Tried a monthly log vs a weekly spread for May and the weekly won by a mile

I always used a monthly log for everything but kept running out of space for daily tasks. Switched to a weekly spread last month after seeing a setup on Pinterest from some girl in Portland. Now I have room for habit tracking and meal planning without it looking cluttered. Anyone else find the weekly format way easier to stick with?

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aaronrobinson8d ago

That tip about leaving the bottom two inches blank is smart, I never thought of that. Do you find it actually works when a real surprise comes up, or do you end up squeezing things in sideways anyway? I tried a similar system but my unexpected tasks always seem to take up exactly the space I left, so I end up writing tiny and getting sloppy. Maybe I need a bigger notebook for that approach to really stick.

xena_murphy8d ago

I switched to weekly spreads about 4 months ago and it changed everything. I used to cram 5 days of tasks into a single monthly box and end up with sticky notes all over my fridge. Now I have a left page for my weekly to-dos and a right page split into 3 sections: meals, habits, and a tiny notes column for random stuff. The trick is to leave the bottom 2 inches of each day blank for unexpected tasks, that way you don't run out of space when your boss drops a last minute project on you Thursday afternoon.