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My weekly spread used to be a total mess until I switched to a simple grid system.
For about a year, I tried drawing out fancy boxes for each day, but it took me over an hour every Sunday. Three months ago, I saw a post here about using a basic dot grid and just writing tasks in a list under each day. I switched to that and now my weekly setup takes maybe 15 minutes. Has anyone else gone from a complicated layout to something way simpler?
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richard_wells593mo ago
Over an hour every Sunday" is the part that kills you. I used to do the same with watercolor headers and hand lettering. Switched to a single pen and a basic checklist format. The time you save actually lets you use the planner instead of just decorating it.
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sage523mo agoMost Upvoted
Richard_wells59 makes a fair point about time, but that hour on Sunday is my creative reset. The watercolor and lettering process forces me to slow down and actually think about the week ahead. A basic checklist feels like another boring task, but building my planner is something I look forward to. The decoration is what makes me want to open it every single day. That invested time is the whole reason the system works for me.
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simon_wood7229d ago
This invested time is the whole reason the system works for me" - that's exactly it. I had a buddy who tried the minimalist planner thing for a whole year and he said he just never looked at it after the first month. He went back to his decorated spread and suddenly he was using it again. @sage52 is right, the time you put in isn't wasted if it actually makes you want to open the thing. A boring checklist is easy to ignore, a watercolor spread is not. The whole point is finding what keeps you engaged, not what looks most efficient on paper.
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