The key is not to prioritise what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities. Stephen Covey We’ve rounded up BOSS’s 5 most motivational planners to give you inspiration for your most well-organized year yet. It might seem like gratitude would lead to complacency and acceptance of the status quo. Yet some studies have shown otherwise. Feelings of gratitude can:

To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time. Leonard Bernstein, composer and conductor Instead of an app or gadget that claims to jump-start your productivity, consider investing in a good paper planner. There is plenty of research that shows how actually writing down your to-do list and schedule for the day — rather than typing it out on a laptop or iPhone — makes you feel more engaged in the task at hand. And once the calendar year is complete, a physical planner becomes an artifact — a time capsule, if you will — of its happenings. Leafing through the well-loved Hobonichi Techo planners I’ve used over the years brings me almost as much pleasure as scribbling in them did. Dr. Lyons points out that the satisfied feeling you get from writing down tasks actually has a psychological basis. "There is some interesting research about mobilizing," he explains, "where even just writing things down can help reduce stress, because we’re motoring some of that energy and anxiety into action." Plus, he says, "Some things you just can't type out," such as emphasizing important notes by underlining or highlighting. Whether you’re a teacher, student, wannabe budgeter or health nut - the right kind of planner can do wonders to boost your motivation and get you in the headspace for success.Fashion stylist Sarah Nearis often finds herself running from appointment to appointment and city to city, splitting her time primarily between Nashville and L.A. and styling the likes of Rita Ora, JoJo, Michelle Rodriguez, and more. To stay organized, she uses a planner app called Structured."I love it because I’m a very visual person and its layout inspires me to be more organized," she says. "I feel like, as artists, sometimes we can be scatterbrained and I get distracted easily, but this app is super user friendly, visual appealing, and motivates me to be more organized." There's also a wide variety of colors and options. The book cloth cover version of the Ink+Volt Goal Planner is available in 14 different colors, but there are also "soft touch" and "Starlight" variant covers available with different textures entirely. You can also choose between dated and undated versions. A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week. George S. Patton, former Officer in the U.S. Army We spoke to a few productivity pros to get the scoop on planners. Here’s what they told us to look for: I’ve talked about this a lot in my master post about positive thinking quotes, and it’s undeniable that a well-placed simple quote can be rousing, moving, or otherwise inspiring.

There are dreamers and there are planners; the planners make their dreams come true. Edwin Louis Cole Getting started is often the hardest part on low-motivation days, and starting is much easier when the task is small: Five minutes of study or putting on your workout clothes [ 4].

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It’s all a bit overwhelming, especially if you’re having to juggle homeschooling with your regular job. Whether you’re a teacher by trade or a ‘pandemic professor’, getting your head in the game with a motivational planner can be a good way of staying on top of things in 2021. Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. Warren Buffett, investor Use cute planner quotes on your gratitude lists as a great way to reinforce the message of thankfulness. Generous note-taking space. So you can get your brain-dump on — good for getting things done and reducing stress.