Digital planning has experienced a recent surge in popularity. Journaling, or using planners in general, has always been a big thing.
There’s a whole community of planner and journaling fans on almost every social media platform.
But what is digital planning, and why should you care about it?
What is Digital Planning?
Digital planning refers to the use of digital tools to create, organize, and manage plans. Essentially, you can control your schedule digitally.
You can use various apps such as calendars, to-do lists, project management tools etc, which are ideal for formal settings like business and study projects. These allow you to collaborate with others and keep everyone on the same page.
Digital planning for personal use is far simpler and can be done using a tablet and a PDF editing app.
Why is Digital Planning so Great?
Have you every told yourself you need more stationery? Of course you have!
Chances are, if you love buying stationery you’ll own multiple planners, pens, pencils and various other accessories. While these might be your pride and joy, you can’t deny they take up space.
Digital planning allows you to create planner page you love the look of, with out all the bumf that comes with it.
You’ll no longer have to find a home for six planners and two hundred pens. All you’ll need is an iPad and an Apple pencil.
This means you can have as many different planners as your heart desires, without taking up any more space.
How to Get Started with Digital Planning
Luckily, digital planning is incredibly easy to get started with. If you’ve got an iPad and an Apple pencil, then you’re already most of the way there.
Most planner pages you download (whether you pay for them or get freebies) will be a PDF file. These files need to be opened in an annotation app if you want to edit them.
Adobe have written a helpful guide about how to edit PDFs on an iPad, but you might find it easier to do your own research.
Digital Meal Planning
I love using meal planning to plan my finances and save money. I’m not so fussed about writing it down and sticking it to my fridge. I’m also not the sort of person who finds using a whiteboard an easier alternative.
What I found useful is planning meals on my iPad though.
I’ve created a free simple and colourful meal planning PDF, which you can download here at no charge.
From there, you can jot down your favourites, keep notes and even print it out if you really want to.
Where Can I Get Beautiful Digital Planner Pages?
There are a few places to get your hands on planner pages. Some lovely bloggers will put freebies out there to download. Pinterest is a great place to lead you to these blogs. I have big plans to create some gorgeous planner pages, so keep checking back here.
Etsy have loads of digital downloads of planner pages for sale, as do Gumroad. It’s worth checking those sites if you’re happy to spend a little money.
Also, if you have Canva Pro, you can access a load more free planner downloads. Even the free account allows you to use some templates and create your own planner. Bonus!