surface looks like a standard measurement of time.
Because Thursday could too easily be confused for Tuesday. The weekends, both with S, stand out better because they're next to each other.
perhaps colleges only work five days per week
I wish that were true of my high school teaching job!
Older cell phones are security nightmares. I hope yours isn't so old it's outside of the update window. If so, it's not something to be proud of 😬
Mine still gets updates. When the updates stop I'll have to force myself to replace it!