I kind of 'hybrid' time track in my vertical weekly. I plug in my known appts; but then I 'log as I go' and this also helps tremendously with journaling and reflecting back on the day [especially when I'm catching up on 2-3 days of journaling pages]. My ADHD means my working memory isn't always there; and it's SUCH a relief to know I have documented the main parts of my day with a few small details here and there. 🖤
I just use google calendar since I have multiple emails that get weekly meetings - and for appts and things that get planned several weeks/months out. I reference my calendar weekly, and daily because changes do happen - but that's why I don't 'physically' log in until things happen in real time. Saves me a lot of trouble, and lets the daily vertical tracking be more of a reflection/observation of the day vs. planning ahead
Thank you so much. I have been getting into the habit again of using calendars and managing my day better. Watching you and other similar channels is helping me so much. Love this weekly calendar.
I felt seen by that intro 😂 (I already preordered a Wonderland222 and 3 Sterling Ink Common Planners for 2024!) I use my B6 Common Planner's vertical weekly mostly for meal planning, while I do rough time-tracking for my day job in a Wonderland222 and memory keeping in my Hobonichi Cousin. The vertical weekly is so versatile!
I divided a Happy Planner vertical weekly into 5 blocks each. 1. Apptmnts & health/exercise 2. Cleaning schedule 3. Blank for notes & ideas. 4. AM must dos 5. PM must dos (Meds, DW/Sink) 4&5 are mostly the same, with some weekly repeats like my laundry Sun PM & Mon Fold & Put Away. I also use a Franklin planner to keep track of what I eat, miles traveled, bills paid, etc (a day on 2 pages ). I also track steps & distance, sleep times, food eaten. Vertical is my plan for the week, Day on 2 pages travels with me for recording what actual happens including habit trackers.
It's fantastic to see how you're helping people make the most of their weekly layouts, Rachelle! Your video provides practical ideas for maximizing the functionality of vertical weeklies. From time tracking to memory keeping, health and wellness tracking, and even using a combination of methods, you're offering a variety of approaches that cater to different planning needs. Keep up the great work, and thank you for sharing your insights with the planning community! 📅📝
I swear Rachelle, your content is the most useful I have come across in the planning sphere. No hate on other PlannerTubes, of course, I have a lot of love for others as well, but you seem to know exactly how to hone in on the functional aspect of planning while keeping it fun. Also, I have ADHD and your suggestions/layouts you show at least to me are very ADHD-friendly. My "planner anxiety" has gone way down since I started watching your videos. Thank you for making this channel!
😂 guilty as charged! Crazy that I already ordered planner for next year half way to the year but here we are. Will be my first vertical weekly so thanks for the ideas.
As always, great tips. I like the idea of the 'combo', as you showed at the end of your video. Will definitely try some of these, especially the task list overview, as I struggle with making good use of the weeklies in my Cousin. Thanks!
I've been using my vertical weekly (Erin Condren) for meal planning [lunch, dinner, and snacks - all with calories and macros]. I've been using the Daily Duo for my regular daily planning. I would love a daily planner with the vertical boxes for meal planning.
OMG! I bought 3 Sterling Ink planners because the sizes are so cute! I was going to give the extras as gifts, but my mind has made other plans with them. I love your vertical weekly style. Thanks for the tips!
I ordered a Commonplace planner for next year and I’ve never used a vertical layout before. Loved these ideas of where to start! And love your Eras nails 😊
I just ordered the Commit 30-2024 vertical planner and I got the 2023 planner for free. I thought I would use them both for my health log and wellness tracker. I use the three large vertical blocks for meals and the top line for exercise or my daily BP. at the bottom I use the three bottom blocks for snacks and then at the very bottom my water and meds tracker. So far it’s working.
I was NEVER a vertical weekly girl until I got into my cousin this year and idk if I’ll ever go back. Already have my sterling ink A5 half years preordered😭😂🤠
This intro! I totally pre-ordered my B6 Wonderland 222s. A weekly all-in-one because I don't love the Hobonichi Cousin AND a weekly with the traditional 90 pages. Woooo!
Ive found if im going to use a vertical weekly its always going in my google calendar so i can get reminders for the appts i have scheduled there and can set certain events to repeat every week or 2. Since im a student and do shift work most of the things i put in there are reoccurring, and then my planner is the horizontal with memo so i can keep track of what assignments are due on what days bc that changes daily depending on how fast i get things done. I love that google calendar has different colors you can make stuff, and i can have separate calendars to look at just classes, just work, etc. And i can have them all on there at the same time
I love this ! I am new to Hobonichi and paper planners in general and I’m so excited to start in 2024 I know it’s gonna be life changing because I need organization !! I will be trying out all of those ideas but I especially loved the health log one ! Thank you :) happy that I discovered your channel a few weeks ago
I'm a combo of stuff. I do my tasks - all of them, big, medium, small - in Google Keep. Priorities go at the top of each day in the planner's vertical spread. I schedule appointments and meetings, track certain things (but tike block in my Google calendar), then sometimes do high-level memory keeping - especially on weeks when I don't get to the daily pages.
I never used to like vertical weekly planners until a few months ago when I bought one for my standard TN, just to experiment. Omg, why didn't I buy one all along?? 😮 FYI Midori has the most beautiful 2024 vertical/monthly planner! I just bought one from Jetpens and it's fabulous!!
I'm in a hobonichi cousin (and weeks) but for the sake of my cousin I think I'm a hybrid of marking known appointments and then I add in the fun stuff with stickers around it. so appointments with a side of memory keeping.
“maybe no one should” for chipotle + drinks… omg, too funny!! this video was so helpful, rachelle. i love the idea of how to use it for health tracking in particular… for whatever reason i cannot get it into my head that some foods make me feel bad, like on the regular. also, i’m a digital planner BUT you’re really making me want the hobonichi… 😅
I use a vertical weekly planner. I always put in appointments and other day- or date specific things. Also work hours and where I work (I have 2 jobs), my kids activities, if I go somewhere and what I/we did, If I go on a date, make important phonecalls or make big purchases. I also budget in my planner. I also carry a little journal/notebook to write down the take aways from that phonecall or meeting, or questions/answers for/from the doctors appointment, to do lists of non date specific things that otherwise will clutter up my planner, and grocery lists or whatever brain dump I need to do. Edit: I need a dated planner because I like to plan the entire year in advance, like free days from school, school holidays, anniversaries, reoccurring events, monthly budget items, deadlines that I know in advance, reminders etc. I.e. the big/important things that I know about in advance.
I'll be replacing my A6 Hobonichi that I use as a daily journal with a Cousin for 2024. Doing some kind of time tracking or memory keeping in the vertical weekly section would be super useful!
I use my vertical weekly to brain dump all the things: to-do lists, appointments, reminders, deadlines. I don’t highlight to-do list stuff, but everything else gets highlighted with whatever color highlighter I grab from the top of the pile. I reserve the bottom few rows to track a very strict productivity index that my work has (I’m a lawyer for the government), and I note the day of the fiscal month above those rows. My weekly pages aren’t pretty, but TBH, I don’t care. I make things pretty and organized in my daily pages, which is where I batch my tasks and figure out when it’s the best time in the day to complete them.
Lol, well, I use printables in a Day-timer desk size binder...my weeklies are both horizontal and vertical...lol..that is, the days are laid out horizontally but the timeline on the right side of the rectangle is from 8 to 5 vertically, like a number of Day-timer and Franklin Covey inserts are, except that my weekend days are split horizontally across the last large rectangle instead of vertically stacked so that I get a full 8-5 on both of them instead of that annoying little 8-12 that came with some I used to buy from the previously mentioned companies...I do stuff all day on weekends, not just the morning! (Oh yeah and printables are the bomb for those unexpected times when, say, your teen's cat stress pees during a thunderstorm on your planner---this happened yesterday during Tropical Storm Hilary here in Los Angeles. OMG, if I'd had a bound planner or purchased printed inserts, I'd be sunk. At least with printables, I was able to salvage some and reprint others....tedious but like I said, I didn't have to spend more $$ to get back on track.)
You could always convert it to vertical by covering the days on the left with white-out or a sticker and drawing in vertical lines - it’s work but will save you money on a new planner and give you the opportunity to try both vertical and horizontal layouts. I am currently using horizontal and divided the page in half - write my events on the left and tasks on the right. I have several jobs so assign different colours to each job and a different colour for hospital appointment and another for fun/social. Hope this a little helpful and not too complicated 🤞🏽. I found this video so helpful as will be using different planners for health & journaling (using a Hobonichi Avec 2023 I got cheap - will change dates) and an undated Sterling Ink for work/common planner - going to try a B6 vertical for the first time. 🤞🏽
This is precisely WHY I haven’t bought a vertical!!! I already do all of these… but in horizontals😂 There’s never enough space in the verticals for my style of note-taking/tracking…or there’s too much at the wrong time (there is NOTHING I’m writing in a 5 or 6am slot🙄)
Yes same, or rather opposite from you. that's the value of vertical for me because I wake up around 430am and my day is made up of constant appts, tasks that I can't fit everything into a horizontal.
Try a teacher layout! Sara Marie uses a teacher but she writes vertically.... game has officially changed since NOW! lol I have a 8.5 X 11 teacher planner and I'm going to try it since I already use a vertical and hourly.
Health log is something I did a few years ago, so it was helpful to keep track of meal intake. Thank goodness I no longer deal with hangovers. Sober and feels awesome. This weekend, I had fun at a disco silent sober and felt awesome
It's my first time using a vertical weekly and I'm using it to time block meetings. It helps me visualize if the day is packed with meetings so I know when to do certain tasks. I never get stuff done when there's a bajillion meetings that day. Knowing how open my work schedule is helps me focus on stuff I need to get done.
I love vertical weeklies. With ADHD it helps me to see things chronologically from top to bottom. And if I don’t use a weekly I’m more likely to totally forget about something coming up because I haven’t checked the next day. Ugh! Happened 2 days in row a couple of weeks ago, Thanks for your encouragement. Jan
I do digital journaling. I use a digital weekly spread, like a happy planner.. and I use it for memory keeping. It’s like a combination of a diary, photo journal and scrapbook. I’ve been doing it for three years, and I love it.
Vertical weekly planning is legit changing my life. I currently draw my own spreads so i have a separate spread with the vertical weekly setup but also a ToDo/Priorities/Week at a glance kind of view where i can brain dump all my stuff before i do actual daily planning on the weekly vertical. I'm still playing with it, which is why I'm drawing it myself to see what works - I'm working out what time blocks to use, but this video is giving me new ideas for the to do list options especially which are great. My work is basically all meetings, so finding and protecting time for Actual Work can be hard - i have to do this in my Outlook calendar as well of course, but writing stuff down is important for the brain and this type of layout is just so great. I'm a total convert. Not ready to actually buy a planner yet, but if i find one with all the features i need (when I work out what those features are!) I will spend the moolah 😂
Ì have not purchased my weekly planner for 2024 because I make my own, apparently I am picky! 😂 I use my vertical weekly to keep track of the following: # hours of sleep, IF, work (I am at 10 hour/day, trying to go down to 9 hrs/day) by highlighting the time, different colors, personal appointment, three most important tasks. I love watching how you plan as it opens my mind to other ways of planning.
Thank you! Love the health log idea in particular and have been searching for alternative ideas for vertical weeklies to use in 2024. I’m a monthly/daily only planner( I have finally accepted 😂) and weeklies tend to go to waste for me. Have saved this video for future reference for sure!!❤
I do the Appointments and Tasks, except I call it Events instead of Appointments, because that's just what makes sense for me. I actually got that idea from your videos some months back, where you divided your horizontals like that. And no, I actually haven't ordered the next year's vertical weekly planner... yet😅 Already planning on it though
Am I the only person that can’t actually stand vertical weeklies? 😳 The Cousin, Common Planner - it’s actually been pretty difficult being able to use these because the vertical weekly just doesn’t work for me. I end up marking the top off for my events/appointments, the weekend as an Alistair method task list, and the rest stay blank.
i have tried all the method, and for the last 2 years i have been using the vertical weekly and love it, its perfect.. i use it as a to do list and sometimes write down a recap of what happened that day..love vertical weekly..
I’ve ALWAYS been a planner nerd since H.S but more when I was in undergrad & grad. I use to be horizontal. Now as a professor & mother I’m strictly Vertical!!! It’s my jam! I have fallen hard for the Jibun Techo since ‘22. I do mainly a tasks/to do list & also appointments. But when I’m off for a month Dec - Jan & summer I don’t have many classes I use it for memory keeping. This was great!!! Thank you!!❤❤❤
A5 Rings Planner Here: I'm happy I found your channel, because I find myself leaning in a practical way towards a Vertical WO2P Layout and even weirder I like the month at a glance as a dated list 😧. I mean, WHO AM I? Is this really how my brain works?😢😂😏 I've found that discovering my planning style is intuitive and more about learning about what is out there and if it serves me in the way of efficiency/achieving goals forming or breaking habits. How you plan is how you think and that is a glimpse at who you are and aspire to be.
I sticker my weekly UP and mark appointments. Dailies and monthlies are purely functional. Using the new wonderland222 all in one book for 2024 and I can't wait
As a shift worker (rotating nights-evenings-days), I LOVE time tracking because my sleep schedule is always so messed up and it's nice to keep track of sleep / work / tasks getting done in between - especially when I colour code it (eg: if yellow = "fun", a quick glance at the past few weeks show I need to set aside some time ASAP if there isn't any yellow)
I also do a vertical weekly spread. I'm a teacher and I have different classes everyday and I sometimes need to move them around. I need the whole week on two pages together and I just find a vertical spread more transparent because I can easily compare how "loaded" each day is. I also don't like writing to-do lists inbetween the meetings, that's very confusing to me. Time blocking and time tracking are very helpful to me and they are very easy to do on a vertical spread - love it too!
I think I need the health log to track when I wake up in the middle of the night to empty and/or change my colostomy bag due to accidents. If I drink any fluids the bag fills up and MUST be emptied immediately no matter how tired I am. Currently I have a planner I created on my computer for myself based on others I've seen here on UA-cam.
Monthly planning is where I live and breathe and I just finally gave up and admitted that I will never do daily. But weekly might just be a good compromise..... 👉👈
I'm looking you in the eyes... I bought a hobonichi weeks for 2024. So... no vertical weekly planner for me. I do have an undated vertical weekly planner by Hemlock and Oak that I have only used for a couple of weeks though. I have aspirations to make use of it at some point though.
I have a tendancy to use my planner as like a daily log, Like i have the first 3 gratitudes of the day, followed by a few tasks on my to do lists and then just add the highs and lows, ect of my day on each specific date box :)
Can you recommend a weekly planner that I can use for my Personal and business. I time block morning and afternoons out for appointments. We do home inspections, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. I need one that would work where I could see my week at a glance and tell where I have an opening to place someone. Color blocks work great but I need the space in order to do a m and pm time segments. Is there any weekly planners that have separate sections for am and pm? That would be perfect for me.
I'm using method 3: To Do List for my weekly vertical format. However I make some adjustment. I split it into 5 horizontal section. Section 1 : To do list with different highlights. Different highlights are for priority A B C. Section 2 : All appointments, what happens in a day. Section 3 : My private teaching schedule. Section 4 : Meals records. Section 5: Daily Spending and weekly reviews. On the empty side Left I put all my weekly target. And on the top I put my daily blood sugar measurement result. Btw I am using Franklin Planner 7 Habits Japanese Slim Edition. There are many pages left for monthly index, master task lists target & reviews, weekly business & personal goals, tasks and reviews, and notes. Try it. Business side I am using for my social media planner target, personal side is using for learning process what I have to study during the week.
I HAVE purchased a vertical weekly planner. I bought the Lechteurm 1917. I love it. I use my phone for my do or die appointments and specific things. I plan on Sunday for the week.
I'm currently using TUL horizontal inserts. I'm dividing each box in half for work and personal. These inserts have a combined Saturday/Sunday, so dividing that last box in half gives me a personal box for each day. But my method, on these inserts, would only work for someone with a Mon-Fri job.
I am currently using a Hobonichi Avec as my main planner. I plan my week around my shifts at work using the first method you showed. I also memory log at the end of the day. Thanks for a great video.
Anxious for Hobonichi to launch so I can give my 2024 cousin a hug 😅 I use my vertical for homeschool subjects tracking in the middle with daily tasks at the top but I’m going to try selecting three priority tasks as you’ve laid out here and list remaining tasks beneath those. I have wanted to have a health log though and thanks to your video reminding me I’m going to do that on my daily pages. Great content as always!
Thanks for sharing, i learnt some things that will be useful for 2024. Personally I do a hyrbid. Im a teacher so meetings and lessons go into the specific slot by scheduling. I also timeblock the space i need to do deep work because there are always pple wanting to talk so it has become necessary to block out time for myself/deep work. I also log things that I dont plan ahead very well, like sleep, meals and commute times just to get a sense of how much time im spending on those. I use the leftmost column as a task dump area and i will slot it in on a daily basis. But to further help myself slot tasks in on a timely basis, i also add the task on deadline. So if i have something that just came in and needs go be done by Wednesday, i dump it on the left column and i also add it to wednesday end of the day with a check box. So i can choose to do it monday tuesday or Wednesday but if by Wednesday its not done i know i need to work later to get it cleared. I do meals log also but im a flexitarian so i note my meals that are vegetarian using a highlighter. Thanks for sharing everyone, im excited about 2024 and i just ordered for myself a Mossery planner with vertical weekly. Let me know what you think!
I haven't bought mine yet.... because the passion planner isn't out yet (afaik). in my vertical weeklies i tend to go hour by hour from top to bottom. my schedule goes in, and then where i don't have things on the schedule i go with either short-form journaling, stickers, or to do lists
I've never had a vertical weekly but I ordered it a few days ago (for some reason I think it will finally make me productive) sooo I feel attacked by your intro 😅 Thank you for a lot of useful tips, I will definitely use this video as inspo 😊
I am not sure how I would use my new Jibun Techo. Vertical weekly seems very restrictive in timing as I think in task list and feel more accomplished as I checked off the list. I definitely can use to track my intermittent fasting. Hey, thanks for the ideas!
Bahahahaha! I have been searching for a weeks style a5 in TRP. I have been in an avec or cousin, hp, etc. I’m bored of the vertical weekly. ….but I still have to finish the year out so here I am 😉
I use Muji vertical lined planner for recording prayers. At the bottom of each day there's an unlined space which I use for results / answered prayers.
I kind of 'hybrid' time track in my vertical weekly. I plug in my known appts; but then I 'log as I go' and this also helps tremendously with journaling and reflecting back on the day [especially when I'm catching up on 2-3 days of journaling pages]. My ADHD means my working memory isn't always there; and it's SUCH a relief to know I have documented the main parts of my day with a few small details here and there. 🖤
ohhhh can i have the name of the app you use, i want to try
I just use google calendar since I have multiple emails that get weekly meetings - and for appts and things that get planned several weeks/months out. I reference my calendar weekly, and daily because changes do happen - but that's why I don't 'physically' log in until things happen in real time. Saves me a lot of trouble, and lets the daily vertical tracking be more of a reflection/observation of the day vs. planning ahead
This is a beautiful idea... especially since I suffer from ADHD as well, and medication only helps a very tiny bit lol
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Thank you so much. I have been getting into the habit again of using calendars and managing my day better. Watching you and other similar channels is helping me so much. Love this weekly calendar.
Thank you so much ♥️ i'm happy to help!
I felt seen by that intro 😂 (I already preordered a Wonderland222 and 3 Sterling Ink Common Planners for 2024!) I use my B6 Common Planner's vertical weekly mostly for meal planning, while I do rough time-tracking for my day job in a Wonderland222 and memory keeping in my Hobonichi Cousin. The vertical weekly is so versatile!
I divided a Happy Planner vertical weekly into 5 blocks each. 1. Apptmnts & health/exercise 2. Cleaning schedule 3. Blank for notes & ideas. 4. AM must dos 5. PM must dos (Meds, DW/Sink) 4&5 are mostly the same, with some weekly repeats like my laundry Sun PM & Mon Fold & Put Away. I also use a Franklin planner to keep track of what I eat, miles traveled, bills paid, etc (a day on 2 pages ). I also track steps & distance, sleep times, food eaten. Vertical is my plan for the week, Day on 2 pages travels with me for recording what actual happens including habit trackers.
It's fantastic to see how you're helping people make the most of their weekly layouts, Rachelle! Your video provides practical ideas for maximizing the functionality of vertical weeklies. From time tracking to memory keeping, health and wellness tracking, and even using a combination of methods, you're offering a variety of approaches that cater to different planning needs. Keep up the great work, and thank you for sharing your insights with the planning community! 📅📝
I swear Rachelle, your content is the most useful I have come across in the planning sphere. No hate on other PlannerTubes, of course, I have a lot of love for others as well, but you seem to know exactly how to hone in on the functional aspect of planning while keeping it fun. Also, I have ADHD and your suggestions/layouts you show at least to me are very ADHD-friendly. My "planner anxiety" has gone way down since I started watching your videos. Thank you for making this channel!
🥹🥹 this fills me with so much joy. Thank you so much for commenting and I’m so glad I could help reduce your planner anxiety!!!
I am going to try out the Wonderland 222 All In One and I'm ready to start experimenting!
😂 guilty as charged! Crazy that I already ordered planner for next year half way to the year but here we are. Will be my first vertical weekly so thanks for the ideas.
As always, great tips. I like the idea of the 'combo', as you showed at the end of your video. Will definitely try some of these, especially the task list overview, as I struggle with making good use of the weeklies in my Cousin. Thanks!
I've been using my vertical weekly (Erin Condren) for meal planning [lunch, dinner, and snacks - all with calories and macros]. I've been using the Daily Duo for my regular daily planning. I would love a daily planner with the vertical boxes for meal planning.
Frankenplan the two together! That's what I'm doing! I'm nervous about it but I know planner peace will come when I have my weekly AND daily together.
OMG! I bought 3 Sterling Ink planners because the sizes are so cute! I was going to give the extras as gifts, but my mind has made other plans with them. I love your vertical weekly style. Thanks for the tips!
I ordered a Commonplace planner for next year and I’ve never used a vertical layout before. Loved these ideas of where to start! And love your Eras nails 😊
I just ordered the Commit 30-2024 vertical planner and I got the 2023 planner for free. I thought I would use them both for my health log and wellness tracker. I use the three large vertical blocks for meals and the top line for exercise or my daily BP. at the bottom I use the three bottom blocks for snacks and then at the very bottom my water and meds tracker. So far it’s working.
I really appreciate the health and wellness tip! I think I am going to explore that!
I was NEVER a vertical weekly girl until I got into my cousin this year and idk if I’ll ever go back. Already have my sterling ink A5 half years preordered😭😂🤠
This intro! I totally pre-ordered my B6 Wonderland 222s. A weekly all-in-one because I don't love the Hobonichi Cousin AND a weekly with the traditional 90 pages. Woooo!
Been using vertical weekly planner for a few years.. Happy Planner, 1 for planning, 1 for Journaling
Ive found if im going to use a vertical weekly its always going in my google calendar so i can get reminders for the appts i have scheduled there and can set certain events to repeat every week or 2. Since im a student and do shift work most of the things i put in there are reoccurring, and then my planner is the horizontal with memo so i can keep track of what assignments are due on what days bc that changes daily depending on how fast i get things done. I love that google calendar has different colors you can make stuff, and i can have separate calendars to look at just classes, just work, etc. And i can have them all on there at the same time
I love this ! I am new to Hobonichi and paper planners in general and I’m so excited to start in 2024 I know it’s gonna be life changing because I need organization !! I will be trying out all of those ideas but I especially loved the health log one ! Thank you :) happy that I discovered your channel a few weeks ago
I'm a combo of stuff. I do my tasks - all of them, big, medium, small - in Google Keep. Priorities go at the top of each day in the planner's vertical spread. I schedule appointments and meetings, track certain things (but tike block in my Google calendar), then sometimes do high-level memory keeping - especially on weeks when I don't get to the daily pages.
This is precisely the video I needed, I’ve been using Hobonichi for five years and the weeklies have just been going to waste.
I never used to like vertical weekly planners until a few months ago when I bought one for my standard TN, just to experiment. Omg, why didn't I buy one all along?? 😮 FYI Midori has the most beautiful 2024 vertical/monthly planner! I just bought one from Jetpens and it's fabulous!!
Ughhh yes the vertical weekly is such a good one when you learn how to use it! I will have to check out the Midori one, thanks for sharing!
I'm in a hobonichi cousin (and weeks) but for the sake of my cousin I think I'm a hybrid of marking known appointments and then I add in the fun stuff with stickers around it. so appointments with a side of memory keeping.
Thank you !! The Hubman and Chubgirl’s is so cute !!!!! OMG so so cute !
Your video helped me gain clarity about my organization, so thanks ! :)
“maybe no one should” for chipotle + drinks… omg, too funny!! this video was so helpful, rachelle. i love the idea of how to use it for health tracking in particular… for whatever reason i cannot get it into my head that some foods make me feel bad, like on the regular. also, i’m a digital planner BUT you’re really making me want the hobonichi… 😅
Hahaha yes let me enable you to get the Hobonichi 😈
I use a vertical weekly planner. I always put in appointments and other day- or date specific things. Also work hours and where I work (I have 2 jobs), my kids activities, if I go somewhere and what I/we did, If I go on a date, make important phonecalls or make big purchases. I also budget in my planner. I also carry a little journal/notebook to write down the take aways from that phonecall or meeting, or questions/answers for/from the doctors appointment, to do lists of non date specific things that otherwise will clutter up my planner, and grocery lists or whatever brain dump I need to do. Edit: I need a dated planner because I like to plan the entire year in advance, like free days from school, school holidays, anniversaries, reoccurring events, monthly budget items, deadlines that I know in advance, reminders etc. I.e. the big/important things that I know about in advance.
I'll be replacing my A6 Hobonichi that I use as a daily journal with a Cousin for 2024. Doing some kind of time tracking or memory keeping in the vertical weekly section would be super useful!
7:30 I like this format. Gonna try
I love the weekly layout.
Plan on ordering an a5 Hobonichi cousin for next year and this was very helpful! 😊
That intro! Too funny and so true. Love your channel.
Vertical weekly girl all the way! 🤗
I just ordered some stickers to try out using your code. Very helpful video.
I always go back to my Franklin covey classic daily that fits me better I don’t understand I try to do these amazing options and can’t 😂
i bought the nolty listy... but now I'm eyeing the hobonichi weeks again :
I use my vertical weekly to brain dump all the things: to-do lists, appointments, reminders, deadlines. I don’t highlight to-do list stuff, but everything else gets highlighted with whatever color highlighter I grab from the top of the pile. I reserve the bottom few rows to track a very strict productivity index that my work has (I’m a lawyer for the government), and I note the day of the fiscal month above those rows. My weekly pages aren’t pretty, but TBH, I don’t care. I make things pretty and organized in my daily pages, which is where I batch my tasks and figure out when it’s the best time in the day to complete them.
Lol, well, I use printables in a Day-timer desk size binder...my weeklies are both horizontal and vertical...lol..that is, the days are laid out horizontally but the timeline on the right side of the rectangle is from 8 to 5 vertically, like a number of Day-timer and Franklin Covey inserts are, except that my weekend days are split horizontally across the last large rectangle instead of vertically stacked so that I get a full 8-5 on both of them instead of that annoying little 8-12 that came with some I used to buy from the previously mentioned companies...I do stuff all day on weekends, not just the morning! (Oh yeah and printables are the bomb for those unexpected times when, say, your teen's cat stress pees during a thunderstorm on your planner---this happened yesterday during Tropical Storm Hilary here in Los Angeles. OMG, if I'd had a bound planner or purchased printed inserts, I'd be sunk. At least with printables, I was able to salvage some and reprint others....tedious but like I said, I didn't have to spend more $$ to get back on track.)
Not the cat stress peeing during Hilary 😭 This is a really good argument for printables!
I bought a horizontal weekly and I’m so lost on how to use it. I feel like I need to show you my current set up and my problem.
You could always convert it to vertical by covering the days on the left with white-out or a sticker and drawing in vertical lines - it’s work but will save you money on a new planner and give you the opportunity to try both vertical and horizontal layouts. I am currently using horizontal and divided the page in half - write my events on the left and tasks on the right. I have several jobs so assign different colours to each job and a different colour for hospital appointment and another for fun/social. Hope this a little helpful and not too complicated 🤞🏽.
I found this video so helpful as will be using different planners for health & journaling (using a Hobonichi Avec 2023 I got cheap - will change dates) and an undated Sterling Ink for work/common planner - going to try a B6 vertical for the first time. 🤞🏽
Waiting for Hobonichi Avec :)
I haven't gotten my vertical weekly planner because the Jibun Techo Biz and Hobonichi Cousin won't be available for a while.
Hold out for the good ones!!
Do you already have one of these videos for the yearly index... because that. that is a mystery
Hmmm...maybe I need to change to vertical. I did not know before this video.🎉
do it 😈
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No vertical planners for me!
actually i still don't have one
Hobonichi is not 24 hours !!!
Actually it is! The cousin vertical weekly has enough space for all 24 hours in the day.
I am staring you directly in the eyes having not ordered my vertical weekly yet because the hobonichi store hasn't launched yet 😭
This is precisely WHY I haven’t bought a vertical!!! I already do all of these… but in horizontals😂 There’s never enough space in the verticals for my style of note-taking/tracking…or there’s too much at the wrong time (there is NOTHING I’m writing in a 5 or 6am slot🙄)
Yes same, or rather opposite from you. that's the value of vertical for me because I wake up around 430am and my day is made up of constant appts, tasks that I can't fit everything into a horizontal.
Try a teacher layout! Sara Marie uses a teacher but she writes vertically.... game has officially changed since NOW! lol I have a 8.5 X 11 teacher planner and I'm going to try it since I already use a vertical and hourly.
I often don’t use the hours & I’mmore if a to-do list person so that’s why vertical planners work best with the way I think/plan.
Health log is something I did a few years ago, so it was helpful to keep track of meal intake. Thank goodness I no longer deal with hangovers. Sober and feels awesome. This weekend, I had fun at a disco silent sober and felt awesome
that's wonderful!!
It's my first time using a vertical weekly and I'm using it to time block meetings. It helps me visualize if the day is packed with meetings so I know when to do certain tasks. I never get stuff done when there's a bajillion meetings that day. Knowing how open my work schedule is helps me focus on stuff I need to get done.
Yessss the meetings! I'm glad it's helping you!
I love vertical weeklies. With ADHD it helps me to see things chronologically from top to bottom. And if I don’t use a weekly I’m more likely to totally forget about something coming up because I haven’t checked the next day. Ugh! Happened 2 days in row a couple of weeks ago,
Thanks for your encouragement.
Jan
I do digital journaling. I use a digital weekly spread, like a happy planner.. and I use it for memory keeping. It’s like a combination of a diary, photo journal and scrapbook. I’ve been doing it for three years, and I love it.
What do you use for this?
I am curious too, what app do you use :)
I use Goodnotes.. which is basically a pdf markup app. If you are interested, I would suggest searching UA-cam.. lots of great videos to guide you.
Love this intro!!! And, yes, you’re right - Sterling Ink B6 coming this fall
I'm currently using a vertical weekly! And i already bought mine for next year.
Im Canadian and have been LOVING Hemlock&Oak
Vertical weekly planning is legit changing my life. I currently draw my own spreads so i have a separate spread with the vertical weekly setup but also a ToDo/Priorities/Week at a glance kind of view where i can brain dump all my stuff before i do actual daily planning on the weekly vertical.
I'm still playing with it, which is why I'm drawing it myself to see what works - I'm working out what time blocks to use, but this video is giving me new ideas for the to do list options especially which are great.
My work is basically all meetings, so finding and protecting time for Actual Work can be hard - i have to do this in my Outlook calendar as well of course, but writing stuff down is important for the brain and this type of layout is just so great. I'm a total convert. Not ready to actually buy a planner yet, but if i find one with all the features i need (when I work out what those features are!) I will spend the moolah 😂
Love the Taylor nails ❤
Ì have not purchased my weekly planner for 2024 because I make my own, apparently I am picky! 😂 I use my vertical weekly to keep track of the following: # hours of sleep, IF, work (I am at 10 hour/day, trying to go down to 9 hrs/day) by highlighting the time, different colors, personal appointment, three most important tasks. I love watching how you plan as it opens my mind to other ways of planning.
Thank you! Love the health log idea in particular and have been searching for alternative ideas for vertical weeklies to use in 2024. I’m a monthly/daily only planner( I have finally accepted 😂) and weeklies tend to go to waste for me. Have saved this video for future reference for sure!!❤
I do the Appointments and Tasks, except I call it Events instead of Appointments, because that's just what makes sense for me. I actually got that idea from your videos some months back, where you divided your horizontals like that.
And no, I actually haven't ordered the next year's vertical weekly planner... yet😅 Already planning on it though
Ate chips felt bad 😂
it be like that sometimes 😭
Am I the only person that can’t actually stand vertical weeklies? 😳 The Cousin, Common Planner - it’s actually been pretty difficult being able to use these because the vertical weekly just doesn’t work for me. I end up marking the top off for my events/appointments, the weekend as an Alistair method task list, and the rest stay blank.
I agree on the time tracking. Please share more info I appreciate it.
i have tried all the method, and for the last 2 years i have been using the vertical weekly and love it, its perfect.. i use it as a to do list and sometimes write down a recap of what happened that day..love vertical weekly..
I’ve ALWAYS been a planner nerd since H.S but more when I was in undergrad & grad. I use to be horizontal. Now as a professor & mother I’m strictly Vertical!!! It’s my jam! I have fallen hard for the Jibun Techo since ‘22. I do mainly a tasks/to do list & also appointments. But when I’m off for a month Dec - Jan & summer I don’t have many classes I use it for memory keeping.
This was great!!! Thank you!!❤❤❤
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I'm happy I found your channel, because I find myself leaning in a practical way towards a Vertical WO2P Layout and even weirder I like the month at a glance as a dated list 😧.
I mean, WHO AM I?
Is this really how my brain works?😢😂😏
I've found that discovering my planning style is intuitive and more about learning about what is out there and if it serves me in the way of efficiency/achieving goals forming or breaking habits.
How you plan is how you think and that is a glimpse at who you are and aspire to be.
I sticker my weekly UP and mark appointments. Dailies and monthlies are purely functional. Using the new wonderland222 all in one book for 2024 and I can't wait
As a shift worker (rotating nights-evenings-days), I LOVE time tracking because my sleep schedule is always so messed up and it's nice to keep track of sleep / work / tasks getting done in between - especially when I colour code it (eg: if yellow = "fun", a quick glance at the past few weeks show I need to set aside some time ASAP if there isn't any yellow)
I also do a vertical weekly spread. I'm a teacher and I have different classes everyday and I sometimes need to move them around. I need the whole week on two pages together and I just find a vertical spread more transparent because I can easily compare how "loaded" each day is. I also don't like writing to-do lists inbetween the meetings, that's very confusing to me. Time blocking and time tracking are very helpful to me and they are very easy to do on a vertical spread - love it too!
Fun fact, I DO have a vertical weekly planner for 2024 😂😂😂
that IS a fun fact!!!!!! me too 😂
I think I need the health log to track when I wake up in the middle of the night to empty and/or change my colostomy bag due to accidents. If I drink any fluids the bag fills up and MUST be emptied immediately no matter how tired I am. Currently I have a planner I created on my computer for myself based on others I've seen here on UA-cam.
Monthly planning is where I live and breathe and I just finally gave up and admitted that I will never do daily. But weekly might just be a good compromise..... 👉👈
I'm looking you in the eyes... I bought a hobonichi weeks for 2024. So... no vertical weekly planner for me. I do have an undated vertical weekly planner by Hemlock and Oak that I have only used for a couple of weeks though. I have aspirations to make use of it at some point though.
I have a tendancy to use my planner as like a daily log, Like i have the first 3 gratitudes of the day, followed by a few tasks on my to do lists and then just add the highs and lows, ect of my day on each specific date box :)
Can you recommend a weekly planner that I can use for my Personal and business. I time block morning and afternoons out for appointments. We do home inspections, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. I need one that would work where I could see my week at a glance and tell where I have an opening to place someone. Color blocks work great but I need the space in order to do a m and pm time segments. Is there any weekly planners that have separate sections for am and pm? That would be perfect for me.
Ha! You’re right. I bought a Jibun Techo Lite for the vertical weeklies.
@rachelle what pens do you recommend?
Sure, distract me with Eras nails😂
I note my big stuff- appts, mtgs, side hustle schedule.
Details go in the daily section.
Monthly is goal tracking and bill due dates.
I got a hobonichi weeks style planner for 2023 because I was like "this is my DREAM" and now I Cannot Wait to go back to a vertical
I was like "I've learned how to use Google calendar I don't need this anymore" and I Regret So Much
Can i ask....which plnr is this?
Vertical WP and task/to do list first the priority, are one of the two best methods I used. I like to see the all week.
I'm using method 3: To Do List for my weekly vertical format. However I make some adjustment. I split it into 5 horizontal section. Section 1 : To do list with different highlights. Different highlights are for priority A B C. Section 2 : All appointments, what happens in a day. Section 3 : My private teaching schedule. Section 4 : Meals records. Section 5: Daily Spending and weekly reviews. On the empty side Left I put all my weekly target. And on the top I put my daily blood sugar measurement result. Btw I am using Franklin Planner 7 Habits Japanese Slim Edition. There are many pages left for monthly index, master task lists target & reviews, weekly business & personal goals, tasks and reviews, and notes. Try it. Business side I am using for my social media planner target, personal side is using for learning process what I have to study during the week.
Feeling quite called out in the first 10 seconds of the video lol
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I HAVE purchased a vertical weekly planner. I bought the Lechteurm 1917. I love it. I use my phone for my do or die appointments and specific things. I plan on Sunday for the week.
I'm currently using TUL horizontal inserts. I'm dividing each box in half for work and personal. These inserts have a combined Saturday/Sunday, so dividing that last box in half gives me a personal box for each day. But my method, on these inserts, would only work for someone with a Mon-Fri job.
I am currently using a Hobonichi Avec as my main planner. I plan my week around my shifts at work using the first method you showed. I also memory log at the end of the day. Thanks for a great video.
Anxious for Hobonichi to launch so I can give my 2024 cousin a hug 😅 I use my vertical for homeschool subjects tracking in the middle with daily tasks at the top but I’m going to try selecting three priority tasks as you’ve laid out here and list remaining tasks beneath those. I have wanted to have a health log though and thanks to your video reminding me I’m going to do that on my daily pages. Great content as always!
I use horyzontal weekly planner. But I’m wondering whether to buy my paper planner for 2024. Despite loving to plan I just don’t feel it…
Thanks for sharing, i learnt some things that will be useful for 2024. Personally I do a hyrbid.
Im a teacher so meetings and lessons go into the specific slot by scheduling.
I also timeblock the space i need to do deep work because there are always pple wanting to talk so it has become necessary to block out time for myself/deep work.
I also log things that I dont plan ahead very well, like sleep, meals and commute times just to get a sense of how much time im spending on those.
I use the leftmost column as a task dump area and i will slot it in on a daily basis. But to further help myself slot tasks in on a timely basis, i also add the task on deadline. So if i have something that just came in and needs go be done by Wednesday, i dump it on the left column and i also add it to wednesday end of the day with a check box. So i can choose to do it monday tuesday or Wednesday but if by Wednesday its not done i know i need to work later to get it cleared.
I do meals log also but im a flexitarian so i note my meals that are vegetarian using a highlighter.
Thanks for sharing everyone, im excited about 2024 and i just ordered for myself a Mossery planner with vertical weekly. Let me know what you think!
I haven't bought mine yet.... because the passion planner isn't out yet (afaik). in my vertical weeklies i tend to go hour by hour from top to bottom. my schedule goes in, and then where i don't have things on the schedule i go with either short-form journaling, stickers, or to do lists
I've never had a vertical weekly but I ordered it a few days ago (for some reason I think it will finally make me productive) sooo I feel attacked by your intro 😅
Thank you for a lot of useful tips, I will definitely use this video as inspo 😊
I am not sure how I would use my new Jibun Techo. Vertical weekly seems very restrictive in timing as I think in task list and feel more accomplished as I checked off the list. I definitely can use to track my intermittent fasting. Hey, thanks for the ideas!
Bahahahaha! I have been searching for a weeks style a5 in TRP. I have been in an avec or cousin, hp, etc. I’m bored of the vertical weekly. ….but I still have to finish the year out so here I am 😉
I use Muji vertical lined planner for recording prayers. At the bottom of each day there's an unlined space which I use for results / answered prayers.
I haven't bought a planner for 2024 yet. Not sure what planner I'm going to use next year.
I can look you in the eye, I’m so undecided on which one I want. Great vlog, thanks for sharing.
Currently I have a Hobonichi Avec. Will use the cousin in 2024.
I am considering the vertical layout and this was so helpful!!
Do you know if Hubman and Chubgirl deliver to the UK?