using large weekly planner

[tanya]

I'm trying to revisit my organizing system, and the main thing I can't
decide on is how to use a weekly planner. I'm also using a small
reporter for miscellaneous to-do's, and have been using the weekly
planner for time-specific activities and weekly lists of things to do.
Weekly to-do's don't seem to work well... I'm wondering if anyone
could share how you are using your weekly planners?

[ikd]

Actually, my question is how do you manage to have so many planners? I
mean, do you have time to juggle all these inboxes (as per the gtd
system)? How many do you carry around with you?

I.

[tanya]

Two. The perfect situation is one, but my lists don't fit into the
weekly. I'm trying to solve the problem whether the weekly planner can
be used productively at all - with more than only several things to do
each day...

[Emily Akin]

I put my appointments and scheduled events on the calendar. If I don't have room for my to do list, I used post-it notes for the list. When it's all done, I trash the post-it.

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[Splicer]

I've been mulling that one in my head too. I like this new format, the
week all on one page with an opposing page for notes or lists not
broken down by day. Covey's 7 Habits stresses making weekly task
lists, but I think I'd feel more comfortable with a page for each
day's tasklist. The old style with a two-page spread for each week and
no room for tasklists is incomprehensible to me.

I was looking at the "one page per day" small planner and wished that
they made one like that with one calendar and one tasklist per day: a
two-page spread for each day. I don't know. Maybe one spread per week
is good enough, or maybe a full page per day, even in the small size,
is enough for both a tasklist and any appointments.

Sadly, it's almost June. I like the idea of an eighteen-month book
starting in July much better than buying a book that I could only use
half of, but maybe that's just how it is.

Steve

[phuile]

I once used Outlook for tracking everything. I can print out a daily
view from the Calendar and choose the format that provides a note
area. I get one page per day, plus a note area down the right hand
side for a daily to-d list. However, I really don't want seperate
pages and a binder is too big to be carrying around. Now, I use the
calendar + note Moleskine for daily stuff and keep a separate to-do
list using Tasks in Outlook.

[Evan Edwards]

On Tuesday 22 May 2007, Splicer wrote:
> Sadly, it's almost June. I like the idea of an eighteen-month book
> starting in July much better than buying a book that I could only use
> half of, but maybe that's just how it is.

Is there not a July 2007 - Dec 2008 18 month planner? I was about to
start looking and consider the concept of a six month overlap on my current
planner J06-D07. I'm not terribly upset if there isn't, but the 18 month
planner "feels" right in terms of weight and thickness. It will be odd to
step over to a 12 month.

--
Evan "JabberWokky" Edwards
http://www.cheshirehall.org/
615.517.6900

[XO]

Moleskine has a July 2007 - Dec 2008 planner in large and small

[phuile]

I have been using one for the past 12 months. It's great! I like the
note page opposit each weekly page.