I started using Franklin Planner when I was working for Bristol-Myers Squibb in 1992. The Planner was given to every employee and we went to the training as well. It changed my life. Fast Forward to 2024 and I'm still using Franklin planner. I''ve tried digital, other paper planners and always come back to FP. ❤
All the OG Franklin planner fans have entered the chat. 😂❤ Carrying the system and its principles into the 21st century. 🎉 Thanks for the heads up on the Monticello paper. Fountain pens and Franklin planners = dream team.
I used to use the Franklin Planner and actually went through the course nearly 30 years ago. I have my digital calendars but they don’t have soul. I now have an all in one planner from Sterling Ink that has quarterly, monthly, weekly and daily planning on Tomoe River paper which is brilliant for fountain pens.
I don't mind my digital calendar (although I agree it has no soul), I think of it as a collection point for appointments. I add them to my FP when I do the daily planning.
I also used Franklin Planner back in the day, then bullet journaling (before it was a thing), then Hobonichi, and have now settled in quite nicely to a Sterling Ink as well. I find it more flexible than the Frankin Planner because the structure fades into the background when you need it to (for example a vacation week where you plan differently) and the plain grid pages have page numbers that can be indexed as easily as the days. The best benefit to the Sterling Ink though is it's size. I use the B6 half year and it is significantly easier to cart around than the Franklin Planner, with buttery soft paper that loves my fountain pen.
Things written down are more real, sink in more somehow. David Allen (Getting things done guy) was spokesman for Time Design planners 400 years ago. I have to use mixture of electronic and paper (and iPhones taking photo is great way to backup paper planner.
So happy to see you talking about the Franklin planner. I use the weekly planner now because it fits my lifestyle. I have used the Franklin planner since 1992. I’ve always loved it because it slows me down and helps me think. I still have the original tan leather binder, and it has held up very well. My children will learn a lot when they read what I have written all these years.
I’ve tried EVERY system of time management, planning, journaling, (digital and physical) and I agree that this system, when embraced, is truly life changing on multiple levels. Slowing down, being engaged, and being forced to be “real” about what you can do in a 24 hour period ultimately reduces stress and increases efficiency. It also is an excellent way to set and accomplish realistic goals. Thank you for creating such a great video about the system.
This is my third year using the Franklin Covey planner. I’ve been using the Original 2 pages /1 day layout. This year I got the Bloom 2 pages / 1 day. I love this planning system because it has structure and you also have space to go wild and just be creative. It’s the only planning system that has actually helped me to achieve my goals. Love it!
Thanks for covering the Franklin Planner! I’ve tried so many planners and this is the system I always return to. I really appreciate that there are forms to help define your goals (who you want to be) and then a form to help you make those goals be part of your everyday journey.
I miss my Franklin Planner. I loved it. I accomplished so much when using it. I’ve been creating my own planner now that I’m retired. I still arrow forward for the things I haven’t completed. I like looking back at what I’ve gotten done. I’m a kinesthetic learner, so the hard copy, writing things down, color coding, etc. is the best for me.
Using FC for almost 20 years and still in love! Still use the system and it's even more wonderful now that I so many binder options. Thank you for sharing!
My Mom was a huge Franklin Planner person. I was a Daytimer person. We had a huge competition between planners but respect for each other and often compare thoughts and ideas. My year Daytimer was one of my holiday gifts my mom looked forward to getting me each year. I do miss my Daytimer....🤔
I stumbled upon my old leather planner from 1999 and found it filled with notes, which brought a smile to my face. Among the notes, I found the FAX letterhead I used back then. I just visited the Franklin Planner website and ordered a refill. Thank you, Carl!
That's something I discovered when I opened up my old Franklin Planner from 2009. Flipping through the pages there was so much wonderful nostalgia. Happy memories.
Must be something in the air. I've been doing Franklin Planner all year, and there are parts I love (the parenthetical references especially), but I don't have enough appointments and notes every day to justify all that paper. So, I'm finally going to try the Bullet Journal method. Though, I'm excited to use some of the FP principles in it. I'm all kinds of excited because I totally agree - having something tangible is just so satisfying.
I used DayRunner and DayTimer for years. I've tried to love digital. Lately I've been dusting off my Tule planners and thinking of returning to paper. Glad to see this.
Wish I would have known you wanted to try this. I used the Franklin Planner for years and left it in 2016. February of 2024 I went back and decided to splurge and buy a new planner with my calendar pages. I made it almost until the end of June and now I’m using my iPad and Apple Pencil using a PDF template. I would have given you mine
Waiting with bated breath for the next installment and how you did on your travels. Hate to say it, but you inspired me to return as well, and I am loving using the system again.
Thank you Carl. I used a DayTimer planner with zippered leather binder for 25 years+. I made a decision to go with the future and do digital, but I miss my DayTimer, it was great to use. The zippered binder is a must, because it stops anything from falling out and getting lost.
That is so true, Peter. I like the clarity I get by physically writing out my appointments each day. It gets me to think about what's possible and what's not.
I could have written this as well. I used the full-size Monarch planner for years and it was great, No need for a brief bag until I started carrying a laptop around. I also collected pens and have a couple given as gifts with great sentimental value.
I had about 20 years with Daytimer also, did several courses, had the Time Power cassette tapes and all. Like I said to Carl, I'm going "back to the future" with paper, shame that Day timer and Franklin no longer have offices in Australia. It was so easy just getting on the blower and ordering pages. Those were the days....
Hello. I subscribed today because I used Franklin Planners through most high school until freshman year of college. I just stopped proper planning for 10 years then I started back planning in 2016 in hobonichi weeks. For 2025, I bought Franklin Planner and I’m currently integrating those methods into my current planner. So here to see your progress. Thank you advance.
I too am moving this direction with a test. I went through the training in the mid 90's when it was Franklin-Quest. Held onto the process through 2010 and dropped it for digital. I miss the paper experience and the intentionality of the process. I still have the leather monarch binder and will be using it for my re-orientation.
I find your shift to paper and analog tools very motivating. I've been returning to my Bullet Journal and doing more analog planning and note-taking. I feel that ambient "task stress" is going away and becoming more organic in my productivity. Really great!
Thanks to you, I've rediscovered the old Franklin Quest method and trying to use it with my pocket travel notebook. I only wished Frankin Covey would come out with a small version that won't become overly bulky.
We are LOVING these videos! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and ideas, we can't wait to see how our planning system continues to help your productivity!
I am missing my Palm Pilot, not for planning as much as for execution though. I had built my own weekly paper template way back then, when things still mattered, based on both Covey and Fisher/Ury "Getting to Yes" and always carried it with me, for planning, habits and sharpening the saw.
I use a Filofax planner and have since the 1970s - specifically their "Day Planner" pages designed by John Adair. For some security I have attached and Apple Tag to it in case I forget it when outside my home. I also carry with me a couple of business cards in my back pocket at all times, so I can capture useful thoughts, ideas and information - and enter them into my planner when I get back to my desk.
Isn't it funny how that, over the years. technology has so enthralled us with it's ease of use, simplicity, ubiquitous presence, order, and just plain old "fancy-ness"... but when it all comes down to it, the age-old "tech" of pen and paper (probably the iPhone of it's day, lemme just say!) is really just more satisfying, simple, and economic in the end. I've used both over the years, and while I'm all digital at the moment (with a good mix of some good tools that seems to work good for me), I do miss those days of just writing stuff down with a nice pen and colour-coding with highlighters or pen inks or sticky notes or pencil crayons. LOL Thanks for recording your journey into "olden times" for us all. I'm sure those younger than we will either be inspired anew or shake their heads and turn back to their Apple Notes, but I do hope more are inspired than Apple'd. LOL You've made me jump into researching where I can get my hands on a Franklin planner, and writing down pros and cons in my digital journal about if I should or shouldn't... So ALSO thanks for keeping this older grey matter active with all these thoughts. LOL Blessings!
I ❤ my FP. I use it the personal size (1 day 2 pages) and carry it everywhere. I like their priority setting guidance (leaning on Covey's 7 habits) I like haven't Ng everything at a glance and flip the pages (rather than scroll down a screen) to see what is going on. Plus, when the year is over, there is a record of my life which I can keep as a memory. They have those beautiful boxes to archive them too! PS. 8:22 I've used Monticello pages for decades with fountain 🖋️ pen with an F nib without any issues. Maybe your pen nib is wider (and wetter)?
Love my leather Frankiln Planners. Currently using the 7 having inserts. I carry 3 months. My first entry every day is Solitude and Planning (for the day, week, month) . Great choice on your planner. 🖋🖋🖋
Carl, Cheers from Denver, CO USA. I have used a Franklin off and on since the mid 90s during their heyday in a couple of different career fields. I can say I don't think you'll go far wrong. Advantages are no data loss unless you don't write it in there; the forced intentionality that you reference in your video; and the ability to journal as well as plan your day and add notes to things in your day. Use parentheses to drive you to a digital resource if you need to. (9/26 Outlk 11 AM SE) - tells me all I need to reference an email from a colleague. I wish you well and I'll be subscribing.
Don’t know why this popped up in my feed but I used FP for years and years in the 00s, first in the classic size then in the smaller size. I also used the FP palm pilot app which integrated with Outlook. However, if you are in a lot of meetings especially when meetings get cancelled or rescheduled regularly, it’s pretty hard to keep your planner in alignment with your work Outlook schedule.
I was a Franklin Planner girl WAY back in the early 90s and honestly, with digital only I never feel like I have any handle on what is going on. Too much information and everything looks the same (even if I change the colours) I just end up feeling vaguely stressed all the time. I have been trying, unsuccessfully so far, to go back to paper so I am very much looking forward to the hybrid you come up with!
Yay! After all these years I just did not make the switch to digital planning. I just have so much joy using analog planning. Hope you keep doing it and report back please.
Used the Franklin Planner while working for a company known by its initials. My coworker and I set out to call on a customer and we asked ourselves what we needed to take along. We looked at our leather planners and agreed “only our bibles.” Seriously, thank you for what you are doing. Learned somethings already that I wish I’d understood years ago about realistic “prioritized task lists”.
Computers are just so clinical, sterile and not very creative whereas pen and paper ignites the emotions and creativity we all have based on the feedback of the pen and paper. Like Digital vs Film digital is nice, easy, instant gratification, film requires thought, seeing light and shadow, making decisions for settings based on the film type. Give me "Paper & Film" anyday of the week..... Going to order my leadership refill tonight, thanks Carl!!
I’ve used the pocket version since the 90s and more recently I carry the Louis Vuitton pocket agenda and MontBlanc pen with me. My days are normally very light as most my income is passive, so I can use the weekly and monthly calendars. (No business meetings or partnerships) The brain works differently when using pen and paper, I love it.
Love this! I use the compact size of franklin planner to make it more portable, but love the space in the classic. So glad you are sharing this! Cant find too many videos using this system! Thank you for sharing!
The nice thing about using it for a while is that even if you switch to digital or another planner, this system can easily be taken with you! Love your idea of a challenge!
I really love this video. For me, I am using Bullet Journal, which shares lots of same features and functions. And I do feel that I carry my whole life and all plans with me all the time.
I can still remember how I felt when I got my first Franklin Planner (1987 I think!). And I've used them ever since on and off through the years, with digital tools too. I've tried many planners and digital task managers, but always come back to Franklin (although it's a tie with the Full Focus Planner, which is a quarterly planner) and Evernote. I love that you're doing this series. I have the Tyler binder too 🙂.
Mr. Pullein, I recently subscribed to your channel and am enjoying the episodes. I'm a former Franklin Planner user. Your experiment is very intriguing and I'm looking forward to your 3 month experiment. Have a great day.
Hi Carl, thank you for this very timely video. I am in Perth, Western Australia and I'm expecting my Franklin Planner will be delivered tomorrow or soon after. I opted for the Alex zip binder in saddle, classic size. I have chosen the 7 Habits day on 2 pages inserts. I watched your earlier video reviewing your beautifully stored collection of past pages. It was part of my inspiration to order, along with the FC system to review values, roles and then build goals around these, instead of the rather aimless (but useful) to-do list approach. I have completed the course and ordered the book too! I am hopeful that some of my fountain pens will be OK on the paper, if I stick with my fine nibs. I still have a Hobonichi for journaling, there is nothing quite like a Pilot Custom 823 medium nib gliding across that paper! I believe I have tried every planner system on the planet in the last 10 years. I hope to recapture some of the joy brought by my first ever planner system, a chunky, navy blue, vinyl DayRunner back in the 80s or 90s (can't quite recall 😂). I look forward to joining you on your journey.
I am set to start with my Franklin Planner on October 1. My concession is that I am using a regular $8 vinyl binder instead of one of the $125 Franklin binder.
I wet through the training long ago when it was Franklin Covey. I didn't know they still existed. If you don't mind hauling it around it could be good. Maybe for retired people. A mini iPad used to fit inside mine so I didn't have to drag around two things.
When I compared it to the weight of an 11 inch iPad Pro with the Magic Keyboard, the weight is about the same. That's going to be an interesting experiment.
This does remind me that I really need to start looking for a paper diary for next year. There have been far too many occasions, this year, when I've tried to look at my calendar, notes, or task app but had no mobile signal!
I have tried all the analog systems for decades and am back to analog these days. Have you tried the Hobonichi Planner? Nothing beats it and the paper is legendary. Try the Hobonichi Cousin size . The Techo is smaller. Both are gorgeous and very portable, A whole year in one smallish notebook. I will never use anything else after using them for 5 years now. The problem with the Franklin is all the hassle of swapping pages and not having an entire year in a lightweight book. You can see everything by day, month and year plus it has an open architecture and you can use it lots of ways.
I've heard a lot about the Hobonichi planners. Having done the Franklin Planner course and used one for 14 years, it's logical I continue to use a system I am very familiar with.
I love Hobonichi but am considering buying Franklin inserts, reinforcement strips, and a discbound cover for 2025 because: 1) I know I won’t manually create the Franklin template every day in a Hobonichi; and 2) Ring-planners feel clunky to me.
I have been using the Full Focus Planner for a few years and other than some notes in Apple Notes and my calendar, I have mostly rid myself of a digital task manager.
Wonderful! Franklin Planner is like blueprints, and laptop/phone are like hammers - totally different. Just subscribed and I'm excited to see what you think after 90 days. Good luck!
My planner journey started years ago when my father started using a Franklin Planner. I too used a Franklin Planner for many years. But then I moved away from them because they were too expensive. Later when my financial means increased, I tried going back to the Franklin Planner, but found the notebooks to be way to heavy for my busy schedule, which includes a great deal of travel. I ended up scaling back to smaller Tomoe River planner (yes, I use fountain pens as well). But, the principles that I learned during all those years of using a Franklin Planner, I still use today.
I suspect that is what I will eventually do. The Planner is heavy (although it's around the same weight as an 11 inch iPad Pro with keyboard). Which may become an issue when I start travelling later this year.
@@Carl_Pullein Just for fun I pulled out my old Franklin planner. It weighed in at 4 lbs! As I've gotten older, (and after a shoulder reconstruction) I have lightened my load when I travel. I went from an iPad Pro to an iPad Mini, and instead of carrying a luggable MacBook Pro, I use an LG Gram. Even though I ended up going back to a PC (which wasn't really all that different), I find the weight to be much easier for me.
I'm very curious to see how your experiment ends. And I'm looking forward to the series. I have been using a paper planner (X17) again for a few months. It works real good with my fountain pens. I use different pens with different color inks- And I really love it.
Hi David, with the Franklin Planner, the "Master To-do list" was at the start of each month. This forced you tolook at it monthly and decide when you would do the task.
It is possible to use fountain pens with the Monticello Franklin Planner pages, but you have to use an extra fine nib combined with a “dry” ink. Doing that will not result in ghosting or bleed through on the back of the page. I use both TWSBI Blue Black and Lamy Blue ink on Monticello paper with no issues.
@@Carl_Pullein Some good options to get you started are: Pelikan 4001 Brilliant Black, Platinum Classic (the whole line), Lamy Blue, Lamy Black, Lamy Blue-Black, TWSBI Blue-Black
This is making me want to go back to the Franklin Planner (I haven’t used it since the early 90s!) I’m just afraid of spending tonnes of money and then not really using it. Especially as I work on multiple team projects where teams are spread across multiple countries.
I need to see how I can use this when people schedule me. Seems I'm gonna have to do swivel chair and enter things in both the manual way and in outlook. Please help me understand.
@@CRAZY6256 The recommended way, and the one I've found most effective, is to enter your appointments for the day when you do the daily planning. It takes less than five minutes and means you only write out confirmed appointments. x
I have Rheumatoid and Osteoarthritis pretty severely in my hands, so I dont like anything heavy and bulky, but I HAVE to HAVE a paper planner! It just keeps me more focused. That and Notion. I have used the Plum Paper planner the last two years.
I mean there are tons of us on many sites and FB groups who use analogue planners and are proof that it does work… I look forward to seeing how your challenge goes :)
Love it! I am actually going to join you on a similar experiment as I have been resorting to paper more and more often. I would like to use Franklin Planner but I think I am going with the Levenger-type disc bound system because I already have the binder and a punch and it is more versatile in my opinion. The issue I am having is that I can't find any daily (preferably 2 pages/ day) inserts that I like in the disc bound style, If any of your loyal viewers have any suggestions, it would be greatly appreciated. Keep up the great work Carl!
I miss mine. A disability keeps me from writing so I gave it up. Indeed electronic can be no good. I once "floated" a task for a couple of years. I didn't have to rewrite it just change the date so on and on it went. I did finally complete it.
In 1990 I got my first time-system planner in A5. I loved the thing and used it intensively for years. I have always been in the IT industry and at some point I, like many others, am sitting on the mistake of doing everything digitally. I had all hardware and software available to me. It was clear that I also use this intensively. There is hardly an organisation app that I have not used. I have participated in every development, from the first laptop, to Palm-Pilot, all kinds of smartphones and tablets. All really great. At some point I started buying fancy and expensive leather notebooks. Why? Everything is great digital! So with force everything continues to be digital. It can't be that a computer person uses anything else. The digital helpers filled up, and I always had the impression that I was losing track and using all these tools and helpers for my own end. The older I got, the greater the longing for pen and paper, analogue processing and books made of paper and printer black. Things that I could pick up, touch, smell, feel. There came years when I barely had a week where I didn't switch back and forth between digital and analogue. With this I lost the overview even more and was not happy with it at all. Carl, since you started this analogue series, I've realised I don't have to go through this whole technical game. I can even map complex projects well in my time system. I have now gone so far as to completely empty and delete my Things 3. I will only be working in my time system plan until the end of the year. And then I'll take an honest balance. Calendar, tasks, notes, overviews, planning. My beloved fountain pens are also back in use. I realised it's not just a romantic transfiguration, but an intimate desire to slow down and simplify. I am still in the IT industry and am responsible for the IT of a large company. Digitalisation is a big word and is massively implemented with us. But how I achieve this is entirely up to me. I decide for myself which tools I need for this. Thank you for your incredibly great content.
Thank you for sharing that, Christoph. I understand the feeling that technology must be better, yet I've found that technology is not always better. My initial thoughts are calendars and notes storage is better in the digital space. The task list, though, is better written out by hand.
I like the points you make about the Franklin Planner and paper processes. I'd like to adopt a paper process, except I must keep a current digital shared calendar at work. Have you created steps / process to synchronize the Franklin Planner schedule and tasks with a work digital calendar and task list?
I follow the FB method of transferring appointments to the daily pages when I do my daily planning. That was the way I did it in the 1990s. The difference today is rather than looking at the monthly calendar pages, I look at my digital calendar.
That hasn't really changed very much. I've been doing my weekly planning on paper all year. If anything, writing out what needs to be done and when gives me greater focus, than I had when I did it digitally.
@@Carl_Pullein I’m wondering if using Todoist as a way to capture ideas/reminder for tasks and the referencing the digital calendar while being out and about then adding to the Franklin Planner later might be the better option.
Carl. I used the Franklin Planner for years until I went digital. Now can’t change from the digital world. It’s so streamlined for me. I’ve noticed your posts have gone more from digital to paper lately. Have you given up on digital? You’ve helped me get organized and keep my focus with your videos and podcast, but I can’t seem to adjust to paper any more. Is that weird?
Hi Carl, gray from Tassie here. I used to follow you a few years back, then we parted ways, 😭 I moved to Degoogled android phones and tablet and ditched never thing Apple (very painful transition), I did this for privacy reasons, the last four years of government overreach have made me conscious of the need for on tracking devices as much as is possible. However, I'm now getting fed up with technology altogether and like you fallen in love with fountain pens again and a daily planner. I spent years with both DayTimer and Franklin Planners and still have all my pages and leather binders. Sadly, buying either of those has become impossible withing Australia, I have to order from the USA, is it the same in Old blighty? For now I can use Collins Debden, not as good but I will give it a shot. So it was very nice to see your take on all the do do apps, calendar apps etc. I agree with you wholeheartedly and will follow your journey on this. Cheers
When I graduated college in the early 90s about a dozen friends were hired by the same big insurance company over about a three year period. Their first month of training always included a week long class on using their new Franklin Planner. I wonder how/if that company is doing time management training for new recruits today?
I think there is a Raymay Da Vinci very similar to FC insert that is tomoe river, the good thing is that they are super thin and fountain pen friendly.
my biggest problem with a franlin planner is the massive coil in the middle. It makes writing impossible for me, I need my planners to lay flat. Leuchturms still work the best
It's kind of crazy that the inserts have increased in price to $76.95 for the classic size. I used these for a long time and I know they weren't nearly that cost!
Yeah, I noticed that too. Also the paper quality isn't great. Lathough Franklin Planner do recommend wither the Leadership or 7 Habits pages for better quality paper. (Of course at a higher price)
Love a planner. It just doesn't work for me, going to and fro different places. I'd rather use iPhone and iPad than having to haul a planner as well as the risk of forgetting. When I found myself constantly making pics to 'take it with me', I realized physical doesn't work for me
Sadly, no one at Franklin Planner uses one. You can tell by looking at their ads where the models have planners with just a few pages. None of their planner pages are fountain pen suitable. Regardless it is a marvelous tool.
The FB has an excellent storage system. Each item you collect is collected on a date, which becomes the reference number. Older items are kept in dated storage binders that look gorgeous on a bookshelf. Thie binders are kept where you do your planning so you always have access to them when you need them.
Ridiculous! We live in the 21st century. There are a bunch of digital planners that are just like the Franklin daily planner, except you can search for anything you've written in them in a micro-second. Maybe they don't have soul like a paper planner, but they function exactly the same way, except with horsepower
Well, I'm happy to see you returning to the Franklin Planner! Analog is way better than tech - it was 4 years ago when we spoke about that: ruclips.net/video/V1_gX_JGWm8/видео.html
I started using Franklin Planner when I was working for Bristol-Myers Squibb in 1992. The Planner was given to every employee and we went to the training as well. It changed my life. Fast Forward to 2024 and I'm still using Franklin planner. I''ve tried digital, other paper planners and always come back to FP. ❤
Love that, Jennifer. It goes to show what a solid system the FP is.
All the OG Franklin planner fans have entered the chat. 😂❤ Carrying the system and its principles into the 21st century. 🎉 Thanks for the heads up on the Monticello paper. Fountain pens and Franklin planners = dream team.
I used to use the Franklin Planner and actually went through the course nearly 30 years ago. I have my digital calendars but they don’t have soul. I now have an all in one planner from Sterling Ink that has quarterly, monthly, weekly and daily planning on Tomoe River paper which is brilliant for fountain pens.
I don't mind my digital calendar (although I agree it has no soul), I think of it as a collection point for appointments. I add them to my FP when I do the daily planning.
I too took the class, decades ago!
I also used Franklin Planner back in the day, then bullet journaling (before it was a thing), then Hobonichi, and have now settled in quite nicely to a Sterling Ink as well. I find it more flexible than the Frankin Planner because the structure fades into the background when you need it to (for example a vacation week where you plan differently) and the plain grid pages have page numbers that can be indexed as easily as the days. The best benefit to the Sterling Ink though is it's size. I use the B6 half year and it is significantly easier to cart around than the Franklin Planner, with buttery soft paper that loves my fountain pen.
Things written down are more real, sink in more somehow.
David Allen (Getting things done guy) was spokesman for Time Design planners 400 years ago.
I have to use mixture of electronic and paper (and iPhones taking photo is great way to backup paper planner.
So happy to see you talking about the Franklin planner. I use the weekly planner now because it fits my lifestyle. I have used the Franklin planner since 1992. I’ve always loved it because it slows me down and helps me think. I still have the original tan leather binder, and it has held up very well. My children will learn a lot when they read what I have written all these years.
Love that, Alice. And you're right, it does slow you down and allows you to think.
I’ve tried EVERY system of time management, planning, journaling, (digital and physical) and I agree that this system, when embraced, is truly life changing on multiple levels. Slowing down, being engaged, and being forced to be “real” about what you can do in a 24 hour period ultimately reduces stress and increases efficiency. It also is an excellent way to set and accomplish realistic goals. Thank you for creating such a great video about the system.
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed the video. And I agree, the method taught in the Franklin Planner works.
This is my third year using the Franklin Covey planner. I’ve been using the Original 2 pages /1 day layout. This year I got the Bloom 2 pages / 1 day. I love this planning system because it has structure and you also have space to go wild and just be creative. It’s the only planning system that has actually helped me to achieve my goals. Love it!
Thanks for covering the Franklin Planner! I’ve tried so many planners and this is the system I always return to. I really appreciate that there are forms to help define your goals (who you want to be) and then a form to help you make those goals be part of your everyday journey.
I miss my Franklin Planner. I loved it. I accomplished so much when using it. I’ve been creating my own planner now that I’m retired. I still arrow forward for the things I haven’t completed. I like looking back at what I’ve gotten done. I’m a kinesthetic learner, so the hard copy, writing things down, color coding, etc. is the best for me.
That's something I've really enjoyed is the intentionality of writing something down. Much less likely to ignore it. 🙂
Using FC for almost 20 years and still in love! Still use the system and it's even more wonderful now that I so many binder options. Thank you for sharing!
WOW! I love that! I managed only 14 years 🙂
My Mom was a huge Franklin Planner person. I was a Daytimer person. We had a huge competition between planners but respect for each other and often compare thoughts and ideas. My year Daytimer was one of my holiday gifts my mom looked forward to getting me each year. I do miss my Daytimer....🤔
WOW! I love that. Thank you for for sharing.
I stumbled upon my old leather planner from 1999 and found it filled with notes, which brought a smile to my face. Among the notes, I found the FAX letterhead I used back then. I just visited the Franklin Planner website and ordered a refill. Thank you, Carl!
That's something I discovered when I opened up my old Franklin Planner from 2009. Flipping through the pages there was so much wonderful nostalgia. Happy memories.
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Can't wait for this series!
Must be something in the air. I've been doing Franklin Planner all year, and there are parts I love (the parenthetical references especially), but I don't have enough appointments and notes every day to justify all that paper. So, I'm finally going to try the Bullet Journal method. Though, I'm excited to use some of the FP principles in it. I'm all kinds of excited because I totally agree - having something tangible is just so satisfying.
I used DayRunner and DayTimer for years. I've tried to love digital. Lately I've been dusting off my Tule planners and thinking of returning to paper. Glad to see this.
It's been something that has improved my focus this year.
Wish I would have known you wanted to try this.
I used the Franklin Planner for years and left it in 2016.
February of 2024 I went back and decided to splurge and buy a new planner with my calendar pages.
I made it almost until the end of June and now I’m using my iPad and Apple Pencil using a PDF template.
I would have given you mine
Aww thank you, Shawn.
Waiting with bated breath for the next installment and how you did on your travels. Hate to say it, but you inspired me to return as well, and I am loving using the system again.
Just recorded an update--that should be published next week 🙂
Thank you Carl. I used a DayTimer planner with zippered leather binder for 25 years+. I made a decision to go with the future and do digital, but I miss my DayTimer, it was great to use. The zippered binder is a must, because it stops anything from falling out and getting lost.
That is so true, Peter. I like the clarity I get by physically writing out my appointments each day. It gets me to think about what's possible and what's not.
I could have written this as well. I used the full-size Monarch planner for years and it was great, No need for a brief bag until I started carrying a laptop around. I also collected pens and have a couple given as gifts with great sentimental value.
@@eamehaffey3938 Hahaha I'm looking forward to travelling with my planner.
I had about 20 years with Daytimer also, did several courses, had the Time Power cassette tapes and all. Like I said to Carl, I'm going "back to the future" with paper, shame that Day timer and Franklin no longer have offices in Australia. It was so easy just getting on the blower and ordering pages. Those were the days....
Hello. I subscribed today because I used Franklin Planners through most high school until freshman year of college. I just stopped proper planning for 10 years then I started back planning in 2016 in hobonichi weeks. For 2025, I bought Franklin Planner and I’m currently integrating those methods into my current planner. So here to see your progress. Thank you advance.
Aww thank you Kimiko.
I too am moving this direction with a test. I went through the training in the mid 90's when it was Franklin-Quest. Held onto the process through 2010 and dropped it for digital. I miss the paper experience and the intentionality of the process. I still have the leather monarch binder and will be using it for my re-orientation.
It's an interesting challenge. Calendar events are proving quite a challenge. 🙂
I find your shift to paper and analog tools very motivating. I've been returning to my Bullet Journal and doing more analog planning and note-taking. I feel that ambient "task stress" is going away and becoming more organic in my productivity. Really great!
That's something I've noticed. Because I am more deliberate about what I write down on my task list, I know what's on there is important.
Thanks to you, I've rediscovered the old Franklin Quest method and trying to use it with my pocket travel notebook. I only wished Frankin Covey would come out with a small version that won't become overly bulky.
It might be worth looking through their website (franklinplanner.com). They do offer some smaller alternatives.
We are LOVING these videos! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and ideas, we can't wait to see how our planning system continues to help your productivity!
Thank you 🙂
I am missing my Palm Pilot, not for planning as much as for execution though. I had built my own weekly paper template way back then, when things still mattered, based on both Covey and Fisher/Ury "Getting to Yes" and always carried it with me, for planning, habits and sharpening the saw.
It's been surprising how quickly everything has come back to me. I remember how everything worked.
I love paper. Nothing better ❤
I use a Filofax planner and have since the 1970s - specifically their "Day Planner" pages designed by John Adair. For some security I have attached and Apple Tag to it in case I forget it when outside my home. I also carry with me a couple of business cards in my back pocket at all times, so I can capture useful thoughts, ideas and information - and enter them into my planner when I get back to my desk.
Ooh, I'd not thought of that. I'll be picking up some Apple Tags tomorrow from the Apple Store. Thank you for the fantastic idea.
Isn't it funny how that, over the years. technology has so enthralled us with it's ease of use, simplicity, ubiquitous presence, order, and just plain old "fancy-ness"... but when it all comes down to it, the age-old "tech" of pen and paper (probably the iPhone of it's day, lemme just say!) is really just more satisfying, simple, and economic in the end. I've used both over the years, and while I'm all digital at the moment (with a good mix of some good tools that seems to work good for me), I do miss those days of just writing stuff down with a nice pen and colour-coding with highlighters or pen inks or sticky notes or pencil crayons. LOL Thanks for recording your journey into "olden times" for us all. I'm sure those younger than we will either be inspired anew or shake their heads and turn back to their Apple Notes, but I do hope more are inspired than Apple'd. LOL You've made me jump into researching where I can get my hands on a Franklin planner, and writing down pros and cons in my digital journal about if I should or shouldn't... So ALSO thanks for keeping this older grey matter active with all these thoughts. LOL Blessings!
You're so right, Coleen. It's been a good reminder to me that while the tools change, the principles don't.
I ❤ my FP. I use it the personal size (1 day 2 pages) and carry it everywhere. I like their priority setting guidance (leaning on Covey's 7 habits) I like haven't Ng everything at a glance and flip the pages (rather than scroll down a screen) to see what is going on. Plus, when the year is over, there is a record of my life which I can keep as a memory. They have those beautiful boxes to archive them too! PS. 8:22 I've used Monticello pages for decades with fountain 🖋️ pen with an F nib without any issues. Maybe your pen nib is wider (and wetter)?
I've tried my extra fine nibs - they still shade. So it's down to finding the right ink.
Love my leather Frankiln Planners. Currently using the 7 having inserts. I carry 3 months. My first entry every day is Solitude and Planning (for the day, week, month) . Great choice on your planner.
🖋🖋🖋
That's the first thing I write too. "A1 Planning & Solitude"
Can’t urge you enough to get a Franklin hole punch. Being able to punch stuff and add it to the Planner is vey helpful.
On order. It should be arriving next week. 🙂
Carl, Cheers from Denver, CO USA. I have used a Franklin off and on since the mid 90s during their heyday in a couple of different career fields. I can say I don't think you'll go far wrong. Advantages are no data loss unless you don't write it in there; the forced intentionality that you reference in your video; and the ability to journal as well as plan your day and add notes to things in your day. Use parentheses to drive you to a digital resource if you need to. (9/26 Outlk 11 AM SE) - tells me all I need to reference an email from a colleague. I wish you well and I'll be subscribing.
Thank you, Mike.
Thank you Carl, love the Franklin Planner System!
You're very welcome, Tom.
The best, I have been using it since 4 years ago, Japanese slim editin, pocket size.
Don’t know why this popped up in my feed but I used FP for years and years in the 00s, first in the classic size then in the smaller size. I also used the FP palm pilot app which integrated with Outlook. However, if you are in a lot of meetings especially when meetings get cancelled or rescheduled regularly, it’s pretty hard to keep your planner in alignment with your work Outlook schedule.
OMG, love this❤ please show us how to use the franklin planner and Todoist together. THANK YOU
Just sent over that video to my editor. Should be out next week.
I was a Franklin Planner girl WAY back in the early 90s and honestly, with digital only I never feel like I have any handle on what is going on. Too much information and everything looks the same (even if I change the colours) I just end up feeling vaguely stressed all the time. I have been trying, unsuccessfully so far, to go back to paper so I am very much looking forward to the hybrid you come up with!
It's something I also find with digital tools. It feels like the connection is missing.
Yay! After all these years I just did not make the switch to digital planning. I just have so much joy using analog planning. Hope you keep doing it and report back please.
I will certainly keep you updated, Averil.
Used the Franklin Planner while working for a company known by its initials. My coworker and I set out to call on a customer and we asked ourselves what we needed to take along. We looked at our leather planners and agreed “only our bibles.” Seriously, thank you for what you are doing. Learned somethings already that I wish I’d understood years ago about realistic “prioritized task lists”.
You're very welcome. Glad to have been able to "teach" you something new 🙂
Computers are just so clinical, sterile and not very creative whereas pen and paper ignites the emotions and creativity we all have based on the feedback of the pen and paper. Like Digital vs Film digital is nice, easy, instant gratification, film requires thought, seeing light and shadow, making decisions for settings based on the film type. Give me "Paper & Film" anyday of the week..... Going to order my leadership refill tonight, thanks Carl!!
Love that, John.
I used to order these for staff back in the day, and even my wife had one, people would swear by the back in the 80-90s
As I've been running my experiment, I have to admit, they are still fantastic!
I’ve used the pocket version since the 90s and more recently I carry the Louis Vuitton pocket agenda and MontBlanc pen with me. My days are normally very light as most my income is passive, so I can use the weekly and monthly calendars. (No business meetings or partnerships) The brain works differently when using pen and paper, I love it.
Love this! I use the compact size of franklin planner to make it more portable, but love the space in the classic. So glad you are sharing this! Cant find too many videos using this system! Thank you for sharing!
The nice thing about using it for a while is that even if you switch to digital or another planner, this system can easily be taken with you! Love your idea of a challenge!
I really love this video. For me, I am using Bullet Journal, which shares lots of same features and functions. And I do feel that I carry my whole life and all plans with me all the time.
It feels very special to carry it around. I feel confident I have everything with me.
I can still remember how I felt when I got my first Franklin Planner (1987 I think!). And I've used them ever since on and off through the years, with digital tools too. I've tried many planners and digital task managers, but always come back to Franklin (although it's a tie with the Full Focus Planner, which is a quarterly planner) and Evernote. I love that you're doing this series. I have the Tyler binder too 🙂.
I have such nostalgia for the Franklin Planner.
Mr. Pullein, I recently subscribed to your channel and am enjoying the episodes. I'm a former Franklin Planner user. Your experiment is very intriguing and I'm looking forward to your 3 month experiment. Have a great day.
Thank you, David. This will be a very interesting journey.
Hi Carl, thank you for this very timely video. I am in Perth, Western Australia and I'm expecting my Franklin Planner will be delivered tomorrow or soon after. I opted for the Alex zip binder in saddle, classic size. I have chosen the 7 Habits day on 2 pages inserts. I watched your earlier video reviewing your beautifully stored collection of past pages. It was part of my inspiration to order, along with the FC system to review values, roles and then build goals around these, instead of the rather aimless (but useful) to-do list approach. I have completed the course and ordered the book too! I am hopeful that some of my fountain pens will be OK on the paper, if I stick with my fine nibs. I still have a Hobonichi for journaling, there is nothing quite like a Pilot Custom 823 medium nib gliding across that paper! I believe I have tried every planner system on the planet in the last 10 years. I hope to recapture some of the joy brought by my first ever planner system, a chunky, navy blue, vinyl DayRunner back in the 80s or 90s (can't quite recall 😂). I look forward to joining you on your journey.
When my new planner pages arrived, I was so excited. LOL I was like a kid again hahahaha
I am set to start with my Franklin Planner on October 1. My concession is that I am using a regular $8 vinyl binder instead of one of the $125 Franklin binder.
My fault is I have an unhealthy love of anything leather 😳
@@Carl_Pullein Me, too. I'm just giving the system a three-month trial. If I like it, I'll get a leather binder.
Love this, Carl! Thanks for another great video
Thank you, Mike.
I wet through the training long ago when it was Franklin Covey. I didn't know they still existed. If you don't mind hauling it around it could be good. Maybe for retired people. A mini iPad used to fit inside mine so I didn't have to drag around two things.
When I compared it to the weight of an 11 inch iPad Pro with the Magic Keyboard, the weight is about the same. That's going to be an interesting experiment.
This does remind me that I really need to start looking for a paper diary for next year. There have been far too many occasions, this year, when I've tried to look at my calendar, notes, or task app but had no mobile signal!
Welcome back!! I love mine, but supplement it with digital for repeating tasks. Just can't let it go.....
I have tried all the analog systems for decades and am back to analog these days. Have you tried the Hobonichi Planner? Nothing beats it and the paper is legendary. Try the Hobonichi Cousin size . The Techo is smaller. Both are gorgeous and very portable, A whole year in one smallish notebook. I will never use anything else after using them for 5 years now. The problem with the Franklin is all the hassle of swapping pages and not having an entire year in a lightweight book. You can see everything by day, month and year plus it has an open architecture and you can use it lots of ways.
I've heard a lot about the Hobonichi planners. Having done the Franklin Planner course and used one for 14 years, it's logical I continue to use a system I am very familiar with.
I have to have sections for projects and to dos that aren’t tied to a week or month or day. No bound planner can do what I need.
I love Hobonichi but am considering buying Franklin inserts, reinforcement strips, and a discbound cover for 2025 because: 1) I know I won’t manually create the Franklin template every day in a Hobonichi; and 2) Ring-planners feel clunky to me.
Would love to see how you org your planner, how you use it daily, weekly planning etc a whole series of courses please :)
I have been using the Full Focus Planner for a few years and other than some notes in Apple Notes and my calendar, I have mostly rid myself of a digital task manager.
There's certainly something about analogue systems that brings joy 🙂
I’m also using Full Focus Planner for work, and Filofax for personal stuff. FFP is the best ❤️👍😀
@@Carl_Pulleinif you are looking for a more structured system of review and goal planning I would 100% recommend it.
Wonderful!
Franklin Planner is like blueprints, and laptop/phone are like hammers - totally different.
Just subscribed and I'm excited to see what you think after 90 days.
Good luck!
You beat me to it… I was going to buy one. Used them back in the mid 90s
My planner journey started years ago when my father started using a Franklin Planner. I too used a Franklin Planner for many years. But then I moved away from them because they were too expensive. Later when my financial means increased, I tried going back to the Franklin Planner, but found the notebooks to be way to heavy for my busy schedule, which includes a great deal of travel. I ended up scaling back to smaller Tomoe River planner (yes, I use fountain pens as well). But, the principles that I learned during all those years of using a Franklin Planner, I still use today.
I suspect that is what I will eventually do. The Planner is heavy (although it's around the same weight as an 11 inch iPad Pro with keyboard). Which may become an issue when I start travelling later this year.
@@Carl_Pullein Just for fun I pulled out my old Franklin planner. It weighed in at 4 lbs! As I've gotten older, (and after a shoulder reconstruction) I have lightened my load when I travel. I went from an iPad Pro to an iPad Mini, and instead of carrying a luggable MacBook Pro, I use an LG Gram. Even though I ended up going back to a PC (which wasn't really all that different), I find the weight to be much easier for me.
Used my FP since 1995.sometimes drift off to the latest and greatest but always return the FP is the greatest.
Love that, Mark. I can understand why.
I'm very curious to see how your experiment ends. And I'm looking forward to the series. I have been using a paper planner (X17) again for a few months. It works real good with my fountain pens. I use different pens with different color inks- And I really love it.
Brilliant video as usual. One question, where do you keep your master To Do List
Hi David, with the Franklin Planner, the "Master To-do list" was at the start of each month. This forced you tolook at it monthly and decide when you would do the task.
@@Carl_Pullein Thank you. I have one on order!
It is possible to use fountain pens with the Monticello Franklin Planner pages, but you have to use an extra fine nib combined with a “dry” ink. Doing that will not result in ghosting or bleed through on the back of the page. I use both TWSBI Blue Black and Lamy Blue ink on Monticello paper with no issues.
Thank you for that. I am looking into some "dry" inks 🙂
@@Carl_Pullein Some good options to get you started are: Pelikan 4001 Brilliant Black, Platinum Classic (the whole line), Lamy Blue, Lamy Black, Lamy Blue-Black, TWSBI Blue-Black
@@GC12345 Thank you for that 🙂
This is making me want to go back to the Franklin Planner (I haven’t used it since the early 90s!) I’m just afraid of spending tonnes of money and then not really using it. Especially as I work on multiple team projects where teams are spread across multiple countries.
There's quite a lot of options these days. You don't need to buy expensive binders and inserts. Certainly not to begin with.
Ebay, I got a nappa FC binder for 10 quid. Okay, you're stuck with 50 quid on the paper but it's a lasting record of your LIFE.
@@dp1311-n9z Those Nappa binders are gorgeous. They last a lifetime too.
I need to see how I can use this when people schedule me. Seems I'm gonna have to do swivel chair and enter things in both the manual way and in outlook. Please help me understand.
@@CRAZY6256 The recommended way, and the one I've found most effective, is to enter your appointments for the day when you do the daily planning. It takes less than five minutes and means you only write out confirmed appointments. x
I have Rheumatoid and Osteoarthritis pretty severely in my hands, so I dont like anything heavy and bulky, but I HAVE to HAVE a paper planner! It just keeps me more focused. That and Notion. I have used the Plum Paper planner the last two years.
I mean there are tons of us on many sites and FB groups who use analogue planners and are proof that it does work… I look forward to seeing how your challenge goes :)
Thank you, Helen.
Love it! I am actually going to join you on a similar experiment as I have been resorting to paper more and more often. I would like to use Franklin Planner but I think I am going with the Levenger-type disc bound system because I already have the binder and a punch and it is more versatile in my opinion. The issue I am having is that I can't find any daily (preferably 2 pages/ day) inserts that I like in the disc bound style, If any of your loyal viewers have any suggestions, it would be greatly appreciated. Keep up the great work Carl!
Good luck with your journey.
You can buy reinforcement strips to cover the holes on the Franklin inserts, and then punch them for your Levenger system.
I miss mine. A disability keeps me from writing so I gave it up. Indeed electronic can be no good. I once "floated" a task for a couple of years. I didn't have to rewrite it just change the date so on and on it went. I did finally complete it.
In 1990 I got my first time-system planner in A5. I loved the thing and used it intensively for years. I have always been in the IT industry and at some point I, like many others, am sitting on the mistake of doing everything digitally. I had all hardware and software available to me. It was clear that I also use this intensively. There is hardly an organisation app that I have not used. I have participated in every development, from the first laptop, to Palm-Pilot, all kinds of smartphones and tablets. All really great. At some point I started buying fancy and expensive leather notebooks. Why? Everything is great digital! So with force everything continues to be digital. It can't be that a computer person uses anything else. The digital helpers filled up, and I always had the impression that I was losing track and using all these tools and helpers for my own end. The older I got, the greater the longing for pen and paper, analogue processing and books made of paper and printer black. Things that I could pick up, touch, smell, feel. There came years when I barely had a week where I didn't switch back and forth between digital and analogue. With this I lost the overview even more and was not happy with it at all. Carl, since you started this analogue series, I've realised I don't have to go through this whole technical game. I can even map complex projects well in my time system. I have now gone so far as to completely empty and delete my Things 3. I will only be working in my time system plan until the end of the year. And then I'll take an honest balance.
Calendar, tasks, notes, overviews, planning. My beloved fountain pens are also back in use. I realised it's not just a romantic transfiguration, but an intimate desire to slow down and simplify.
I am still in the IT industry and am responsible for the IT of a large company. Digitalisation is a big word and is massively implemented with us. But how I achieve this is entirely up to me. I decide for myself which tools I need for this. Thank you for your incredibly great content.
Sorry, Google Translator 🙂
Thank you for sharing that, Christoph. I understand the feeling that technology must be better, yet I've found that technology is not always better. My initial thoughts are calendars and notes storage is better in the digital space. The task list, though, is better written out by hand.
I like the points you make about the Franklin Planner and paper processes. I'd like to adopt a paper process, except I must keep a current digital shared calendar at work. Have you created steps / process to synchronize the Franklin Planner schedule and tasks with a work digital calendar and task list?
I follow the FB method of transferring appointments to the daily pages when I do my daily planning. That was the way I did it in the 1990s. The difference today is rather than looking at the monthly calendar pages, I look at my digital calendar.
@@Carl_Pullein Thank you.
I adore paper planning 📝
Carl, I'm interested to hear your thoughts on weekly planning with the Franklin Covey Planner
That hasn't really changed very much. I've been doing my weekly planning on paper all year. If anything, writing out what needs to be done and when gives me greater focus, than I had when I did it digitally.
@@Carl_Pullein Has there been any limitations with being able to carry the planner with you even when running errands?
@@TheRealJohnnyCash Not that I've found so far. But I'm sure I will find some limitations soon.
@@Carl_Pullein I’m wondering if using Todoist as a way to capture ideas/reminder for tasks and the referencing the digital calendar while being out and about then adding to the Franklin Planner later might be the better option.
What is yellow and pink in your color code?
Carl. I used the Franklin Planner for years until I went digital. Now can’t change from the digital world. It’s so streamlined for me. I’ve noticed your posts have gone more from digital to paper lately. Have you given up on digital? You’ve helped me get organized and keep my focus with your videos and podcast, but I can’t seem to adjust to paper any more. Is that weird?
Hi Carl, gray from Tassie here. I used to follow you a few years back, then we parted ways, 😭 I moved to Degoogled android phones and tablet and ditched never thing Apple (very painful transition), I did this for privacy reasons, the last four years of government overreach have made me conscious of the need for on tracking devices as much as is possible.
However, I'm now getting fed up with technology altogether and like you fallen in love with fountain pens again and a daily planner.
I spent years with both DayTimer and Franklin Planners and still have all my pages and leather binders.
Sadly, buying either of those has become impossible withing Australia, I have to order from the USA, is it the same in Old blighty?
For now I can use Collins Debden, not as good but I will give it a shot. So it was very nice to see your take on all the do do apps, calendar apps etc. I agree with you wholeheartedly and will follow your journey on this.
Cheers
Sorry, typos: EVERYTHING Apple, and NO tracking, not ON tracking. Should use a fountain pen, fewer mistakes.
I've found ordering through the Franklin Planner website fine. There's around a two week shipping time.
When I graduated college in the early 90s about a dozen friends were hired by the same big insurance company over about a three year period. Their first month of training always included a week long class on using their new Franklin Planner. I wonder how/if that company is doing time management training for new recruits today?
That's something most companies no longer do, sadly.
I think there is a Raymay Da Vinci very similar to FC insert that is tomoe river, the good thing is that they are super thin and fountain pen friendly.
Ooh, thank you. I'll do some research.
my biggest problem with a franlin planner is the massive coil in the middle. It makes writing impossible for me, I need my planners to lay flat. Leuchturms still work the best
how can you integrate your Franklyn Planner, with your google calendar or outlook?
When you do your daily planning, you add your appointments for the day. That locks things in beautifully.
I love the idea of highlighting my appointments. But when I use a fountain pen, the ink smears when highlighting. Any suggestions?
I use a ballpen to write my appointments. (or you can highlight first and then write on top of it - I got that idea from Jet Pens)
It's kind of crazy that the inserts have increased in price to $76.95 for the classic size. I used these for a long time and I know they weren't nearly that cost!
Yeah, I noticed that too. Also the paper quality isn't great. Lathough Franklin Planner do recommend wither the Leadership or 7 Habits pages for better quality paper. (Of course at a higher price)
I'm in.....OCT--DEC!!
Good luck. I'm sure you'll end up loving it.
Love a planner. It just doesn't work for me, going to and fro different places. I'd rather use iPhone and iPad than having to haul a planner as well as the risk of forgetting. When I found myself constantly making pics to 'take it with me', I realized physical doesn't work for me
Soul is definitely the answer - a paper planner becomes a living thing. 😊
That's true.
Sadly, no one at Franklin Planner uses one. You can tell by looking at their ads where the models have planners with just a few pages. None of their planner pages are fountain pen suitable. Regardless it is a marvelous tool.
Storage/Archive is the only question I have
The FB has an excellent storage system. Each item you collect is collected on a date, which becomes the reference number. Older items are kept in dated storage binders that look gorgeous on a bookshelf. Thie binders are kept where you do your planning so you always have access to them when you need them.
i love you harrys uncle
Blimey that thicc binder holds 2 months only. I thought a year
The way the "system' works, you don't need to carry twelve months with you.
Well, there goes your Todoist Ambassador role …
Hahaha it's only an experiment.
I am a Franklin Planner user for over 30 years. I just can’t do digital I get distracted!😂
They are very expensive
Ridiculous! We live in the 21st century. There are a bunch of digital planners that are just like the Franklin daily planner, except you can search for anything you've written in them in a micro-second. Maybe they don't have soul like a paper planner, but they function exactly the same way, except with horsepower
Well, I'm happy to see you returning to the Franklin Planner! Analog is way better than tech - it was 4 years ago when we spoke about that: ruclips.net/video/V1_gX_JGWm8/видео.html
Hahaha I can hear my love of paper in my voice 🙂
Anyone else using a Supernote here? It‘s everything told here for me in an all-in-one minimalist form factor.
This was what I left the Franklin Planner in June unfortunately the search was so slow I thought it didn’t work and went to my iPad.