November Already? Plan With Me Video & Idea Organization
Well, it’s a few days into November, and my new journal and I’ve already filled up to page 94. Well, this book won’t last long. I had a sudden burst of ideas and flurries of thoughts since I set up the journal and they needed a place to go, so nearly 100 pages later, here I am.
I’m working on organizing these ideas – but when you fill 75+ pages with notes it takes time! I can honestly say, I am glad to be back in a journal that I can use a pencil as my primary writing utensil. I couldn’t do that with the black page journal!
Watch the planning video below and then look through my list of additional brainstorm/notes pages below. I hope that sharing my ideas will inspire you to add some note pages in your planner/journal and get those ideas out of your head and into progress!
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In addition to my regular monthly pages & weekly pages I have lots of idea organization spreads:
Layout Guidelines – perhaps one of my favorite pages and one of my most often referenced spreads. It’s not pretty, but it sure is functional. (Look for a later post on how I set this up.)
Finances – Frivolous Spending Record – I’m working on getting those little transactions under control
Savings Log – we have a goal to have one month’s expenses in savings. Then we’ll work on 3-6 months too.
Window Savings Log – replacing windows are expensive!
Budget – I planned out our regular bills, and which paycheck they came from so I knew how to schedule them. We use YouNeedABudget.com to track our finances online, but there’s something about writing it down that makes it feel more real and make more sense. Thus why I use a paper planner as well.
Goals – When I write down my goals, I am more likely to work on achieving them!
All the Things – this is my regular journaling page, and I love it. It’s simple, has just a few headers, and I don’t have to complete it every day.
Monthly Review & Next Month Planning. In my monthly review, I ask myself what I did well, what things I can improve, & things I left undone. I find this is a gentle way of redirecting any distractions since I tend to be very hard on myself.
Video & Blog Notes Pages – Just a note page dedicated for blog posts or video posts. These pages usually include items I need to link or things to do before the post going live.
General Blog to do. If you’ve visited before, you’ll notice that I redesigned my website this month. It’s still not 100%, but I like the direction so far. I made notes of things I wanted to include and things I wanted to avoid. I also add notes about minor changes or items I need to do in general. The following pages detailed my categories & plug-ins so I could see what changes to make there too.
Washi Tape Samples – just for fun!
Podcast notes – notes from an inspiring podcast. I always take too many notes (this one took up 4 full pages – 2 spreads in my journal).
Bullet Journal – what works and what doesn’t. List of things that do and do not work for me. I love having designs and art in the background of my notebook. Sometimes it’s hard to balance beauty and function. I have lots of ideas for this – and I’m trying to sort them out.
Retro to do – things I’ve done in the past that need some tweaks now.
Content Calendar Notes & Creation – I am working on streamlining a lot of processes in my life, but I need to list all the things that need to do so I can create a process for each of them.
Blog Post Schedule – days and ideas for posting content. I’m a visual learner, so this is perfect to show me what and when.
Idea Doodles – I LOVE doodling and find inspiration all around me. So I LOVE having a place to doodle ideas. I went back to my first journal recently and was astounded at the rich source of information I mindlessly jotted down. And I was ever-so-pleased to find even more ideas and past thoughts
Life Goals – I have a day job, and most days I’m just there, I don’t enjoy it on most days. So I wrote down a list of things I want to do and how I’d make money doing those things.
Product Notes – I wrote down a process for doing something in Photoshop because I find myself Googling it all the time. If I write something down, I’m more likely to remember it.
Production Notes – I’m asked regularly to create a particular product. So I wrote down my procedures so I could set my expectations and their expectations from the start.
Challenge Ideas – I love hosting challenges on Instagram (though I haven’t lately at work). This page is a list of ideas for challenges.
Blogs to Read – just like it sounds, a simple list of blogs to read.
Cleaning to do list – Lists of daily, weekly monthly, quarterly, & yearly chores
Product Posting – if you haven’t noticed, I have a lot of ideas. A lot. But I also have distraction syndrome. I will get a product almost done and forget to post it or need to make a few tweaks but never get it all the way done and published because I’m distracted by the next project. I’m working on completing projects 100%, and this page helps me do that. Also, I have a goal to finish 50 projects/products in the next 90 days. (That’s a LOT!)
Personal Goals & Aspirations – All the things I want to fit into my weeks/months/years on a personal basis. Just a general list so I can pare it down and figure out what matters.
- More Product Notes – again trying to commit something to memory instead of Googling every single time.
- Resources – a list of places to find sound clips, images, etc.
- Email Automation – This one is kind of embarrassing. My husband has worked with email automation for various companies for the past 10 years. I struggle with it – probably because I haven’t written my ideal flow yet or ideas.
- Travel Notes – planning a trip and all the fun things to do while there.
- Video Schedule & Unposted Videos – I created a list of short videos on my YouTube Channel (not posted yet) and when I will post them. Many are tidbits or real-time videos showing a process in more depth
There is Consistency in my Mad ‘Idea Organization’
One thing that is consistent across all of my pages, no matter how random they may seem: I love to include headers. Headers help me further organize and remember where to find a particular spread.
I’d love to know what random pages occupy space in your journal. Let me know in the comments below!
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OMG! I love all of these collection pages! I want them all! Lol. Also that wash page is amazing, such a great idea! I always create a collection page, use it once or twice and then just forget it exists until the next month when I start it all over again. I need a tracker page for all of my trackers!
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Haha! Thanks, Ani! I’ve seen that people do use a collections page. I moved a lot of long-term collections to a different notebook. Anything that takes longer than 3 months to fill up, it’s in the new book!