My 2024 word of the year
Let's talk word of the year!
- What is a word of the year?
- Why to choose one
- How to choose one
- My word of the year
With bonus shire horse metaphor.
My planning
My 2024 planner stack
A quick video running through my 2024 planner stack. What did I do in 2023, what worked (and what didn't), and what am I shifting to in 2024?
Includes my rather emotional goodbye to my Erin Condren Compact Vertical: thanks little planner, you got me through a house move and some fairly stressful weeks at work!
Goal planning: Part 2 - If goal planning doesn't work for us, how do we effect change?
Back in October I recorded an off-the-cuff video explaining how I struggle with goal planning, and wrote a short blog post summarising it: Goal planning: Part 1 - Why is it a struggle?. I got a bunch of great responses, and also did some extensive research (I asked Google and ChatGPT). This post and video is a follow-up. It looks at a few possible reasons for goal planning being a struggle, and suggests some next steps to try.
My thanks to Kate helping clarify the key question: if conventional goal planning doesn't work for us, how do we effect change in our lives?
What I'm NOT buying for 2024
A list of planners I'm NOT buying for 2024. Including the ones I really wanted to get. This is mostly a not-so-humblebrag, shamelessly seeking praise for my self-restraint. I go through some that very nearly made it into my 2024 stack, ones that weren't ever that close but that I'd love to try, and then a couple of entire categories I'm skipping (and why).
Clipboard folio as commonplace book
A quick look at using a clipboard as a commonplace book, including:
- What is a commonplace book?
- What I've done in the past
- How I'll use the clipboard
Sprouted Planner 2024
I just got a large Sprouted Planner order! In this post, I will share what I got (spoiler: four planners and a notepad) and how I plan to use them in 2024.
Goal planning: Part 1 - Why is it a struggle?
I recently recorded an off-the-cuff video explaining how I struggle with goal planning. This post contains that video, and a brief summary. I plan to follow up with a part 2 that covers some of the responses I got, and maybe (if I'm feeling brave) a part 3 where I set up a type of goal planning for 2024.
So Typical Me: Part 2 - Review
So Typical Me is a Swedish company specialising in highly customisable planners and notebooks. This is the second of two posts reviewing them. In this part, I review my new planner. To read about my requirements in detail, and the ordering process, check out So Typical Me: Part 1 - Designing and ordering.
So Typical Me: Part 1 - Designing and ordering
So Typical Me is a Swedish company specialising in highly customisable planners and notebooks. This is the first of two posts reviewing them. In this part, I go through the customisation process and place an order.