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Hot take: my 'perfect' weekly spread setup is actually a huge time sink
I was setting up my journal for next month at my kitchen table, and I realized I'd spent 45 minutes just drawing lines and boxes for a single weekly spread. It looked nice, but I spent more time decorating it than actually using it to plan my week. On one side, a pretty layout helps me want to open the book. On the other, it feels like busywork that keeps me from the real task of getting organized. Has anyone else cut back on the fancy setups and found it works better?
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henderson.vera3d ago
Yeah, the "more time decorating than using" thing is so real. I read a blog post once where someone called it "planning about planning". They said they switched to just a blank notebook and a pen, no lines at all. If they needed a list, they wrote a list. If they needed to remember a date, they just wrote it down. It looked messy but they actually got stuff done. Made me look at my own habit of drawing boxes for stuff I never put in them.
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