Use your planner as the one, single place for recording events, thoughts, or any kind of list. Keep it with you, to be able to write everything down. Here is my post on how to use a brain dump to organize your thoughts and plans, and get them into your planner.ĥ. You’re pretty much 100% guaranteeing that they’ll get done sooner, and be out of your hair. Your planner is the perfect “filing cabinet” for those “I really need to do……” tasks that are nagging your head.

Your brain is constantly sounding off alarms at inopportune times, because it has no way of organizing the thoughts in your head by itself. Use your brain dump worksheets to pull To-Do’s from. When you hold yourself to only three tasks, you’re WAY more likely to actually get them done, which feels like you are “freeing up” the rest of the day for either checking a few more things off, relaxing or having some fun.Ĥ. This is a super-motivating productivity hack. Set a big goal for the day, with the top 3 non-negotiable things you need to get done.

You should definitely do this in the evening, because once your day gets started, there are too many distractions to remember what was really weighing on you the day before.ģ. I strongly suggest once a day, for less than five minutes minutes in the evening – to write down anything that is BOTHERING you that you didn’t get done.

Have a “planning session” a few minutes each evening. The next tip is an easy way to start using your planner every day……Ģ. Hopefully you’ll use some of the steps in the next section, and start on the right foot!

But, you DO have to use it regularly, in some way, to get the most value out of it. You don’t have to fill out your planner the same way every week, every month, etc. This should be a no brainer, but if you only sometimes use your planner, it will only sometimes organize your day, and your life. 9 Tips and Tricks for Using Your Planner to Organize Your Life:ġ.

How to organize your life on paper