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I love this gentle reminder that planning is meant to be a supportive, grounding activity - not a source of stress! Sometimes I get caught up in planner discontent but now I want to try think more positively about my planners and celebrate all the things I appreciate about them. :)

Amanda, you have hands down the best planning channel in my opinion and always offer very useful tips. I’ve watched you for many years, and you always continue to offer something I had not considered before. While watching this video, it occurred to me that I have always overlooked memory keeping and in fact, I think it would be valuable for me to see the things I have accomplished that may be actually weren’t on my daily plans.

So many takeaways from this gem of a video! Love how you use your goal planner to make sure you’re fitting in self-care and want-to-dos, not just achievements. The visual of a little me crossing each square as I conquer each day on a monthly is adorable. Such a fun way to look at it! Your #1 way to use planners for better mental health is also mine. 💛

Being creative within planning has always been a go-to for me. Escaping with my stickers and washi and colors, brain dumps and grounding myself, all feel like a huge exhale when stressed and overwhelmed. Thank you for all you share on your wonderful channel!

I've just picked up an old daily planning pad that I barely used, it's really helped my mental health during this hard season of life I'm in. I've also been journaling more as a way of processing things, great video!

Anxiety hit me for the first time ever when menopause hit. Actually that was my only symptom! To help my mental health I started a great morning routine which included making a daily planner page where I have 3 sections titled “personal”, “home” and “away”. Under personal, I list things like read a devotional, copy scripture, read a book/magazine, and go for a walk. Under home I list any scheduled phone/work from home appointments as well as any tasks/chores I need to do at home as well as list what’s for dinner (mostly to remind me to make it! 😂). Under away, I list any scheduled appointments for the day (which I get off my digital calendar on my phone) as well as any errands away from the house. I always look at the day before to see if something didn’t get done that needs to be forwarded to today. Part of my devotional time is writing in a 5-section spiral notebook, my prayer requests, answered prayers (so good to go back and read over these!), where I copy my scripture, and write “what’s going right” which is my way of wording for a gratitude journal. Of course I’m grateful for these things, but I like the wording “what’s going right” because I usually focus on “what’s going wrong “. Hope this comment also helps someone! 😃

Amanda this video is great! And perfect timing! May is. Mental Health Awareness month. It would be hard for me to choose just 1 of these 5 that help me the most so I’m going to choose 2 for certain- #5 (journaling) & #1 (daily or weekly planning). I can’t imagine not being able to put my thoughts down on paper! Great video! I’m a newer follower/subscriber and I’m enjoying your content so much! 🥰🩷✨🎉👏

What a great video. Thanks for breaking down the ways planning can be helpful and calming. And planning, memory keeping, creative Journaling, and scrapbooking are most definitely forms of therapy.

Mood and habit tracking helped me figure out my PMDD and showed me what triggers to avoid. It truly helped me keep it together when my kids were very little.

Just a share regarding memory keeping. My daughter is getting married in 2025. I bought the EC wedding planner (I am the planner as she is in Ph.D. Program). I am turning this into a memory book for her. I used my zip printer to print pics of dress day shopping, and have put the save the date card and invitation in. I am very hopeful this will be more treasured by her than a traditional memory book which she has declined, asking for an acid free photo album instead. If it wasn’t for Amanda and her memory keeping in EC planners, I would have never thought of this. Next memory will be a hair makeover at a high end salon!

When my mental health is off the first thing to go to the side is my planner. This video has helped me make that connection. I am going to open my planner and use it! Thank you

All of these!!! THIS is why I plan!! Thank you for sharing, Amanda!

This is great. I am sharing this video with friends and my daughter. You have given me the idea to write a gratitude in my current planner. Thank you for creating this video.

Great video Amanda! I'm a planner user and have been all my life. I need to see monthly and weekly what I need to do or want to do. I have been using a Hobonichi Cousin for several years, but purchased a Colibri weekly planner and a Passion planner that start in June and July so will be trying something different. In addition to planning, I want to incorporate gratitude and scripture writing daily so how I use each planner needs to be worked out because June will be here before we know it. Take care!

This is an excellent video. I appreciate you bringing attention to the importance of mental health and how important our overall wellness is in our lives. I love journaling and setting time.aside to reflect on the week, checking in to see the progress im making on my yearly goals. It helps me.feel less overwhelmed and getting thoughts down on paper is an important part of the process.

If not a specific book or planner you can also look up for journal prompts on general journaling or gratitude and printing them out and adding to ur favorite planner. Can be daily ones or you can see them as optional list. Of course that's if you already have your planner peace planner but want to add in journaling. The recommendations made in the vid is great inspiration for me to add in gratitude journaling into mine. Love all these tips!!

Oh thank you for uploading this video. If only you knew how much your videos have been assisting me with my planning. You are awesome! 16:44

I love the candy board analogy.

I loved this video!! My two favorite tools are goal planning and just using my planner. Using my Laurel Denise for my goal planning is working so well for me this year. I'm still on board with it after almost five months. And I agree that it is so, so important to add fun/personal goals. That is something I am really working on doing this year. Also, I love what you said about looking at your planner like a game board! That is such a great visual! I'm definitely going to start doing that. As far as reflections go, I haven't loved reflections in the past, but my Passion Planner is changing that. I don't know what it is about the questions, but it makes me want to answer them, and I don't feel like I'm putting the same answers month after month. I've really come to appreciate it what a great planner it is (despite all that black and gray 😂).

This is great videos. I love how you remind us planners can be used many many different ways.

I agree Amanda! Spending time with my planner brings me so much peace. My monthly view & dailies are my favorite. 😊

I love everything about this video Amanda!! ❤❤

My problem is that I try to keep all of that in ONE BOOK. Maybe I shouldn’t.

Yes! Number 1 is everything.

Love this so much.

Loved this!!!!

I agree with you. My planner has been my top anxiety buster for decades. Ever since my kids were little. I used an hourly layout during the particularly busy times and I could see that I could get it all done even if I felt overwhelmed.

I picked up a B6 sized wellness planner when it was on sale, it’s a good one too, they provide some suggestions but nothing too specific and it works well

Monthly, weekly, and daily planning are my priorities as well as daily journaling, just to get out whatever I want to share or simple process ideas

I have one of those too!

18:09 me too! Oh my goodness, I definitely can relate.

Your number 1 is mine as well. I also do a gratitude per day and I do a daily log of what I/we have done so I can look back on it if I choose.

Such a great and helpful video! Thank you for the ideas! ❤

This is a great video!

Wow. I think I need more than one big planner. So much for one life one boook

Is Pierce your only child? He looks like such a nice boy! You are a lucky momma!