Today’s the last day to get in on our New Year’s donation special – welcome in the new year by donating to a good cause (i.e. PDXWildlife!) and receive not only our 2018 Panda Calendar featuring your favorite CCRCGP bears but also a brand new Panda Planner!
If I haven’t stressed enough how nice this planner is let me reiterate now . . . this planner is AWESOME. They literally say “It’ll change your life, or your money back” and I think they’re right. For example, here’s my daily organization before Panda Planner:
My yellow note pad with a list of daily chores (let’s be honest they went into weekly chores as well)!
See my notes at the bottom for my stats analysis?! Yeah, more than a little embarrassing for a scientist! After I received my panda planner (which incidentally made me reach out to the owner to ask for a donation for our fund raiser), I’ve been much more on top of my to-do list. I’ve also got much better at planning realistic goals for my day and not over budgeting my day so that I’m more effective overall. Here’s a look at my organization with myPanda Planner:
So much prettier!
It’s engineered using positive psychology and neuroscience so there’s a little spot at the beginning of each day for you to sit down and focus on what you’re thankful for, excited about, and your overall focus for the day. There’s also a section for my notes (hello data stats I’ll be running!), the 1-5 major tasks that I HAVE to complete that day, and an area for other tasks that are smaller and need to be completed but that you won’t feel like a failure if they get carried to the next day. In addition, it has similar organizational pages for the entire month (think LARGE goals) and the week.
I’ll let you in on a little secret right now . . . with this baby I’ve been able to write almost an entire paper from conception, to data analysis, and write up in one month!! For anyone that knows me (and how much writing is like pulling teeth for me) they’d be impressed. To make a long story short, getting both of these for a $25.00 donation is a steal!! If you step up your gift to $50 you’ll get some panda portraits that I’ll send to you once I go back in February 🙂
-Meg
