An A6-sized planner open to a spread with a standard calendar layout. The paper is bright white

Planner

The notebook I use to plan out my workdays, as well as other things I need to get done for the week. I use a Sterling Ink A6 Common Planner (Half-Year)., but I mostly just use the simple gridded paper in the back now.

Weekly Spread

A look ahead at the habits, events, and high-level project goals I have for the week. I refer back to this throughout the week as I make progress.

Week of Apr 29

Day Event
Mon
Tues × Community craft night
Wed × Date night with Rahul
Thurs × Health appointment
• Some task I didn’t do
Fri
Sat × Clean the house
× Hangout with friends
Sun × Sew Day with my mom and aunt

To embody

Curiosity

Personal Projects

  • × Zippered pouch
  • × Continue knitting socks
  • • Some household thing
Habits
Meditate × × × × × × ×
Exercise • • × • • × ×
EOD Time • • × / ×
Bedtime × × × / • • /

work priorities

Project Goals M T W R F
Project #1 × My goal for this week × ×
/ A secondary outcome ×
Project #2 × My goal for this week ×
Project #3 × My goal for this week × ×
× A secondary outcome × ×
Project #4 × My goal for this week ×
Project #5 / My goal for this week ×
• A secondary outcome
KTLO × Something I have to do to keep the lights on ×
× Update initiatives in Jira ×

Daily pages

What I focus on throughout my day.

  • Focus for the day, denoted with a “*”. This is a deep-work task I should spend ~3 hours on.
  • 3 work tasks that are shorter to complete.
  • Bullet-journal-style list of things that happened that day. Highlights are marked with a heart, lowlights with a down arrow, and wins with a star. Other notes just get a dash.

I write down my tasks for the following day at the end of my workday.

Wed, may 01

  • * × My main task for the day
  • × Meetings: 3 hours
  • × Small task I completed
  • • Small task I didn’t get to
  • ↓ Was stressed about x y and z
  • - An announcement I’ll need to remember
  • - Something that happened today
  • ♥ Kind words a co-worker shared with me
  • - A quick recap of an important meeting
  • ★ Exercised after work!