Today’s post is one that has been sitting in the draft state for quite some time while I debated hitting the publish button. Why? I’m probably being overly sensitive about the topic, but planning is something that I don’t take lightly and often feel like I get judged for it because of my knit-picky tendencies for tracking. I’m an incessant planner and apply it every aspect of my life. At work, I’m the team’s task planner. My friends often tease me because my social life and events are planned at least a week in advance, which makes on-a-whim Happy Hours or last minute outings almost impossible. What can I say? I like to have activities to look forward to and know exactly when they’re going to happen. Sometimes, even the slightest schedule change, like a bus showing up 8 minutes late, can throw off an entire morning for me! Don’t judge– I just like to be hyper efficient with my days, and planning them in advance, down to the hour, really helps me stay focused.
monthly collage notepad: c/o Moorea Seal (exact)
Mon Cahier planner: c/o Moorea Seal (exact)
Last summer when Poketo had a pop-up shop at Nordstrom, I was introduced the cutest and most inspiring line of planners and organizational items that worked perfectly for blogging tools! I picked up the monthly collage notepad and blew through the pad in just over a year. Apparently 50 pages is not enough when you’re using a sheet to plan different aspects of your life– dinners, work things, blog things… Separating each aspect of my life into a single sheet seemed to make most sense, but also made me more introspective about how I could better my planning to have a single view of things.
After seeing Moorea Seal pick up the Poketo line, I was excited to reintroduce the collage notepad into my life (since Nordstrom stopped carrying it once the Poketo popup was over). Instead of using separate pages for different aspects of my life, I’m now using this as a single, high-level view of my day-to-day. I have a colour-coded system for blog, outings, and personal events, that I need to track.
The more granular details around the how, where, and when, are all now stored in the Mon Cahier planner. I carry thing thing around with me constantly to add more details. The layout of the pages are broken down by monthly, weekly, and hourly, views. It’s perfect for someone who wants to get into the nitty-gritty details!
Most people have asked me why I’m so “old school” and continue to use pen and paper to track things when there are so many great digital tools for scheduling available today. For me, I remember things best when I physically write them down. Back when I was in university – before smartphones, tablets, and apps existed – I rarely ever took my laptop to class, unless it was for a programming class. I would bring stacks of lined paper and a plethora of coloured pens and highlighters for note taking. The act of writing concepts down really helped me to remember their existence, which is why I continue to write things down today.
Are there any tools, both physical or digital, that you would recommend for scheduling or organizing blog-related things?
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