I have two Franklin Covey planners. A Franklin Covey Classic and also the much larger Franklin Covey Monarch. The Monarch is exclusively used for business and recently, I decided to use my smaller planner for independent work/goals. Swapping to this set-up is working beautifully for myself. I can honestly say that I use my Classic planner daily. It’s one of the first things I reach for in the morning and also one of the last things I look at in the evenings. Nighttime is my chance to unwind after a busy day. During that time, I typically review (and check off the tasks completed throughout the day) what I’ve done for the day and assign myself any additional new tasks for upcoming days.
My planner is also where I add my ‘organized brain dumps.’ Once, I’ve sifted through that chaos, I place my organized brain dumps as actionable tasks into my planner. Doing this simple, has helped me out tremendously in making sure that I complete those wishes also and it guarantees that I won’t forget those thoughts. Of course, a writing down tasks are only good if you put them into action. I do. Of course, there are times that I don’t complete projects on their assigned date. In those cases, I move them forward to another date and on the rare occasion, the task is deleted.
Jim Engel has an excellent video on Youtube on how he organizes his planner. The video was made in 2015, however, the information is timeless. Guess what? His system is very similar to how I use my Franklin Covey planners.