Dawn
entrepreneur + mom
Study No.
9 of 12
Linked Collection
Dawn manages a small business with a handful of employees and concentrates heavily on the marketing and social media, has two children with active schedules of their own, meal plans, and needs plenty of room to jot down quick notes. (Okay, okay, Dawn is Laurel. This is how Laurel set up her life in the Vertical Weekly. Let's go with it.) Dawn separates her weekly short pages with a time blocking section, where she puts her meetings and appointments, and a daily task list. Her monthly section holds all of her social media, email, and blog marketing plans. Her notes section is filled to the brim with random notes and thought she has while she's doing other things - leaving this section open for that helps her to be able to concentrate on what's in front of her without forgetting things that pop into her mind. Her monthly task section holds the manufacturing schedule for each month and each product line. It's a lot to hold, but the Vertical Weekly planner is mighty enough to hold it all!
Tip from Dawn (1/3):
Meal Decision Maker
This quick reference list in Val's main planner spread is such a great tool for making the dreaded dinner decision stress-free. She lists the meals she has items for and what she knows her family loves in her monthly task column so that dinnertime is a breeze! Bon Appetite!
Tip from Dawn (2/3):
Checklist Wins
Val has a lot of repeated tasks each week so she's used her notes section to create a colorful checklist. This helps her track when something is complete and acts as a weekly reminder that she only has to write once. Checklist efficiency for the win!
Tip from Dawn (3/3):
Colorful Details
Sometimes it's the smallest little details that help things stick out. Because Dawn keeps her entire marketing schedule on her monthly view, sometimes there's a lot of text. She uses colorful number stickers to help the days of the week stick out and separate them from each other. You can also use a highlighter or market to achieve this look, but sticker-ing a planner is such a joy she decided to go that route.
