Given the fact that I’m an IT Administrator and a geeky technophile, it might be easy to assume that I do everything on the computer.  While it’s true that I probably spend way too much time surfing the interwebs or staring at some piece of enigmatic code, there are some things that just work better offline. For me, planning is one of those things.

I do all my important planning using good ole pen and paper. Why? Because I’m easily distracted. I have at least four programs on my computer (not to mention all the ones I’ve signed up for online) designed to help me plan everything from sermon series to software programs, but I rarely ever use ‘em. When I do, I find myself playing around with all the features, exploring more about what that piece of software can do than actually planning anything. Hey, I can put flags here. Wow, that’s a cool bevel, look, I put a link in there!

When it comes down to it, I’ve got pen and paper figured out. No surprise buttons, or “hey, what does that icon do” moments. It just works.

PS: I really want one of these:

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