Everything Homemaking
I’m time challenged and have been as long as I can remember. Using my Franklin Covey Compact 2 pages per day has enabled me to hold things together pretty well. But things have changed. My life has changed. And my Franklin Covey 2 pages per day don’t fit as well as they used to. I played around with a Filofax using the two pages per day format and even the weekly format with a … [Read more...]
A weekly planning session makes all the difference in whether my week is smooth or rocky. Starting the week with a plan in place allows me to make changes as needed (and believe me, there are always plenty) and get things done. Here’s what I do: My weekly planning session takes place on Sunday evening. I sit on the couch with my planner and start plugging things in. First I check my … [Read more...]
“I can’t do that right now – I don’t have enough time.” Sometimes we really can’t. But often we can because the task doesn’t take nearly as long as we think. I’ve been guilty of that type of thinking a lot - mostly with cleaning up the kitchen (dishes & cabinets, not weekly cleaning) folding the laundry straightening the messy house, and/or cleaning up my … [Read more...]
There are a lot of options out there for different types of planner pages. But for some reason, none of them worked for me. I tried several different kinds but couldn’t quite get them to match what I needed. I modified and tweaked and they worked okay but it wasn’t until I designed pages exactly for my needs that I was satisfied. If you’re in the same boat – your planner tool just … [Read more...]
Planners and calendars are important tools to help you stay organized and be productive. But sometimes they aren’t used to their full potential. There’s one important area that’s often neglected and that’s advance planning. Most people are pretty good about sitting down at the end of the year and preparing next year’s calendar. You know, adding birthdays and … [Read more...]
With packed schedules and harried lifestyles, planning has never been more important! Without proper planning, priorities are neglected and time is spent on the crisis of the moment or surfing the net. Some people are fortunate enough to have fairly predictable schedules with only occasional modifications required. But if your life is filled with one interruption after another, traditional … [Read more...]
There is a difference. Do you know what it is? It’s really very simple. A calendar is pretty much just a calendar. It has squares with dates that allow you to write down upcoming appointments. If your calendar is large enough, you might even be able to record a few tasks you need to remember. But a calendar is really just a tool for recording appointments. A planner, on the … [Read more...]
