Franklin Covey Compact: Week One — The Beginning

Hello! Today, I am starting off on a journey — an experiment if you will. I belong to many Franklin Covey Facebook groups and the question always comes down to, classic or compact? Now, this is not my first time in a compact binder. Like many other people, I used to use a compact as my “on-the-go” planner to track stuff while I was running errands. This month, I’ve challenged myself to step outside my comfort zone for an entire month and use a compact planner to its full ability.

For the entire month of March 2025, I will be using my pale pink compact Anna binder (with 1.25 inch rings) to plan, plot and take over the world! As an aside, I thought it would be interesting for fellow planners alike to follow me on my journey through my blog. I will be writing a series of weekly blogs detailing my journey. I thought it might be interesting to set it up as a daily journal — each day, I would impart my experience, thoughts and feelings on a daily basis of using a compact. Each of these days will be sectioned off into five weeks for the entire month of March. I will start writing on each Monday through to the following Sunday so the blog post will be current and up to date for each Monday morning.

Remember, for me, this is a big deal. It’s daring me to step out of my comfort zone a bit. I cannot commit to an entire year — I already have classic sized inserts for 2025 and I don’t want to waste them. Besides that, I already know I’m a classic user. If it weren’t for my many classic binders lining my bookshelf…