{"id":776,"date":"2018-09-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cos.p10.sol1.net\/uncategorized\/business-diaries-how-to-plan-and-manage-your-day-in-a-personal-way\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T06:09:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T06:09:10","slug":"business-diaries-plan-manage-day-personal-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/cospedia\/business-diaries-plan-manage-day-personal-way","title":{"rendered":"Business Diaries: How to Plan and Manage Your Day in a Personal Way"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"776\" class=\"elementor elementor-776\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1faab57e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1faab57e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-70d0a27a\" data-id=\"70d0a27a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-114ce2f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"114ce2f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Business diaries: How to Plan and Manage Your Day in a Personal Way<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>Despite technology creeping into every aspect of our lives, Australians still love a physical diary or planner.\u00a0 Perhaps it is about the tactile nature of a diary: We like being able to easily flick between the pages, handwrite appointments and reminders, and feeling the satisfaction of ticking off a completed task.<\/p>\n\n<p>The one big thing that makes a paper diary or planner stand out from its tech-based counterparts is that a diary can be personalised. Rather than having to enter information into a set field, you can organise your diary in a way that suits you. This starts with choosing your diary.<\/p>\n\n<p>There are plenty of options to choose from. Think about how you will use your diary, to decide which of the following options will work best for you.<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Size:<\/strong> A4 or A5? If you intend to carry your diary with you to meetings and when you travel, perhaps a smaller diary that can fit into a computer bag or hand bag is best.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Durability<\/strong>: If you need a sturdy option, choose a bound diary. For a diary that can lay flat on a desk, choose a spiral-bound diary.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Display:<\/strong> Will you prefer a diary that offers a day to a page, or a week to a page?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Calendar type:<\/strong> Will you work best with a calendar year diary, or a financial year diary?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How will you organise your diary?<\/h2>\n\n<p>Some people use colour codes to differentiate between appointments and tasks, or between personal and work commitments. Others develop their own bullet point system that works just for them.<\/p>\n\n<p>Choose where and how you list reminders to pay bills, to call or email people, or to wish a colleague a happy birthday.\u00a0 Making the most of your diary or planner relies on finding a system that works for you.<\/p>\n\n<p>Then, all that\u2019s left is to use your diary. This might sound simple but, if you are new to a diary or planner, finding the most effective way to use it could take some practice. Some things that might help you get the most out of your diary include:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Keep your diary close at hand, and refer to it regularly. Take it with you to meetings and appointments so that you can confidently commit to dates and deadlines.<\/li>\n<li>First thing every morning, check your diary and update it so that you start your working day knowing what is coming up.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t just note a final deadline date in your diary. Work back from that date and diarise key milestones that need to be completed in order to comfortably meet that deadline.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Start the search for your ideal diary or planner by looking at COS\u2019 extensive <strong><a title=\"Diaries and Planners\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/category\/diaries-and-planners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diaries and Planners<\/a> <\/strong>range.<\/p>\n\n<p>With a little thought, practice and personalisation, your diary will become an indispensable business tool, allowing you to manage and plan your work day, week, month and year.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-left'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style3 like-776 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='like' data-post_id='776' data-nonce='3c6d52cef8' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Did you find this useful?' \/><span class='lc-776 lc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='action-unlike'><a class='unlbg-style3 unlike-776 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='unlike' data-post_id='776' data-nonce='3c6d52cef8' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='' \/><span class='unlc-776 unlc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <div class='status-776 status align-left'><\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite technology creeping into every aspect of our lives, Australians still love a physical diary or planner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41075,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[444,445,67],"class_list":["post-776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cospedia","category-productivity","tag-diary","tag-organised","tag-planning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=776"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41074,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776\/revisions\/41074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}