Why I’m Not Using a Fancy Planner For My To-Do List Anymore

(And Why I’m Using A Legal Pad Instead)

Everyone seems to have a planner, a hack, or a productivity method they swear by.

These are great, but sometimes they can get a little overcomplicated.

Though I manage my personal drafts, ideas and writing in Notion, it’s not my everyday to-do list.

But I’m done with expensive planners. They’re not worth it to me.

Instead, I prefer something simple: a blank, yellow legal pad.

I Came Into Expensive Planners By Accident

See, a few years ago, I wrote an article about paper planners and ordered several different planners. I tried them, took notes on the process, and then threw them into my closet.

No one can use dozens of planners at once.

Some of them were basic calendars, others had highly detailed hourly schedules, and still more were separated into quarterly, weekly, and daily to-do lists.

Many of them cost anywhere from $25 to $45 a piece. For others, you had to buy new ones on a quarterly basis.

I’ve used a few of them over the past 2 years. I felt bad not to.