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The video is centered around a comprehensive guide to a free digital planner for 2024, designed to help viewers organize various aspects of their lives. The planner, a PDF that can be used in multiple note-taking apps but demonstrated with GoodNotes, features a minimalist Earth tone theme aimed at creating a calming user experience. It includes fully hyperlinked sections for swift navigation through different tabs, such as a habits tracker, finance tracker, and entertainment tracker. Users can personalize the planner with photos and stickers and find tools for tracking goals, habits, income, expenses, and media consumption (like movies, TV shows, and books). It also provides detailed daily and monthly planning functionalities, allowing input of important dates, task prioritization, and personal notes, making it easy to plan and stay organized throughout the year. The speaker emphasizes the planner's customizability and user-friendly design, enhancing its practical value.
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In this part of the video, the creator explains that they are known for their previous videos on organizing life with Notion and using the iPad effectively. They have now combined these concepts by creating a free digital planner for 2024 to help viewers stay organized. The planner is a PDF that can be used in any note-taking app, though the creator prefers GoodNotes. They mention the planner can be downloaded from a Google Drive link in the video’s description. The creator gives a brief overview of the planner’s appearance and features, highlighting its resemblance to a physical planner and how to navigate it using GoodNotes.
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In this part of the video, the presenter demonstrates how to navigate through pages in a digital planner using gestures or clicking specific areas. They highlight an introductory page where users can personalize their planner with a photo and stickers. The planner follows a minimalist Earth tone theme designed to be calming. Moving on to the dashboard, they explain the functionality of the planner’s fully hyperlinked tabs, allowing users to jump to different sections like the habits tracker, finance tracker, entertainment tracker, and to-do list. The presenter emphasizes how the tabs and buttons streamline navigation, making it easy to toggle between pages and access monthly calendars and yearly goals.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses the features and functionalities of a digital planner and finance tracker in a PDF format. The planner allows users to check off and update their goals throughout the year and track monthly habits by jumping directly to specific months or toggling between months using hyperlinks. The habits section includes circles that can be filled in to monitor the completion of habits like physical activity, water intake, and healthy eating, which also serves as motivation.
The speaker then shows the finance tracker, accessible through a navigation bar, where users can input their income, fixed and variable expenses, and debts for each month, eventually tabulating a year-end summary. The video concludes with a brief look at the entertainment tracking page, where users can record movies, TV shows, and books they consume, demonstrating an example by mentioning a recently watched movie.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses their system for tracking movies, TV shows, and books they have watched or read. For movies, they mention including the genre, ratings, and date watched. They similarly track TV shows, with a personal note about watching “Vinland Saga,” and for books, they track titles, ratings, and dates read, highlighting the convenience of remembering when they engaged with these media.
The speaker then explains their to-do list setup, which accommodates daily or weekly tasks, priorities, and notes, emphasizing its customizability and the ability to erase and restart as needed. They demonstrate how to use the monthly calendar to track important dates and events, and how to navigate to specific daily planners for detailed scheduling, including appointments, tasks, and personal notes. The daily planner also features sections for prioritizing tasks, noting important details about the day, and reminders for the following day, allowing comprehensive daily organization.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses the features and functionalities of a fully hyperlinked daily planner on Notion. The planner allows users to organize their day in detail, navigate easily between dates, and reminisce about past days by clicking on specific dates. At the start of each month, users can input important dates, and daily agendas can be filled out the night before to ensure clarity and organization. The planner emphasizes simplicity and essential tools for staying organized. The speaker encourages customization with photos, stickers, and pen colors, enhancing the planner’s usability and personal touch.