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Three Ways to Use That New Notebook to Get Your Life Together
None of which require a lot of setup, an online course, or color-coded markers.
It’s that beautiful time at the beginning of the year when even the most jaded of us has that little flame of hope deep inside saying this time. This is the year I’m going to figure it out, make it work, and finally organize my life.
Spoiler alert: you won’t. But that’s ok. Life is messy, and it’s meant to be that way. Nobody’s actually got it figured out, and everyone who seems to be making it work is really stressed about something.
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When you see that ad for the latest organizer, the note-taking course that will 1000x your productivity, or the One Thing That Finally Got Me to Journal course for the low, low price of five installment payments…resist.
Or, at least, try one of these methods first.
If you clicked on this article, I’m betting it’s because at some point during the holidays someone bought you a notebook — possibly you. And I’m all in favor of that, as I’ve written about before:
