BLP Ep #272: October Q&A: An All-Paper Planner Peace, Paper/Digital Hybrid Tips, Managing a Life with Many Moving Parts, and More

Today’s episode is a very planner-centric Q&A episode (since it’s that time of year!).

First, Cynthia opens with her planner peace – a mashup of prior BLP mentions, from the Passionate Pennypincher Planner to Planner Pad and a Stalogy notebook!

Then, Kristin shares a pro tip for melding her digital planning (via Google calendar) with a paper system that allows for daily notes jotted in pen and a physical representation of the weeks and months.

Susie shares a common planning conundrum – she has a life with LOTS of moving parts, but no one system to contain them all.

Finally, a listener wonders how to handle events being tentatively booked in advance, while another gives a shout-out to Midori’s unique Double Scheduler options.

Notes:
Yes, you can text your questions for the show — just text (305) 697-7189! They will come to me through email so you won’t actually be pinging my phone (so feel free to send that 2 AM planning dilemma!).

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