Best Laid Plans Another Innovative Planning Technique: Monthly Workflows with Ronna EP 280
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Dec 8, 2025 Ronna Belinky, a productivity and time management expert, shares her innovative monthly planning techniques. She discusses her unique approach of combining digital tools with personal paper planners to enhance organization. Ronna reveals her nightly ritual with a five-year journal for memory-keeping and explains her annual '25 for 25' goal-setting strategy. Additionally, she talks about her engaging workshops that help others create personalized planning templates. Ronna emphasizes the importance of peer support through cozy in-person meetups for accountability.
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Separate Time And Task Systems
- Use a digital calendar as your single source of truth for time-specific events and appointments.
- Put only day-specific tasks into a daily/weekly planner and keep longer-term tasks in a monthly notebook.
Prefer Weekly Over Daily For Personal Tasks
- Plan personal tasks on a weekly cadence instead of daily to avoid overwhelm and unfinished daily plans.
- Use a weekly planner for day-specific actions and a monthly notebook to pace and break down recurring monthly work.
Make Monthly Templates Your Reusable Playbook
- Capture repeatable, seasonal household and business tasks in a monthly template to avoid reinventing them each year.
- Treat the yearly notebook as a living template you refine and reuse annually.
