As a freelance creative I have a lot in my head. There are ideas, deadlines, important dates, and so on and so forth. Next to that I have to organise a family and keep that running, so without a proper system I would get completely lost. I admit that I am not super religious when it comes to keeping the system updated but so far it has helped me to stay on track of most things. I will let you in on my top three tools that help me stay as organised as possible. If you have tried any of them or even if you have a completely different strategy, please share it with me in the comments.

Notion
Google Calendar
Analog Planner

Notion

I have always been a list-girl. I keep lists for everything and when I found Notion a lot of my dreams came true. Lists in lists in lists, page layouts, and so much more. I'm not nearly using it to the capacity I could and there is much more to explore but for now it is my trusted list tool on my phone.

It also helps me keeping an eye on my content. I can plan, write and edit drafts on the phone and keep them in a neat table until they are ready to be published.

My top three lists on Notion:

Projects: I write down everything that comes to my mind. I wanna make it? It goes on the list!
Reading: I find an article, book or blog I want to get back to - it goes on the list!
What I want to learn: a long list of skills I want to learn - ongoing :D

Google Calendar

The analog Planner

I love writing stuff down with a pen on nice paper. So naturally I keep a calendar/notebook/journal at hand. It was a Moleskine Yearly Calendar in A5 for years, then some black notebooks for bullet journaling and then the Eule Planner by my cousin Kerstin.

Right now it is a dotted Moleskine notebook which I tailor to my needs but my new Eule Planner is already on its way. The new planners for 2024 just arrived, so go check them out. I loooove them and though the planner was created for digital entrepreneurs, I think it works amazingly well for artists too.