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I broke my ankle, had surgery, and am now on 13 different medications that need to be taken at different intervals and different times. I can't keep up with it.

Does anyone have a suggestion for a medication tracker?

I've looked at a few templates, but the ones I've found seem to be for normal, routine meds that a person is on long-term. Not this chaotic mass of pill bottles I have.

havocthecat

On New Year's Day, I broke out the 2025 planner. I put in all the holidays (well, no, I put in some of the holidays, I'll fill in the rest later), and the work holidays, and the school schedule, my 2025 medical appointments, and, weirdly, a portion of my work schedule. Because otherwise I'll potentially schedule my vacations on all the wrong times, and no one wants that, right?

Next up - you! What's your planner strategy? Do you have a strategy?

I have some graph paper in my planner and I might try putting some habit tracking together for those parts. I'm so bad at habit tracking. But! But I think I could try. Kind of some hybrid regular journaling and bullet journaling. Which I don't normally do. I think it could be interesting.

Do you plan on making any changes to your planner habits in 2025?

What's your favorite thing to use to mark up your planner? Do you have any stickers? Stamps? Washi tape? OMG, washi tape. A color-coding scheme better than mine?

ysabetwordsmith

Here is a post listing materials for 2025. They aren't things I make or sell, just a selection of popular options for people who prefer bound, premade items to printables or refillables.

Current Mood: busy

ysabetwordsmith

My recordkeeping is plain and boring compared to the artistic stuff that some folks do, but it works for me. I counted 17 past years of this on my blog, this is the 18th. Before that it was just the desktop version.

I finished my 2024 in Review post. Out of 61 goals and one blank, I met 58 plus five extra fill in the blanks. I did quite well, better than last year. \o/ Among my discoveries was that I really like seasonal goals -- those worked great for me, so I'm doing them again.

I finished making my Goals for 2025 list. That basic online list is where I track things I want to do, and mark them MET when completed. I'm off to a good start, since we hung the 2025 wall calendars today and the Community Calendar 2025 for

allbingo is done and put in the links list. \o/

I also keep a desktop calendar. Since I write for the Llewellyn annuals, I typically get the Witches' Datebook free, so this is my desktop for 2025. I like it because it's spiralbound so it lies flat, and it has the weekdays on one page with the weekend on the facing page. Then there's something above the weekend -- artwork, a recipe, a craft, etc. This is where I write advance plans for things like recurring posts in my blog, events I want to catch, and so on.

Current Mood: accomplished

ysabetwordsmith

goals_on_dw is a new community for people who like goals and goal setting. A key focus will be New Year's resolutions, that being among the most popular contexts for such activities. Although the most common time is January 1, "new year" can also refer to other calendars or cultures, whatever works for you. Alternatively, just pick a time that works for you and go for it. You can introduce yourself or make new friends here.

We will talk about different goal systems, pros and cons of resolutions, arts and crafts for tracking goals, human psychology, and more. You can share your resolutions or other goals. If you like agenda journals, bullet journals, habit trackers, planners, organizers, or other ways of using a journal to record your goals, then this community may appeal to you. It also fits if you have "do X journal on Y schedule or amount" type goals. There will be check-in posts in January for folks to talk about their accomplishments.

The Welcome post gathers links to the masterlists and other anchor posts. For more details on discussion topics, see "Things You Can Talk About Here."

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Current Mood: busy

seleneheart

I watched a planner video from this person: https://www.youtube.com/user/jashiicorrin who uses washi tape paper to print her headers and stickers for her bullet journal.

I decided to try it for my October spread. Here is the washi paper I got: washi sticker paper. I didn't want to get too much of it in case I didn't like it.

My theme for October is Where the Wild Things Are. I found a font that looked similar to the title font from the book, and created this page with all the titles and headers I will need for October. The paper is quite transparent, and can be written on/colored on. Here is the page I made:

I created a 5mmx5mm grid that is 26 x 37 squares, which is the same size as the pages in my journal. This helped me know if the labels and stickers I made would fit correctly in my weekly layouts (I turned the layer with the grid off when I printed). I printed on the A4 paper, and then cut them out with scissors. Although I'm sure this could be done on a Cricuit or something.

Here is my spread. I experimented with coloring the labels, but I think I'll leave them transparent next time.

This is definitely a learning curve for me, but I'm pretty happy with the results so far.

Oh, and someone asked me last time how I determine what book to do what month - for October, I had to choose Max in his wolf costume!

seleneheart

Here's a few more spreads from my book theme for 2024-205 in my bullet journal.

First is July, featuring My Father's Dragon. If you saw the movie, ignore it. The book is much more charming and clever.

Next up is August with The Leafmen and the Brave Good Bugs, also much better than the movie.

And finally, my spread to welcome Autumn, with a quote:

I already have my winter art in mind.

octahedrite

An example is the Hobonichi 5-year techo.

Have you used one? What does a random page look like? What have you found it most helpful for over a page-a-day diary or undated diary?

I am considering getting one. I'm just afraid of, you know, using it for 2 weeks and forgetting about it. I think it would be helpful for tracking long term goals and doing bite-sized journaling.

Current Mood: curious

seleneheart

As I've said before, my planner season starts now. I ordered by next bullet journal and my work planner, and they both showed up this weekend - unexpectedly early! But earlier is always better!

This year's bullet journal is my old faithful Leuchttrum1917 A5 dot grid in port red:

Some day, when I get the space and time, I plan to have all my bujos in order on a bookshelf, and I choose each year's color based on whether it would look good next to last year's color on this hypothetical shelf. *goals*

Last year I did a year-long theme of video games for each spread, and I really enjoyed that. This year the theme will be children's books.

My EC work planner and stickers it comes with:

This planner holds to-do lists, notes from meetings, notes to myself, and a log of expenses that I need to turn in to be reimbursed. I use the stickers to tell me where I need to be and what time. I put stickers on both the monthly layout and on the week in question. I live in fear of not being where I'm supposed to be at the correct time and this system alleviates most of that stress. I also put stickers on the calendar for holidays when we'll be closed and to designate my vacation time, as well as random things like doctor's appointments that will take me out of the office. Oh! And birthdays for my co-workers so I can remember to wish them a good day, not that we are the type of office that gives out birthday gifts. This one doesn't start until August, but I have events scheduled beyond then that I can start putting in it.

seleneheart

This is the month that I get ready for next year with my planners.

Work Planner - I have once again gone with my faithful EC Life Planner. I don't do as much stickers as some people do with these planners, but I was running out of the set that I bought in 2020, so I also got the monthly sticker book. I've already go this one set up and ready to go with events for work starting in July.

Bullet Journal - I'm still using the Leuchtturm1917, but I'm planning something a bit different for the yearly/seasonal/monthly spreads. In the past, I've done monthly spreads vaguely connected to the month in question, and whatever I took a fancy to. For this upcoming year, I'm going to try to do one overall theme for all the spreads. I've seen some really lovely ones online, including Middle Earth, Beatles lyrics, and so on. My plan is to feature all the video games that I've spent a significant amount of time playing. I've whittled the list down to 12, and it includes not just console games, but the arcade games I started out on, like Ms. Pacman and Centipede. For the seasonal spreads, I'm going to feature one region of Hyrule from Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Summer will feature a place in Gerudo, autumn in Akkala, winter in Hebra, and I haven't made a decision for spring.

Moving Journal - I've decided to make a major change in my life and move across the country. However, I can't do that until several things not in my control fall into place, so it will probably happen summer of 2024. Also, there's a lot of moving (heh) parts that I have to account for. I purchased a composition book, a Decomposition book actually because it's the only one I could find that was college-ruled. This is not the time of year to try to find school supplies in North America. I'm using it for to-do lists, mind maps, gluing documents into it, goals, and timelines. I set it up with a table of contents and I'm numbering the pages. Finally, I got a set of Papermate Flairs just for this purpose, because I am extra like that.

That's were my planner situation is at the moment!

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Journals, planners, and more

Entries tagged with planner

Medication Tracker?

2025 planner, time to use you!

Bound Journals and Planners for 2025

Goals for 2025

New Year's Resolutions and Other Goals

October - Where the Wild Things Are

Book-Themed Bujo Update

Multi-year diaries

Planner Season!

My Planner Season

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