Weddingbee PRO

We’re going to try to bring you some more behind the scenes glimpses of the mysterious lives of wedding vendors here on PRO. I’m not exactly sure where I fall because I’m lucky enough to work with both brides and vendors, but from now on, I’d love to share a bit more about what goes into running Weddingbee and Weddingbee PRO.

I wanted to talk about a new day planner that I’ve been using lately to help keep me organized.  Although I use Google Calendar to keep track of my appointments, my daily life is actually more a series of to do lists (a feature that Google Calendar is lacking!).  I haven’t found an online to-do list program that I love, and for some reason I still like writing out my to-do’s.  So after doing a bit of research online, I recently purchased a day planner called the Planner Pad.

This planner is laid out differently than your traditional day planner.  Two pages are devoted to each week, and it works like a funnel to help you categorize, prioritize, and schedule all your business and personal to-dos.

In the top section, you create lists based on categories.  For instance my categories/projects for this week include: Email, Call/Personal, Things to do (for my assistant), Things to do (for my intern), Posts to Write, Weddingbee, and Weddingbee PRO.  I previously used Excel or Notepad to track my to-do’s, but I had so many different lists that each had projects with varying deadlines, categorizing them solely by category wasn’t very effective. Being able to see all of my to-do’s like this in one place has been so helpful and much more efficient.

The middle section is where I list things that I absolutely must do that day.  And the bottom section is where I list my appointments.

Because I’m often juggling so many things at once that require multiple to-do lists, this planner really works for me.  What programs or tools do you use to stay organized?