Wednesday Wellness | A Little at a Time

Planning doesn’t need to happen all at once.

It can be easy to think that planning needs a proper block of time. Time to sit down, open your planner, look over everything ahead and work through it all at once.

But it doesn’t always happen that way.

Some days you might only have enough time to add an appointment. Another day you might remember something that needs to be done later in the week. You may check your monthly pages while having a coffee, add something to your list before leaving the house, or come back to your planner at the end of the day.

Those small moments still count.

Planning can happen as you go

A planner doesn’t have to be completely filled in before it becomes useful.

Sometimes simply writing down what you know now is enough. You can come back to the rest when you know more, when plans change, or when you have more time.

That is one of the things I love about using a discbound planner. Pages can be added, moved and changed as you need them, so your planning doesn’t have to be finished in one sitting.

You can build it as you go.

Start with what you know

When there is a lot happening, trying to organise everything at once can make planning feel like another job on the list.

Instead, start with what is in front of you.

Write down the appointment you have just made. Add the task you don’t want to forget. Make a note of something that can wait until later.

Then leave the rest.

You can always come back.

Planning a little at a time can help you keep track of what matters without feeling as though you need to have the whole week, or the whole month, worked out.

A Little at a Time

This month’s Wednesday Wellness printable, A Little at a Time, has been created around that idea.

The page gives you space to consider:

• What I can plan now
• What I don’t want to forget
• What I can plan later
• What can wait

There is also A Little More Space at the bottom of the page for anything else you would like to jot down.

You don’t need to complete every section at once. In fact, that would almost miss the point.

Use the page when you need it. Add something now. Come back later. Let your planning build alongside your days rather than feeling as though everything has to be decided in advance.

Because sometimes, a little at a time is enough.

Throughout September, A Little at a Time will be included with dream.design.bloom orders as this month’s complimentary Wednesday Wellness printable.

Further Reading

If you enjoyed this month's Wednesday Wellness, you may also like:

The Value of Whitespace explores how leaving room in your planner can create space to think, adjust and plan without feeling the need to fill every page.

Founder Notes No. 4 | Slower Weeks reflects on allowing planning to move at a pace that suits the time and energy you have available.

For extra space to capture thoughts, lists and anything you want to return to later, explore the Discbound Notes Inserts, designed to add flexible writing space to your discbound planner.