…but I love writing things down, and organising things onto little chunks of paper. I have 3 shopping lists going on the fridge to make sure we get stuff we need and to curb impulse buying (something I seem to be an expert at). There are also a dozen or so to do lists lying around that I haven’t quite completed. Last week, we also started a baby stuff inventory, and scarily (even though we think we’ve bought a huge heap of stuff) we need more baby stuff (!?!) according to some reliable websites and books.
Anyway, I am a big fan of lists, and some of my favourite printable lists come from David Seah. The one I use the most is the Emergent Task Planner, which is by far the nicest looking and most usable to do list I’ve come across.

It prints up beautifully and is easy to write, organise and scribble notes on. I like printing out a week’s worth (5) double sided on A4 paper and staple them together. Once the week is done, I recycle/ shred them. Being A4 though, they aren’t very portable, so I tend to use them as an add-on to my little Moleskine diary, which goes everywhere and contains everything (just about) that I need to get me through my day.
However, Mr. Seah (the genius) has come up with a weekly sheet that will probably go on top of my 5 Planner sheets and act as a holistic weekly guide (there is room to track how much you sleep, exercise, etc). I’m testing it out at the moment, we’ll see how I feel about it in a week or two.

Lifehacker has a succinct review of the Day Grid Balancer, or you can check out David’s own explanation. If you’re as anal as me, I’m sure you’ll get a kick out of it!



