Journals Vs Planners (Appointment Diaries)

[Pussinboots]

Do you keep both and if so what do you write in your journal, do you write day to day events aswell is in the planner diary and do you keep both of them after they are full?

[vjones]

Yes.

 

Starting with the journal: I go through periods when I do a lot of writing and write in it most days, from one to three pages (A5). I usually talk about what's generally going on, but might also mention what happened that day.

 

Planner (I have a Techo A5): I'm not consistent in how I use it because my appointments are electronic. I'll use it for todo lists, or my "main goals" for the day. I also log what happened that day and make other notes. For example, if I learn new words or find an interesting quote I'll write them in the planner.

[bogiesan]

My journalling habits have changed dramatically over the years. So have my planning habits. And the company requires electronic calendars so there's that complication, too.

But, yes, I use the planner and notebook to enter daily stuff, personal in the notebook and business in the planner, and, yes, I keep everything.

In the olden days, I used Franklin Dayplanner looseleaf systems. The ring binder allowed me to organize several topics in separate tabs and have three months of planning calendar pages all instantly available. <Sigh> Those were the days.

Now I carry a hobo techo for planning and one to three notebooks: pocket molie or webbie, traveler's regular and travelr's passport. Carrying all four notebooks is stupid, though.

Edited January 24, 2017 by bogiesan

[john74]

I use both. I use a planner to manage my day and quickly record daily events. I use this as a starting point to write my journal entry for the day (usually several pages). I have no more use for the planner's entries after that and they get shredded.

Edited January 25, 2017 by john74

[PaperDarts]

I use both a planner and a journal, but only the planner is in daily use. The latter (Hobo Techo) is for daily appointments, to-do lists, recording the weather, jotted notes on what I got done that day.

 

The journal is for personal reflections and I might write every day or not for two weeks. I also have several notebooks on the go (book lists, notes about what I want to include in letters, random information I want to remember, etc).

 

I do keep both planners and journals, though lately I've been destroying planners from years ago because I'm running out of room to keep such things.

[abstract49]

Planner for auto mileage log, business appointments, keeping track of client's (or sometimes clients') projects, etc.

 

Journal for everything personal except doctor appointments and such, which generally go to electronic (iPad > iPhone > Mac) records.

[drv1913]

My planner and diary/journal - and sketchbook and notepad - are all combined in one looseleaf notebook. Everything is very fluid. I sometimes draw and write short observations and reflections on the appropriate calendar block. I also have a section specifically for random personal thoughts and observations. The journal section is for longer writing, doodling, drawing, and scrapbook-type stuff. Where necessary, I differentiate between personal and business with ink color. I keep everything. E-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g. Need to look at the notes from that meeting back in 2004? I've got 'em. Want to know who power washed my porch six years ago? Right here.

[ac12]

I would keep both for at least 4 years (in the US).

This is because I may have some tax return related data in them.

Example1, the planner would have the days you went to the doctor, as mileage is deductible (if you itemize).

Example2, the journal may have other longer text that could be tax related.

[cardigan33]

I keep both. I have a small journal (Clairefontaine's 14x21 cm notebook) for daily task planning which I also use for meeting notes, project lists, and other practical notes. And then I have a bigger, hardback journal that I use more as a casual diary, for my own thoughts, plus jotting notes on readings of all kinds, occasional drawing, observations, and anything, really, that interests me. Some of it is longer form. Some if it can be just a one line observation. I keep all of it, mostly because I trained as a historian and I have a penchant for lingering documents.

 

I also use electronic for simple appointment & meeting scheduling.

[ac12]

The planner, at least the few that I looked at, is very limited in writing space. So if you have to write a lot, it may be difficult, unless you can insert pages, which not all planners can do.