Instead of an app or gadget that claims to jump-start your productivity, consider investing in a good paper planner. There is plenty of research that shows how actually writing down your to-do ...

But this year, I find myself increasingly nostalgic for pen and paper ... fully committed to analog organizers. Not just any, mind you, but to Marjolein Delhaas’s planners and diaries.

I also have a Google Calendar, but I like to write important things for every family member in my paper planner and color-code it. It helps me organize on a big-picture level. Rachael Griffiths ...