Last week a reader asked if he could see a filled in example of my weekly planner so he could understand it better. I am more than happy to do that. You can view an example of a completed planner here, complete with a carefully chosen handwritten font for that authentic, filled in look I’ve only filled in Monday to emphasize my new habit of only planning out one day at a time. If you have any other questions about the example sheet or the planner in general, leave a comment and I will gladly answer it.

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Over at Lifehack.org they have an article discussing why plans fail and provides several ideas on how to more effectively and flexibly plan so as to avoid those bumps in the road. This has come at a convenient time for me as over the last month I have noticed how despite planning everything out on my weekly planner it got to the point where I ended up not actually working on much of it.

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A little over a week ago Lifehack.org had a very interesting article looking at five productivity ideas the author, Dustin Wax, was not yet buying into. I found it to be a very well written, intriguing read that encouraged a lot of thought. Here’s my opinions on the five ideas.

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This is the final part of Organize IT’s birthday special where I posed three questions to a number of my favourite productivity bloggers. I hope you enjoyed this series and gained something from reading such varied opinions, I know I did. I will have to try doing another interview in the near future. Anyways, onto the final question I asked which was, “What are your experiences and advice for breaking bad habits and developing new ones?” Leave your own thoughts and answers to this question in the comments!

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Welcome to the second part of Organize IT’s birthday special where I posed three questions to a number of my favourite productivity bloggers. The results have been very interesting to read. The second question I asked was, “What is the single productivity tip/lifehack that you have implemented that has had the most positive influence in your life?” As always please leave your thoughts and answers to the question in the comments, the results don’t have to just be from the ten bloggers

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