Thursday 23 December 2021

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Plannerverse - Episode 121


Tips To Feel Healthier At Home (and how to plan for them)

We have all been spending much more time working and being at home in the last 18 months or so. Today we discuss how to improve your life/work/living at home by developing simple routines to improve your daily life. 

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Show Notes (timings approximate)
00:00 - Introductions.
01:00 - Thank you to all our Patreon supporters.
02:00 - Hello Habits - Fumio Sasaki.
02:30 - 87 ways to feel healthier at home article.
04:00 - Working/Living at home. 
05:45 - Have a notebook/notepad close at hand.
07:30 - Last thing at night ideas. 
08:30 - Vacuum for 20 minutes. 
09:45 - Develop habits and routines. 
12:00 - Check your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms once a month.
12:45 - Check and change your air filters on a regular basis.
14:00 - Set up a routine to change your bed linen and changing your bathroom towels. 
15:00 - Use a Month Per Page diary insert to remind yourself when to change. 
17:00 - Work from home bag. 
18:45 - Yoga.
20:00 - Empty your bag and sort the contents. 
22:00 - Self care kit
23:30 - Check your back-ups of your computers and your websites. 
25:00 - Scan important documents. 
26:00 - Eat outside your home (weather permitting!)
27:00 - Set up smart music playlists to 'recycle' your music.
30:00 - Read the article for all of the tips.  

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Presenters - Steve Morton & Karine Tovmassian
Editing and production - Steve Morton

Our Websites:
Karine: PlannerologyThroat Punch Resumes, IG: Karine Tovmassian
Steve: Philofaxy, Travellers Notebook Times,  IG: Mr PhilofaxySteve Morton

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Monday 6 December 2021

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Plannerverse - Episode 120 - Analogue Tools In Our Digital World


Analogue Tools In Our Digital World

Steve and Karine are both content creators of one sort or another. We have both evolved our own workflows for doing various daily tasks. 

In this episode we share our thoughts on our favourite tools, devices, set ups and workflow hacks that allow us to continue creating content, maintain good work habits and enjoy the process.

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Show Notes (timings approximate)
00:00 - Introductions.
01:00 - A certain You Tube/IG trend.
01:45 - Everyday use.
03:00 - Keeping notes.
04:30 - Podcast creation process.
05:30 - Breaking down processes.
08:30 - Solutions to storing your passwords for all sites. Use a password manager. (1Password or similar).
11:00 - Writing tools.
12:00 - Colour coding appointments. 
13:00 - Planner sizes.
15:00 - Journaling.
16:45 - Rationalising old pens!
17:00 - Digital devices.
19:00 - Headphones.
21:30 - Desks.
23:00 - Lighting.
26:00 - Best time of day for creatives.
27:00 - Weather. Netatmo weather station.
30:00 - Thank you to all our Patreon supporters.

Links

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Editing and production - Steve Morton

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Karine: PlannerologyThroat Punch Resumes, IG: Karine Tovmassian
Steve: Philofaxy, Travellers Notebook Times,  IG: Mr PhilofaxySteve Morton

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Monday 15 November 2021

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Plannerverse - Episode 119


Real Life vs Planner Life?

Are you as organised in real life as you make out in your planner?

Could you have that perfect looking planner shared on IG, but in real life you are a mess?

We discuss small changes you can make to your life to make your life easier and as organised as your planner makes it appear to be!  

The more systems you have in place, the more your life will work for you while you are busy taking care of other things.

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Show Notes (timings approximate)
00:00 - Introductions.
01:00 - Does real life reflect your planner.
02:00 - What we see on Instagram.
03:00 - Automating your life.
07:00 - Decision fatigue.
08:45 - Omnifocus.
10:00 - Short cuts to do things quicker.
12:00 - Extreme ironing.
13:00 - Marie Kondo.
15:00 - Bringing like things together. 
17:00 - Firefighting with daily decisions.
19:00 - Grouping things together. 
20:00 - Put things away that aren't being used daily.
22:00 - Organising your fridge/pantry.
25:00 - Packing lists.
30:00 - Thank you to all our Patreon supporters.

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Editing and production - Steve Morton

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Karine: PlannerologyThroat Punch Resumes, IG: Karine Tovmassian
Steve: Philofaxy, Travellers Notebook Times,  IG: Mr PhilofaxySteve Morton

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Thursday 14 October 2021

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Plannerverse - Episode 118


Guest Interview - Jena Peebles - The Pixel Artist and Her Planner

In this episode Karine interviews Jena Peebles and they talk about Jena's art projects and how she plans. 

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Show Notes (timings approximate)
00:00 - Introductions.
01:30 - What planner does Jenna use?
02:45 - What planning system do you use? 
04:00 - Brain dump sessions.
06:00 - Previous systems tried.
06:30 - Art and planning.
07:30 - Time budgeting. 
09:30 - Lego Project.
16:00 - How much of your art finds it way in to your planning?
18:00 - Do you keep your planner pages at the end of the year?
18:45 - Are there any personal art you are working at the moment?
21:00 - Challenges of an artist.
21:45 - What works and what doesn't.
23:00 - Tracking what is failing.
24:30 - How to get started in art?
27:00 - Final thoughts...
28:30 - Where to find Jena

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Editing and production - Steve Morton

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Jenna: Facebook IG: myonceuponadot

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Thursday 30 September 2021

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Plannerverse - Episode 117


Habits

Keeping habits that help us through each day and help us achieve our goals can at times be quite difficult. In this episode we discuss some hints and tips to make it easier to stay on the straight and narrow and how your planner can help you keep to your goals and objectives. 

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Show Notes (timings approximate)
00:00 - Introductions.
02:00 - Social Media habits. 
05:00 - High achievers.
06:45 - Article see link below.
09:00 - Writing down tasks to clear your head.
10:00 - Walking during the day
12:30 - Will it matter... in a day, week, month or a year.
14:00 - Only check communications a couple of times a day
15:00 - Turn off notifications
16:00 - Quality sleep
18:00 - Being grateful
18:45 - Journal 
19:30 - Future
21:00 - Write down the top 3 tasks for the day. 
22.00 - Do the one that is hardest first.
22:30 - Slice up your day.
24:00 - Reserve an hour in the day to reading.
26:00 - Always come back to the plan.
27:00 - Adapt to changes.
28:00 - Preview of the next episode.

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Thursday 29 July 2021

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Plannerverse - Episode 116 - How to turn any planner in to a Franklin Covey System Planner.


How To Turn Any Planner Into A Franklin Covey System Planner

How to use your existing planner for the methods described in the Franklin Covey system with a prioritised daily task list (PDTL)

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Show Notes (timings approximate)
00:00 - Introductions.
01:00 - Using the system without owning the actual FC branded planners/inserts
01:30 - Karine's experience of using the Franklin Covey planners
03:00 - Issues using them. 
04:30 - Why are the rings so big?
05:00 - The good things about the inserts.
06:30 - Phase 1 - Capturing the tasks
08:00 - The Brain/Task Dump
09:00 - Put the tasks on the list as you think of them, don't worry about the order.
12:00 - Don't overthink it. 
12:30 - Phase 2 - Prioritised List
13:00 - Sorting out what is important and the order to do tasks in.
16:00 - Phase 3 - Follow Up 
18:00 - Delegated to you, or delegation to someone else. 
20:30 - Why a 3 month time span?
25:00 - Phase 4 - Review
27:00 - What inserts could you use. 
28:00 - When to conduct your review.
30:00 - Tracking electronic tasks and communications.

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Editing and production - Steve Morton

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Karine: PlannerologyThroat Punch Resumes, IG: Karine Tovmassian
Steve: Philofaxy, Travellers Notebook Times,  IG: Mr PhilofaxySteve Morton

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Thursday 15 July 2021

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Plannerverse - Episode 115 - Developing Values For Advanced Planning


Developing Values For Advanced Planning

How to develop your values and how to create your own mission statement to help you focus your daily planning.

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Show Notes (timings approximate)
00:00 - Introductions.
00:30 - Goal achieved!
03:00 - Using two pages per day.
04:00 - What inserts Karine will be using in 2022.
05:15 - Finding what system works for you.
06:30 - Why? 
07:00 - Values.
08:30 - It doesn't have to be regimented. 
10:00 - Aligning life with your core values.
11:30 - Working back to your mission statement from what you are already doing. 
13:00 - Being busy but you don't think or appear to be completing things. 
15:00 - Categories and colour coding. 
17:30 - There are no rules.... make the framework that fits you. 
18:30 - Small changes can bring about large benefits.
19:30 - Figuring out what you like and don't like doing.
22:45 - Casey Neistat - Fat and Lazy
24:00 - Homework!
25:30 - Defining values to help you plan.
26:00 - Having gaps in the day.
27:00 - Being under control
29:00 - What are you tracking and why.
30:00 - Did you know..... 555-2368 

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Editing and production - Steve Morton

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Karine: PlannerologyThroat Punch Resumes, IG: Karine Tovmassian
Steve: Philofaxy, Travellers Notebook Times,  IG: Mr PhilofaxySteve Morton

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Thursday 24 June 2021

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Plannerverse - Episode 114 - Habit Tracking


Habit Tracking 

We were looking into habit trackers a few weeks ago and I commented to Karine that if you put 'Habit Tracker' into the search box in the app store you get flooded with results. All for different purposes. 

We quickly agreed that using your paper planner would be so much easier and simpler than using a bunch of different apps for tracking different things. 

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Show Notes (timings approximate)
00:00 - Introductions.
01:00 - The Hippy returns!
02:00 - Videos we will be referencing (see below) 
02:20 - The Franklin Planner system
03:00 - Habit tracking on paper rather than digital. 
03:45 - Why are you tracking and why are you tracking. 
04:00 - So many 'habit tracker' do many to choose from. 
06:00 - Tracking progress of work tasks
07:00 - Using the referencing of information to remember when something happened.
08:00 - Tracking more than just work and health activities. 
09:00 - Tracking education activities. 
10:30 - Keep digital reminders but transfer them to your paper planner weekly. See Episode 113
11:30 - Yearly/Monthly/Weekly/Daily entries
14:30 - Yearly/Monthly blocks of time, Weekly slightly more detail, Daily the fine detail.
16:30 - The risk of using more than one app, less likely to be overlooked.
18:30 - Steve's monthly use. 
20:00 - Using daily inserts can be too intensive for some people.
21:00 - Tracking for goal tracking.
22:00 - Using a daily planner as a journal to record what happened. 
23:30 - Your planner/journal will keep you honest!
25:00 - Using colours to add context.
26:45 - You control the planner not the planner controlling you. 
28:00 - Find your own best fit. 

Videos:

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Presenters - Steve Morton & Karine Tovmassian
Editing and production - Steve Morton

Our Websites:
Karine: PlannerologyThroat Punch Resumes, IG: Karine Tovmassian
Steve: Philofaxy, Travellers Notebook Times,  IG: Mr PhilofaxySteve Morton

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Monday 7 June 2021

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Plannerverse - Episode 113 - Update and Tasks


Update and Tasks 
Unfortunately, we haven't been able to do a normal joint recording for several weeks whilst Karine recovers after a short stay in hospital. 

Steve gives an update on how he uses both digital reminders and remainders in his paper planner to make sure nothing slips through the gaps. 

We hope to bring you a full length episode soon. Thank you for your patience and support. 

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Show Notes (timings approximate)
00:00 - Introduction.
01:15 - Electronic reminders the advantage of using them.
03:00 - Being surprised by electronic reminders!
04:00 - Merging electronic reminders on to paper.
06:00 - Gaining full control of scheduled tasks.
09:00 - Sign off.

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Presenters - Steve Morton
Editing and production - Steve Morton

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Karine: PlannerologyThroat Punch Resumes, IG: Karine Tovmassian
Steve: Philofaxy, Travellers Notebook Times,  IG: Mr PhilofaxySteve Morton

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Monday 26 April 2021

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Plannerverse - Episode 112 - Turning any planner in to a productivity planner.


Turning any planner in to a productivity planner. 

We discuss how to make your planner more of a productivity planner than a time management planner.

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Show Notes (timings approximate)
00:00 - Introductions.
02:00 - Productivity planning
02:30 - Quadrant two - Important Non Urgent
03:00 - Which quadrant are you comfortable in.
06:00 - What is important to you.
07:00 - Setting goals
09:45 - Showing progress through reviews.
12:00 - Planning for the week helps you have all the supplies in the right place to complete the task. 
14:00 - You don't need to use Franklin Covey inserts to be productive. 
18:00 - Don't ignore other methods of managing time and tasks. 
20:00 - Keep your task lists up to date, are there any you can off load. 
23:00 - Make your task descriptions clear but concise. 
26:00 - Give yourself time to think about the next task to be undertaken.
30:30 - Thank you to our Patrons, please take a look at the Patreon page.

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Presenters - Karine Tovmassian and Steve Morton
Editing and production - Steve Morton

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Karine: PlannerologyThroat Punch Resumes, IG: Karine Tovmassian
Steve: Philofaxy, Travellers Notebook Times,  IG: Mr PhilofaxySteve Morton

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Monday 5 April 2021

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Plannerverse - Episode 111 - The Pocket Planner the most underrated size


The Pocket Planner the most underrated size 

A pocket planner can be quite a power house in such a small size. We discuss all the different functions you can use them for. 

Do you use a pocket? 

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Show Notes (timings approximate)
00:00 - Introductions.
01:30 - Do you use all of your planners?
03:00 - Car notes
09:00 - A pocket as a wallet
09:30 - Mini in A5.
12:00 - Mini the sample of the range?
13:00 - What pages do you need in your Pocket
15:00 - The Gillio Mia Cara Pocket and your passport
16:00 - The range of different models available. 
21:00 - Notes while travelling.
23:00 - Coins in your planner.
23:45 - 'Taking Care of Business' the Filofax Film
25:00 - Mini and Pocket special inserts. 
27:00 - Try a Pocket or Mini size
27:30 - Perfect to dedicate to a topic. 
29:00 - The folding B5 Mini!!
30:00 - Hello to all our Costa Rica listeners 
30:30 - Thank you to our Patrons, please take a look at the Patreon page.

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Presenters - Karine Tovmassian and Steve Morton
Editing and production - Steve Morton

Our Websites:
Karine: PlannerologyThroat Punch Resumes, IG: Karine Tovmassian
Steve: Philofaxy, Travellers Notebook Times,  IG: Mr PhilofaxySteve Morton

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Thursday 11 March 2021

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Plannerverse - Episode 110 - One planner or multiple planners?


Your life All in One Place? 

We dedicate this episode to our dear friend Ray Blake and his blog 'My Life All In One Place'. 

Should you bring all of your planning, tasks, project management, reminders, notes etc etc in to one planner, or use different ones or even mix things up with digital planning as well as paper planning. 

Sit tight and we will help you through this rollercoaster of an episode.   

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Show Notes (timings approximate)
00:00 - Introductions.
02:00 - Using both paper and digital?
03:00 - Hidden reminders.
05:00 - Transferring electronic reminders to paper.
09:00 - Keeping things visible... and keeping them all in one place.
10:00 - Coping with budget planning.
12:00 - How wallets haven't changed in 50 years or more.
13:00 - Combining your planner with your wallet.
16:00 - Big rings?
17:00 - Testing out solutions.
19:00 - Using sticky notes
20:30 - Justifying the use of multiple planners
22:45 - Cross referencing.
23:30 - Writing things down help you remember things. 
27:00 - Use different size planners. 
32:00 - Thank you to our Patrons, please take a look at the Patreon page.

Some of Ray's great posts, this list isn't exhaustive by any means, check out his blog archive in full
Check out his books as well.... 

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Presenters - Karine Tovmassian and Steve Morton
Editing and production - Steve Morton

Our Websites:
Karine: PlannerologyThroat Punch Resumes, IG: Karine Tovmassian
Steve: Philofaxy, Travellers Notebook Times,  IG: Mr PhilofaxySteve Morton

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Thursday 11 February 2021

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Plannerverse - Episode 109 - Project Planning From Start To Finish.


Project Planning From Start To Finish.

Project planning seems like a simple concept. Many people can't get their heads wrapped around what that actually looks like on paper. The toggl article linked is a great resource and we are paying an homage to their simple breakdown by calling our episode the same title as their article.

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Show Notes (timings approximate)
00:00 - Introductions.
02:45 - Article.
04:00 - What is a project?
05:30 - What order do you do things in?
08:00 - Make list of what needs to be done. 
10:00 - Be flexible and allow the plan to be changed.
12:00 - Try to work out the problems before you start. 
16:00 - Don't rush from one task to the next task, give yourself some thinking time. 
17:30 - We all have Project Planning experience; we just don't realise it. 
19:00 - Don't break your project down too much. 
21:00 - Practice writing a project plan on something you have done before. 
22:30 - Set your goals of knowing when you have finished your project.
24:00 - Review your progress frequently. 
27:00 - Using software to project plan.
29:00 - Contact us if you have any further questions.
32:00 - Thank you to our Patrons, please take a look at the Patreon page.

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Presenters - Karine Tovmassian and Steve Morton
Editing and production - Steve Morton

Our Websites:
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Thursday 21 January 2021

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Plannerverse - Episode 108 - How To Plan For 2021 Despite 2020


How To Plan For 2021 Despite 2020.

After a totally unexpected year, how can you plan this coming year to try and cope with whatever might come along in 2021.

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Show Notes (timings approximate)
00:00 - Introductions.
04:00 - Do planner planning to make sure nothing gets forgotten, don't delay.
06:30 - Plan “free” outings/holidays. Beach, Camping, Hiking, Nature Walks, Forest Bathing (Japanese art of letting the trees “bathe” you with their oxygen).
08:15 - Make doctor’s appointments now.
09:15 - Plan weekly video chat calls friends and family-have a standing invitation. Makes you look forward to these predictable events.
11:00 - Organise your grocery store by isles. Helps you get in and out quicker. Consider hiring a delivery service.
14:30 - Leave wiggle room in your budget.
16:00 - Consider learning a new skill that can bring in an income from “at home” work.
18:45 - Franklin Covey course
20:00 - Plan themed food/game nights with your immediate family circle, consider playing the games via video chat with others.
20:45 - Oldie but goodie: consider using everything up before buying any new items. For example, some food items that stay in the cupboard and never seem to get used. Make a game out of consuming your consumables.
21:45 - Consider learning how to grow your own food! Plan a spring garden. New Year, New garden
23:30 - Consider adopting a pet that you know you will be able to care for post lockdown. Don’t be afraid to look at sick or old animals.
24:00 - Creating an home inventory of all your belongings.
27:00 - Consider selling items you no longer need. To help de-clutter your house. 
30:00 - Thank you to our Patrons, please take a look at the Patreon page.

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A direct download is also available here: Episode108.mp3


Presenters - Karine Tovmassian and Steve Morton
Editing and production - Steve Morton

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