Today’s topic is how to plan for the year’s fourth quarter well and prepare for the new year.
Before the story, What do you do in Autumn? As I am a Korean, I spend a beautiful Chuseok holiday?Chuseok (추석), also known as hangawi (한가위), is one of the biggest holidays in South Korea. It’s a time when families gather together to give thanks to their ancestors for an abundant autumn harvest. Sometimes called the Korean Thanksgiving, Chueseok is celebrated with good food, wine, and family gatherings. It typically takes place in September or October according to the lunar calendar. https://www.90daykorean.com/chuseok-in-korea/
I also made my food in Australia, so my husband and I enjoyed a holiday celebration.
I always have a habit of planning for the new year after Chuseok. Maybe the atmosphere of autumn makes me think a lot.
Are you doing well with the goals you made at the beginning of this year?
Now is the time to organize the goals you have put into practice. Goals and actions for the last quarter are a good way to end the year. It also serves as a driving force for the coming new year.
As we can see in the example that new products from Apple, which we know very well, are always released in the fall. They do marketing strategies for the next year with the launch of new products.
We use planners as a way to plan things we do or record important events. Sometimes I write on my calendar or on my phone.
I use them to do all my scheduling and management. This habit has been going on for over 20 years.
1. Why Use Planner?
There are many reasons why many people use planners, but let me take my case as an example.
1) It helps with time management.
Living in a foreign country(Australia), which has always been busy, made me obsessive about time. It’s a thought that always haunts me that I don’t have enough time for everything.
What I started as a solution was writing a planner and journal. The lessons I’ve learned have made me realize that I haven’t been using my time effectively. I realized that I had been living passively without thinking.
By using the planner, I learned how I allocate each event, appointment, and task, and to distribute time according to my expectations.
Now that I have set deadlines and deadlines for everything, I have room to add time for my family.
2) It helps to increase productivity.
I used to know that productivity is important when it comes to working, but I’ve neglected myself and my family. However, productivity at home greatly affects productivity in social life.
If productivity for self and home is not improved, the effective concentration at work is always reduced.
Complete cleaning and housekeeping, or distribute pending tasks to your cleaning journal. Whatever it is, it helps you keep track of individual tasks that need to be completed and helps you move on to the next task effectively and efficiently.
3) Helps reduce stress.
Stress can have many causes, but most are formed when you feel overwhelmed by something. Busy schedules, too many instructions from bosses, and over-motivation often increase stress.
External influences also affect your stress level, but if you actually spend time on everything and things go smoothly without worrying about missing, late or procrastinating, your stress level will be significantly reduced.
It can prevent burnout as we speak. You can also use it to do self-care or self-development activities.
4) It is beneficial to health.
Using a planner not only helps with stress and punctuality but also helps you stay physically fit.
Are you using Meal Planner?
In my case, I do a meal plan every week and adjust the diet according to my meal plan.
Also, when I record it, I am checking the healthy ingredients, so I can make healthy food.
Alongside, writing a meal planner, You will learn how to save money on food.
For more information, please read “10 SIMPLE WAYS TO SAVE MONEY WHEN GROCERY SHOPPING”
Also, using the habit (routine) tracker, check the records of exercise and meditation.
How about keeping a journal when you need good inspiration to reduce stress and anxiety?
5) You can save a record of your life.
There is a saying that people live in oblivion.
Sometimes, the day I last met my friend is fuzzy. At times like this, I feel like I have an eraser in my head.
The way I use the planner the most is to keep track of my tasks, appointments, and notes. Memories of a trip with a specific friend or family can also be remembered through the Past Travel Planner.
6) Develop your creativity.
Another reason I use Planner is that I found my hobbies through Planner.
Maybe it was the time when bullet journals were in vogue. To be more precise, three years ago when I was obsessed with bullet journaling. This method, which has the characteristics of a planner and a journal, allows me to create my stickers and decorate the journal with a page format that suits my taste.
After that, I developed my hobby of drawing even more.
I spend a lot of time these days decorating my digital planners and journals. As I started writing the planner, I started to challenge the dream of creative activity that I had forgotten.
7) It helps you save through finance.
I have a budget plan page in my journal. It’s a way to track and record your income and expenses on a yearly, quarterly, or monthly basis, and keep track of your savings or investments.
It will help you achieve healthy saving habits and desired wealth goals.
For more information, please read “9 Ways to Save Meaningfully with Small Daily Savings Habits” and download and try the Budget Planner.
2. Make your dreams come true with our Q4 Goal setting.
For the reasons above, I am using a planner.
By using the planner, I plan, check, and improve my quality of life for my future. It was a process of finding what I liked and was good at.
I have attached a printable that I made over a few days. How about downloading it and planning your life?
I tried making the free printable planner horizontally and vertically. Very simple. I designed it using Canva and made it into a PDF file. A simple picture was drawn using the procreate app.
Free printable planner (landscape version and portrait version)—you can download it from our freebie library
2021 & 2022 Calendar
Yearly Goal Plan & Quarterly Goal Plan
Monthly view
Weekly view
Daily view
Monthly Budget plan
My Social Media Plan
Social Media Stat
3 types of Note page
Why don’t you try it out?
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