Episode 89: 2018 Goals Episode Part 2: Starting a Daily Planner

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If you guys haven't listened to last week's episode yet, you totally should! Last week we chatted all about goal planners and long term planning strategies. This week, we're continuing our "goals" episode and talking about daily planners! Daily planners are such an important tool to stay organized in your business as well as your personal life. I know personally for myself when I don't have an up to date planner, I end up with a million "to do" lists floating around both digitally and on scraps of paper, and I always feel like I'm forgetting something. Keeping up with your daily planner is a good way to avoid that!

Key Takeaways

1. Physical planners vs. digital ones: There are pros and cons to both physical and digital planners. Digital planners are great because you can take them everywhere with you via your phone, and you can easily sync appointments & calendars with other people. However, every time you pick up your phone, you run the risk of getting distracted... Facebook and Instagram are probably the number one culprits! For this reason, we love physical planners. There's also something really fun about physically putting pen to paper both to write out your tasks and to check them off. The downside of a physical planner, is you have to decide whether or not you want to take it with you everywhere you go, and it can be rather cumbersome. To each their own when it comes to this choice, but for today we're chatting about physical daily planners!
2. Be as specific as possible in your planner. For example, don't just write "answer emails" in your planner. Write down exactly what you have to answer. Like "respond to Vanessa's inquiry" and "Send location details to Sam" and "Send thank you email to Fiona." By doing this, you see peoples' names and are reminded of the urgency you have to reply to them. If you just write "answer emails" every day, you'll start glancing over it, and it's easy to deem it unimportant. This way, you keep everything fresh for the day and make sure it catches your eye.
3. Pick a planner that's right for you. Not all daily planners are considered equal! Here are some things to consider when choosing your planner:
   1. Does it need to be small enough to fit in your purse/laptop bag or will you be leaving it at home most days?
   2. What's your most important feature? To-do lists? Large boxes for day, week, or month? Is there enough space to write everything you need? Are there tabs and pages that you know you'll never use & are therefore a waste of space?
   3. Do you want something extremely minimalistic or do you want something fun? Stickers & doodles or professional writing only? Do you want something with a personalized cover or are you happy with a design you pick out at the store?

We had a blast talking about this stuff this week, so be sure to tune in to the full episode to hear more about our planners & our techniques for keeping them up to date!

Relevant Links:

• Simplified Planner by Emily Ley

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