I realize this is an old video and you’ve been offline for years. But I have been watching all your videos as you are an amazing teacher. You are very clear and concise and practical. Thank you for your hard work. I, as well as others would most likely agree, can see that you put so much work into each video. It does not go unnoticed. Thank you again. And God bless you. 🌺
Enjoy how you share your insights on how to use the Weeks. I plan to use my Cousin as my daily reading Bullet for work and I supplement with the Weeks. I keep work/ personal appts in Weeks because I work in 2 different locations each week and can get confusing so this year I developed this system for me and working well. I also take lots of notes in meetings and the Mega Weeks works better as it is smaller and have enough pages for notes the entire year. I have been using this setup for sometime and I feel that saying “planner peace”🌹
Thank you for sharing! I'm so glad to know that you managed to figure out a solution to your planner problem! Congratulations on achieving planner peace
Thank you very much for another concise video filled with valuable and innovative ideas! In particular, the project management layout resonated with my style and I believe will better help me manage and track my various projects and responsibilities. Thanks!
And just when I vowed never to buy the Weeks again. (-: I love your ideas because I see gaps in my planning and record keeping that I can adjust in any system. Thank you!
My problem with time blocking is my inability to estimate accurately the amount of time I need for the task =P Do you have any ideas about how to get better estimating?
Great video! I can definitely put these into practice to assist with not only my employees' performance evaluations but also for tracking my achievements throughout the year. Timely video as I was just asked by my manager to provide some bullet points to her ....wish I had been tracking like your suggested tips! now I have to go through volumes of emails.... Thanks very much, Yukiko!
This was incredibly helpful. I use the cousin for research and teaching, but I was struggling with not having a project-oriented set up to see how each article/syllabus/project was developing. Using the weeks as you suggest will be the perfect supplement!
I hope that that works for you! Otherwise, perhaps you could consider some digital tool? I typically use Asana for my project management (but I don't always!). Someone I know swears by Trello. Hopefully you will be able to find a perfect set up =)
Love the last one which I plan to use for the students that I will be teaching. It’s going to help me with reporting their progress as well a tweaking their plans throughout the year. I was going to use the original AVEC but think the weeks would be better with all of the extra pages in the back with using this idea. Thanks 🙏🏼!
Hm... Depending on how many students you have, you might wanna consider a mega weeks! It gives you 3 times the amount of blank grid paper in the normal weeks. I don't use so many pages myself, but I still like to have extra pages around just in case, y'know?
@@yukikosakamura6498 I will only have five so the regular weeks will work I think, but yes, I agree that if there were several students then the Mega would probably be better.
Great suggestions! I was definitely planning on using my Weeks at least partially as a work achievements log next year. Question: what pen(s) do you use in your Weeks? I want to invest in a fountain pen to reduce my waste, but I also want something fine enough that I can make the most of the limited space.
Ah, I use a pilot metropolitan, but I swapped out the nib for a pilot kakuno fine nib, which is finer than the pilot metropolitan's =) I use Noodler's Heart of Darkness which is an intense black ink that dries reasonably fast.
The project spread is intriguing. I am planning to use the Hobonichi Cousin in 2019 and was going to use that weekly spread but I also like the idea of seeing how my ingoing projects will impact my week. Priorities change often ... You have me thinking how I can merge these two weekly spread ideas together, to play off of one another.
This year, I tried to use the weekly spread in the Hobonichi Cousin for the projects spread. I had two problems with it. 1. It was too much space (and I really don't like empty space in my planners) and 2. I hated writing and rewriting the same tasks week after week. So I'm thinking of moving the project spread into something much smaller (say, the Hobonichi A6 Weekly Supplement) and storing all my project tasks online. Every week, I go to the online task manager and pull out only the tasks relevant for the week. That will reduce the time spent writing and rewriting all the steps to my projects. If you find a good way to deal with project management in your Cousin, please let me know!
I'm excited about your new project, but sad for me. I'm also trying to learn R. I really liked the Project Management layout!! I'm working on several projects at various stages, so this layout will help me stay on top of them. I also love the Skills Development Tracker and will create a layout in the Notes pages in my Weeks Mega. Skill#1 R , skill#2 re-learn ArcGIS. Thank you, Yukiko!!!
Not sure how far along you are with R, but I've found that my R skills grew leaps and bounds when I tried making R tutorials for my students. (Then I stopped because the school didn't allow me to switch from SPSS to R and then all the gains I made dissipated.) All the best with the skill development! =)
This year I used the hobonichi cousin for work. However, I realized I only used the hourly schedule so I moved to a b6 slim jibun techo for 2019. I use a grid leuctturm grid a5 separately for meeting/project notes. (hobonichi weeks is for personal use lol)
Thanks so much for sharing your great ideas! I was wondering if you have a strategy for getting into the first step. I find the in-between times are my productivity-black-holes. Once I'm started on a task, an hour can easily go by. But it's the starting. Thanks for any suggestions!
Timestamps:
00:26 Introduction to the Hobonichi Weeks
01:05 Task Manager 1 (basic)
02:22 Task Manager 2 (focus on priority tasks)
04:04 Task Manager 3 (focus on project management)
04:50 Work Journal
05:33 Skills Development Tracker
07:05 Work Achievements Log
08:03 Staff Development Log (for Supervisors)
I realize this is an old video and you’ve been offline for years. But I have been watching all your videos as you are an amazing teacher. You are very clear and concise and practical. Thank you for your hard work. I, as well as others would most likely agree, can see that you put so much work into each video. It does not go unnoticed. Thank you again. And God bless you. 🌺
Finally, a video with practical and functional tips and ideas without the fluff of stickers and washi. Thanks!
I am writing to let you know that I am very happy with your new video, keep them coming 😌
Glad to know you enjoyed it!
I love the project management part!
Yeah! Great ideas for My first hobonichi weeks mega! I Had no idea how to use it yet. But I do have now. Thank you 👍🏼
I'm so excited for you! Hope you enjoy your new weeks mega =)
Excellent suggestions and so useful. Thank you!
This is brilliant! Thank you for sharing your tips and knowledge 🥰
fantastic idea about skill development to round out the rest of the year in my Weeks! thanks so much for sharing! Good luck with the new client!❤️❤️
Thank you! I'll do my best!
Enjoy how you share your insights on how to use the Weeks. I plan to use my Cousin as my daily reading Bullet for work and I supplement with the Weeks. I keep work/ personal appts in Weeks because I work in 2 different locations each week and can get confusing so this year I developed this system for me and working well. I also take lots of notes in meetings and the Mega Weeks works better as it is smaller and have enough pages for notes the entire year. I have been using this setup for sometime and I feel that saying “planner peace”🌹
Thank you for sharing! I'm so glad to know that you managed to figure out a solution to your planner problem! Congratulations on achieving planner peace
Great video, Yukiko! I love the multiple projects spread!
I love that different people focus on different spreads! So glad that there's something for everyone in this video =)
Fantastic ideas as always!
Please do let me know if you implement some of these ideas. I'd love to know how they work out for you!
Thank you very much for another concise video filled with valuable and innovative ideas! In particular, the project management layout resonated with my style and I believe will better help me manage and track my various projects and responsibilities. Thanks!
Yay! Please do let me know how it works out for you and whether you made any tweaks to it. I love to learn from my viewers! =)
And just when I vowed never to buy the Weeks again. (-: I love your ideas because I see gaps in my planning and record keeping that I can adjust in any system. Thank you!
Yup! You don't have to get a Weeks! You can implement these ideas in any system, even in a bullet journal! =)
You have thoughtful planner ideas. I really like Task Manager 2, because it serves to both time block and record. May try this with music practice.
My problem with time blocking is my inability to estimate accurately the amount of time I need for the task =P Do you have any ideas about how to get better estimating?
Great video! I can definitely put these into practice to assist with not only my employees' performance evaluations but also for tracking my achievements throughout the year. Timely video as I was just asked by my manager to provide some bullet points to her ....wish I had been tracking like your suggested tips! now I have to go through volumes of emails.... Thanks very much, Yukiko!
Oh dear, having to go through volumes of emails sounds painful! Hopefully you don't have to go through this again next year! All the best!
This was incredibly helpful. I use the cousin for research and teaching, but I was struggling with not having a project-oriented set up to see how each article/syllabus/project was developing. Using the weeks as you suggest will be the perfect supplement!
I hope that that works for you! Otherwise, perhaps you could consider some digital tool? I typically use Asana for my project management (but I don't always!). Someone I know swears by Trello. Hopefully you will be able to find a perfect set up =)
@@yukikosakamura6498 I will look into those! Thank you for the suggestions!
Congratulations on your new work opportunity. Thanks for the good ideas.
Thank you! I'm very excited!
Love the last one which I plan to use for the students that I will be teaching. It’s going to help me with reporting their progress as well a tweaking their plans throughout the year. I was going to use the original AVEC but think the weeks would be better with all of the extra pages in the back with using this idea. Thanks 🙏🏼!
Hm... Depending on how many students you have, you might wanna consider a mega weeks! It gives you 3 times the amount of blank grid paper in the normal weeks. I don't use so many pages myself, but I still like to have extra pages around just in case, y'know?
@@yukikosakamura6498 I will only have five so the regular weeks will work I think, but yes, I agree that if there were several students then the Mega would probably be better.
Ah I see, then I think that's enough space! Good luck with your teaching! =)
I missed your videos, happy to see a new one
Thank you for taking the time to watch them! I hope this gave you some ideas on how to use your planner at work! =)
Thank you! This was soooo inspiring!
Glad to know that it was useful for you! Let me know how things go if you choose to implement any of these ideas =)
You are so good! You always have great ideas!!!
Great suggestions! I was definitely planning on using my Weeks at least partially as a work achievements log next year. Question: what pen(s) do you use in your Weeks? I want to invest in a fountain pen to reduce my waste, but I also want something fine enough that I can make the most of the limited space.
Ah, I use a pilot metropolitan, but I swapped out the nib for a pilot kakuno fine nib, which is finer than the pilot metropolitan's =) I use Noodler's Heart of Darkness which is an intense black ink that dries reasonably fast.
Thanks for these ideas, I always enjoy your videos.
Thank you for being so supportive! I'm glad to know you enjoy them!
The project spread is intriguing. I am planning to use the Hobonichi Cousin in 2019 and was going to use that weekly spread but I also like the idea of seeing how my ingoing projects will impact my week. Priorities change often ... You have me thinking how I can merge these two weekly spread ideas together, to play off of one another.
This year, I tried to use the weekly spread in the Hobonichi Cousin for the projects spread. I had two problems with it. 1. It was too much space (and I really don't like empty space in my planners) and 2. I hated writing and rewriting the same tasks week after week. So I'm thinking of moving the project spread into something much smaller (say, the Hobonichi A6 Weekly Supplement) and storing all my project tasks online. Every week, I go to the online task manager and pull out only the tasks relevant for the week. That will reduce the time spent writing and rewriting all the steps to my projects. If you find a good way to deal with project management in your Cousin, please let me know!
I'm excited about your new project, but sad for me. I'm also trying to learn R.
I really liked the Project Management layout!! I'm working on several projects at various stages, so this layout will help me stay on top of them. I also love the Skills Development Tracker and will create a layout in the Notes pages in my Weeks Mega. Skill#1 R , skill#2 re-learn ArcGIS. Thank you, Yukiko!!!
Not sure how far along you are with R, but I've found that my R skills grew leaps and bounds when I tried making R tutorials for my students. (Then I stopped because the school didn't allow me to switch from SPSS to R and then all the gains I made dissipated.) All the best with the skill development! =)
Awe man, I already have a weeks mega for my personal planner...don't tempt me to get another one for work also lol. Just kidding, love your video!!!
LOL! I'm curious, what do you use for work planner?
This year I used the hobonichi cousin for work. However, I realized I only used the hourly schedule so I moved to a b6 slim jibun techo for 2019. I use a grid leuctturm grid a5 separately for meeting/project notes. (hobonichi weeks is for personal use lol)
Thanks so much for sharing your great ideas! I was wondering if you have a strategy for getting into the first step. I find the in-between times are my productivity-black-holes. Once I'm started on a task, an hour can easily go by. But it's the starting. Thanks for any suggestions!
always alwats helpful
Happy to hear that they are helpful =)
thank u
Does anyone know where I can print off these blank templates so I can practice these layouts and also decide between size options?