Intro to analog planners and life logs
New workshop! Adaptive dot journaling for your days, months, and year.
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One of my most consistent practices over the years has been to keep a dot planner/journal. I’m in my tenth year of remixing journal methods and collecting analog tools. I first took on the practice during a career transition and have used it in many seasons of life since.
Most consistently it’s been a grounding tool for my daily and weekly mindfulness routines. Importantly it’s a visual tool that holds ideas, keeps memories, and has helped create and keep new habits.
What I love is its flexibility. The pages of my first journal don’t look like my current journal as my tools and preferences have evolved. It’s part of how I start my day before looking at screens. And I use it along with digital tools that also keep me organized.
Benefits of analog journaling methods
Improved memory and recall
Stress reduction
Overcome decision fatigue and mental clutter
Improved time management
Habit building
Visualizing your life
And more…
About the workshop
Sunday, February 2nd 11am - 1:30 pm @ Arch Drafting Supplies
Build an analog planner that adapts to your needs — an introduction to popular dot journaling techniques. Find the fun and creativity in planning. You’ll learn tools to organize and reflect on your days, months, and year.
Analog journaling can flex for your seasons of life. It’s a check-in tool for calendaring, productivity, time management, note-taking, keeping organized, mindfulness, gratitude, life reflection, tasks, goals, or habit tracking. Keep what fits and skip the rest.
Workshop takeaways
Start your year with a practical planner set up for your needs
Learn over 10 concepts, frameworks, and functional layouts
Approaches to fit analog journal planning into your routines
Ideas for pairing analog and digital organization tools
Fun and creativity in planning
I’m excited to share all the various tools I’ve collected beyond the bullet method I started with. Many great resources are available online. The workshop aims to be a comprehensive place for information, to get support, and to walk away with a prepped journal ready to use and experiment with.
Creativity on the horizon
Last year I taught three different watercolor-related workshops. I’m looking ahead in the year to plan the next dates for teaching those workshops again.
December was a busy month. As I start the year I’m focusing on reintroducing my creative play practices into my weekly routines.