November 2008 Planners Available for Download

All: I appreciate the wonderful feedback from you all. I set the benchmark at 5 - if 5 people used them routinely, I'd continue to make them. I know there are more than that who don't comment, but it's nice to hear from you all.

In reality, it doesn't take me that long to fix them, and I'll soon batch the whole year anyway. It was more of a question of whether people were still getting value from them than how much time it took me to update and post them.

Again, thanks, and they're not going anywhere. Neither am I.

@April: Always pressure me. It lets me know you care. And thanks so much for introducing your group to these aids.

@Kelly: (ducking) It just dawned on me that I told you I'd make a revision to the planners based on your feedback. Really, I will get to that.

In a perfect world, the aids would train habits that allow its users to conquer some of the complexity of their lives so that they can do whatever they're doing without it inducing schizophrenia. Honestly, though, they're not there yet, but I want to give it a while to percolate before I break them again.

Hear, hear on the occupied country. My passport can stay in the safe for a while yet, methinks.

@Andre: I know, right? I saw a shirt that summed it up: "Dear Santa,
I've already got my present for the year: Obama won. We're good for the season."

@Eva: I'm caught red-handed! You're right that one of the reasons I do it monthly is because I have people sticking around. Just being honest.

Another reason is because everything that I do evolves, I've found. If people came, got their goods, and left, they may miss future (hopefully better) iterations.

@tulasi-praya: Thanks for subscribing and reading!

@Katie: I'm so glad that you stuck with me all this time. I really appreciate it.

@David: No problem. Thanks for giving them a chance.

I use the daily planner. It's great. Thanks for developing it!

Hi Charlie,

I use the monthly planners since you started posting them. They are very appreciated. However, if you prefer not to post the monthly updates, I could also work with the templates without the month.
Keep up your work.
Katia

Hi, Charlie.

I just discovered you via Ittybiz. I just subscribed, and as soon as my blog gets rolling, I link to you. Good work, and good luck.

Hi Charlie,

I discovered these planners and your blog in October and I did come looking for the November versions. I have only just started to look at using them though. The Blog Post package looks like a great tool for brainstorming, planning and making it easy to actually write those (easy to procrastinate on) blog entries.

Your Productivity Planners are very interesting. They are not the way I usually look at things but I suspect they could be very valuable. I'm sure you've explained earlier in your blog about your thinking and how you created them? I'll have to go back and look at your initial introduction to them.

I do have one small suggestion to save you effort and time BUT there is a disadvantage too. You could just take the dates/calendar off these templates and then there would be no need for monthly updates. BUT - then that could take away the monthly reason some people might have for visiting your blog!

It looks to me like you have enough valuable things to say that people will return without need for the monthly updates of the templates though. I know I will. Thanks for some great comments!

I feel like I’ve been living in an occupied country and have just gotten word that the troops are leaving. There’s less static in my head now.

+1. This week makes the rest of the year's holidays anticlimactic.

Andre Kibbes last blog post..Leaving Space for Thinking

Charlie,

I not only downloaded your weekly and daily planner pages, which I’ve done before; I also used them for next week’s “to do” list for the first time. In the past I’ve downloaded them but haven’t quite managed to use them. I agree with one of your other commenters that they’re a bit intimidating.

My plan is to use your system for the 8-5 part of my life, and my planners, which are pretty much opposite yours in concept, for life as a whole. It’ll either induce schizophrenia or some kind of geometric transcendence from squaring the circle.

Why now? I experience time in chunks. I think I just got done going through a particularly rough spot and am hoping it was the systemic chaos that precedes a new equilibrium. Ending with an extra added burst of giddy optimism, what with the election results. I feel like I’ve been living in an occupied country and have just gotten word that the troops are leaving. There’s less static in my head now. I’ve cleaned my office. I am hoping for traction and cohesion. And social justice, economic stability, and world peace.

Thank you!

Kellys last blog post..Motherhood, Magic, and the Enlightenment — Can They Coexist?

I definitely use them! I was waiting for the November planners but I didn't want to pressure you to hurry up and post them because I know we all have busy lives. ;)

I even recommended them to a "Bloggin' Mamas" group that I lead at Moms United in Business.

Aprils last blog post..Lexmark X3650