4 tools to plan your workouts and life

Planning. Sometimes I love it and sometimes I absolutely hate it. Planning makes me aware of all the things I have to do but also helps me keep track of all the things I have already done. Because I know I am not the only one who likes to keep track of their workouts and also because planning can be quite a task, I share 4 tools I use to plan my workouts and my life!

1. Planner
The first tool is my 18 month Paperblanks planner. In this planner I plan my appointments physically with pen and paper. I usually only plan work appointments and special fitness related events in here. To keep everything nice and neat, I plan my daily workouts elsewhere.

2. Cozi
Everything that goes in to the planner above and has to do with working (out) together with others , I also add to my digitally shared calendar for which I use the app COZI. Cozi is an app that is also used as a family calendar. I on the contrary use it with my colleagues to plan appointments regarding our joint activities and also use it to notify my family and friends whenever they want to know what I am doing. This tool is very user friendly, can be easily shared and has a lot of  other options like grocery lists and to do lists.  I use it mostly on my smartphone, which is a Sony Xperia Z.

3. Desk planner
On Sunday I ALWAYS map out my week on my desk planner that I keep on my kitchen table. For this I use my trusty HEMA weekplanner just for me, myself and I. Every color has its own title such as WORKOUT, WORK, MISCELLANEOUS  and IRIS. Yes Even my sister @iris_fitgirl has some space on there so whenever she comes to my house she is not  only able to see what I am up to but I am just as up to date the other way around. She actually has one of these lying around her kitchen too :-) and just like me she makes sure she crosses off all activities every day and archives the pages too :-).

4. Year planner - 365 days Schedule
Every week at the end of the week I  archive the pages from my desk planner (read: I toss them in the trash!) But NOT before I make sure I write all my WORKOUTS on my year planner. I got the planner on eBay and have been using the same exact one for two years straight. I absolutely love it as this planner doesn't only let me plan ahead, it also allows me to look back at all my accomplishments and that is very motivating. I write with RED only on it and I also wrote some motivational quotes that mean the world to me on there. One of them is  of course : I AM A BOSS, BOSSES DON'T CANCEL ON THEMSELVES.

So there you have it. hopefully this helps some of you out with planning. Let me know if it does.

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XoXo

ILY