![]() ![]() Then you can use that and break it down to this day. Ideally you already have a long-term goal that you want to achieve noted somewhere else. ![]() When I got a minute, I check if I can get anything done from the list.Įrrands are rarely urgent, so it’s fine if you don’t get them all done that day. I keep them at the top but collapse them to avoid distractions. Capture all the small things you need to get done or be reminded of. These are things you need in your normal life (groceries, packing your bag for a trip, etc.) or want to do (but this new book, read that article). I’m going through each heading in my template explaining what I capture there and why it exists. They are special to my everyday business. You probably need to swap out the headings “Growth”, “Improvements” and “Bugs”. A heading with two pound signs and a space (# heading). # Journal - 1PM: Just finished lunch, now I'll start working on the bug fixes to close this release.Ī task begins with an asterisk (*) and a bullet point with a dash (-). # Today's Goal - Fix the crash bugs and the calendar selection, then release a beta Here’s my template with some sample tasks: This lets me hide information that I don’t need at the moment while it stays available on the same page. One important feature I’m using is to collapse headings. It pays off to learn the basics of Markdown (which is very simple). Why Markdown? Because I can type and format my text fast without having to click around to make things look organized. NotePlan uses Markdown to format headings, bullets, tasks, links, etc., like ”# Title”. I’m using the following template that contains a handful of headings. That’s your opportunity to review your lists.Įvery morning before you begin the day or in the evening before you start a new note and review the old one. You will most likely copy things from the previous day, but it’s a trigger that reminds you to make a decision and prioritize what you want to copy forward and what not. You can decide what you want to do without having the weight of a backlog (long list of accumulated tasks) following you. Why every day a new note? If you open a new note for a new day you have a blank canvas. That can be simply a note or text file that you title with today’s date like “0” at the top. Here’s the basic idea that follows me since years: You need one note per day. You can take a look at Bullet Journal, but for me it breaks down pretty quickly because I tend to capture a lot of things in one note. I don’t recommend pen & paper, because you will run into trouble when you need to copy tasks forward (from one day to another). ![]() Of course, I’m using NotePlan, but you can use any note-taking software or even your good old Text Editor. So here’s my daily planning system I use to manage my life and business, inspired by the Bullet Journal approach and tweaking since day 1. Then I discovered Bullet Journal which pushed me in the right direction. It all started when I picked up a Moleskin paper calendar and scribbled my tasks into the daily pages instead of meetings (I had and still have almost no meetings, my calendar is almost always empty). To me the most important thing is to keep my system simple. I learned to ruthlessly and efficiently prioritize things using a method which I’m refining since I started my business. One thing is sure: There is always more to do than time available. Administrative tasks (paying bills, book-keeping, etc).Conceptualizing and planning new features. ![]() Marketing: Evaluating tests, content marketing, ….Customer support (fixing billing problems, replying to questions…).(with help from part-time freelancers and the generous and helpful community of course!).Įvery day, there are a million things I need and want to do: I’m wearing all the hats in my small company: Lead Developer, Marketing Department, CEO, Customer Support, Administration, etc. I’m a self-funded solo founder and are running NotePlan as a profitable business which I started in 2016 as a side-project and since 2018 I’m working full-time on it. NotePlan Blog A Daily Planning Template and Workflow for Founders, Directors, Business Owners and CEOs ![]()
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