Anyone use Powersheets?

[Acadie]

Would love to hear your experiences--has it helped you, frustrated you, can't live without it?

I'm especially intrigued by the Monthly Tending List, and might try to format my own. Wondering if I need the whole planner, since I did a workshop on yearly focus areas and goal planning, and feel like I could translate that into monthly, weekly and daily goals. 

I've heard there's usually a Powersheets sale just after Christmas so if my DIY Tending List doesn't work, I could always spring for the Powersheets Planner then...

[Acadie]

Bumping--I know there were at least a couple boardies who use Powersheets...

[carriede]

The Tending List is a wonderful habit to lay out your goals into manageable steps and is easily DIY.

Another major part of the planner is the Prep Work in the whole front section of the book. It has guided questions, journal prompts, and reflections to help you figure what really matters to you and what legacy you want to leave - which will help with goal creation and motivation.

So if you're pretty solid on your goals, you maybe don't need the Prep Work. I do/did find it valuable to me. I did my first set of Prep Work in July 2020 and, despite all the new year excitement , I do not feel I need a brand new set of goals for 2021 since my long and short term goals haven't changed yet. So I'll be doing my lists DIY until I think I need some new prep work.

There is also a 6 month version that is slightly cheaper - I dont know if those will also go on sale or not. The Prep Work is identical, but there are only planning and tracking pages for 6 months Undated (in which each "month" has tracking for 5 weeks, so you can stretch that to 30 weeks if you don't care about sticking to a hard month).

There are also the Quarter Refresh pages inserted every 3 months to make sure your goals are still working for you and gives you a chance to reevaluate your next steps. I think that's easily DIY too, but it is nice to have laid out for you on paper.

So, I did find it valuable to get that first set of Powersheets, but I don't think you need a new one every year, depending on life changes. There are also a TON of YouTube videos that flip through each page if you haven't found those already. I think Plan with Laken does a good thorough yet not super long video review.

Hope that helps!

[Acadie]

5 hours ago, carriede said:

The Tending List is a wonderful habit to lay out your goals into manageable steps and is easily DIY.

Another major part of the planner is the Prep Work in the whole front section of the book. It has guided questions, journal prompts, and reflections to help you figure what really matters to you and what legacy you want to leave - which will help with goal creation and motivation.

So if you're pretty solid on your goals, you maybe don't need the Prep Work. I do/did find it valuable to me. I did my first set of Prep Work in July 2020 and, despite all the new year excitement , I do not feel I need a brand new set of goals for 2021 since my long and short term goals haven't changed yet. So I'll be doing my lists DIY until I think I need some new prep work.

There is also a 6 month version that is slightly cheaper - I dont know if those will also go on sale or not. The Prep Work is identical, but there are only planning and tracking pages for 6 months Undated (in which each "month" has tracking for 5 weeks, so you can stretch that to 30 weeks if you don't care about sticking to a hard month).

There are also the Quarter Refresh pages inserted every 3 months to make sure your goals are still working for you and gives you a chance to reevaluate your next steps. I think that's easily DIY too, but it is nice to have laid out for you on paper.

So, I did find it valuable to get that first set of Powersheets, but I don't think you need a new one every year, depending on life changes. There are also a TON of YouTube videos that flip through each page if you haven't found those already. I think Plan with Laken does a good thorough yet not super long video review.

Hope that helps!

Thanks, Carrie, this helps a lot! I'll check out Plan with Laken, and it does sound great to have everything laid out, like the Quarter Refresh. I'd probably be more likely to do it if I weren't trying to reinvent the wheel over and over again.

The 6 month version actually might work for me, for starters.  I wouldn't feel like I'd failed if I fall off the wagon for a couple months.