{"id":1793,"date":"2019-01-03T19:06:55","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T19:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/?p=1793"},"modified":"2019-01-03T19:06:55","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T19:06:55","slug":"review-plot-your-health-booklets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/?p=1793","title":{"rendered":"Review: Plot Your Health Booklets"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>As hard as it can be to track your appointments and work schedule, if you add keeping track of another person’s agenda, it is enough to drive the most seasoned and committed planner nuts.\u00a0<\/span>At this point in my life, I need to track two kids worth of appointments for occupational therapy, orthodontia, and therapy, and keep track of their medications, and physician appointments as well as my own. There are those of you out there who use an electronic planner for this, and I salute your ability and if it’s working for you, keep going, you do you.<\/span>
\nBut if you are like me and prefer a paper planner, Plot Your Health booklets may be a robust solution to the problem of keeping everyone on track. Full disclosure, I trialed these for the developer\/designer and am already a hardcore fan of her Plot Your Work planner for authors. I love my paper planner, and it works great for as an overview, but this past year we were trying different routines for each kid. We had home treatments to track and monitor\u00a0as part of the kids’ health plans.<\/span>
\nI was trying to keep it all in my planner. I tried highlighting and using different color inks. It was confusing because of my ADHD. I couldn’t remember which child was what color, or what color I wrote their individual appointments in so I was frustrated as hell. <\/span><\/p>\n

Enter the Plot Your Health three-months-at-a-time booklets. It was the perfect thing for us to bring to our appointments, and it also enabled the kids to participate in their wellness plans. I was able to track appointment dates, medications\/treatment and reactions to different therapies. The planner features color-in mood trackers. My kids enjoyed filling out their mood trackers. We made it a family thing and did it together. I let them choose which feelings they wanted to track and what colors they wanted to use for each feeling. This feature, <\/span>in particular, was fantastic. It was the perfect way to get them to open up and discuss how their day went and what things might make the next day better. The small size makes it perfect to slip into my bag or jacket pocket to take to appointments. In a house where none of us is neurotypical the Plot Your Health is the best way I’ve found to keep myself and my kids on track.<\/span><\/p>\n

You can get your Plot Your Health Planners here.<\/a> For you writers out there, check out the Plot Your Work Planners<\/a> as a way to keep you on track to write and publish your work.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mood Trackers were great conversation starters<\/p><\/div>\n

Brenda Murphy writes short fiction and novels. She loves tattoos and sideshows and yes, those are her monkeys. \u00a0When she is not loitering at her local tea shop and writing, she wrangles two kids, one dog, and an unrepentant parrot. \u00a0She\u00a0reviews books,\u00a0blogs about life as a writer with ADHD and\u00a0publishes\u00a0photographs on her\u00a0blog\u00a0<\/a>Writing While Distracted.\u00a0<\/a>You can find her\u00a0on Facebook by clicking\u00a0here<\/a>. Join my email group at\u00a0www.brendalmurphy.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Books available at<\/p>\n

Amazon\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

NineStar Press<\/a><\/p>\n

Knotted Legacy<\/a><\/p>\n

Both Ends of the Whip<\/a><\/p>\n

ONE \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Sum of the Whole\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Dominique and Other Stories\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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