Good luck getting thru the crisis! The idea of micro journaling is new to me! And I love it. I want to incorporate that immediately into my day! Thanks so much for sharing.
Why not do a planner and notebook together? Your planner can be separate to keep you productive, and then notes and journaling can be in the notebook? Sterling ink is coming out with a B6 slim!
I actually went standard size this year halfway through, and im obsessed... next year, im getting the sterling ink vertical full year, the horizontal compact, and then a standard notebook so everything can be in one place wgenim on the go.... ill get an A5 for memory keeping/journaling and commonplace. Hope this new system works out for you!!
Standard size is just so cozy!! And I'm sure it will work, it's what I was doing before basically - nothing new, just going back to my roots and combining the same workflows but back into a single book :)
Honestly I feel this - the only downsize is if I get TOO many things going, I don't know exactly what to trust so I'm hoping getting back into just one singular book will help keep my data more viable for where I'm at with certain things!
I do use Click Up with my VA, but personally it takes 10x longer for me to use something digital for my tasks day to day - I lose things. So, I do need to stick mainly with paper and maybe have a singular 'master task list' just on the notes app!
Update: we’re switching from click up to asana 😅 since my VA primarily uses it she looked into some options and decided Asana is the most functional for the business needs. So I’m letting her take the lead on that 😅
Why not just stop planning and spend your energy on living life instead of stressing about planning it. Life is too short not to live it and too long to make things to stress yourself about.
A few reasons. 1. I don’t have the luxury of ‘winging it’ due to personal/professional responsibilities. Some people can keep all that info in their head, but with me if I don’t write it down it doesn’t exist, and then I drop the ball on things which isn’t a good situation to be in. Digital tools don’t work well for me, but paper does. 2. Having a physical planning outlet helps me visually stay organized and reference relevant information at a glance, which reduces stress levels 99.9% of the time. The fact that I CAN switch things up as needed is a perk, and even if your system is throwing you for a loop temporarily, if you’re someone who plans - you get this is just part of the process. Our notebooks serve US, so we shift them as we need to. Part of the purpose of a video like this is me processing how I can make sure what I’m using is serving me - the planner community as a whole is always taking inspiration from each other too - and it can help spark ideas and inspiration for others. 3. It’s a creative and tactile hobby in addition to supporting me in keeping my head on straight with the day to day tasks. Pretty paper makes me happy, if it’s pretty I want to use it, and I’m motivated to keep it updated. 4. I have ADHD and I recently lost my father to Alzheimer’s. Journaling/planning is a huge part of my mental health journey with managing my ADHD and subsequent anxiety/depression since bullet journaling is a coping mechanism and regulation strategy that has evolved for me over the last few years. With my grief journey, this is way for me to process the way I lost my dad. Writing things down and keeping these physical archives makes me feel witnessed - even if I’m the only person who ever sees them - because I would have given the world to have any type of journal my dad left behind and remember asking him several times to write down his stories and experiences, and he never did. So, I can’t just “stop planning,” nor do I want to, and hopefully this puts into more context why. 🖤
I've actually tried that in the past, but between the battery life and how long it takes to get INTO the digital tools it's not for me. But I do use my iPad for other things, and it can be a great tool for some people for planning/task management!
