| As I said in the first article in this series, when you | | | | lean on insights about yourself to guide you into |
| enter the world of event planning, the one thing you | | | | more productive work within your niche. Remember |
| realize very quickly is that flexibility is a necessity. | | | | you are unique and knowing more about yourself will |
| Your event planning software will need to track | | | | undoubtedly show you that you are strongest in a |
| appointments, events, journaling or diary entries, | | | | niche within your event planning niche. |
| projects, and to-do lists. In this article I will discuss | | | | The most important features of your event planning |
| the benefits of journaling. | | | | software in regards to journaling should be your |
| Before we talk about the event planning software | | | | ability to make flexible entries and your ability to view |
| journaling feature, you need to know that journaling | | | | an entire month of entries in your event planner |
| or diary writing is very important; however, the | | | | software at once. Your software should be able to |
| importance may not be readily apparent from an | | | | provide you with a text entry area to write your |
| event planner's perspective. Let's look at just two | | | | journal entries. This will serve two purposes: |
| benefits: | | | | 1. This monthly view of your journal will allow you to |
| 1. Your ideas can flow inhibited onto the page. Let | | | | find certain journal entries quickly at a glance. |
| your uninhibited thoughts lead you. Since you don't | | | | 2. This monthly view will allow you to see from a |
| have to proofread your writing, your real feelings | | | | monthly perspective how consistent you have been |
| come out about your day. This is where you will be | | | | at making journal entries. |
| able to uncover how you are feeling about the | | | | Event planning software in the management of |
| people and things of your event planning career. This | | | | journals can be a great help in this process provided |
| will also allow you to realistically see where you need | | | | you have the minimum features above. There are |
| to make changes to enrich you life. | | | | other great features such as multi-category journals. |
| 2. When you journal you end up writing what you | | | | The 2 features above are essential to productive |
| need to know. You will discover valuable insights | | | | journal management for your event planning |
| about yourself that will allow you become more | | | | software. |
| successful as an event planner. You will be able to | | | | |