My Notebook and Planner Lineup for my Writing and Creative Projects During 2022

My 2022 notebook and planner lineup video.

What notebooks do I use for my writing and my writing business?

I have six notebooks (journals, a tracking notebook and planners) for 2022 to help with with my writing, my creativity, my writing and mentoring business and to track my reading.

I have a writing journal which helps me with my creative ideas, my anxieties and my plans plus lots more. My second writing journal is for when the first is full. I have my A5 planner for planning out the overview of my writing and creative projects. I have The Planner Pad which helps me divide my projects into much smaller tasks and allocate them to days of the week. I have my tracking journal to remind myself how much I have achieved. This is a great confidence booster and gives momentum for the next projects. And finally I have my reading journal.

My notebooks consist of:

The videos I refer to within this video are:

My name is Helen Redfern and I'm a writer of fiction and non-fiction and mentor for unconfident creatives.

I have an obsession for notebooks and credit my writing journal with helping me become a better writer, for giving me direction and focus as a writer and helping me work out what mental obstacles stand in my way - like procrastination, fear of success (or failure) and imposter syndrome.

I have a blog, a weekly newsletter called Desk Stories where I share behind the scenes thoughts about writing and pushing forward with my creative dreams and I'm very proud to have a membership club: The Confident Creative Club . A warm, welcoming, inspiring and motivating online space for unconfident creatives to take tiny steps towards their creative dreams.

[HelenRedfern]

Is six notebooks too many?! I'm enjoying my notebook lineup for 2022. The second notebook, the green one, is a Yop & Tom one - I didn't introduce that properly. Details are in the description.

[timothyabraham]

Thank you so much. Quite inspiring! Tiny steps is what I need to remember.

[christinecortese]

I have used a Planner Pad every year for decades! It is my refuge from chaos, but I absolutely have to use adjunct books for the big picture as you do.

[persephone]

I have 3 journals:
1. Bullet journal for keeping track of life- this is essentially my "planner"
2. A writing tracker, where i write the total of my manuscript at the end of a day, also keep story ideas
3. A bedside journal for anything that i want to write down. I transfer the messy notes to their proper place later

I love the system you use and thanks for sharing!

[tamidawn]

I like the system you’ve come up with! Thanks for sharing !

[heathermattern]

I always love seeing all of your notebooks and how you are using them. Inspiring.

[AlisaLomax]

Helen, this is great! I will be using your approach as inspiration for my own tracking journal. Another nice video - thanks!

[donnagiles]

Thank you so much for this! I no longer feel I’m being excessive by having more than one notebook. You have given me permission!

[timothyabraham]

What is your writing setting like? Where do you do your writing? At a desk? On the sofa? I’m asking so I can learn from you.