It was really nice and helpful to see someone who works a 9-5 job plan their time. I find many planners are content creators and their work /life schedules (time management) are so far removed from my reality that it isn't helpful. So thank you so much for the content you do. I can't wait to take a biweekly look at my schedule! 😊
Simple hack=The Daily 3…1 load of laundry, 1 load of dishes, 1 pickup session 10 min✨I run DW every night, I put in a load of wash most mornings, and pickup/tidy the house with a 10 minute timer after dinner. This takes the stress and planning out of most days‼️❤️✨
I design my own laminated 8wk cleaning rota. There's daily tasks & normal cleaning that get highlighted. I set a timer for ½ hr then get to it. When the timer goes off, i migrate the other tasks to the next week. Deep clean tasks on 1 day, again for ½ hr. Weekend's are the normal daliy tasks and ironing. I created 12 week cleaning rota for my mother as well, that works for her huge house. Friends system: I have contact (phone, text, song or a coffee) a friend once per week. That covers over 7 wks. Beauty regime system: this rotas over 4 weeks. Manicure (biweekly), Pedicure (once a month), Eyebrow/lashing tint, brow wax (once a month). All this is on my google calendar, so when I'm using my paper planner, the mental work has already been done. Xxx
Smart! Would you mind sharing your cleaning schedule? It's something I'm struggling with right now, especially since I live in a big house and thinking of alllll the cleaning is already making me want to ditch it altogether already 😅
I have ADHD, I think this will help me not forget important tasks and projects (yes I will forget an ENITRE project). I just spent 2 hours working on this. I couldn’t do the post-its though. My ADHD wouldn’t allow me. 😂. I did a vertical monthly schedule, bujo style. Left column for AM, right column for PM. I feel accomplished. Now I just need to actually execute everything. 😅
I’d like to hear more about your RADAR meetings with partner. I have a family of 4 and tried to do the family meeting because I felt overwhelmed trying to juggle everyone’s schedule. Everyone ended up hating it - including me (because it was met with so much resistance and I wasn’t “doing it right”) - that we don’t even have them anymore. I’m lucky if we talk a total of 3 hours in a week or 2
In our house (7 roommates), we have a monthly calendar in the middle of the house with 7 columns so that everyone can see significant events (exams, travels, visits) for the others as well as the chores for the week (3 areas that rotate) and a pad with house groceries. We also have a group chat to ask for last-minutes hangouts, or quick infos. And we try to organise a house breakfast/lunch/fika or dinner at least biweekly. It is the moment were we discuss how it's going for everyone and bring up any concerns. We set up the next meal together at the end (and who makes it). :)
@@chocolat_chaud25 I have a shared calendar on our iphones, chore charts, and accessible grocery lists … the problem is that I’m the only one who looks at it and does what it says (when it comes to chores especially). The systems can be in place, but if everyone doesn’t use them … 🤷🏻♀️. We do have several meals together per week, maybe I need to try a bi-weekly “meeting” dinner too. I like that idea.
It stands for review, agree on the agenda, discuss, action points, and reconnect. Since you're dealing with a household, it probably would work really well since it's supposed to incorporate multiple people and their needs and points of discussion!
I know this is an old comment, but if your kids are preteens/teens (sounds like they are) here is my advice as a teacher who works with that age group and frequently gets hit with that attitude lol. Solve the two problems-time management and family connectedness-individually, first, then work on blending them into a meeting. Ask your partner and kids what they would like to do as a regular family activity and then do it. It could be movie watching, going to the park, cooking, whatever. Then create a Google calendar or a wall calendar and have everyone put their priorities on it on their own time. Eventually you can blend conversations and planning, but starting there is going to drive kids crazy
To be honest when you placed the notes on the monthly calendar, I got some sort of anxiety…but it got better when you placed them in the weekly calendar, cause it didnt seem so crowded and did show that there would be ore time in the day. Thanks for the video. I will try this method and see how it works for me.
Something others may want to add to this, particularly if you have a house which has more stuff in it that needs taking care of, is to expand even further into seasonal planning of infrequent chores. I have landed on a 2monthly schedule for certain tasks, some which occur annually or biannually (like washing our winter blankets or cleaning the aircon filters) and some which are just on a weird schedule like 6-8 weeks (cleaning and descaling washing machine, sharpening knives) Running a household and not forgetting important maintenance is HARD (especially on top of full time work and having kids, no wonder I watch planning videos for fun 😂) and this schedule has helped me for years, highly recommend. Each month I check it, and have a 'monthly' to do list, and I'll get each thing done gradually over the 4-5 weekends each month.
This is kinda how I’ve planned my life out mentally and it does feel like living with ease compared to the other methods I’ve tried. It also matches the length of my short term memory really well.
I love how you talk about time in your videos...as someone who is in a very different season of life, I still find myself trying to find time for everything and your techniques are so extremely helpful. Thanks for sharing such relatable planner content!! ❤
I love flexible planning with sticky notes. The kanban board in a planner is a good possibility not to get overwhelmed. Thank you for your great work! Greatings from Germany, Ana mit Jot 💝
Lovely video, I love how you share the process with specific examples of how it fits into your life and what that looks like. Super helpful, thank you ! Woud love to hear about your "radar" process in the future :)
I love your channel! Concrete planner ideas like these are golden. I will definitely try planing on a biweekly basis. If you have any advice on how to utilise a planner while being on sick-leave or while not working, I would love a video on that too. Thank you for great content 🥰
I have the opposite problem of most in my life right now (I am off work over the summer). I don't have much I HAVE to do in the month, but I think this will be useful for me to make myself schedule the projects and house renos I want to do. I think when I try to schedule that stuff on a weekly basis I get overwhelmed by choice. Maybe thinking in two week or monthly blocks will help! Thanks for this.
Sometimes just a good old-fashioned To-Do list will do. Maybe on the side of a monthly calendar. Checking things off when there's time or something coming up that requires action. 🤷🏾♀️
Your good shuffle work and consideration was good to see. I need more things i directly do with other people not just groups so it’s easier to set things that don’t move. To much of my calendar can move which makes it harder.
I love this. I work a flexible job where the hours change throughout the year. On top of that I have significant volunteer responsibilities and eldercare. One moth has always felt too long and a week too short and inflexible because everything moves around so much and I am only in the office some weeks. I am going to try this and line it up with my work pay-periods so I can feel that over the course of those two weeks I have worked what I need to without worrying about hitting exactly 20 hours in every given week since, with few exceptions, work doesn't need care and it helps me to stay on track..
Love this concept ❤ I recently resigned from my full time teaching job and felt overwhelmed with all this free time I ended up wasting it doing nothing. This inspires me to get everything together and sort my time again.
Oh to change the sheets as a reminder just add an alarm in your phone. Mine is every Sunday … Chang Sheets. So you eliminate those simple chores from your card system. Just keep it simple. I also use Google Calendar to post appointments. You have the same view as your planner and really view it very quickly.. You can duplicate the events very easy making the time you spend writing ,posting and editing shorter. I try to complement the card system with the electronic calendar. Use the cell phone alarm like an alert to go grab your supplements -- don’t skip those.
Woah! I never heard about the trick with the Hobonichi before! Thanks for sharing it. I just tried it and am having a much easier time writing in my daily pages!
Hey! I've dabbled with this before. I just don't like weekly planning, by the time I have a week layed out and ideas filled in I have to start it all over again. I figured changing the scope might help reduce the stress of that turn around time.
This is absolutely brilliant. Thank you SO MUCH for sharing. I’ve been feeling the need to move some tasks to biweekly and taking a closer look at my schedule a couple weeks at a time. I really appreciate how you broke it all down and walked us through your process. 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽
This was great! I love a new way to look at my planning routine especially as the season changes and my schedule changes with it. It really helped me look at my whole life and not just all the work obligations. Thanks for sharing! Always enjoy your content. I used an undated monthly to plan out my ideal month / bi-weekly schedule… worked great!
my experience: if everything is grouped in 4 groups (1. chores & maintenance & the admin of life, 2. selfcare & sports & relaxing, 3 people & freetime activities and 4. project, sidehustle, growth, education) >> per week it is possible to do 2 and a half of the 4 (62,5% of all 4). Each week i prioritize which of the 4 groups gets resources, i cant do 100% of all 4 categories each week, only about 62,5% or 2 and a half, e.g. half chores, half relax, half people and 1 and a half projects. important: half selfcare is usually not negotiable (the body demands breaks), so who allocates two halfs to dilligently do all chores and two halfs people every week, reaches the limit of 2 and a half and will never get around to do category 4 (projects, sidehustle, growth, education). that's why i look at the (few!) events already scheduled for the week, (i dont do fix weekly appointments!) and the things that need attention that week (eg car repair), and prioritize which categories get resources in one week and which ones have to be reduced until another week. with this rough compass I can be flexible during the week and make sure that all categories get their fair share of resources over the course of a couple of weeks. i get a lot of projects done this way. hope i explained it clearly enough, any questions ask. important: my example is without kids.
I keep my bill paying budget schedule , housecleaning chore’s schedule and our personal appointments, tasks & scheduling items together in a separate specific spread. I tried having all these in one monthly spread and it was just too much. keeping up with them separately for me it’s easier. I setup my own digital Kanban board, however I may in the future do this one manually also.
I can't wait to try this! I've been really burning myself out and doing this method will (hopefully) help me with actually doing things instead of just saying "meh I'm too tired"!
The best segway I found with Time management is as mentioned in another Blog you did is Time what you do (or not do) find the dead space and the places where you actually fall down, for some this migh be sheduling a space for Gymn but also looking for a Gymn that not on the other side of town that take 45 minutes to drive to and has poor parking. I changed to a gymn that a bit more expensive, but I can walk to from my apartment, and is 24/7. I also removed all my social media from my phone and that included you tube and instagram. (I still have it on my desktop) I use my iPad specifically for clients and workshops, but I also have several hand written books and the like to brainstorm with post in tones on whiteboards with clients for direction and future focusing and the 3 year plan thing we do. I stopped some of my work and study at home, I walk to my gym then have client meet ups and study in the cafe in my area. Because its central and I can do a few things at once and I am in the space I don't get side tracked byt not doing things at home (Snacks and procrastinating)
Love this! Also recognize this pattern in myself where the next step is back to the hobonichi weeks. :) I think I want a vertical weekly view, but really it just makes me think I have more time than I actually do.
I love the simplicity of this idea! I bought a monthly calendar two months ago and I haven't even used it yet bc I haven't figured out how I want to make it work for me and my family. But this is going to be perfect.
I’ve been looking on a good weekly planner. This is what’s going to work with me. Oh! Girl you’re amazing. This video is so modern… So genius!!! Thank you so much for sharing!!!
I absolutely love this and it is something I need right now in my busy life. Seeing the bigger picture of the month, and being able to move things around, allowing “free space” (wow, what a concept, right?), knowing we need that too, is a great reminder. Perfect timing for me. Thank you! I really enjoy your channel!
I love how you use “enshrined” when setting aside time. It’s such a small thing but that word brings an added weight and value to those buckets. Like, I know laundry has to get done, but “enshrining” time for it puts extra value on it even though it’s not super glamorous. It makes me feel better about the time I take there, because it really is important in the long run and will set me up for success for other stuff, so it’s worth the time and energy. In a similar way, what tasks am I tempted to enshrine that aren’t actually that valuable to me or worth putting on that pedestal? Can I take them out or move them to monthly/quarterly tasks instead? Anyway. Just a little thing I noticed as I’ve been binge-ing your content this week. Love what you bring to the table and keep it up! 😊
I absolutely love this idea! As I'm in the process of a planner reset in preparation for August, now's a good a time as any to give this a shot. Btw, I remember there was a video from earlier in the year where you'd talked about planning your functionality first, THEN decorating. Well, I did that for a couple of weeks, then got back to decorating first, and found myself in planner overwhelm. Woops! lol I've found my planner peace again though, and I'm definitely becoming more of a functional planner!
Breathing room is so important. Watching this I realised I intuitively do something in between a weekly and a biweekly: a very casual 10-day view of my time so that I have a general/tentative idea of the following week, especially regarding work since I freelance/work on contract. (And thanks, again, for another video drawn from your own experiences and usage, showing us Rachelle-in-theory...in practice.)
I really love this idea and I love how much of your personal plan you shared and showed off to all of us. What's an "everything shower"? I don't know yet how to translate this kind of planning into my own life but I do think this food for thought will help me, it's planted a seed that will grow... I've already been trying to tell myself certain things might be only once per every 3 weeks and that's okay and doing some kind of 3 week routine, within a 12 week year system (based on that 12 Week Year book sorta kinda, but majorly adjusted for ADHD and the complexities of self-employment etc etc).
Thats the point, to just give yourself permission to have some breathing room! Lol an everything shower is essentially a shower where you wash your hair, shave, exfoliate, do a skin treatment, a hair treatment, etc... all those things that you don't have time to do when you're just trying to shower in 5 minutes and get ready for the day! I love the 12 week year, also! It's cool that you are customizing it for your own needs!
Wow!!! This is amazing. I’ve been tracking/scheduling only on my monthly because my work schedule is so chaotic I needed to see where I could fit in major chores/tasks while caring for my newborn. Instead of scheduling a to do list of 10 things (never obtainable) everyday I’m off. This idea seems SO MANAGEABLE and something I definitely am going to try!!!
Since I have a kid (soon 2) I use the monthlys, too. My brain never liked the layout before but now I have repetitive appointments and courses for the first time in my freelancer life. 😅
YAY I'm so glad it seems like it would work for you. I totally feel you on planning in the smaller space in the monthly! It's useful to limit yourself sometimes.
This video shows me that I am not alone... My life feels crazy and I always feel like I'm doing something wrong but this video and other videos you have done just prove that life is naturally crazy and we sometimes don't get it done get it right so thank you... Going to try this next
I love the separation of things that need to be done and time expected. I was wondering if you could schedule a couple of things at a time. For example doing a load of washing while preparing a meal. You know how long a load takes. Maybe plan it for after the gym or when you are writing in your journal. Basically, I’m thinking that if you put a load on and do something else important to you, it will be a habit. Folding and or putting the washing away will feel less of a chore because at best it’s only 10 minutes of work. Is a house cleaner worth paying for to come in once a fortnight? 4 hours housework seems excessive shared between the two of you. He’d have to do it if he lived alone. Keep up the great work.
i might try to apply this to my planning as a full-time student, i have to look ahead so much so that i don't reach a certain week and realize i don't have enough time to complete everything. also love ur content :)
I have made a biweekly planner out of a blank notebook that is one week per page all throughout the book, mostly because I like looking ahead without getting overwhelmed. First time I'm doing that this year so I'm curious to see how it will work!
sweet. i'm working on an overhaul of my rhythms and 2-week sprints will work nicely! i haven't incorperated before at home - we live them at work - it will fit some long term goal steps.
I really enjoy this idea. I am a daily planner & make a brain dum at the beginning of each month & va smaller one at the beginning of each week. I will implement this for August and see how I enjoy it, Thanks for sharing
Been watching your vids consistenly, althought its not planner/stationary focus like many people in the youtube comunity, I've really enjoyed the productivity content
I love this! My husband works swing shifts that include weekends and often takes on a bi-weekly somewhat predictable rhythm, so ideal weeklies has never really worked for us and I found bi-weekly to be more fitting to our lives.
The other day I was thinking maybe I should do theme days and not have to plan specific tasks for each day. So I wrote out the themes and whoops it was more than 7 😬 so kinda feel I have to spread them over two weeks.
The biweekly and your sprint cut up is definitely migrating into my planning slowly. Have you ever tried that book flip flat open on your common planner?
Just had this video show up as a suggestion this morning. I really appreciated it and will be subscribing. Love the idea of the sticky notes and moving them around. We are empty nesters and self-employed. We have an Amish taxi service, which can be very unpredictable making scheduling hard, but I think this idea will help greatly. Looking forward to using it. In a way of reminds me of a kanban board. I am curious as to what an everything shower is. 😊
For this layout, I felt confusing. Would it better if you put all biweekly include social media plan in list with color tags and put the color tags in monthly Hobo ? The rest is for monthly chores (utilities etc). So you can get a quick glance everything in monthly layout.
Yeah, I've tried this many times before in many ways. Every one of my weeks gets blown up within the first two days so now I just walk into every week of life and wait for the F*ckening to occur. Cause it's gonna. But glad it works for others
Same! What helped for me was recurring DAILY reminders of important stuff, so I can chip away at it bit by bit over time without having to wait for a whole morning or day free to do allll the cleaning or admin or bills or whatever. It’s amazing now. If I’m doing 5 minutes or so on average most days, I find myself living a much more peaceful lifestyle, despite the “explosions” that invariably pop up. Remember YOU are important enough to prioritize, and give yourself the gift of being willing to experiment until you find what works for you. You’re worth the effort!!
I love love love everything about this, and the pragmatic real talk of your channel. I’m trying to think of a word that isn’t “sprint” to use for this cadence….. too bad fortnight is sorta taken 😂
Can you please recommend a B6 size planner (A6 is too small and A5 seems too big) that has both monthly, weekly vertical, and has good paper for fountain pens?
I really should have explained this in the video 😂 It's a shower is essentially a shower where you wash your hair, shave, exfoliate, do a skin treatment, a hair treatment, etc... all those things that you don't have time to do when you're just trying to shower in 5 minutes and get ready for the day!
BRILLIANT, thank you! My poor ADHD brain never realized this needed to go in my planner but it absolutely does!! I’m taking up wayyy too much brain space trying to remember what I did when and this tip might just change the game for me! Thank you!
Love ya to death but I cringed just watching the Ideal Week video. I would DIE with all of that on my calendar. However, the important thing to remember is it's just that: an "ideal".
It was really nice and helpful to see someone who works a 9-5 job plan their time. I find many planners are content creators and their work /life schedules (time management) are so far removed from my reality that it isn't helpful. So thank you so much for the content you do. I can't wait to take a biweekly look at my schedule! 😊
Simple hack=The Daily 3…1 load of laundry, 1 load of dishes, 1 pickup session 10 min✨I run DW every night, I put in a load of wash most mornings, and pickup/tidy the house with a 10 minute timer after dinner. This takes the stress and planning out of most days‼️❤️✨
I design my own laminated 8wk cleaning rota. There's daily tasks & normal cleaning that get highlighted. I set a timer for ½ hr then get to it. When the timer goes off, i migrate the other tasks to the next week. Deep clean tasks on 1 day, again for ½ hr. Weekend's are the normal daliy tasks and ironing.
I created 12 week cleaning rota for my mother as well, that works for her huge house.
Friends system: I have contact (phone, text, song or a coffee) a friend once per week. That covers over 7 wks.
Beauty regime system: this rotas over 4 weeks.
Manicure (biweekly),
Pedicure (once a month),
Eyebrow/lashing tint, brow wax (once a month).
All this is on my google calendar, so when I'm using my paper planner, the mental work has already been done. Xxx
Fantastic, I'm going to try this as well!
Smart! Would you mind sharing your cleaning schedule? It's something I'm struggling with right now, especially since I live in a big house and thinking of alllll the cleaning is already making me want to ditch it altogether already 😅
OMG as someone who works 8-5 and goes to school this makes SO MUCH SENSE!!!
I have ADHD, I think this will help me not forget important tasks and projects (yes I will forget an ENITRE project). I just spent 2 hours working on this. I couldn’t do the post-its though. My ADHD wouldn’t allow me. 😂. I did a vertical monthly schedule, bujo style. Left column for AM, right column for PM. I feel accomplished. Now I just need to actually execute everything. 😅
oooh I love this!
I love how your content is about the substance of planning and not just the things we can use to plan (if that makes sense.)
I’d like to hear more about your RADAR meetings with partner. I have a family of 4 and tried to do the family meeting because I felt overwhelmed trying to juggle everyone’s schedule. Everyone ended up hating it -
including me (because it was met with so much resistance and I wasn’t “doing it right”) - that we don’t even have them anymore. I’m lucky if we talk a total of 3
hours in a week or 2
In our house (7 roommates), we have a monthly calendar in the middle of the house with 7 columns so that everyone can see significant events (exams, travels, visits) for the others as well as the chores for the week (3 areas that rotate) and a pad with house groceries.
We also have a group chat to ask for last-minutes hangouts, or quick infos.
And we try to organise a house breakfast/lunch/fika or dinner at least biweekly. It is the moment were we discuss how it's going for everyone and bring up any concerns. We set up the next meal together at the end (and who makes it). :)
@@chocolat_chaud25 I have a shared calendar on our iphones, chore charts, and accessible grocery lists … the problem is that I’m the only one who looks at it and does what it says (when it comes to chores especially). The systems can be in place, but if everyone doesn’t use them … 🤷🏻♀️. We do have several meals together per week, maybe I need to try a bi-weekly “meeting” dinner too. I like that idea.
It stands for review, agree on the agenda, discuss, action points, and reconnect. Since you're dealing with a household, it probably would work really well since it's supposed to incorporate multiple people and their needs and points of discussion!
I know this is an old comment, but if your kids are preteens/teens (sounds like they are) here is my advice as a teacher who works with that age group and frequently gets hit with that attitude lol. Solve the two problems-time management and family connectedness-individually, first, then work on blending them into a meeting. Ask your partner and kids what they would like to do as a regular family activity and then do it. It could be movie watching, going to the park, cooking, whatever. Then create a Google calendar or a wall calendar and have everyone put their priorities on it on their own time. Eventually you can blend conversations and planning, but starting there is going to drive kids crazy
To be honest when you placed the notes on the monthly calendar, I got some sort of anxiety…but it got better when you placed them in the weekly calendar, cause it didnt seem so crowded and did show that there would be ore time in the day. Thanks for the video. I will try this method and see how it works for me.
Something others may want to add to this, particularly if you have a house which has more stuff in it that needs taking care of, is to expand even further into seasonal planning of infrequent chores.
I have landed on a 2monthly schedule for certain tasks, some which occur annually or biannually (like washing our winter blankets or cleaning the aircon filters) and some which are just on a weird schedule like 6-8 weeks (cleaning and descaling washing machine, sharpening knives)
Running a household and not forgetting important maintenance is HARD (especially on top of full time work and having kids, no wonder I watch planning videos for fun 😂) and this schedule has helped me for years, highly recommend.
Each month I check it, and have a 'monthly' to do list, and I'll get each thing done gradually over the 4-5 weekends each month.
I can’t wait to see your channel grow exponentially. Your content is so theory based that it’s easy to apply and make it work for me.
I read this comment nodding in agreement while literally realizing that I am not subscribed! Great content!!
I appreciate this so much. You have genuinely made my day!
Thank you for the sub as well!!!!
this!
yes agree
The “wanna be organized” part of me is living vicariously through you 😂
This is kinda how I’ve planned my life out mentally and it does feel like living with ease compared to the other methods I’ve tried. It also matches the length of my short term memory really well.
I love how you talk about time in your videos...as someone who is in a very different season of life, I still find myself trying to find time for everything and your techniques are so extremely helpful. Thanks for sharing such relatable planner content!! ❤
YAY I'm so beyond thrilled that this is relatable to you even though you are in a different season of life. That means so much to me. ♥️
I love flexible planning with sticky notes. The kanban board in a planner is a good possibility not to get overwhelmed. Thank you for your great work! Greatings from Germany, Ana mit Jot 💝
Lovely video, I love how you share the process with specific examples of how it fits into your life and what that looks like. Super helpful, thank you !
Woud love to hear about your "radar" process in the future :)
This was a really great method. It definitely helps to not pen things in until you know what the full week is like
I love your channel! Concrete planner ideas like these are golden. I will definitely try planing on a biweekly basis. If you have any advice on how to utilise a planner while being on sick-leave or while not working, I would love a video on that too. Thank you for great content 🥰
I have the opposite problem of most in my life right now (I am off work over the summer). I don't have much I HAVE to do in the month, but I think this will be useful for me to make myself schedule the projects and house renos I want to do. I think when I try to schedule that stuff on a weekly basis I get overwhelmed by choice. Maybe thinking in two week or monthly blocks will help! Thanks for this.
this is as busy as the weeklys 😂
I admire your discipline!
Sometimes just a good old-fashioned To-Do list will do. Maybe on the side of a monthly calendar. Checking things off when there's time or something coming up that requires action. 🤷🏾♀️
I'm just sitting here binging your videos today. Man, I wish I had these videos when I first started getting more into planning.
Your good shuffle work and consideration was good to see. I need more things i directly do with other people not just groups so it’s easier to set things that don’t move. To much of my calendar can move which makes it harder.
I totally get that, consistency is a really valuable thing!
I love this. I work a flexible job where the hours change throughout the year. On top of that I have significant volunteer responsibilities and eldercare. One moth has always felt too long and a week too short and inflexible because everything moves around so much and I am only in the office some weeks. I am going to try this and line it up with my work pay-periods so I can feel that over the course of those two weeks I have worked what I need to without worrying about hitting exactly 20 hours in every given week since, with few exceptions, work doesn't need care and it helps me to stay on track..
Love this concept ❤
I recently resigned from my full time teaching job and felt overwhelmed with all this free time I ended up wasting it doing nothing. This inspires me to get everything together and sort my time again.
Oh to change the sheets as a reminder just add an alarm in your phone. Mine is every Sunday … Chang Sheets. So you eliminate those simple chores from your card system. Just keep it simple. I also use Google Calendar to post appointments. You have the same view as your planner and really view it very quickly.. You can duplicate the events very easy making the time you spend writing ,posting and editing shorter. I try to complement the card system with the electronic calendar. Use the cell phone alarm like an alert to go grab your supplements -- don’t skip those.
Woah! I never heard about the trick with the Hobonichi before! Thanks for sharing it. I just tried it and am having a much easier time writing in my daily pages!
Hey! I've dabbled with this before. I just don't like weekly planning, by the time I have a week layed out and ideas filled in I have to start it all over again. I figured changing the scope might help reduce the stress of that turn around time.
This is absolutely brilliant. Thank you SO MUCH for sharing. I’ve been feeling the need to move some tasks to biweekly and taking a closer look at my schedule a couple weeks at a time. I really appreciate how you broke it all down and walked us through your process. 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽
I would love to see what your RADAR meetings include!
I'm a bullet journal user but your hobonichi contents are so interesting and also inspiring. Especially I love this biweekly idea with sticky notes :D
This was great! I love a new way to look at my planning routine especially as the season changes and my schedule changes with it. It really helped me look at my whole life and not just all the work obligations. Thanks for sharing! Always enjoy your content. I used an undated monthly to plan out my ideal month / bi-weekly schedule… worked great!
That's so amazing!!! I'm so happy you had fun with it and thank you for sharing :)
my experience: if everything is grouped in 4 groups (1. chores & maintenance & the admin of life, 2. selfcare & sports & relaxing, 3 people & freetime activities and 4. project, sidehustle, growth, education) >> per week it is possible to do 2 and a half of the 4 (62,5% of all 4). Each week i prioritize which of the 4 groups gets resources, i cant do 100% of all 4 categories each week, only about 62,5% or 2 and a half, e.g. half chores, half relax, half people and 1 and a half projects. important: half selfcare is usually not negotiable (the body demands breaks), so who allocates two halfs to dilligently do all chores and two halfs people every week, reaches the limit of 2 and a half and will never get around to do category 4 (projects, sidehustle, growth, education). that's why i look at the (few!) events already scheduled for the week, (i dont do fix weekly appointments!) and the things that need attention that week (eg car repair), and prioritize which categories get resources in one week and which ones have to be reduced until another week. with this rough compass I can be flexible during the week and make sure that all categories get their fair share of resources over the course of a couple of weeks. i get a lot of projects done this way. hope i explained it clearly enough, any questions ask. important: my example is without kids.
This is interesting! Reminds me of the spoon theory for folks with disabilities/chronic illness.
I keep my bill paying budget schedule , housecleaning chore’s schedule and our personal appointments, tasks & scheduling items together in a separate specific spread. I tried having all these in one monthly spread and it was just too much. keeping up with them separately for me it’s easier. I setup my own digital Kanban board, however I may in the future do this one manually also.
I love the real tangible examples you give. Great video.
I was sold on the biweekly idea back in your distraction method vid where you shared work plans in sprints. That unlocked analog planning for me!
YES!!! I love it. So happy that it unlocked something for you!!!
I can't wait to try this! I've been really burning myself out and doing this method will (hopefully) help me with actually doing things instead of just saying "meh I'm too tired"!
The best segway I found with Time management is as mentioned in another Blog you did is Time what you do (or not do) find the dead space and the places where you actually fall down, for some this migh be sheduling a space for Gymn but also looking for a Gymn that not on the other side of town that take 45 minutes to drive to and has poor parking. I changed to a gymn that a bit more expensive, but I can walk to from my apartment, and is 24/7. I also removed all my social media from my phone and that included you tube and instagram. (I still have it on my desktop) I use my iPad specifically for clients and workshops, but I also have several hand written books and the like to brainstorm with post in tones on whiteboards with clients for direction and future focusing and the 3 year plan thing we do. I stopped some of my work and study at home, I walk to my gym then have client meet ups and study in the cafe in my area. Because its central and I can do a few things at once and I am in the space I don't get side tracked byt not doing things at home (Snacks and procrastinating)
Love this! Also recognize this pattern in myself where the next step is back to the hobonichi weeks. :) I think I want a vertical weekly view, but really it just makes me think I have more time than I actually do.
What a good insight! I also feel like a hobo weeks is useful because of the small size, it limits what you can put down.
I love the simplicity of this idea! I bought a monthly calendar two months ago and I haven't even used it yet bc I haven't figured out how I want to make it work for me and my family. But this is going to be perfect.
I’ve been looking on a good weekly planner. This is what’s going to work with me. Oh! Girl you’re amazing. This video is so modern…
So genius!!!
Thank you so much for sharing!!!
I absolutely love this and it is something I need right now in my busy life. Seeing the bigger picture of the month, and being able to move things around, allowing “free space” (wow, what a concept, right?), knowing we need that too, is a great reminder. Perfect timing for me. Thank you! I really enjoy your channel!
Thank you so much!!! I'm so glad that it looks like it will work for you :) and yes, that free space is SOOO highly coveted. You gotta protect it!
I love how you use “enshrined” when setting aside time. It’s such a small thing but that word brings an added weight and value to those buckets. Like, I know laundry has to get done, but “enshrining” time for it puts extra value on it even though it’s not super glamorous. It makes me feel better about the time I take there, because it really is important in the long run and will set me up for success for other stuff, so it’s worth the time and energy.
In a similar way, what tasks am I tempted to enshrine that aren’t actually that valuable to me or worth putting on that pedestal? Can I take them out or move them to monthly/quarterly tasks instead?
Anyway. Just a little thing I noticed as I’ve been binge-ing your content this week. Love what you bring to the table and keep it up! 😊
I absolutely love this idea! As I'm in the process of a planner reset in preparation for August, now's a good a time as any to give this a shot. Btw, I remember there was a video from earlier in the year where you'd talked about planning your functionality first, THEN decorating. Well, I did that for a couple of weeks, then got back to decorating first, and found myself in planner overwhelm. Woops! lol I've found my planner peace again though, and I'm definitely becoming more of a functional planner!
That's amazing! I'm so glad you found that tip useful it is honestly my favorite haha. Let me know how this goes for ya if you try it!
Hi Rachelle! Woild you mind explaining the difference between RADAR meetings and couple meetings? I'm confused there. Thanks!
Breathing room is so important. Watching this I realised I intuitively do something in between a weekly and a biweekly: a very casual 10-day view of my time so that I have a general/tentative idea of the following week, especially regarding work since I freelance/work on contract.
(And thanks, again, for another video drawn from your own experiences and usage, showing us Rachelle-in-theory...in practice.)
Rachelle in theory in practice :') exactly what I'm going for!
A 10 day schedule sounds honestly relaxing as well! Thank you for sharing :)
I really love this idea and I love how much of your personal plan you shared and showed off to all of us. What's an "everything shower"? I don't know yet how to translate this kind of planning into my own life but I do think this food for thought will help me, it's planted a seed that will grow... I've already been trying to tell myself certain things might be only once per every 3 weeks and that's okay and doing some kind of 3 week routine, within a 12 week year system (based on that 12 Week Year book sorta kinda, but majorly adjusted for ADHD and the complexities of self-employment etc etc).
Thats the point, to just give yourself permission to have some breathing room!
Lol an everything shower is essentially a shower where you wash your hair, shave, exfoliate, do a skin treatment, a hair treatment, etc... all those things that you don't have time to do when you're just trying to shower in 5 minutes and get ready for the day!
I love the 12 week year, also! It's cool that you are customizing it for your own needs!
Wow!!! This is amazing. I’ve been tracking/scheduling only on my monthly because my work schedule is so chaotic I needed to see where I could fit in major chores/tasks while caring for my newborn. Instead of scheduling a to do list of 10 things (never obtainable) everyday I’m off.
This idea seems SO MANAGEABLE and something I definitely am going to try!!!
Since I have a kid (soon 2) I use the monthlys, too. My brain never liked the layout before but now I have repetitive appointments and courses for the first time in my freelancer life. 😅
YAY I'm so glad it seems like it would work for you. I totally feel you on planning in the smaller space in the monthly! It's useful to limit yourself sometimes.
This video shows me that I am not alone... My life feels crazy and I always feel like I'm doing something wrong but this video and other videos you have done just prove that life is naturally crazy and we sometimes don't get it done get it right so thank you... Going to try this next
Thank you!! Let me know how this goes :)
I love the separation of things that need to be done and time expected. I was wondering if you could schedule a couple of things at a time. For example doing a load of washing while preparing a meal. You know how long a load takes. Maybe plan it for after the gym or when you are writing in your journal. Basically, I’m thinking that if you put a load on and do something else important to you, it will be a habit. Folding and or putting the washing away will feel less of a chore because at best it’s only 10 minutes of work. Is a house cleaner worth paying for to come in once a fortnight? 4 hours housework seems excessive shared between the two of you. He’d have to do it if he lived alone. Keep up the great work.
i might try to apply this to my planning as a full-time student, i have to look ahead so much so that i don't reach a certain week and realize i don't have enough time to complete everything. also love ur content :)
This video was great, can't wait to get my first hobonichi weeks and try this out!
I have made a biweekly planner out of a blank notebook that is one week per page all throughout the book, mostly because I like looking ahead without getting overwhelmed. First time I'm doing that this year so I'm curious to see how it will work!
sweet. i'm working on an overhaul of my rhythms and 2-week sprints will work nicely! i haven't incorperated before at home - we live them at work - it will fit some long term goal steps.
I have them at work too and it's EXACTLY what motivated me to try it in my personal life. I LOVE that system for work!
I really enjoy this idea. I am a daily planner & make a brain dum at the beginning of each month & va smaller one at the beginning of each week. I will implement this for August and see how I enjoy it, Thanks for sharing
Yess! I'm using it for August too, will have a video on it next week :) Thank you for sharing!
Been watching your vids consistenly, althought its not planner/stationary focus like many people in the youtube comunity, I've really enjoyed the productivity content
Thank you! That's great to hear. I have a bit of a stationery habit but I am a productivity/functionality girl at heart!
Love this! just made my own schedule and i love seeing how everything i wanna address is in the schedule :D Great work Rachelle
27:34 my husband calls this phenomenon “friendship maintenance”!
You gotta do it!!!
Game-changer. So helpful Rachelle.
Thank you Polly ♥️
This was great! Moveable post it tabs🤦♀️🤯lol
I know right! hahah
I love this! My husband works swing shifts that include weekends and often takes on a bi-weekly somewhat predictable rhythm, so ideal weeklies has never really worked for us and I found bi-weekly to be more fitting to our lives.
This seems great. I definitely want to try it!
Do you know of any existing planners with a biweekly layout? I haven’t come across any but love the idea!
The other day I was thinking maybe I should do theme days and not have to plan specific tasks for each day. So I wrote out the themes and whoops it was more than 7 😬 so kinda feel I have to spread them over two weeks.
The biweekly and your sprint cut up is definitely migrating into my planning slowly. Have you ever tried that book flip flat open on your common planner?
I have actually! It still works.
@@RachelleinTheory I did it right after I said this and was surprised how great it works.
Just had this video show up as a suggestion this morning. I really appreciated it and will be subscribing. Love the idea of the sticky notes and moving them around. We are empty nesters and self-employed. We have an Amish taxi service, which can be very unpredictable making scheduling hard, but I think this idea will help greatly. Looking forward to using it. In a way of reminds me of a kanban board. I am curious as to what an everything shower is. 😊
For this layout, I felt confusing. Would it better if you put all biweekly include social media plan in list with color tags and put the color tags in monthly Hobo ? The rest is for monthly chores (utilities etc). So you can get a quick glance everything in monthly layout.
So happy I found your channel!❤
Can you tell us more about radar and couple meeting? How does it work and do you feel it helps?
I love this idea! Going to give it a try!!
Absolutely genius thank you so so much
This is an amazing idea! I really want to try it!
Im glad you like!!! 💞
Thank you for always having such intentional information
So helpful ❤
I would LOVE to know what you think of Gretchen Rubin's Four Tendencies
Still super busy. I would also think of out sourcing deep cleaning twice a month and hire someone.
Great video! Full of good ideas….
Yeah, I've tried this many times before in many ways. Every one of my weeks gets blown up within the first two days so now I just walk into every week of life and wait for the F*ckening to occur. Cause it's gonna. But glad it works for others
Same! What helped for me was recurring DAILY reminders of important stuff, so I can chip away at it bit by bit over time without having to wait for a whole morning or day free to do allll the cleaning or admin or bills or whatever. It’s amazing now. If I’m doing 5 minutes or so on average most days, I find myself living a much more peaceful lifestyle, despite the “explosions” that invariably pop up. Remember YOU are important enough to prioritize, and give yourself the gift of being willing to experiment until you find what works for you. You’re worth the effort!!
I love love love everything about this, and the pragmatic real talk of your channel. I’m trying to think of a word that isn’t “sprint” to use for this cadence….. too bad fortnight is sorta taken 😂
Lol we should reclaim fortnight 100%!
I love this idea!
Wow this is still way too overwhelming. However I understand it's her life schedule. I'm just so impressed that she can actually get this much done.
Thank you!!!
Great content. Liked and subscribed!😍
Thank you!! Welcome to the fam :)
Awesome 🎉❤
Can you please recommend a B6 size planner (A6 is too small and A5 seems too big) that has both monthly, weekly vertical, and has good paper for fountain pens?
Sterling Ink Common Planner. I think Wonderland 222 also has an option.
What about todo task? Also it appears that you have 2 items a week. What do you do if you have 5 items a day?
Please do a video on the mastermind
I like this
In addition, what is an “everything shower”?
I really should have explained this in the video 😂 It's a shower is essentially a shower where you wash your hair, shave, exfoliate, do a skin treatment, a hair treatment, etc... all those things that you don't have time to do when you're just trying to shower in 5 minutes and get ready for the day!
BRILLIANT, thank you! My poor ADHD brain never realized this needed to go in my planner but it absolutely does!! I’m taking up wayyy too much brain space trying to remember what I did when and this tip might just change the game for me! Thank you!
. Thank you!
@@katieegan5178agree will start to use this...never knew that shower had a name!!🤦
I knew someone would have asked my burning question….thanks for answering Rachelle. Love your productivity content and love your channel!
What is an everything shower?
Wondering the same...
Are you still doing this? I like the idea.
…what is an everything shower?
Trying to figure out if biweekly is 1/2 a week or a fortnight?
Fortnight
Two weeks
What is an "everything shower"?
What was the everything shower
**** e n s h r i n e d ****😌
It looks the same as Google calendar ?
Just do a load a day, quick and easy
Very interesting and helpful - but I still think you should SLOW DOWN AND BREATHE!! 🧘♂️ 😊
Love ya to death but I cringed just watching the Ideal Week video. I would DIE with all of that on my calendar. However, the important thing to remember is it's just that: an "ideal".
BIMONTHLY 😬
work on eliminating your vocal fry