Show Notes
In today’s episode, I answer questions accumulated in the month of February! Topics include:
- How do you deal with planning events for family members (ie camp, bday parties, etc!)
- How do I integrate goals lists into my planning when I feel like I have endless detailed lists dedicated to complicated projects?
(Nested Goals ep) - Advice for planning in pregnancy + the postpartum period?
- Ideas for using the calendar pages in the Hobonichi Weeks?
- How do you recommend organizing things “to be read” later that aren’t books? (Magazine articles, journal articles, browser tabs, etc)?
- Where can I fit in my morning planning routine (working mom with a baby!)
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8 Comments
I alway love the Q&A Episodes. I am very much like you about articles and inputs – I either read or close. My husband is a million browser tab person and I am not and we share a computer but he has to use firefox because I cannot deal with so many open tabs all the time. He says he will read them someday… but I’ll stick with uncluttered chrome.
I thought I’d share my strategy for collecting “to be read” items (it works well for me!). I’ve created a dedicated email account for these items. I hide this inbox and only look at it when I have time to read. I use that email address to subscribe to newsletters, etc. that contain longer articles that I may be interested in. In addition, when I come across an article or other material that I’d like to get to later, I copy the link and email it to myself at that address. It really works for anything I want to sit down and dig into – online articles, school newsletters, even recipes or reviews that I want to save and look at later. This doesn’t solve the problem of paper publications stacked up (although I’ve been known to quick scan a paper article and email it to myself), but I’ve found that it’s a good way to collect “to be read” items in one place.
Same! I have a specific gmail address for this and I forward newsletters there and email myself lots of things. Usually when I’m on call and can’t settle into anything properly for fear of being called in, I work through that inbox. It’s something I look forward to, I do love a good blog post, newsletter, all the links 🙂
Love this and will share on the pod!!
I loved your answer about the calendar pages. Your planner serves you, not the other way around. Not every page needs to be used 🙂
I rarely use the monthly calendars, but I have used them to list daily gratitude.
I just finished listening to this week’s podcast. I wanted to chime in with a couple of ideas on collecting web articles, journal articles, etc for later reading. A service I used for years was Instapaper. I could save an article and once a week, it would send me a collection of articles (up to 25) to my Kindle to read at my leisure. That way, I didn’t keep a lot of open tabs but I also didn’t lose things I wanted to read when I had more time. I used the free version, but I think that the paid version allows you more articles.
A year or so ago, I came across Readwise Reader and changed over. It allows me to have a blog feeder plus save web articles, pdfs, journals, etc. Then a few times a month, I sit down and go through all of the things I’ve saved. Some I’m no longer interested in. Some I’m extremely glad I saved, and I can read and annotate in the Reader. There is a monthly fee but it’s one of the few things I pay for on a monthly basis because it made such a difference in my ability to keep track of research, book ideas, journal articles, etc in one place. I never have to wonder where I read something because I can search it.
There are other services, like Pocket, which are similar, but these are the two that worked best for me. I hope this gives your listener some ideas.
thank you so much! Will include this in the follow up!!!
I’ve been using Pocket for years to save articles and other things to read! Just open the app when you have time to read and everything is there waiting for you. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pocket-stay-informed/id309601447