 Hey guys, what's up? It's Kinsey, and welcome back to my channel. Oh my gosh, I forgot to put my hoops in today, I just realized that. Okay, well, here we are. Happy New Year everyone, I hope you guys are having the best 2020 ever. Literally this is going to be the last year of my life. I'm not even like, okay, like, you know, everyone thinks Kinsey's the best year of their life, but like, I really know. And everyone also says that, so I'll just shut up now. Um, but I wanted to do a video about how I plan, how I use my days. I use a mix of Google Calendar and Passion Planner. I actually last year went fully digital after doing three years of Passion Planner, very loyal to them. And it was really nice and helpful. My main reason was because it was quick on the go, and I was correlating a lot of things, and like, correlating. I was coordinating a lot of things with, like, my podcast team. Like, a bunch of other people were involved, so I needed to do Google Calendar, um, which has been very great. But, I haven't had, like, the list aspect. I haven't been able to do all these other things or whatever, and then Passion Planner came out with Passion Planner daily, which I love. Anyway, so Passion Planner daily, um, amazing. 10 out of 10 recommend. If you guys don't know, there's a page for every single day, we'll go through it. But I'm going to show you guys how I, like, use my Google Calendar and how I use my Passion Planner daily. No, I don't really need to use both. But for me, I feel like it's so much better when I use both. I'm really talking with my hands today. If you guys are new here, be sure to subscribe. Let me know if you guys like to see videos like this, where I do, like, sit-down videos, or if you guys prefer the whole vlog-style thing, or both. Whatever you guys want, let me know. Okay, so we're going to be talking about my Google Calendar. Actually, I have my iPad. Ooh, okay. So, I use my Google Calendar literally religiously. It's only January 6th, so I'm currently in the process of, like, recording and booking for the entire month for podcasts and stuff. So, it's not as, like, crazy as it normally would be. I can show you guys, like, what November, something looks like. Like, this is typically what my Google Calendar looks like. So, there's normally, like, a lot going on. It's pretty difficult for me to, like, film the whole planning process, but I wanted to film the planning process with you guys so you guys could see. So, bear with me. Um, we're going to try our best. Okay, so I'm just in my office, and you guys are going to be able to see how I plan on my Google Calendar. My mom is texting me, aren't I cool? So, first, I'll take you to November. Um, what is this, October? I'm like, what comes before November? Um, yeah, so typically, as you guys can see, I will do workouts in light blue. School is in green, like, if I'm physically in class, and then if I'm going to do homework, it's in red. Uh, this, like, blueberry color. It's called blueberry on the Google Calendar. This dark blue, um, I have for if I'm recording studio time or anything like that. Yellow is for filming, shooting, editing. Light green is church stuff. Pink is social, so, like, I was getting breakfast with my friend that day. I was getting hang out with Jess that day, chat and watch a date, like, things like that. Um, this color, oh yeah. So, this is like a deeper orange. You can't really tell. It looks more red on camera. This is for if I have, like, a meeting or something. That day, I was meeting with the UCLA. It was the Her Campus thing to do an interview. So, yeah, I have all of this on here, which makes it really easy. If I do, like, a recording, I'm picking one that doesn't have that much info on it because it has, like, addresses and, like, people's contacts and stuff. But, like, let's say I'm recording with, like, Sophia Rossi or something, and I did record it through that month. I would make this, and then I have all the info, so you can do, like, the address, the time, contacts, all of that stuff. And then I would, um, add her. I would send her an invite. So, we're both on the same one. I know most of you guys probably know that, but that is like a big perk of that. Honestly, sometimes my friends and I send each other Google account invites just for, like, social things. Like, um, I don't even remember where we were going and TK did that. Maybe it was, like, some trip or something anyways, and she did that with everyone. But, yeah, it's really helpful. I'm at church all day on Sundays. So, like, there's nothing really to be said there. We had a conference there. I had connect groups, all that stuff. Um, film office tour, all of that. But, as you guys can see, like, oh, and then if I have something, like, I'm out of town or someone's in town, I'll do dark gray just over the days. And it's just, like, as an all-day event. Um, look, like, we had all of this. So, like, this is kind of like a day in the life. So, it's meeting with Jasmine. This is a Monday. I had calls. Um, I had another call recording. Pilates, and then I had a, like, friend thing that night. Then, like, here. Pop Pilates at 7. I had class from 9.30 to 3. I went to the studio after that, and then I hung out with Jess in Q. So, that's just kind of how I run my Google Calendar and how I do it. Um, as you guys can see, like, I told you, like, the color coding and stuff. I'm really, really big into time-batching. I think that's super helpful. So, time-batching is really helpful. Um, color coding is really helpful. Hi, guys. Me again. Um, if you guys are not familiar with time-batching, time-batching is really helpful. It's kind of the idea of doing, um, like, okay, let's say, let's, let's categorize my life. I have school, um, church, work, and in work I have, like, YouTube stuff, and then I have podcast stuff, and then, like, a few other things. So, what works best for me is, like, Mondays. I don't have class. So, that day, typically, is, like, I film, edit, like, it's a bunch of YouTube stuff for as long as possible. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, like, in the past, I traditionally had class. So, I would, that would, those days, would be classes, whatever. Those afternoons, I would block out to go record in the studio. It doesn't always work out perfectly for me because my calendar isn't really, like, fully my own. Like, it does. I have to coordinate with other people to have them on the podcast and stuff. But, for the most part, if I'm able to, I will do one sort of task or category of task for, like, four or five hours at a time. I find that it works best for me. Like, for me, I found it's not the best to be like, I'm gonna edit for an hour and then I'm gonna write this assignment and then I'm gonna go back to making a thumbnail and then whatever. Like, I would much rather just be like, hey, four hours for YouTube, three hours for homework, stuff like that. So, that helps me a lot. So, now, we're gonna go into my passion planner daily. I'm very, very new to this. So, um, nothing is gonna be perfect. I am considering, like, you'll see, I'm going through it and I'm really figuring out. I'm super new and, like, super, super new to this whole planner. I'm not a pro at using it by any means. But, I've used passion planner in the past and I know what I do. Normally, I do color code with highlighters with that. I just ordered some to see if I like it, but as of right now, I don't know what I'm gonna do. So, we will see, um, but yeah, I'm really excited. I will have the link to passion planner as well and then we'll also be doing a giveaway on my Instagram. So, go follow my Instagram. But, this is my passion planner. Um, this is the compact one. This is the passion planner daily, though. They have, like, academic ones. They have, why am I forgetting that? I don't know. There's a lot of options. Um, personally, I've never had a planner that I like better. I really love the passion planner daily because it fully lays out your, like, day-to-day plan. As you guys can see, I'm gonna flip it to, like, showing you guys over here so it's easier. But also, I know with passion planner you're able to download, um, like, one of these sheets, like a PDF of this and print it out and use it to see if you like it. Um, so, that's, like, really, really helpful actually. But, yeah, I also like how this one is from 5 to 11 because in the past, a lot of them were, like, 6 to 10, I think. So, that's pretty helpful. Not that I'm gonna be awake at 5 most days, but, uh, we'll see. 6? I can do that. So, here's the planner. There's a little tab right here and then... What are these even called? I feel like I know nothing today. I don't know. I'm just half awake. Um, to close the book, whatever. Okay, so you open it. The front page has, like, my personal contact info, so I'm not showing it. But, name all that stuff. Then, has this little cute little illustration. Has a little, kind of, overview of what yours can look like. And then, just start writing your own ideas here. And I haven't done all this, but these are things that I'm going to be doing. I'm keeping this one blank just for the purpose of this video for right now. The passion planner is really big on the passion planner roadmap. I don't really want all my stuff out right now. But, um, basically, you just make a roadmap with goals, which is really nice. Very cool. Keystone, I will. And it just basically makes, like, small practical goals that lead to your bigger goal. Has, um, over, like, this is, like, a year calendar. I, like, have it split up in six months, though. That's really cool. And then, you have your first day. And then, um, they also have this thing called, like, a self-check-in. So, it's this month's game changer goal. You're able to answer, like, what's on your mind, memorable moments, accomplishments I'm proud of, how I've grown, biggest lessons. Um, you rate the month. I will celebrate, buy, um, and then define brainstorm for the game changer goal. Then you have the month game changer goal, define brainstorm, make it measurable, prioritize, incorporate, commit, define, your why, visualize, keys, all these. I'm so sorry. I feel like I'm being kind of annoying. Um, so yeah, it's really helpful. And I like how this is laid out for every single day. This, honestly, is just very therapeutic for me. And it's nice to have something where I can make lists. You have, like, your game changer goal, personal work, free space to grow, self-maintenance, best thing that happened today. I learned today in one word, mood. Then you have all this. I really like, um, graph paper. So I like how they have that. And then the hours are very helpful. So, for the sake of today's video, I'm actually just going to do one for today. I would always do this the day before, at least. Um, honestly, throughout the week, I would probably have, like, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Like, I would always have them all laid out and just be marking things. But, for today's video, we're just going to do today. So, I really hope you guys can see all of this here. It's a little better view of the day. But, today's focus, I'm kind of having, like, a productive day with work, but I also am, like, meeting up with a friend that I haven't seen in forever. So, it's, like, half productive, half I'm gonna go see a friend and work out. I don't really have a focus. Tomorrow, I'm cleaning my entire house. So that will be my focus. But, basically, I guess my focus is just get back on track or get stuff done. That's what I'm gonna do. Get stuff done. Great! So, I'm first gonna start off by date today. It's January 6th, 2020. Guys, I saw all the memes, not memes. I saw all the things go viral online that you're supposed to write out. 2020 is not just 20 because they can always add, like, a 17 or whatever, and scam you. So, everyone always write out 2020, unless that was a trick, but I'm pretty sure they were right. As you guys can see, I need to get my nails done tragically. It's been, like, a month. So, I'm getting my nails done at 3.30. Nail appointment. My handwriting is really not cute right now. So, especially when it's, like, there's not that much here, you know? So, it's just not much I can do. I have Pilates at 6.15, but I'm just gonna do it at 6. Hot Pilates. This would be why I'm gonna get the highlighters, because it would go until 6.15 to 7.15. So, I'll just do 6 to 7. How I'm gonna do this right here, where it's 6 to 7. With that, just to see that it's, like, two time blocks, I would just highlight, and I'm gonna keep the same color coding that I have for Google Counter. So, that would be a light blue. Self maintenance. I did that this morning. Well, I guess today's focus is also, like, day one of Daniel Fast. Um, I thought about that, but it's okay. Personal. Today is day one of Daniel Fast. I'm actually ordering a lot of furniture today. So, order furniture, which I already did. So, I can actually check that off. Order furniture. I want to see Cat, my friend, nail appointment. I'm someone who puts that off for forever, because I'm, like, I would rather, like, edit or something, and then my nails look like this. So, it needs to be done. So, I woke up at 6.30. Okay, so I juiced. So, juice from around 7.30 to, like, 9.30, since it was day one I read. So, read. I want to say I did that until around 9.30. This will look better when I have highlighters. Again, this is also just, like, very therapeutic for me, so it's very helpful. Then, I got ready at 10, which I literally will put this in my Google Calendar, like, when I get. Or, I used to have a note in my phone where I would do, like, 2DO, and it would be, like, 9.30 to 10, and I would check it off. Um, but this is kind of working in place of that. And I can also do it on my phone. It might be a little bit crazy, but, guys, if you have, like, any sort of anxiety or anything, this helps. And also, it's just kind of fun and therapeutic. 11, film. 11 to, like, 12.30. One, I'll eat lunch. 1.30 to 3.30. What, I just did this, but I just wanted to see how I like to edit. Hot pilates, and then that will be, I think I'm gonna see my boyfriend tonight. Not quite sure. For work, I need to take my to-do list. So it's gonna be film, plan video, edit Saturday's vlog. I need to, um, sign a few contracts. So sign contracts. I also need to reach out to people. My game changer goals. Okay, I used to drink hot lemon water all the time, and this is something that's so small about every single morning, and that was something that really benefited my life. So something so small about hot lemon water and juicing and just, like, smoothies in general. Something that I feel so much better when I'm doing constantly, so I just did those two, which I've already done hot lemon water and I juiced this morning, which is really helpful. Didn't want to do any fast reading. That's what I mean by that. I did that. I'm gonna seek hot, get my nail appointment, filming planning video. I just pretty much finished that with this. Um, and then I'm gonna edit Saturday's vlog, sign contracts, reach out. So for furniture, I'm gonna do, because I need to order furniture in this space, I will have it right here. So chairs. I've got chairs today. I need to pick out a rug. I need to look at couches, which I pretty much am set on one right now. Oh my gosh, my feet hurt so bad sitting like this. Okay, so I need to reach out to people, which this is, like, business stuff, so I'm gonna do this off-camera. But, like, let's say it's, like, Sally for the purpose of this video, but really it's a company. This is totally out of frame. Sorry, guys. So, like, Sally, Joe, Brian, whatever. But these are companies. So I need to, like, either reach out or respond to emails or whatever. It's, like, the first Monday of the year working, so my emails are, like, crazy and the things that I just know I need to do. Um, I also need to connect people that I... I'm just gonna write this so I remember, because I need to do that today. Self-maintenance was going back to my, like, morning routine. These four at the bottom, obviously you do at the end of the day. Um, so, yeah, this will look better when I start highlighting, but my highlighters aren't here yet. Free space to grow. Oh, I need to send a brand list to new people that I'm working with, as well. Free space to grow. Um, I might just write a few goals that I don't really want to put on camera right here, just for, like, random things. But this would... I will use for, like, grocery lists, or to-do lists, things I need to do that are a little bit more specific than this. These are, like, a little bit more broad. So that is how I would use this. And then, obviously, you can just go through in the month through Reflection and see. Um, sorry. I know you guys really wanted this video up, so without the highlighters, it's not as cute, and my handwriting is not the best, but this is just personally what I do, and I find it to be very, very helpful. So, this is what it looks like when it's all done, and I keep this at my desk, and I just use this throughout the day to write down random things that I need. What I really like about this one, too, and just kind of how I am with planning, is I'll do my big outline. I need a to-do list, which is what I really like about this. But I also need just, like, random things to kind of, like, go in more depth, like, by furniture. Okay, what furniture do I need? Like, just things like that that are a little more helpful. So, I love this, and this is what I do to plan. Alright, so that is it for today's video. I hope you guys enjoyed, and I hope it was helpful to you guys. I kind of just took you through the journey. I'm not a pro at this. I don't have the best handwriting. I'm not, like, a bullet journal person, or anything like that. But, I wanted to show you guys what I do and what works for me. So, I hope you guys enjoyed. Um, comment down below what day of the year it is when you guys are watching this, and then also comment down below your favorite planner. Clearly, I'm pretty biased, but I would just love to hear. Okay, I love you guys so much, and I'll see you soon. Bye.