Getting sick of those "perfect" weekly spreads that people post but clearly never use

I see these elaborate washi tape and sticker layouts that take like 2 hours to make, but there's no way they actually track tasks in them with all that clutter. My own spread last week had 3 undone grocery items because I ran out of room. Has anyone else found that simpler layouts actually get more done?

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phoenixgonzalez1mo ago

Not losing sleep over it, but the whole point of a planner is planning. If you're spending more time decorating it than actually using it, you're missing the purpose. I tried the fancy layouts for a month and my productivity tanked because I was too worried about making it look nice. Switched to a plain bullet journal with just dates and lines, and suddenly I was actually checking things off. The sticker spreads look pretty in photos but they're basically art projects at that point, not tools. People can enjoy their hobby, but don't pretend a spread covered in tape and die-cuts is functional for real life.

nathan_barnes1mo ago

Are you really losing sleep over someone else's sticker choices? It's not that deep, just let people enjoy their hobby.

holly_williams13d ago

Whoa, wait, hold up. Did you just say someone's productivity tanked after using a decorated planner for a month? That's wild to me. I have to say, I've never heard of a sticker or a little bit of washi tape making someone miss a deadline. It sounds more like you maybe just took the whole "decorating" thing too far right out of the gate. Most people who do those elaborate spreads are doing them as a hobby, not as a replacement for serious planning. It's like saying you can't enjoy a cup of coffee because the mug it comes in has a picture on it.