How to Use Your Planner to Develop Habits and Achieve Goals

Use your planner to develop good habits and achieve your goals. I'm going to show you the technique I use to implement daily habits that improve your life for the better.

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0:00 Happy New Year
0:55 What planner to use
1:21 Write it down
3:31 Visualize
4:00 Schedule it
5:55 Set a Deadline
7:15 Actually DO IT
8:38 Bonus tip

⚜️ About me: Hello, I'm Jennifer L. Scott, New York Times bestselling author of LESSONS FROM MADAME CHIC, AT HOME WITH MADAME CHIC, and POLISH YOUR POISE WITH MADAME CHIC (Simon & Schuster) and CONNOISSEUR KIDS (Chronicle Books). On this channel you will see homemaking, capsule wardrobe (ten-item wardrobe), modern etiquette, ladylike and elegant living, and many other tips on how to become your own Madame Chic and Daily Connoisseur. I invite you to subscribe! New videos every week.

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[WryMeee]

One of my goals this year is to re-establish my relationships with friends. The pandemic has made me realize how much I need contact with those special people in my life.

[Ashley-h]

One of my goals for the year is to stick to using a planner! 📆 I always start off strong but end up losing it a few months into the year 😂
Praying for everyone and the goals they have set! Here's to working hard and making them come true.

[LesReadBooks]

The tip at the end is so key! My husband has talked about this so much. When I keep some of these things to myself I actually do a lot better. I don’t feel the need to prove myself. It’s me vs me! Great vid and Happy New Year!!

[MinuteBody]

I bought a planner 10 months ago and it's really changed how I live everyday.
1. I set realistic weekly goals
2. I work on business, personal and relationship goals.
3. I just try to tick off 1 thing a day. That's it.
4. When I'm working on a goal I put a timer on for 30 mins with 5 mins breaks.
Somehow I always achieve more 🥰☺️💞

Happy new year Jennifer, so excited to share 2022 with you 🥰☺️

[elisabethensor]

I started keeping my goals in my notes app and I look at them often! I make a list of how many books I want to read and this helps me choose books over shows or social media also! I read 111 books in 2021 because of it- I do count all the books I read aloud for homeschool also. I noticed I achieved almost all my goals and will decide what goals will carry over this year!

[joysilas]

Happy New Years Everyone! I wanted to share my goal with everyone here. My goal is to start an online blog that will form into a business. The focus on Modern Day Homemaker's who need structure and inspiration. I really want to focus on DIYs homemaker can create on a budget to decorate their homes, planning routines & schedules to get work done around the house and tons of homemaking tips/advice for all things around the home. I pray I am more consistent and don't give up. I keep telling myself that since I homeschool I don't have the time but I really do have the time.

[brifren]

Bonne et Heureuse Année! As a teacher, I've always known about the power of writing things down, using our hand, fingers and a pen to understand better, learn faster and remember longer what is important to us. Thank you so much for mentioning this and the article. It is a fact, taking notes on a tablet or any kind of screen can be helpful but will never have the same results as handwriting, at least for a vast number of people. It was so devastating to see many schools banning books and notebooks at some point, to replace them with screens - and fortunately this trend had a short life :)

[emilyevilsizor]

Happy New Year! I'm dusting off my planner and ready to start fresh! I turn 40 this year, so working on healthy eating and maintaining my exercise routine for long-term health and strength. Also working on being more intentional with my family. Thanks for the video, I always love your positive spirit, Jennifer!

[Diaryofamobilehomemaker]

So, my word this year is Perseverance. This year I am getting a new planner so I can do this as well as use a bullet journal. I am using a planner to map out the goals and the bullet journal to gauge how far I have come with the goals. My goals this year are running a half marathon and reading 75 books for the year. I have not run in two years due to a hip injury and I am just now feeling good about putting my body through the training for it. I know that it will be a challenge hence the word of the year. Just thought I would share the goals for the year with this community. I know that you all are encouraging and motivating. By the way the marathon will be done doing intervals of 1 minute run 1 minute walk the first half and 2 minute run 1 minute walk the second half.

[PictureItPF]

I love goal setting! It’s fascinating how writing them down makes such difference. This year my top goals are to grow my business and successfully intermittent fast for the full year.

[paulafranciscac]

Hi Jennifer, great reminders in your video. I am in my fifties but still love learning. I am currently working on language acquisition. I am an intermediate /advanced in French and my goal is to pass the DELF B2 or C1 test. I went 13 years to a German School. I love German and so regret that in the years I was taking care of my children (I am almost an empty nester now) I let go of it. Now I am also trying to recover it. I am a Spanish native speaker and when I first came to the US, I focused on improving my English and neglected my other languages. Now I have the time to study again. I love reading and another of my goals is to read books in their original languages. Other goals are to find a book club, exercise to gain strength, eat more fruit and veggies, limit shopping to eliminate waste, live a more frugal life. Thank you for your lovely video.

[happycommuter]

Never share a positive goal, something you’re doing to enrich your life, with a chronic Debbie Downer. I find the first thing they say is, “You’re making me feel so guilty.” You might need to quietly pursue your goal and only share the great results with people you know will be encouraging, positive, and affirming—even if those people are part of an online community. Don’t allow negative people’s brain weasels to derail your dreams!

[cara_eachordinarymoment]

Thanks, Jennifer! I’m looking forward to my new planner arriving in the mail any day now. I’m trying a new planner this year from Glory Days, which is designed specifically for moms of special needs children. Our best laid plans can take sharp turns, unexpected detours, and even come to screeching halts; however having a written down plan in place has been so helpful for me in getting back on course time and again. 💕
May your new year be blessed of the Lord. 🙏🏻 ~ Cara

[christinemccoy]

This was an excellent video! My one big goal this year is to do the Chic assignment every month but really dig into it. I bought a special note book for it so I could really enforce it into my mind. These tips are invaluable! Thank you

[sarapawsonherrington]

I do want to put together a book of the family stories that I know that others in the family may not know. I have started, but need to get a little more systematic about it. I am using habit stacking (James Clear again!) and it really works well. Thank you for being a safe place to be encouraged.

[bernadettem.petrotta]

Great topic. I am such a planner, but I love how you take time everyday or most days to sit and have tea in the afternoon and read a good book. I added this to my daily routine. Thank you for the gentle push!

[denisejolley]

Thank you Jennifer - keeping goals to myself; YES! I actually told someone I was going to play my piano every day and their reply? “No you won’t!” So….. no more sharing, just gonna do it!

[lovelylori]

I wrote down all my 2022 goals in my journal. I open my journal everyday and this will keep me focused. I wrote exercise but I added other things like paint a beautiful antique dresser I got on Craigslist & find new Keto recipes & practice minimalism & zero waste. I am so excited for 2022!

[Livinlifeforleo]

Great video on setting and achieving goals! That’s how I paid off my car early by putting it on paper and budgeting in advance to see how much money I could apply to the car payment from each paycheck to get to my goal date. Once I put my goal in writing with an action plan that was doable for me, it motivated me even more to reach my goal sooner (which I did)!

[sage_forensics_]

I had a moment of clarity while watching this video that I did not expect. I'm an online grad student, and I use most-if not all-of these tips for my studies. They definitely work! I'm also a 40-something divorcee who needs to finish decluttering/organizing my apartment. What often happens when you get divorced is that you end up living somewhere smaller than where you lived while you were married. That means you have a lot of stuff that you're trying to fit into less space. Emotionally, some of this stuff is difficult to go through as well. It's been a decade and a half+ for me, and I still sometimes put things off.

That is much less often than in the past, thankfully. Now, I'm over being scared or procrastinating out of fear that I might find something upsetting. It has finally become more important and valuable to me to get it done. I try to do a little each day, but it is easy to put off especially with classes starting again.

I think I'm going to try setting due dates for going through areas of my home and assigning more specific tasks to get things done. Starting at the due date for a paper and working my way back to the present time to plan out how to get the paper written step by step works for class. Being proactive and intentional in doing the same kind of planning and putting it on my actual calendar should do the trick.

It seems so obvious, but it wasn't. In any case, I do have a motivation to help me stay on track. I'm halfway through my Master's work, so I should be jobhunting within the next year. I expect I will need to move for a job in my field, so having less stuff to move would be ideal. I know that these tips work in one area of my life, so they should translate easily to another. If you don't do planning like this, then I would give it a try. Good luck to all in achieving your goals and developing new habits in the new year! Thanks, @the Daily Connoisseur!