How to build your perfect planner system? Week 4: Organize your stuff!

What’s up? Is your Inbox full with stuff? Great! Let’s start the hard work: organising it! Didn't read the last post? Do it now! See corresponding video on YouTube! The Information section Before you start, make a new divider, called Information. Add someday/maybe or future section Create a divider for such things you don’t want do now, but you don’t want to forget. You can place here...

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ADD style planning

I posted this picture on Facebook last week. And here some more explanation, what happened here? I don't know why, but the last two weeks was extreme chaotic for me. More appointment, less concentration maybe... The week before I started with big hope and hard resolution: I will keep the plan! I made a 3 hours section for daily "must" or routine, or what, what included daily routine (started with...

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How to build your perfect planner system? Week 3: Create an INBOX!

Missed Week 2? Read it here. How is going for you and your planner? I hope after 2 weeks you got the habit using your planner, it is always with you, open, and you write every little and big thing in it! Why should you write everything down? When something comes into your mind (“I should have to clean my refrigerator”) means your brain: “I MUST do this now.” If hundred’s of I should things are...

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DIY Project: Inbox tutorial

For A5 size  I took a 12" craft paper (ca 30.5 cm wide). Cut to 21 cm tall.  Mark at 16 cm, scratch it...  and fold it. At the edge mark 8 cm from the top, where will be folded, 8 cm from the bottom. Cut the top part. Use washi tape to stick it, and punch.  As you can see, it is not closed at the rings, hopefully it will be enough. But...

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How to build your perfect planner system? Week 2: Add some structure!

How is going with using your calendar? Have you missed any appointments? No? Great! Have you checked your planner regularly? I hope so! At this week we will start adding sections to your planner. Didn't read the first part? Start here! (Video version on YouTube.) Create sections  If you got dividers with your planner, you can use them. Or create some for yourself. How? Cut nice paper...

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Tutorial: How to make a foldable sticky note holder?

I have some sticky notes what I like, but they are not too sticky. I use for it glue. Keeping them on a divider as usual is not an option. I created this holder to my personal size planner. Step 1:  I used cardstock paper for it, I cutted to size. For A5 size, you should have 21x29.6 cm paper - which is exactly A4 size :) Cut the stripes for the same with and the wished high. Step...

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How to build your perfect planner system? Week 1: Let’s start!

This series is for planner newbies. We will add new things to the system, to leave time to build habits, and feel what good is. I believe in ring-bound planners, because it is the most flexible system, so I'm writing about them. Follow the series, make the steps, and create your perfect planner. You have to know: everyone is different. Every planner is different. I’m trying to write so open...

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What I learned/found this week? - Week 23

Yes, it is, why I always complain! I have a lot simple, few minutes tasks. And they suck my energie, and take more time as the total of the necessary time for each. I can better work on a hard task, what needs more hours and full attention! "It feels like you have no time because it’s so fragmented with little annoying tasks that drain the life out of you." http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2014/08/how-to-stop-being-lazy/ A great post about important but not urgent tasks: http://zenhabits.net/nonurgent/ Use...

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Why is good to have a planner if you have ADD, and use it every day?

I'm participating in an ADHD research by University of Zürich. It is 2.5 year long, I have to go in this time 5 times to a test, and I have to fill out plenty of surveys. The first year is over. I started to use planner(s) in this year, and learned a lot about time management, organizing, and also about ADD. Things are going even better! I was today in the Brain Assessment Research Center, where...

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