I used to be the same way, all about the dot grid because it felt more organized in my head. Then about two years ago I watched a coworker at our Akron office plan her whole week with little bullet dots and she finished more than anyone. I tried it and at first it felt too loose, like I was not keeping track of anything. After a month I stopped rewriting the same three tasks every morning just to feel productive. The dots let me add stuff as it comes up instead of leaving blank space waiting for a big task. I will not go back to boxes, that setup kept me stuck planning instead of doing.

Watched a buddy tape up his portfolio pages on the wall last month and he instantly spotted that his headers were fighting each other, something he missed for weeks on screen. Your eyes just read flat paper differently than a glowing rectangle, even when the layout is exactly the same. So nah, you're not alone on this one.