Digital planning!

 

Eep! I am addicted to my digital planner. Who would have thought?! I have felt so much more in control of things using it.

I started following a bunch of digital planner instagram accounts - something about it is just so relaxing to me. 

I have used the paper version of the passion planner for years. Some things that I didn’t love about paper planners: flexibility when plans change, having to carry it around everywhere, only so much flexibility with what the planner has for pages, etc. 

I have tried a few different ones but am now using solely the Passion Planner with inserts clipped from other places. I am using the GoodNotes App on my iPad with my Apple Pencil. I love the UPPERCASE Nimble Sleeve grip for it and I go back and forth between pen tips - some days I like the thin feeling of a pen like tip, others I like the smooth feeling of the native Apple Pencil tip. 

The nice thing is my ability to pull up my planner on any apple device. I can make my grocery list on my iPad and then pull it up on my phone at the store. (Yes, I am well aware there are apps for all of these things, but I love the feeling of writing stuff down and having my own flexibility to how things look. I do also use the Google Keep app, Cozi app for shared calendar with Joel, etc… but I am one of those people that just love to write stuff down) I also love that the app lets me write with the pencil and convert it to text box so my handwriting doesn’t over power everything. It’s my creative outlet since I am not creative in real life :) (peep the cartoon I traced of a family photo!) 

I also am able to write down and reflect on my running. I used to use the Believe Training Journal - but again, now it’s with me on my phone or my iPad so I can type or write down my workouts and reflections whenever. 

I have also been writing down things that happened during the days on a weekly spread, just a nice reminder for what we did during the day/week or any milestones of the kids :) 

Work is also kind enough to give me a work iPad with keyboard so I have one at work with my planner and the One Note app for taking notes and stuff during meetings. I have loved the feeling I’ve having my stuff together :) the To Do app by Microsoft has been super sweet too for planning my tasks for the day and making sure I follow up on my flagged emails! 

So there you have it :) my new addiction!