Pro tip: someone told me my weekly spread was way too cluttered

I was cramming every task and appointment into one page and wondering why I never stuck with it. A friend said it looked like a mess and asked why I didn't just leave empty space. At first I was annoyed but then I tried spreading things over two pages with only 4-5 items per day. Now I actually fill it out instead of quitting after Wednesday. Has anyone else had to totally rework their layout after someone pointed out the obvious?

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riley_coleman81mo ago

Used to be one of those people who thought more stuff on the page = more productive. Like if I didn't fill every square inch I was wasting paper. Then my buddy looked at my spread and was like "dude this looks like a ransom note." Tried the whole spread it over two pages thing with way less per day and turns out I actually follow through now. Having like 5 things instead of 20 means I actually check off half of them instead of ignoring the whole thing by Tuesday. Still leaves room for notes and random stuff too which I never had before.

samthompson1mo ago

Wait, are you guys saying you only put 5 things per day? That sounds almost too low for me, but I gotta admit I was doing the same cram-everything-in mess. My wake up call was when I realized I was writing stuff like "buy milk" right next to "finish quarterly report" and somehow thought that was a good idea lol. Now I do 2 pages but I group stuff into categories like errands vs. actual work so my brain doesn't explode.

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