The Planner I'm Trying Out

I'm trying out the Panda Planner to help focus and manage my time. I find that mixing up how I manage tasks from time to time is good for me. This is my latest venture.

Things I like about the using a physical planner in general:

• There is something about writing down a task and then checking it off that is satisfying.
• Writing down only the three to five tasks that I will complete today (no matter what) makes me realistic in my planning. I no longer have tasks that carry over from one day to the next to the next.
• I can refer to my day without the distraction of a screen and all of the alerts that come with it.

Things I like about using the Panda Planner in particular:

• It forces me to think in of the month, week and day. I do that anyway, but I like the added emphasis. For each month, week and day I'm:
  Tracking goals
• Tracking wins
• Recognizing how I can improve

It has an "I'm grateful for" section each day, helping me to cultivate gratefulness. It has an "I'm excited about" section each day to help me get excited about what the day has in store. There is a place in the daily planner to reflect on how the day went, what went well, and how I'll improve for tomorrow. I love that! I don't do enough reflection like that. Focus. There is a spot on the monthly page and daily page to write out what are you focused on. For example, this month, my focus is to "plan well." But, because I have a lot of meetings today, my focus for today will be to "listen well."