Do you use a planner?

[amemome]

in school yes! now i just use my calendar app on my phone. i think it does the trick for me since i can see how my schedule looks for the month and make quick adjustments as needed.

 

[moonbyu]

i used to own a planner in my first year of high school but then i stopped. might need to start using them again though tbh.

 

[SkyKnight03]

I jot notes down into my phone, but it's not a physical planning book.

 

[Alpawca]

I do have a journal that I sometimes also use as a planner, it's usually spread out with regular (almost) daily diary entries, and some pages are checklists for myself. At some point I feel I should use it to meal-plan. :]

 

[axaniao]

i would love to use a planner but i just know i would forget about it like a day later and never use it

 

[Ghost Of Mascevanje]

I just improvise.

 

[honeyaura]

I put the basics into my calendar on my phone, s'bout it lol

 

[Darkesque_]

With high school, I did not keep a planner/calendar because I completed all of my assignments waaay ahead of time but with college, I plan to keep a paperback planner/calendar handy!

 

[Snek]

I have to by choice. Its for professional reasons. If I don't use one then everything becomes a mess

 

[Foreverfox]

I used to be an AVID planner user, with color coded outline blocks around each day that something was happening or due, and even multiple colors inset if more than one thing was happening on that day. Red was a bill due, Blue was an appointment, Green was payday, and Light Blue was a birthday. I was SUPER organized with everything. Then I stopped working and had Nicholas and a good chunk of my organization went out the window. I'm still pretty organized, at least I'd like to think, but the way in which I am is very different looking now than it was before Nicholas.

 

[Stalfie]

No what is that

 

[toxapex]

I started using a hobonichi planner this year, half as a checklist/planner and half just as a journal. Mostly fill it with doodles about what I did, so I don't have any super cool/cute spreads to show off LOL.

I got it because my gf wanted one, and got a second one for me last Christmas. Now I think I use mine more than she does, hahaha

 

[g u a v a]

i started using one last year to keep track of various projects i have going on. it's been really nice to track daily events and progress. seeing this thread reminded me i need to order a replacement agenda soon since i accidentally bought an academic year agenda for my first one lol.

i also got a separate monthly view agenda for 2024 that i've been using to track my mood and that's been helpful.

 

[Dunquixote]

Nope. I’ve tried and the only time I stuck with it or that it helped was on school/college. To do lists doesn’t help either— with getting me to do them or narrowing things down so they’re less overwhelming.

 

[nightglow]

I usually just wrote on a paper calendar on the wall, but I guess if I was more busy or lived alone, I would probably use a planner because I would hyper organize since I could have whatever however without issue.
I still sometimes write on a paper calendar like vet appointments and animal medication stuff. Other than that, stuff is written on Google? Calendar. I struggle with it and sometimes it doesn't update my spouse's calendar. I hate it tbh. I don't like things that take more time when an older way worked just fine for me.

 

[dizzy bone]

I don't use a formal planner or anything (even though I've attempted many times), but I have a small memo notebook I carry around in my bag that has been a little more effective than phone reminders/to-do lists and such, maybe because I have a habit of flipping through it since I know I keep bullet points and small lists in there. I do use the notion app to plan for and schedule work stuff though.

 

[ali.di.magix]

No not really. If I plan to do things and it changes or I can't complete everything, it makes me stressed lol. I prefer infodumping into a to do list and get through it at my own pace.

 

[rocketspruggs]

No, I can already remember important dates in my head.

 

[Cirice]

Depending on the year I either use a pre-dated planner or a bullet journal. This year though i am using none and I can tell it's a bad idea because I haven't done much so far and we're already past half the year. Definitely have to get back into planning my days.

 

[-Lumi-]

I do!! I have a beautiful planner by the Canadian brand Hemlock and Oak and I fully intend to buy from them again. When I initially got the planner I was in school so I was using it for those dates as well as important work dates but now that I'm no longer in school it's shifted to being just for work. I am also (trying) to monitor my spending so I want to start keeping track of my pays and where my money is going.