Paper Planners: Overview & Benefits

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Module Two: Using an Analog Paper Planner
Paper Planners Overview and Benefits

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So one of the things that i've gone back
to is using a paper planner after using a

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digital planner for many many years. And the
reason for that is, there is something about

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writing things down, especially as a creative 
person or as a somebody who has mild add,

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that really just helps me clarify my thinking and 
in a way that just doing it digitally doesn't do.

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It also takes away a lot of the distractions of
working exclusively in a digital space because

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I could be sitting there in Todoist if i'm on my
computer putting in my to do's and something might

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pop up if i don't have my notifications turned 
off, and or something like that, and i can end up

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being distracted. There's just something about
sitting down, and i usually do this on the sofa,

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writing things down, imagining my day...visualizing
my day, setting priorities, putting pen to paper...

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that just works with me, with my mind, with my brain.
So everything I do starts on paper first! And once

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i've written it in either the Productivity Planner
or the Full Focus Planner, I then transfer that to

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Todoist for my digital synchronization with
my Pomo Timer. So if you've not used a paper

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planner the two that i recommend are the 
Full Focus Planner by Michael Hyatt Company

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and the Productivity Planner by Intelligent
Change. And i'm going to go through both of

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these and talk about some of the benefits and 
why you might prefer the Full Focus Planner

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or the simplified Productivity Planner, and then
you can choose which one might work best for you.