Planner Chat | Work Planner Update...And Struggles

[@ZolaneG]

Congratulations on your promotion! I hope you find something quickly that works well for you 😅 I would have never thought about using same color tabs in a columnar layout and love that idea for work and home. I’m still struggling with what sizes I’m going to use for 2024 and am feeling the pressure with all these preorders, deadlines, and budget limitations 🤦🏻‍♀️ Your videos are helpful since they’re very detailed and bring up points that don’t occur to me in the frenzy of the moment. I’ve been planning many years so you’d think I’d have this down by now. It seems shops are always coming up with new layouts and sizes, so just when I think I know what I’m doing…I don’t 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@JustScribble]

I’m so excited for all the options now but it does make for a lot of decisions. For my personal planner i tend to plan in the same method regardless of the layout or size so it’s more about the paper and how portable I want it. But there’s also sizes that are happy places for me for my writing comfort. So i understand completely. So glad that you find my videos helpful.

[@angelasandiego1271]

So glad you made this video! I’ve been tossing up whether I use Sterling Ink or Wonderland 222 and def using the Wonderland now! I’m binge e watching all you videos now 😂

[@JustScribble]

Glad it was helpful! I just posted a new W222 video today with two more coming in the next week or so :)

[@dorothyevans3864]

Great to see how you’ve been making this work so far. I have a similar process to you, but I don’t use dailies as everything I need is already in the weekly. I use the notes pages for meeting notes/dumps/mind mapping etc, some times I’ll use half a page, sometimes I’ll use 4 pages in a day. My reference stuff is also mixed through - no need to start a new page. I do however use a brightly coloured dot sticker to signal what the note is about eg Process, HR etc and I index these in the blank spreads at the start of the book, so it’s easy to find the eg process note I made about when I need to reference it. For me the issue is more about “losing” those notes when I move into to the next year, so I do also make an entry in OneNote at the end of every day to summarise progress on a project, add reference material etc. I find that a useful way to close the day down and reset my brain! Took me a while, but I eventually figured out I could just copy a picture of my written notes into my online notebook and not have to write it all out again! I’m sticking with SI for 2024 for work, haven’t decided on B6 or A5 yet, but am all over the place with my personal - goals and journal/diary are going in SI monthly booklet and the SI Notebook, and my mundane day to day planning and notes will be in an A6 edc, but none of the formats suit me - I want one like aura estelle and I like the quarterly for logging steps, weight chart etc but i cannot work with weekly spreads and notes pages bundled. The wonderland 22 is a vertical week which I don’t really need as I’m at work M-F. Can’t wait to see what you design - good luck with it, I’ll be in the pre-order queue!

[@JustScribble]

I’m so glad you’ve got your work system nailed down. I’m really excited for 2024 since it’ll be my 2nd year in my new position so I have a better handle on what I need and I’m excited for my work line up. I think the addition of my reference binder will help a lot. But I’ll keep a note about your OneNote process too!

[@RosemaryDeLeon-ii9dw]

I sooo appreciate your video. I love the cover and the tabs. I actually bought an AVEC, Common planner and a Laurel Denise planner for 2024 to choose from (I know such a waste) I gifted some of them. After using the B6 W222 for 2023. I decided to purchase an A5 W222 for 2024. I love their layout. I really missed the Overview and Review pages. Thank you for the comparisons and the ideas. I LOVE the CATEGORY tabs you did in the back, I was struggling with organizing that area!! and am all over the place with those pages lol **** If you create your planner, I would buy one, keep us posted****

[@JustScribble]

I’m so glad you found this helpful! I understand buying multiple planners to find the right fit-it can be hard. Luckily gifting and selling are great options so it’s not a waste! I am designing a planner. Working on it currently - hoping to have the samples in the spring to test and share some. But I have a survey linked in my community tab if you want to put in some feedback on what you want/like.

[@yureliplans]

39:01 the number on the line was strange to me. I don’t use the time but it still weirded me out. I’m still getting the common planner though. Im crossing my fingers that the numbers are faint enough for me to ignore. I really appreciate all of your planner knowledge, thanks for sharing!

[@JustScribble]

They are definitely faint - dark enough to see but light enough to ignore - because I've changed my layouts completely some weeks in June and didn't notice the times at all - didn't need white out or anything. I'm glad I'm not the only one that was bothered by the time change LOL. Sometimes I think I'm being too picky but now I can't use the time as I normally would to time-block or mark events because it will be obscured. I just don't see the benefit of the change or understand the genesis. But of course I still ordered her planners for 2024 - just won't for work. Thanks so much for watching and your kind words!

[@MrsG93]

Best work planner setup. Great ideas. Thank you

[@JustScribble]

You are so welcome! Thank so much for watching!

[@adhdoneplans]

I love that we have the same "tabs-on-a-column" style of organizing!!! Loved the video!! --Kim

[@JustScribble]

Thanks for watching Kim! Isn’t it helpful?! I like the bright colors on this one but plan to do the same process with my reference/commmonplace and my personal planner but with more muted tabs. Or maybe sparkle ones 😝 On my personal I tend to just tab wherever but then it makes it hard to find stuff when I go back to look at memories. so I'm thinking of my categories and how I'd do that in my personal. It's been working so well for this (even with all my struggles) --- if I didnt have it like this I'd be lost!

[@JunieOutdoors]

I am exactly the same with loving the paper. I just started summarizing/transcribing into OneNote at the end of the week anything that I knew I might need to reference in later years. I have found the transcribing helps me re-read my dailies and internalize.

[@JustScribble]

That’s a great idea. Thanks for sharing!

[@dorothyevans3864]

I do that too! I tend to just photograph the notes and send it to OneNote rather than transcribing, but i will add additional notes as I think of them. the ability to add links to other relevant pages in OneNote is such a boon.

[@ml10102]

The tabs! I never thought of tabbing the week AND the month. I don’t know why. I have just always gave the month tabs and then use a bookmark for the week I’m in. Also I really like the low profile tabs! Oh… and that cover with the white paper is gorgeous ❤ thanks for sharing!!

[@JustScribble]

Thank you so much for watching and commenting. I love these tabs. I always date both. I sometimes clip my current week to access it quickly but the tabs just really help.

[@MrsG93]

Where did you get tabs

[@watchuslead]

I’ve bought a ton options for 2024 and totally agree with the need for a more structured daily for business/work. I would love to find a TN planner with structured dailies. Otherwise, I may stick with the hobo cousin and a sterling booklet.

[@JustScribble]

I shared my 2024 planner for work recently (it’s a Franklin planner) - it’s most likely what I’m using and I’m so excited for it! I’ll have to think about TN options there might be.

[@Progressanna]

Thank you so much ! I’m so happy I found your channel. Your work needs/struggles just sound like mine. I’m really looking forward to what you are going to decide for 2024. I’m leaning towards either W222 (thanks to your videos) or PTD yearly notebook (mainly because it’s in Germany Sonia’s easier to get for me). 😊

[@JustScribble]

You are so welcome! I’m so glad this was helpful. Both are great choices. Also do you know W222 has retailers around the world so if you like their planner setup you can find a distributor closer to you to minimize shipping and currency conversion costs.

[@salliehes5053]

Great point about the time moving to the actual line - it helped me decide not to get the a5 from SI, but use a cousin again - thank you!

[@JustScribble]

Glad it was helpful! It stinks because I really like the Common Planner and prefer it over the Cousin - overall. But that change really does bother me. I'm glad it helped your decision!

[@debbiedeas]

I totally feel you in the struggle of needed information across years. I’m not sure there’s a way around a separate book or transcribing things again somewhere else though. I’ve thought about reviewing my written notes on a set schedule and adding the items to an electronic collection (either scanning or typing) or just transcribing into a reference notebook. Another option could be an index. You’d still have to pull the old planner off the shelf, but you’d have a singular reference so you know exactly where to look for it.

[@JustScribble]

That’s the same thoughts I’ve had as I’ve been thinking thru and working thru this. I need to change some of my planning processes. And plan to create a reference binder. So I can add and remove and move things around. I think it’s the best option and I’m making it in TRP so it’s paper I love 💕 that’s my current plan.

[@tanyaatmomssmallvictories9687]

I’m in a w222 a5 for my work planner for a new job I started a few weeks ago, it’s working well for me so far. I will probably preorder an a5 all in one but I’m glad I have some more time to decide. The quarterly notebooks are tempting too

[@JustScribble]

Yes their quarterly notebooks are so awesome 👏🏻 I think their all in one is gonna be so good. I’ve got one on preorder already bc I think that’s gonna be my personal planner for 2024.

[@sistergoldenhair0727]

I also prefer Wonderland222 over Sterling Ink for a work planner. I love Sterling Ink for personal memory keeping but the quarterly and tracking features and overview pages make this a no brainer for work purposes.

[@JustScribble]

Yes I love those pages - I found over the years that I was really relying on tracked and project spreads I made in my bujo or used in printed planners. So it was something I knew I’d include in my planners I designed too because they are so functional in so many ways.

[@KatiesCraftStudio]

Thanks for sharing! I love hearing about people's planner rationales.

[@JustScribble]

Thanks for watching!

[@tracy2468]

I really appreciated the ideas and comments in this video. Yes, the work planner is a different beast! Still thinking about my 2024 setup.

[@JustScribble]

I’ll be interested in what you settle upon! Thanks for watching.

[@jessplansandwrites]

Thanks for sharing, and great set-up! I'm using a work planner in a similar way (just for a different job and with different slots for appointments and stuff), only I don't really need dailies and if I use them, I never (need to) look back on them. That's why I keep my dailies in a separate notebook that I don't carry around.

[@JustScribble]

Sounds like you have a good system. I’ve had my dailies separate before but it didn’t work well for me - I tended to just then use that and ignore it the other book. Sometimes I struggle to get myself to remember to flip back and forth between the two. Gonna try out some different setups this fall and see where I land.

[@arlenet.1520]

Yay! Congrats on new promotion! As one of your newer subbies I knew this would one of my fav channels! As a new sticker newbie this year and plastered my first Hobonichi A5 with stickers the first two months…you nailed it correctly what my sticker problem was the mountain it creates on different places and makes it lopsided…lol! Thought I was the only one irked…but learning experience for me and I used bigger stickers from various shops than the date stickers. And that why I discovered fountain pens this past April and been mesmerized with fountain inks…but need more exploration with other sticker shops.😂 I think you would benefit from one of those strategic planners for work/sometimes called performance planners. When I was in banking I used The Franklin Covey system because we all had to use it…I loved it! Thank you for always giving your try honest opinion! And I love the fact that you actually use the products you review that’s why I watch your channel. Have a great week!

[@JustScribble]

Thank you for subbing and watching! I'm so glad you are enjoying my videos and finding them informative. I truly try to be fully transparent on my videos. It's rare that I would "bash" a brand if I didn't like their product (unless it was completely bunk) but I definitely won't pretend to love something I don't actually enjoy and I try to use what I share. And for the suggestion of the strategic planners for work. I'll take a look at that. I have actually been looking at the FC-Japan A5 daily planner as an option too.

[@arlenet.1520]

@@JustScribble Awesome! I will send a message if I see any cool Productivity Planners…sometimes I don’t trust the written reviews. That’s just me though!🙃

[@JustScribble]

Agreed!

[@rachelonpaper]

i preordered an A5 common planner (compact version) to use as a work planner in 2024 in a similar way- love how you set this up!

[@JustScribble]

Thank you 😊

[@deetee19]

I love this so much. I have been waiting for this video. I love that you are ‘not an expert for work planning’. I struggle too. And listening to your thought process really helps. I love your tabbing system. I am going to try this. I have so many different project and responsibilities and this might help. I have a SI due to arrive next week. I love the way you use stickers.

[@JustScribble]

Thank you so much! I'm so glad this was helpful and that you can relate and some of this might help you with your system. Can't wait to hear what you think about the Sterling Ink Common Planner.

[@tanyaatmomssmallvictories9687]

Thanks for sharing, I have a hard time finding other bound planner setups for work planners.

[@JustScribble]

You are so welcome! I hope it was helpful. Even with the struggles I’m having it’s still a good system and I think if I use the same for 2024 but in W222 and do the daily setup ahead it’ll be really good.

[@RG-yf3uj]

TFS. I use a discbound for work & keep a Moleskine Cahier or Volant in the back of it w/certain essential info. I also have to have tabs. I've been debating whether to get a Sterling Ink now that she has horizontal but having a hard time pulling the plug because how the months, weeks & dailies are all separate. I really prefer a true chronological layout, hate flipping around all over the place, just find it inefficient.

[@JustScribble]

I’ve used discs for work in the past and it’s definitely a contender for me again. I love the bundled months-weeks-days. I’m actually designing a planner with the goal to launch it for 2025 and that’s one of the features 🙃

[@RG-yf3uj]

@@JustScribble Would love to see how you set it up & use it if you do 🙂 I use them for different things but also love my rings & book bound. Oh nice! Would definitely be interested in it if you do make one.

[@Rebecca-creates]

Your reviews are one of the best. They are clear and it's amazing you remember so many facts. Will you be reviewing the Echo Planner by Paper Echos? Thanks for the time you put in on these videos. It is most helpful!

[@JustScribble]

Thank you so much! That means so much to me - honestly. I was just thinking today maybe I should start making notes or scripting my videos bc I just wing it 😝 Funny you should ask - I am actually placing an order in the am. Was on there today filling my cart and am gonna add a few diecuts in the am before I order. So yes I will be reviewing it 💓

[@tiffb530]

I use the Hobo Cousin for my work planner (civil engineer/project management)! I toyed with the idea of a common planner for work but I also need the structure that's already there for my work! I use the Saturday and Sundays for extra notes pages or whatever I may need and make them on the calendex in front!

[@JustScribble]

So glad you've found a system that works for you. I did the same in the past in the Cousin but didn't like the amount of functional space I lost with the dates and the quotes and also I'm not good with a calendex...just not how my brain works so the Cousin isn't a good option for me. But I think with some tweaks a similar setup to this honed in a little bit and in the W222 might work. But gonna test out some other options this summer to see what the best options might be.

[@tiffb530]

@@JustScribble I agree, the quotes do take up SO much space. I've decided on Common Planner for personal for next year but I may think about switching it up for work next year!

[@wingedblossom1667]

Thank you so much for this. I’ve always hesitated using the date stickers because of the final bulk but it doesn’t really make a big difference it seems.

[@JustScribble]

You are so welcome! Ig really isn’t a lot with these washi stickers and even with my decor stickers it’s not a lot. And just makes it fluff. Which I love. Thanks for watching.

[@RosemaryDeLeon-ii9dw]

If you create your own planner. Can you consider the following: I love the W222 layout, especially the Overview and Review pages. Could you add 3-5 blank grid pages after the weeklies. So it would be the month, the week, 3-5 pages. In the back you can add some more 90+ blank grid pages for reference pages, note taking. and 2. I am not much of an index-er as well, but if you add the index pages for those that are, can you already number them, so all I have to do is fill it in? Maybe that will help me become a better index-er. thank you.

[@JustScribble]

I am designing a planner and some of what you love is incorporated. But definitely fill out my survey (it’s linked in the community tab).

[@KayMartin1]

Thank you for this video. I always get some information from all of your videos and really appreciate your attention to detail. I totally feel your pain about which planner to get. As a project manager and developer, I really like your ideas about using the Wonderland quarterly section for work projects. Sadly, my project deadlines seem to shift like the wind, due to dependencies on stakeholders outside the team, so I will have to pencil them in. So I did purchase the b6 wonderland. However, I can see the benefit of using a ring planner and creating my own project planner by hand so it works the way I want to, and grows with me. I may switch to rings if this doesn't do it for me. I do have one question for you - where do you find your tabs? I love them!

[@JustScribble]

The monthly tabs are from Lexiekyleedesigns on Etsy. The colored ones are post it brand and I get them on amazon usually.

[@KayMartin1]

@@JustScribble Thank you!

[@patriciarobinson4731]

That cover is gorgeous 😍. I looked at her Etsy shop but I didn’t see it with the snap closure. Is it a customization? I’m hoping she does this design in an A6 SI half year?!

[@JustScribble]

I don’t know if she has a half year option but you could definitely ask. But I will say that any cover designed for a full year Stalogy fits the half year and compact SI nicely. So that’s an option as well. The snap is an add-on. She has a separate listing for the snap add on and you add that to your cart too and tell her what you want it made out of.

[@melodylittlefield8798]

Sixth grade Ziggy planner!! Ha ha. I started journaling/planning the same way I do now in 5th grade in a My Melody! Over 3 decades later and I’m still changing planners too. 😂

[@JustScribble]

Love it 😍

[@CydPiper]

Congratulations Shiv on your promotion 🎆I wish I had your talent and ability to plan my day and could figure out a better way to plan my work day to ease my anxiety. I do the job duties of at least three people. just knowing what I have to do within eight hours that I'm uses to do in ten. Can I send you my work duties explaining what I all have to do? I think I may go back to Weeks for 2024. Thank you for sharing your situation and ideas. Luv, Cynthia 🙏

[@CydPiper]

Do you have a link to the tabs? TIA 🙏

[@JustScribble]

Here you go: www.etsy.com/shop/LexieKyleeDesigns?ref=shop-header-name&listing_id=1339822920&section_id=39376764

[@ginalorena6075]

Thank you for shaping this video. I'm debating which planner to get. You mentioned she includes the dated stickers. I'm not sure I understood that. Are they part of the planner or did you purchase separately. Tia

[@JustScribble]

Glad you enjoyed it. If you order her undated planner (like I did for my work planner) she sells stickers that you can buy to use to date it. They are an add-on. Some people have dated by hand or with stamps but I bought the stickers as they are a PERFECT fit and they look exactly like the dated planner. But if you buy a dated planner (the preorder for 2024 ended earlier this summer, but she ordered extras to list in the shop when they arrive) then you don't need stickers because it is dated. And the dated comes in a huge number of sizes and styles (I have a video sharing all those details).

[@debbiedeas]

That change in the times on the week is kind of significant, especially since they essentially removed the half hour mark. Definitely reduces functionality.

[@JustScribble]

Actually the half hour is still there in all vertical layouts with the exception of passport and A6. Those planners are so short/small they did hourly blocks because there wasn’t enough space. But on all other sizes (N2, B6, N1, A5) there’s still a half hour slot like before - just the time is on the vertical line now. So we didn’t lose that function (though I still don’t like the placement of the time personally).

[@megdonner-yt4pv]

Where are your monthly tabs from? I replayed it a million times and cant decipher the name you mentioned ❤ love them!!

[@JustScribble]

Lexiekyleedesigns on Etsy.

[@megdonner-yt4pv]

@@JustScribble yay! Thanks so much! Turns out I was already following her shop! 🤣🙈

[@JustScribble]

@@megdonner-yt4pv awesome 👏🏻

[@WendyInMD]

OMG 19:47 we named our (mostly) black and white little dog Pochacco! ❤

[@JustScribble]

Omg 😱 that’s awesome 🤩 👏🏻 💕

[@amandamiller3424]

I will try a happy planner do a vertical and then do daily pages. I don’t do it because I use agenda 52 for my work planner. I did do the daily cheats when I first did it, but I didn’t like it.

[@JustScribble]

I’ve used discbound in the past and it’s definitely a potential again. Thanks for sharing!

[@sarahdavis7566]

I’m so curious to see what you would create as your perfect planner 🤔 Have you tried any of the things from She Plans? It’s not TRPaper though

[@JustScribble]

Oh my perfect planner is a process and a mashup of a few planners I like and some things I'd love in a planner. But one big piece is bundled months, weeks and days. I have not though I have used discbound in the past and it is something I've thought about switching back to.

[@katsmith8263]

35:30 oh, finally, Wonderland without stucked up weekend! 😊

[@JustScribble]

Yes Wonderland is doing an unstacked option in 2024 in their A5 - with the standard 90-ish pages or an all in one with enough pages for the full year of dailies.

[@gletay52]

Thanks for the review, great organization & ideas! I don’t find an A5 daily planner on the W222 site. I looked through all, did several search parameters & there’s only weekly or the notebook. May I please know your source or a link?thank you!!

[@JustScribble]

Their planners have months, weeks plus days. The A5 all in one with enough pages for the full year of dailies is a new item on preorder. Here’s the link to it. I’m very excited for it! wonderland222.com/products/2024-a5-weekly-planner-52gsm-tomoe-river-paper-all-in-one Their dailies are undated so you can use them how you want. But Randi.plans on Etsy sells awesome date stickers and you can get the 2024 sets now. That’s what I’m planning to use in one of mine.

[@gletay52]

@@JustScribble 🩷🩷thanks so much!

[@jenntaylor7473]

What about a separate index list per category?

[@JustScribble]

That's a great idea and something I've pondered a bit...except I'm terrible at indexing LOL. I just not an index-er. But I have thought that it would be a good option at year end once the book is complete to be able to go back and reference later. If I keep a bound book planner going forward (and even for this one when I archive it) I'm very seriously thinking of adding that to the front so I can easily find stuff when I look back. :)

[@tifosiye]

Thank you for sharing your experience and struggles! I feel your struggle for flipping back and forth between daily and weekly. Have you thought about having a separate small thin notebook for weeklies? This way the weeklies can move alongside the dailies. I do like wonderland 222’s daily layout and have been considering it for my work planner too.

[@JustScribble]

Thanks so much for watching! I’ve thought about getting a daily planner and using a thin weekly. Or creating a dashboard to slip a weekly overview into so I can have it easily accessible but not have to manage an extra book. I fear having a 2nd thin book will cause me to just not use one or the other bc it will be too complicated.

[@jjensen8509]

Where did you get those stickers please? I missed that part. I know it’s a take-a-note planner that’s undated but I didnt hear the part about the stickers. Thanks

[@JustScribble]

Thanks so much for watching. The undated planner is a Common Planner from @SterlingInk (my previous planner I moved out of was a take a note). The stickers are from LiveLovePosh. She sells sticker books of different themes and seasons. I adore them!

[@katsmith8263]

22:40 i would started my notes from the back pages and my dailies right behind, my weeks

[@JustScribble]

That's what I do in my personal planner and did in my EDC in the past too - work from the front back with dated items and back frontward with notes/commonplace. But because I wanted to start my notes/common place with a certain section of information and don't know how many pages I would need I started them after my weeks. Not knowing for sure how many pages I needed for reference/commonplace caused part of the issue. But in hindsight I would do it differently if I set this up again for work. I count out my work days without weekends and without holidays and vacation and then start the notes after that.

[@MrsG93]

Where did you get your round tabs please

[@JustScribble]

Those are actually transparent sticky notes. Although they work nicely as tabs. I've got them from a few places but my favorites are from Bubba Bear Studios.

[@katsmith8263]

41:05 why W222 has the horizontal line on the page after 14th hour?!?!? Is tgere a reason for this?

[@JustScribble]

The horizontal line is the half of the page - its to divide the page in half because some people like to make quadrants, or half pages vertically or horizontally so it's a little darker so that you can easily divide your page. SterlingInk puts dots at the halfway points on all four sides to ease the sectioning. Same process just different way of denoting it. The placement has nothing to do with the hour/timeline.