Planner Girls chatting about planning our lives, decorating our day planners & interviewing our favorite people in the community.
We have our first solo workshops in the planner community at Chicago Planner Conference in 3 weeks. Colleen is speaking on Wellness and Jamie is speaking on Goal Setting. We share how this all came about, and why we’ve not shared in this way. If you happen to attend, we do our best to level set your expectations too.
Can’t wait to see so many of you in Chicago!
Jamie & Mary Beth check in with a Well Well Well status update. As expected, we haven’t gotten far, but surprisingly we’ve already had a few breakthroughs.
Listen to the introduction of the Well Well Well here.
Jamie’s February Challenge Goals
Finish JOMO
Finish Season 3 Of Productivity Podcast
Mary Beth’s February Challenge Goals
Listen to 10 Episodes of Productivity Podcast
4 Tendencies Quiz
Myers-Briggs Personality Type
Show Notes
Apology for questionable comments
Mary Beth’s Well Well Well Update
Taking Care Of Ourselves
Being Obligers
Mary Beth Is Offered an out
Jame get’s rid of one planner
Adding Google Calendar
Where we are at consuming the content
Hitting the pause button
Consuming the content
Goals for February
I’m doing the work
Benefit found in dedicating to 1 planner
Consolidating stickers
Show Mentions
Well Well Well Group
Inkwell Press Planner
Villa Beautiful Sticker Book
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This has felt like the longest month. We are surviving and thought it might be nice to re-cap how things are going in our planners so far. Also Jamie reviews ALL the planner choices we discussed in the past with some interesting observations.
Also, if you are interested in re-listening to the podcast and tracking it. our friend Jodi with Plan Crust Repeat has created this awesome printable to help you keep track of what episode you are on! Download it and check out her blog today!
This is our annual list of things that we have decided don’t fit into our planner life. This year not only did products make the list, but a few behaviors and aspects of the planner community too. Join us for the recap, and this years new list!
You can find Elizabeth on Instagram at The.Joy.Journal or join the facebook group Totally Planner Related.
Show Highlight
Recap of previous years Anti-Haul
Elizabeth enforces her One Little Word
Accessory Planner
Do you want others to see your planner
Jamie makes an obvious choice
We all agree – less is more
Loving our planners
Engaging with people in the community differently
Show Mentions
Harry Potter & The Order Of The Planners
Rebekcah’s Cottage
Planner Adventures
Fav Quote
I’m not looking to be everyone’s horse, I’m looking to be 2 people’s unicorn. – Elizabeth
Have you chosen your one little word for the year? This episode we chat about the process we went through to choose ours, and do the big reveals for 2020! Spoiler alert, Colleen had a process and Jamie didn’t.
Episode Highlights
What is a Word of The Year
Colleen’s Process
Jamie’s dark initial choice
Final decisions
What’s we hope to see from our choices
To 5 year plan or not 5 year plan
Show Mentions
Last episode of the decade! That feels weird to say. Colleen and I have each have a prediction for what we anticipate and hope for in the new year. Jump over to our Planner Girl Chatter FB Community or Instagram Page and tell us what yours is!
Want to participate in our meetup or want to watch a live recording? Consider joining our Patreon in 2020!
It should be an utter lack of surprise what planners we are using this year, but we thought we’d recap our final selections. We also share our reading goals for 2020. Colleen updates us on her Nashville trip, and Jamie shares her new projects.
Show Highlights
Still figuring out tracking episodes
Colleen’s Nashville Trip
Jamie’s YouTube & Podcasting Course
The 7 Planners Jamie’s using in 2020
Two that made Colleen’s list
A few tracking things we are working on
Colleens 2019 Reading Challenge Update
2020 Reading plans
Show Mentions
Plan Her Podcast > Jamie’s New Podcasting Course!
Jamie’s YouTube
Inkwell Press
The 1407 Planners
The Happy Planner
Field Notes
The Bubbly Planner
Jeane Frizzell
We had the opportunity to attend 5 planner events this year and we have opinions on everything from what to pack, and what we hope to see next year. This is our comprehensive field guide for attendees, shops, speakers, and event hosts. If you are planning on attending a planner event in 2020 make sure to listen, and weigh in over in our Planner Girl Chatter Community!
What to expect as an attendee:
You need to put your social hat on
Be cool about the swag / table swag – It’s donated!
Enjoy the time to yourself
Pack light
Leave space in your bag, or bring an extra bag
Target is everywhere if you forget something
Wear comfy clothes
Chill the fuck out
Hydrate!
Personal Request – Snacks are wonderful tablemate gifts!
Recommendations to shops on swag
1. Make cool stuff to buy before the event & make swag reflect things in your shop or stuff we can use AT the event.
2. Think further down the road for samplers. Many planners may have bought what they want for the next holiday.
3. Extend promo codes way beyond the event, or create other incentives for people to shop later. We don’t buy right away!
Speakers – It’s time to change it up and /flex/ on fresh topics, new stories.
Hopeful Speakers – Step out of the shadows, create the content you want to speak on, and apply for open calls. We need new voices!
Fellow event hosts, it’s ok to do less swag. Reach out to Jamie if you want to share resources, talk shop or talk talk about creating different experiences!
Fill out our contact form if you’d like to have Planner Girl Chatter out to your upcoming event in 2020!
With Stephanie leaving the podcast to prioritize her family Colleen & Jamie share what’s next for Planner Girl Chatter. It’s good, we promise. In this episode we do some reflecting on the joy / lack of joy we’ve had personally in the community and what we will do to get it back!
If you’d like to apply to be a podcast co-host
Apply Here!
We have simplified our Patreon tiers to add more value to those of you who choose to support the podcast that way. We hope you’ll join us over so we can get to know you better!
If you’d like to purchase an enamel pin, or sticker check out our new Etsy shop here!
Whew! It’s a ton of small steps to make this happen, we hope that you enjoy the podcast with the new formatting and that it brings you joy and laughter in 2020!
Abbi Waxman may have created your favorite fictional planner bff in her book The Bookish Life of Nina Hill. From the planner entries, to researching planner world you’ll be fascinated to learn how this character was created. Plus Colleen get’s to read her favorite passage from the book.
Thank you Abbi Waxman for creating this character for us to enjoy and for joining us on the podcast!
Special Thanks to Michelle Novielle Hamm for sharing this book with us.
Show Highlights
Planning for book writing
The character in the book
Researching planner people
Millennials are great
Abby’s tattoos
Transitioning into full time writing
Looking in on Planner Girls
Tips to get started writing
Carving the time to read
Show Mentions
The Bookish Life Of Nina Hill – Abbi Waxman
Michelle Baxter – Quirky Heart
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