Are you tired of lots of planners on hand? Do you want to start digital planning?
Digital planners are becoming more and more popular. Many of them have moved from paper to digital for their planning. There are so many benefits to using an iPad for planning, and I’m excited to talk with you about them today and show you how I use a digital planner.
First of all, I love journaling and I always keep my journal on hand all the time. I used it to design my planner and journal format and use it. After that, I purchased the app “Good Note” and I’m in love with MY IPAD. Ipad is my all-in-one gadget for my life. Work tasks, home tasks, planning, journaling, reading, drawing, etc. I also get to use MY APPLE PENCIL! Using digital planners on my iPad has been a great experience for my planning, journaling, and creation. I feel like I have finally found my favorites.
I’ll keep updating and show you about digital planning with GoodNote 5, making your planner using Keynote, PowerPoint, and Canva, types of planners, stickers, and more!
Let’s find out what digital planning is and what type of planner you can use.
WHAT IS A DIGITAL PLANNER?
The digital planner is a digital version of the traditional paper planner. A digital planner requires you to plan your schedule and events while creating interactive PDF files that fit your preference.
I love writing and do a lot of note-taking and I used many paper planners, journals, and notes, before.
I decided to use a digital planner and life is much easier since then.
All-in-one function dashboard-style digital planner
BENEFITS OF DIGITAL PLANNER
1. EASILY CUSTOMIZABLE PLANNER
The digital planner I am using has the digital benefits and feel of a traditional planner, which I can customize for my preferences. Easily create a custom digital planner with my favorite program, Keynote, and export it to PDF for use with note-taking apps Goodnotes or Notability.
2. PAPERLESS AND PORTABLE
As I experienced, Digital planning is paperless, fully portable, and doesn’t require you to buy any additional stationery.
I have been using planners and journals for a long time. I have tons more paper, stickers, and notebooks than I know what to do with. Sometimes it’s hard to find what I need since I try to use so many planners at once. Eventually, when you use a digital planner, everything you need is in one place.
3. HYPERLINKS TO SAVE TIME
Digital planners can save time. Access Planner on your device (laptop, tablet, or phone to easily manage and manage your schedule.
This is the benefit of using a digital planner. You can add hyperlinks to any page in your table of contents. This way you don’t have to flip through to find the page you need. Just click the link and you will get to your destination.
4. CAN FIX MISTAKES EASILY.
The benefit of digital stuff is that you can undo and redo functions. If you mess up, it is really easy to erase your mistakes and start over. Unlikely crossing out or tearing off your writing or drawing mistakes on the papers, you can just remove them from your spread or use undo button to start over easily. I use this function a lot when I draw something. I love this digital planning because I like my pages to look pretty.
Another great thing about digital planning is that if you write something and it doesn’t fit well where you put it, you can easily move what you wrote within your planner. In other words, you don’t have to rewrite something. Instead, you can select it and re-size it or even move it to a different area.
5. HAVE ALL-IN-ONE FUNCTIONS
You have everything with you in one place. You have access to other apps you might use throughout the day. I create my planners, which can connect with all my stuff, such as email, word processing apps, photo albums, drawing with Procreate, watching Netflix or YouTube, etc. All are done on my iPad.
2023 dated digital planner
HOW I USE DIGITAL PLANNER
1. SCHEDULING & PLAN
Keeping a schedule for my day helps me manage my time more efficiently. I can get more done and am less likely to forget tasks or become sidetracked. I use Google Calendar as a master planner to schedule my personal, work, and all event days. As a supporting planner, I use my digital planner to plan more details and action steps, sending emails through hyperlinks.
With my digital planner, I use the time-block method to organize my weekly/daily tasks. If you want more about the time-block method, please read “TIME BLOCK-CAN YOU CONTROL YOUR TIME?“
Making and keeping a schedule can take a little getting used to, but soon you’ll be glad you did. It will help you decrease your stress and make you feel more in control of your life.
Scheduling your day allows you to self-regulate and track your behavior by keeping records of what you need to do and have done.
A new 2023 dated digital planner & Journal
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2. NOTEBOOK
Paper texture digital notebook with page templates
I use a digital planner along with a notebook. Brainstorming for ideas, reading summaries, meeting notes, checklists, etc.
You can use this tool for notebooks. Most digital planners come with extra notebook pages. They are versatile and completely customizable. Digital notebooks can be used for taking student notes, meeting notes, recipe books, journalling, etc.
Using a digital notebook, I don’t need to bring a notebook or meeting notes. It helps me keep my workspace clean.
There are many free stickers and paid stickers on Etsy shop. If you are keen on decorating your digital planner, you have a lot of fun without cluttering your desk.
3. JOURNALING
Do you love journaling? I am too.
A planner is one that you can use to record and check the progress of your goals and tasks. A journal is a series of actions to write down and remember everyday thoughts and inspirational phrases. This will help you remember what you did, what you thought and felt, and what happened to you as a child.
Happiness Digital Journal
You can write your journal digitally. There are many digital journals. Fitness journals, gratitude journals, bible journals, meditation journals, etc. These journals combine with your digital planner and have easily clickable pages.
For more about happiness journals and creating a happy mind map, please read the post.
4. CREATION STICKERS AND ARTWORK COLLECTION
I use Procreate to make my digital stickers, sticky notes, and new cards. I store and keep my creations in my digital scrapbook.
180+ essential digital sticker pack
You can visit our shop to find out digital planners, templates, stickers, and more.
If you are interested in creating your own digital stickers and page widgets, you can learn from the Arisu Creator Club weekly project. The basic concept of a digital bullet journal tutorial and inspiration ideas for bujo and scrapping are provided.
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Learn about how to set up a digital bullet journal with hand-drawn page widgets and stickers. The 2023 Arisu Creator Club Weekly project is about how to set up a digital bullet journal. Feel free to read posts and get awesome resources.
HOW TO START CREATING A PERSONALIZED DIGITAL PLANNER?
1. GRAB YOUR GEAR
You can use a device you already have, whether it is your phone, tablet, or computer. This includes iPad, Android, and Windows tablets, your phone, your laptop, etc. However, I recommend using a stylus or APPLE PENCIL when writing.
2. DOWNLOAD AN APP
You can use the free app “keynote” if you are using APPLE MAC or IPAD. If you are Windows PC, you can use Microsoft Powerpoint. As long as you can make PDF files.
To use a digital planner, you will need to choose a digital planning app that can open, type, and draw on PDF files. For iOS I recommend Goodnotes 5, and for Android I recommend Noteshelf.
Create a digital planner, journal, and notebook
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