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I’ve added three new templates in the personal development resources section of the site. This follows up on the free templates first seen in “Progress Tracking and Beyond“. After a request to convert these templates into PDF format, I looked around on my PC to see what other templates I could share.

Free Templates

There are three new templates in total. They’re very simple, but they were designed that way so it wouldn’t matter if I spilt tea on them or made a mistake. The first template is a blog scheduler, the second is a to-do list and the third is a daily planner.

Blog Schedule

blog-schedule

This is the template I use on all of my blogs to try and keep some form of order in the chaos. It’s setup to use four steps for creating each post, which I outlined in “How a blog article is born“.

BlogSchedule.doc (109KB)
BlogSchedule.odt (12KB)
BlogSchedule.pdf (40KB)

To-Do List

todo-list

I usually have a dozen or so projects going off at any time, so I created this little to-do list to be used with any project. It’s meant to be as generic as possible, so it can be used for just about anything.

ToDo-List.doc (56KB)
ToDo-List.odt (11KB)
ToDo-List.pdf (27KB)

Daily Planner

daily-planner

This little template breaks the day into half-hour chunks that can be used to schedule your day. See “How to create an effective schedule” for a complete guide on creating a schedule that works.

DailyPlanner.xls (25KB)
DailyPlanner.ods (10KB)
DailyPlanner.pdf (14KB)

You can find more printable templates in the resources section.

These templates are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 Licence, which means you’re welcome to share and modify them as long as you keep the original link and don’t use them for commercial purposes.

Posted in: General,Productivity Toolbox | Comments (10)

10 Comments

#1 | Douglas Woods | October 9, 2007 @ 9:33 am

Hi,
I can’t recall quite how I came upon your site but I am sure glad I did. Some great resources here and brilliant ideas, thanks.

#2 | Trisha | October 12, 2007 @ 8:24 pm

What a great resource! Thanks for sharing this!

#3 | Suzann | October 13, 2007 @ 7:18 pm

Hey Phil, great Blog! Lots of awesome information. Love your scheduling templates – thanks!

#4 | Steve Mills | October 18, 2007 @ 2:27 am

Great list of resources. Keep up the good blogging

#5 | Phil Newton | October 18, 2007 @ 8:43 am

Thanks for the compliments everyone!

#6 | Pete Moring | October 27, 2007 @ 5:28 pm

Hi, I found this site through the ‘Blogosphere’.
What a great resource for us bloggers without any order.

Many thanks,

Pete.

#7 | Ilan | October 29, 2007 @ 9:39 pm

Hi Phil
Great Blog u have created – I too manage a Blog which deals with self improvement and personal growth – I would be glad to refer my visitors to your books and templates – I think this is a great and very useful idea to build such.
Can I please get your permission to point them to your blog?
I would be very glad to get some professional opinion and feedback from you as well regarding my blog content
If u find my articles interesting please refer your visitors to my blog as well

Many Thanks
Ilan

#8 | Demond | January 2, 2008 @ 12:08 pm

Phil, thank you for these wonderful resources.

#9 | Dennis | February 1, 2008 @ 6:57 pm

Do you allow me to post your templates on my website for free? I will mention it is from you!

Dennis,
http://www.dennisli.com

#10 | Phil Newton | February 3, 2008 @ 1:39 pm

Dennis: Yep, you’re free to post them on your website and modify them as long as you keep the original link and don’t use them for commercial purposes :)


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