Best organizer/planner/journal?

[Anonymous]

Starting a really time consuming/ tough job in the next couple of weeks and want to try my hand at being organized/ journaling important learning points and staying organized with calendar events . Always tried to be electronically on the ball, but am a sad failure at that. Hoping putting pen to paper will keep me on track.? Any suggestions from experienced organized people?

[Anonymous]

Organized people use electronic calendars. It’s unavoidable if you work with other people.

[Anonymous]

I use my google calendar regularly but also love having an actual planner to write in. I use an Erin Condren planner. It's pricey, so if that matters I've seen very inexpensive planners almost identical to these at Wal-mart.


https://www.erincondren.com/

[Anonymous]

For electronic project management, Asana is pretty good.

[Anonymous]

I liked the dragon tree one I used last year, but decided to stick with electronic and a cheaper paper one for this year. Dragonetree has afacebook group you can bounce ideas off of if you need it too.

[Anonymous]

try Bullet Journaling. Google it. You can use any notebook for it, but I like the Rhodia Goal book.

Getting organized is about a lot more than just calendaring. I've tried several different methods, both electronic and not, and Bullet Journaling (no fancy stuff) is the method that I've found works best for me, and is most forgiving of mid-stream changes in habit/practice.

[Anonymous]

Electronic calendar and task apps are always with you, and can be easily shared. However, I have two paper products I like. One is a desk pad by Bloom with my daily to-dos, appointments, water intake - filling it out in the mornings helps me focus. The other is a lined spiral notebook by Cambridge with a date bar at the top. I use that for meeting notes to be organized later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:try Bullet Journaling. Google it. You can use any notebook for it, but I like the Rhodia Goal book.

Getting organized is about a lot more than just calendaring. I've tried several different methods, both electronic and not, and Bullet Journaling (no fancy stuff) is the method that I've found works best for me, and is most forgiving of mid-stream changes in habit/practice.

Is bullet journaling the same as 'habit tracking' - where you color in a grid box each time to complete a goal for the day? Every time I try to google 'bullet journal' all I can find is a bunch of young people with washi tape and brush pens - it seems like much more like a craft project than a functional way to stay organized.

Can you recommend any youtube links or blogs that show what bullet journaling is without all of the crafting?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:try Bullet Journaling. Google it. You can use any notebook for it, but I like the Rhodia Goal book.

Getting organized is about a lot more than just calendaring. I've tried several different methods, both electronic and not, and Bullet Journaling (no fancy stuff) is the method that I've found works best for me, and is most forgiving of mid-stream changes in habit/practice.

Is bullet journaling the same as 'habit tracking' - where you color in a grid box each time to complete a goal for the day? Every time I try to google 'bullet journal' all I can find is a bunch of young people with washi tape and brush pens - it seems like much more like a craft project than a functional way to stay organized.

Can you recommend any youtube links or blogs that show what bullet journaling is without all of the crafting?

Ignore the arts and crafts bullet journals. Check out the original bullet journal site: https://bulletjournal.com/pages/learn

I do zero fancy things with mine, and it’s 100% kept me on track and organized for years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:try Bullet Journaling. Google it. You can use any notebook for it, but I like the Rhodia Goal book.

Getting organized is about a lot more than just calendaring. I've tried several different methods, both electronic and not, and Bullet Journaling (no fancy stuff) is the method that I've found works best for me, and is most forgiving of mid-stream changes in habit/practice.

Is bullet journaling the same as 'habit tracking' - where you color in a grid box each time to complete a goal for the day? Every time I try to google 'bullet journal' all I can find is a bunch of young people with washi tape and brush pens - it seems like much more like a craft project than a functional way to stay organized.

Can you recommend any youtube links or blogs that show what bullet journaling is without all of the crafting?

Ignore the arts and crafts bullet journals. Check out the original bullet journal site: https://bulletjournal.com/pages/learn

I do zero fancy things with mine, and it’s 100% kept me on track and organized for years.

Oh my goodness. This is so helpful. Thank you!!

It never occurred to me that there was an original bullet journal website!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:try Bullet Journaling. Google it. You can use any notebook for it, but I like the Rhodia Goal book.

Getting organized is about a lot more than just calendaring. I've tried several different methods, both electronic and not, and Bullet Journaling (no fancy stuff) is the method that I've found works best for me, and is most forgiving of mid-stream changes in habit/practice.

Is bullet journaling the same as 'habit tracking' - where you color in a grid box each time to complete a goal for the day? Every time I try to google 'bullet journal' all I can find is a bunch of young people with washi tape and brush pens - it seems like much more like a craft project than a functional way to stay organized.

Can you recommend any youtube links or blogs that show what bullet journaling is without all of the crafting?

I also had a very similar first impression, but Bullet Journaling is quite different from just want you see on YouTube. It's not just about creating works of art, and doddles, I really believe the philosphy is the key to changing your approach, and highly recommend starting with the book. Reading the book was quite eye-opening and helpful: The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future [Ryder Carroll] . This was one of the best books I've read in a long time; before, I was always feeling overwhelmed -- like I didn't have enough hours in the day.

I've since adapted the Bullet Journaling methods to suit me. Each month, I still assess what I've been spending my time/energy on; assess goals I should be pursing, whether I've made progress in the right direction, whether I'm using my time for the things that matter most to me. For the high-level stuff, like the monthly 5-4-3-2-1 exercise, etc. I use a separate journal, with thoughts/plans/tracking/whatever. But then after completing the monthly Bullet Journal exercises, I convert everything into "To-do Work" list and "To-do Personal" list, which I break down into tasks and put into a separate book that I carry with me in my purse. For the day-to-day, I use a Katie Daisy weekly planner (with Monthly and weekly layouts), which has plenty of blank pages for making to-do lists and goals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:try Bullet Journaling. Google it. You can use any notebook for it, but I like the Rhodia Goal book.

Getting organized is about a lot more than just calendaring. I've tried several different methods, both electronic and not, and Bullet Journaling (no fancy stuff) is the method that I've found works best for me, and is most forgiving of mid-stream changes in habit/practice.

Is bullet journaling the same as 'habit tracking' - where you color in a grid box each time to complete a goal for the day? Every time I try to google 'bullet journal' all I can find is a bunch of young people with washi tape and brush pens - it seems like much more like a craft project than a functional way to stay organized.

Can you recommend any youtube links or blogs that show what bullet journaling is without all of the crafting?

Ignore the arts and crafts bullet journals. Check out the original bullet journal site: https://bulletjournal.com/pages/learn

I do zero fancy things with mine, and it’s 100% kept me on track and organized for years.

Oh my goodness. This is so helpful. Thank you!!

It never occurred to me that there was an original bullet journal website!

The two modifications I make to the original method is to set up a whole month of daily logs at the beginning of the month, and I have a page at the end of the months daily logs labeled next month. As the next month approaches there are to many upcoming items to add to the future log. And I like having the daily logs set up so I can add something to a future date quickly.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thank you all! I'm absolutely planning on keeping up some electronic form of planning, but I thought maybe I'd do best if I actually wrote things down. I've been really loving looking a the mochi things organizers, but after reading a bit about bullet journaling, I think that's where I'll start...

Appreciate the ideas!

[Anonymous]

I use the Tops Idea Collective Mini Journal planner from Amazon https://onplanners.com/notebooks/best-pocket-notebooks It is really good for combining bullet journaling and gratitude journaling along with calendars and goals. I use it for school as well and it has plenty of room including quotes and monthly reviews to reflect on if you're on track and what you did well

[Anonymous]

Hobonichi or filofax