Absolutely. In fact — that’s one of the biggest reasons people fall in love with DROP.
It doesn’t replace your planner. It gives your planner a bloody purpose.
Because let’s be honest…
That expensive planner you bought? The one with the tabs, the quotes, the habit tracker, and the gratitude prompts?
Yeah. It’s beautiful.
But it’s probably not doing the one thing it was meant to do:
Help you take control of your time.
DROP fixes that — without asking you to ditch your system, your layout, or your favourite pen.
Most People Don’t Need a New Planner — They Need a Better System
Here’s the truth no one tells you:
Planners don’t fail because they’re badly designed.
They fail because they’re filled with chaos, not clarity.
You can’t plan a great week when your brain is full of noise.
You can’t time-block effectively when you haven’t dumped the distractions.
You can’t prioritise when everything feels urgent.
DROP helps you fix that, before you even touch your planner.
How DROP Integrates Seamlessly With Any Planner
Whether you’re using:
- A paper weekly planner
- A Bullet Journal
- A digital daily spread
- A Notion dashboard
- A custom Trello calendar
- Or one of those £50 “all-in-one success planners”…
DROP slots in.
Here’s how:
1. DUMP Before You Plan
Before you open your planner, do a weekly DUMP.
This means getting everything out of your head:
- Tasks
- Ideas
- Worries
- Loose ends
- “Shoulds”
- “Don’t forgets”
You can use a blank page in your planner.
Or a sticky note.
Or your phone.
Or the back of last week’s meeting agenda.
Just make sure your brain is empty before you start writing your week.
This one habit alone will 10x the value of any planner you use.
2. REVIEW Last Week Honestly
Most planners ask what your “wins” were. Great.
But DROP asks deeper questions:
- What drained you?
- What did you carry over again?
- Where did you overcommit?
- What patterns are repeating?
- What are you pretending is a priority?
Use the notes section or reflection pages in your planner to go through these questions weekly.
You’ll spot blocks, leaks, and time-wasters before they become recurring problems.
3. OFFLOAD the Stuff That Doesn’t Belong
This is the bit 99% of planners don’t include.
But it’s one of the most powerful parts of the DROP System.
You take your DUMP list and ask:
- What can I delete?
- What can I delegate?
- What can I delay?
- What can I offload permanently?
Instead of transferring everything straight into your planner and filling your week with stress…
You filter first.
That means less clutter, more intention, and more space in your week for what matters.
4. PLAN With Purpose
Now — and only now — do you actually use your planner.
At this point, you’re:
- Clear on what needs doing
- Focused on what matters
- Free of mental noise
- Not dragging last week’s baggage into this one
Whatever layout your planner uses — vertical time blocks, daily task lists, bullet points — now it actually works.
Because you’re not just filling space.
You’re building a week that fits your energy, your responsibilities, and your real life.
You Don’t Need a New Planner — You Just Need DROP Inside It
If you’ve ever said:
- “I love my planner but I can’t stay consistent.”
- “I fill it in, but it doesn’t reflect what actually happens.”
- “I start strong Monday and fall off by Wednesday.”
- “I’m busy, but never feel ahead.”
Then DROP is what your planner’s been missing.
It’s not another tool.
It’s the system behind your tool.
Real Talk: I’m Not Anti-Planner
In fact, I think planners are brilliant — when used properly.
What I am against is:
- Using a planner as a distraction from actual decisions
- Over-decorating instead of focusing
- Treating a planner like a silver bullet
- Buying your 6th planner this year hoping “this one will work”
DROP works in:
- Minimalist paper layouts
- Maxed-out Notion dashboards
- Cheap Poundland week-to-view pads
- Daily time-blocked formats
- Moleskines, Filofaxes, and fancy as hell journals
Because it doesn’t rely on the tool.
It relies on the rhythm.
What About Digital Planners?
Same deal.
DROP integrates with:
- Notion
- Trello
- Google Calendar
- GoodNotes
- Apple Reminders
- Todoist
- ClickUp
- Sunsama
- Google Tasks
If it has space to dump, review, offload, and plan — DROP fits right in.
You just apply the system inside your favourite app or layout.
Bottom Line: Your Planner is the Canvas. DROP is the Framework.
You don’t need to reinvent your whole system.
You just need a method that stops you from overplanning, under-prioritising, and forgetting your own limits.
DROP does that — inside any planner.
So if you’ve already got a setup you love?
Keep it.
Just use it better.
Buy the book — Control Your Time or Stay Stuck walks you through how to build DROP around your existing setup — not throw it out.
Join the DROP System training — Includes print-friendly templates and real-life demos to help you make your planner finally do its job.
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