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by jaysonelliot 2787 days ago
I'm glad people are interested in my notebook! Here's a thread I just put up with a link to the PDF and photos of the notebook in action:

https://twitter.com/JaysonElliot/status/1057490478625705985

The front page has an unmarked calendar so you can write in any three month period. It's meant for the Jerry Seinfeld chain method. Write the one thing you want to do every day at the top, and X out the days that you do it.

Inside, each day has one page broken into 30 minute blocks, with a column for "plan" and one for "actual." Next to that is an open area with a dot grid for planning. (I also put a full page of dot grid on the back, for random notes.)

Use your shutdown ritual each evening to make a list of things you want to do the next day in the dot grid area. Then assign them to 30-minute slots in the "plan" area.

As you go through your day, write down what you really did with your time in the "actual" column. Then you can review in the evening, and see how your plans differed from reality, to help you plan more accurately as you continue to use the notebook.

I hope this is helpful to someone, it's been a great tool for me.