| The pages look so beautiful. Maybe they are spare and clean, nothing but checkboxes of tasks to accomplish. Maybe they are a riot of decoration and floral stickers and coordinated colors. Join the planner communities on Instagram and YouTube and you are sure to find someone whose style reflects your own, who will inspire you to live a better, happier, more structured life. When Quinci LeGardye first dove into the world of planners for WIRED, she was in awe of some of the women whose videos she was watching. "I wondered if I'd just stumbled on the most productive person in the world," she writes this week for Backchannel. LeGardye, who covers culture and news affecting California's Black communities, went deeper, exploring how the community intersects with race, the pandemic, and even the history of record-keeping. What she found surprised her. "I had a preconceived idea of the average planner babe when I started: a married mom with a side hustle who was distanced from the real world and, like, read Rachel Hollis books. Basically the Christian Girl Autumn meme," she says. "A lot of my initial skepticism and fear of toxic positivity informed that idea. But I eventually realized that the planner community can't be distilled into a meme. Everyone has different lives, histories, and interests, and they all come together around planners." Does she use paper planners herself? Yes! And after reading her thoughtful, wry piece, you might stock up on delicious pens and structured binders, too. Sarah Fallon | Deputy Editor, WIRED |
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