The Hidden Z Axis of the Planner Matrix 

Wow, this was great. I think my problem is trying to do both planning and memory keeping in the same book then. It gets too overwhelming

I used only my planner to take the quiz and came out as the minimalist, but in my writer's journal I am the artist; I'm decorating around a core bunch of layouts that doesn't change a whole lot from month to month.

Love your work for opening my mind to the different purposes and uses of my journals and planners

I really love that you added this part, it makes so much sense! It reminded me of a blog that I found a while back that talked about the different types of journaling which was super helpful in figuring how I wanted to use my journals/planners and when. So that blog (by a spiritual creator guy called MindThatEgo) plus your video playlist and I am set, lol! Sharing a partial summary of it for the sake of journaling/planning nerdiness + purpose, basically this is what resonated with your video for me as you were talking: Main purposes of journaling: Inner (self-exploration) vs Outer (analytical, practical) Retrospective (looking back) journaling: Outer: Analyzing & Problem solving (think of like CBT or therapy-style, so this would be more minimal for me, just writing to get things out, identify patterns and solve the issue or get clarity) Inner: Reflection & Contemplation (could just be writing but also very much more creative, think Record-keeping, memories, trying to express and attune to emotional states) Forward-thinking (Looking ahead) journaling: Inner: Visioning & Setting Intentions (totally could be where Maximalist deco and creativity come in beautifully, because you can just vision board a whole journal potentially, makes for good art magick) Outer: Planning & Goal setting (breaking things down into actionable steps, which being more minimalist and consistent lends itself well for that)

Ahh, yes! Love this, as always, Rachelle! I think the Z-axis helps bring the planner matrix full circle or, um, cube? 😂 My planners need to be minimal or else it distracts me from the purpose of efficient planning and looking forward. But my memory keeping Hobonichi A5 is full of drawings, ephemera, collage, pictures, stickers, stamps, etc. It's truly the safe space where I can look back fondly (or not so fondly -- also important) and embellish to my creative maximalist heart's content✨

such a fun way to look at planners and notebooks! My notebooks tend to be a little more decorative because I draw/doodle for my planning and lists for books and zines. But I’m still pretty minimalist in both.

I absolutely loved the original matrix and this even more so. I have different notebooks that I use for different purposes and they are all in different places in the matrix and that’s why I love them so much. Thanks for this Rachelle ❤

omg catching up on youtube vids and love this one, its def a much needed axis! .....but also im here to just uh scream a little over seeing your alleyman's tarot spread as thats the project my friend made and i even created a card for it (the uh nine of wands? its got a ghost on it... im not actually into tarot nor know a lot abt it haha) so just ah im so glad u like it! my set lives in the beautiful wooden box on my book shelf :3c

Oh, this definitely hits on something I was thinking about but couldn't articulate! I don't have a ton of variation between planners/journals because I go through phases of doing a lot or doing a little, so I can pretty much identify any notebook by time period depending on the style. But adding this dimension makes a lot of those changes make more sense to me.

This is fun! So when I took the planner matrix quiz the second time I got a pretty equal distribution of Scientist, Maximalist, and Artist (I feel like I kinda broke it lol). But! That's because I do multiple things in the same notebook. So I'm in a hobonichi cousin, and I do artsy/memory keeping in the weeks pages, actual pen-to-paper journaling (morning pages) in part of the dailies, bullet journaling in the dailies, and some bullet journaling in the back pages. So I don't know what that makes me! But that's ok. I like this framework and way of thinking about it

Your video got me thinking. You could replace the PDCA (plan do check act cycle) with a PDCR cycle (plan do check reflect). Plan = goals, time management (tasks, events etc) Do = logging, tracking, memory keeping Check -= metrics Reflect = journaling

Your channel appeals to my funcional/minimalist/planning style. Useful information and you get to the point quickly.

Omg I Looove this approach! 😍

I had wondered about a Z-axis. Your take is brilliant.

This is fun! I like your diplomatic word choice of “changing” functionality. I think I can best be described as a chaotic minimalist planner with a random side of memory keeping. 😂 Thinking about it this way instead of just feeling indecisive and unartistic might help me turn off the negative internal voice and just embrace what works. After all, no one sees my planner but me.

This is amazing information - super helpful!!

Yes! When I take notes, all I use are highlighters. For memory keeping, I use A LOT of deco, but I'm consistent. My planning style is the scientist 😊

Alleyman’s Tarot is 🔥🔥🔥

Soo interesting!! I like my planners to be 75% functional and 25% creative, and vice Versa for my memory keeper. I’m in this space where i really want my memory keeper to be dated. I have tried to do it all in one book, but figuring out that I need one planner and one memory keeper is really helping me figure out what i need.

I love the quiz so much fun! Haha I'm The Artist in my bujo but I'm definitely a Scientist or Minimalist in my other journals. I was plotting my journals on the Z axis while I watched the video. Great content!

I wish I could afford a spiritual deck. The one I want, I did have, but lost, costs so much now. Like 100 dollars, I think it is kind of out of print. It is the medicine wheel deck, that ties spirit animals and Native American spirituality. I am registered member of a federally reconginized tribe in the US. Though there are many that were adopted out, stolen, or their tribe is still terminated, that cannot get this recognition back 😢. If you want to learn about it, i can talk a bit about it, else I will just ramble into thin air.

And now I want to use an undated planer to combine planning and journaling in one book again, thanks Rachelle 😅

Love this!!❤

Love! What a fun way to understand our own tendencies. As a personal preference (consistency in calculus engrained in my mind) the xy plane should be on the “floor” and the z-axis is the vertical distance away from the floor. Of course a 3D cube can be rotated around, but this orientation was…disorienting😂

Great video!!

After careful consideration of the X, Y, and Z of things, I'm an aesthetic scientific minimalist (LOL). I'm quite consistent in having a functional system and the information that I record but I play around with different layouts and sometimes planner combos (although I really am a one-planner woman). That said, I'll say again how much I enjoy your fresh approach in these videos; trivial as it may seem to non-planners, this zodiac of planning styles does tell us something about ourselves. (And who knows, maybe MmAS will be added to the Briggs-Myers personalities some day, hehehe...)

I legit got almost 50% on all of them. 😭😭

I got 50% minimalist, 50% artist, 42% maximalist and 17% scientist. 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 Sweet Jesus, this is just wonderful. 🤩 🥳 🤩 🥳 🤩

Okay, great. Love the expansion. Now - what do we do with this information? Why is it useful to know where you are on the cube?

What is the purpose for all of this categorization

What is the name of the tarot cards in your journal?

Quick question, what is the pen you use?

It wasn't hidden or invisible though, right? I mean, you created it and then you changed it, right? It sounded like you meant you discovered it, like a new continent or fire! LOL!!!

But record keeping/backlogging is not "planning" , it shouldn't even belong in the planner matrix. I know loads of people use planners for memory, but that can be done in simply any notebook...tbh A pre-made planners' intended purpose is always future planning. It's basically in the name 😐

This is the same quiz as before, nothing new here. Use your planner and show it. This is nonsense.