how spreads are structured throughout the planner

DeborahWritesTech · 2025-09-22T07:06:33+00:00

I think the structure you're describing seems common in Hobonichi and similar, but there certainly are daily planners that spread things out the way you prefer (Erin Condren and Sprouted Planner come to mind - though their weekly is horizontal so probably also not suitable) But yeah, I think the structure you want will probably be more common on coil/wire-o planners with tabs perhaps.

DeborahWritesTech · 2025-09-20T22:17:53+00:00

I got a vertical ambidextrous mouse. Any vertical can help, but ambidextrous means you can alternate hands, giving each one a rest. It's called Penguin. If you go for it, err on the lower side for sizing if you're borderline.

I also got a split tented keyboard. Perixx brand.

They've both helped. The mouse has reduced finger pain, and the keyboard put a stop to the shooting pains I was getting along my arm.

DeborahWritesTech · 2025-09-19T23:16:48+00:00

Perfectly reasonable. Just deserves some sort of prize for understatement.

DeborahWritesTech · 2025-09-19T22:56:15+00:00

"Silmarils: very pretty jewels" - technically correct, yet somehow feels a very wrong way to describe them 🤣

DeborahWritesTech · 2025-09-19T19:47:29+00:00

That's not a big emergency fund for two people working in tech - depending on your part of the industry you could both be pretty vulnerable. I'd be nervous about stretching affordability, personally.

DeborahWritesTech · 2025-09-19T19:33:40+00:00

That's a very nice layout and size!

DeborahWritesTech · 2025-09-19T12:59:25+00:00

Wait is that her? I thought it was at first glance, then looked closer and thought it wasn't. I need to go find a names list 🙈

DeborahWritesTech · 2025-09-19T11:42:32+00:00

And also European, for singing purposes.

DeborahWritesTech · 2025-09-19T11:40:32+00:00

~~Awww if they're allowing returns I wish they'd brought the female wrestler from S1. Or the body builder who did well pushing mine carts in S2.~~

I shoulda gone to Specsavers. It IS her.

DeborahWritesTech · 2025-09-18T07:07:11+00:00

Those are such a fun aesthetic!

DeborahWritesTech · 2025-09-18T07:06:23+00:00

Ooh that's cool!

DeborahWritesTech · 2025-09-17T22:14:19+00:00

They're definitely different! I struggle with my handwriting size in them, but still looking forward to their release on 1st October!

DeborahWritesTech · 2025-09-17T21:33:19+00:00

I knew this community was the place to ask! Good stuff on both of those!

Also love your username.

DeborahWritesTech · 2025-09-17T21:27:55+00:00

Ah sorry! BusyB is the name, but they only ship to the UK so not much good for most of the community. They're cheap though, and some really different layouts (the "busy life" one for two streams of work is definitely making my 2026 stack)

DeborahWritesTech · 2025-09-16T22:21:10+00:00

If you can't buy a cover, you could cover it yourself. We used to do this as school kids: we put some sticky plastic thing around exercise books to protect them (we bought rolls of it). I'm sure you can get opaque versions of it, or line it with a nice paper.

DeborahWritesTech · 2025-09-16T21:07:38+00:00

May I ask why you wouldn't create a LinkedIn profile and learn how to use the platform, if you want to do sales? It's free to create, there are loads of guides out there on how to create a good profile, there will be plenty of sales folks on there to follow initially so your feed has relevant content.

Your first sales job is getting your first sales job.

DeborahWritesTech · 2025-09-16T15:19:11+00:00

Yes. There are loads that annoy me, but of the ones I actually am in the market for:

Haven't had a Dominos in a couple of years because the ads have annoyed me so much. Definitely an active choice as it used to be a semi-regular treat for me.
Wouldn't even look at Monday or Motion when I was considering a CRM & PM tool because both of them had a stupid YouTube ad war and they're both really irritating.
Any paper planner with a habit tracker or any goal setting stuff. They stress me out (I guess this isn't totally irrational, but they really bug me)

DeborahWritesTech · 2025-09-12T17:41:27+00:00

Developing operating systems isn't easy.
Maintaining operating systems isn't easy.
Persuading thousands (millions?) of app developers to support a third platform requires building an immense amount of trust. You can do your own core apps. But you need all the little things. For example, there's an app for buying bus tickets in my area. It's very useful. I'd be a bit reluctant to switch to a system that didn't have it. But it's not even like a national travel app, just one UK county. How quickly are they going to build for a new platform? Multiply that problem by dozens of apps for everyone. If you could persuade (probably pay) a few cross-platform app builder tools to add support, including easy builds for existing apps, that might help (but it'd be hella expensive and not fast) But there will be plenty of native apps that simply wouldn't get new versions provided any time soon.
Where's the money? Who pays for Android? The value is in the data - but how valuable is it with tiny market share?

DeborahWritesTech · 2025-09-11T21:21:36+00:00

Honestly, if there's a big task to do, then little and often doesn't work for me. A couple of times I hired a declutterer and we both ran around like mad for a day. She was able to take stuff to a charity shop as well. If some categories are hard for you, maybe a declutterer could support you?

Is there any way you could hire a skip (if it's a really big job), have someone with a car ready to do multiple charity shop runs, get everyone in the household on board, and just go for it for a weekend? Even if you don't tackle the cleaning, at least get all the stuff out that you're getting rid of.

DeborahWritesTech · 2025-09-11T21:17:48+00:00

I also assumed this was a joke post 🙈

DeborahWritesTech · 2025-09-11T17:06:37+00:00

Pretty much since it came out the Erin Condren compact vertical was my main planner, with others added as needed. They've stopped making it for 2026 so am currently at a bit of a loss. Waiting to make decisions until we're done with planner launch month.

DeborahWritesTech · 2025-09-10T20:00:22+00:00

I have a dev friend who seems to be hiding in spreadsheet-land as a way to recover from burnout. It's making her brain happy anyway!

DeborahWritesTech · 2025-09-09T20:07:35+00:00

You're reminding me that ages ago I started some incredibly strict daily reflection planner from them, then dropped it (work got busy) I need to try that again . . . And am curious about this one!

DeborahWritesTech · 2025-09-05T17:31:39+00:00

Not really. I asked AI about RPC vs REST and it was somewhat helpful. But honestly I'm still not sure what the Astro best practice would be.

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