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Post by chrissyc72 on Jan 3, 2022 14:05:42 GMT
I never use a planner but we have a lot going on this year and I want to give it a try. For those of you that have a planner what do you use that you love?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2022 14:18:21 GMT
I have used Happy Planner, Erin Condrin (aka EC planner), cheap ones off of Amazon, and pricey ones from office supply stores.
EC was way over priced, and for $80 started to break down a month in. I will also not support her company now due to covid and racism remarks she made as well as crap she set in motion for her kids graduation.
I liked my cheap one off of Amazon but the paper was thin and some pens bled through.
The office supply ones were plain and okay. Again $$$.
I am back to Happy Planner (HP) and enjoy their planners. You can get vertical or horizontal and lots of choices in size and style. The best part is the rings and ability to pop out a page to work on and pop back in. Makes doing Wednesday and Thursday so much easier.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2022 14:18:46 GMT
Also HP were on sale at Michaels. Not sure if they still are. Dd got one for $11.27 normally almost $30.
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Post by catmom on Jan 3, 2022 14:20:37 GMT
There are hundreds of different planners with different formats and goals. It depends so much on what you want in a planner. Do you want to see a week at a glance with key tasks or do you want to dive deep into every single thing you need to do during the day? Do you need it to keep your appointments and schedule or just tasks? Are you organizing your life or your family's as well? Do you want the planner to be small enough to be portable or will it sit on a desk? I could give you a few suggestions with that information.
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scrappington
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Post by scrappington on Jan 3, 2022 14:28:13 GMT
Are you looking for a pretty planner or just functional. Do you need weekly or daily. What size , purse size or bigger
I'm a big fan of Moleskine. The paper writes well. The weekly ones have week on one side and a line page on the other. Find it good to list all the to-do
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bklyngal62
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Post by bklyngal62 on Jan 3, 2022 14:38:02 GMT
I like Happy Planner.
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Post by scrappyesq on Jan 3, 2022 14:38:30 GMT
This is my 6th year using Erin Condren. I'm clearly a fangirl.
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Post by bethany102399 on Jan 3, 2022 14:54:14 GMT
I agree with the above poster who says it's so personal. It just depends on how you use it.
I've used both Posy Paper planner and Plum paper designs both from Etsy. Both are Canadian based companies, so I have to pre-plan (ba dump bump) ordering as shipping can take a bit. I love them as I prefer something that's 5.5 x 8.5 and ONLY gives me a month at a time, with pages for notes. I find that works best for me. Not too big, but not too small and I have no need for week at a glance.
My daughter uses a student planner from target that gives her week at a glance, that's what works for her. She has multiple commitments and assignments due so she wants a week at a time. My son wanted one like I have, but his is more for dates coming up, so he can be more aware. We'll see how he keeps up with it as school starts back up. My mom used an old school paper calendar hanging in the kitchen for family events, and a personal wallet sized calendar for her own events. She carried it with her in her purse. As her life gradually became just her, she moved to just the wallet sized calendar, when I cleaned out her purse after her death I found she had marked all the KU basketball games down. It really depends on what matters to you and how you intend to use it.
All of them have been quality, and have held up well. I feel like I'm going to carry it around with me, I'm willing to spend a little money for something that will hold up.
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Post by originalvanillabean on Jan 3, 2022 15:00:07 GMT
This is my third year in a Hobonichi Cousin, supported by 3 Hobonichi Weeks, an A6 (gratitude) and A5 rings (reference). I'm a planner girl all the way
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Post by amom23 on Jan 3, 2022 15:04:15 GMT
I love my Erin Condren life planner. I prefer the vertical format. I also prefer my planners to run July-June so that it follows the school year. It doesn't work for me to switch planners mid school year if that makes any sense. EC offers the traditional planner that starts Jan. 1 and again with the July start. Office supply stores and places like Target also offer the school year planners.
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Post by tc on Jan 3, 2022 15:09:31 GMT
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Post by christine58 on Jan 3, 2022 15:28:07 GMT
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Post by smartypants71 on Jan 3, 2022 15:30:00 GMT
I love my Plum Paper planner. The price is right, I like the format and it ships quickly.
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Post by monklady123 on Jan 3, 2022 15:32:54 GMT
I use Gallery Leather from Barnes and Noble. There are several types, but the one I like just says "Agenda 2022" on the front. Inside it has all the months, one month per page, at the beginning. Then the weeks follow, one week on the left-facing page and a blank lined page on the right-facing page. I have used this for years. Every year I say "hmm.. maybe this year I'll try something new" and then I never do. lol. I like having that blank page.
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Post by peano on Jan 3, 2022 15:47:15 GMT
I use Worthwhile Paper's planner. It's a square rather than rectangular format, nice heavy dot-grid paper, you add the dates to both the monthly and the weekly pages so you can start any time.
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Post by melanell on Jan 3, 2022 15:52:26 GMT
I'll have to look into some of these for next year. For this year I just purchased 2 inexpensive planners from Target. I use one for everything financial in our lives and one for my personal stuff.
I am fine with the inexpensive one for the financial stuff, but I do wish for a few features in my day to day planner that I don't currently have. I used an ARC planner from Staples for a FEW YEARS, AND i LIKED (oops, sorry!) the flexibility and ability to add in extra note pages, but overall they felt bulkier than I really like.
I just want a simple planner with more than 2 note pages at the end, but alas, that's what I have now--just 2 note pages.
I also was interested in some that were part personal planner and part household planner, but every one I found seemed to have include sections for spiritual goals everyday that were not useful to me, personally. I couldn't seem to find that combo without them.
Mind you, I dropped the ball this year and didn't start looking until practically the new year, LOL, so that was my fault!
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Post by tc on Jan 3, 2022 16:47:16 GMT
I also was interested in some that were part personal planner and part household planner, but every one I found seemed to have include sections for spiritual goals everyday that were not useful to me, personally. I couldn't seem to find that combo without them. I'm not a spiritual person either. I just white out the spirital goals in the one I use. Last year I crossed them out, but I didn't like the messiness of it so I gathered a few white out cartridges this year.
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Post by katlady on Jan 3, 2022 16:56:07 GMT
This is my third year in a Hobonichi Cousin, supported by 3 Hobonichi Weeks, an A6 (gratitude) and A5 rings (reference). I'm a planner girl all the way I have been using the Hobonichi for awhile now. I love the paper! I flip flop between the Cousin and the Original. If the Original had weekly pages, that would be my forever planner. Lol!
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Post by anaterra on Jan 3, 2022 17:25:44 GMT
I use the Michael's Recollections version of the Erin Condren... its 12 bucks vs 70...
I use the vertical layout... its got 3 blocks and some lines at the bottom for each day...
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Post by originalvanillabean on Jan 3, 2022 17:46:07 GMT
This is my third year in a Hobonichi Cousin, supported by 3 Hobonichi Weeks, an A6 (gratitude) and A5 rings (reference). I'm a planner girl all the way I have been using the Hobonichi for awhile now. I love the paper! I flip flop between the Cousin and the Original. If the Original had weekly pages, that would be my forever planner. Lol! Have you seen the weekly supplement? I think it may be just what you are looking for. If you remember in September, ping me as I always order extra. Weekly Supplement
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Post by ToniW on Jan 3, 2022 17:51:30 GMT
I love using HP as I can move pages around. I also love the hourly ones as I can put appointments down. I normally use a classic for home and a mini in my purse, but last year I starting using Teresa Collins's planner and notebook together for meetings and this year I'm trying a Big for home use.
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Post by katlady on Jan 3, 2022 19:14:52 GMT
I have been using the Hobonichi for awhile now. I love the paper! I flip flop between the Cousin and the Original. If the Original had weekly pages, that would be my forever planner. Lol! Have you seen the weekly supplement? I think it may be just what you are looking for. If you remember in September, ping me as I always order extra. Weekly SupplementThanks! I’ll check that out!!
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Post by maryland on Jan 3, 2022 19:23:08 GMT
I have used Happy Planner, Erin Condrin (aka EC planner), cheap ones off of Amazon, and pricey ones from office supply stores. EC was way over priced, and for $80 started to break down a month in. I will also not support her company now due to covid and racism remarks she made as well as crap she set in motion for her kids graduation. I liked my cheap one off of Amazon but the paper was thin and some pens bled through. The office supply ones were plain and okay. Again $$$. I am back to Happy Planner (HP) and enjoy their planners. You can get vertical or horizontal and lots of choices in size and style. The best part is the rings and ability to pop out a page to work on and pop back in. Makes doing Wednesday and Thursday so much easier. Where do you get them? I went to michaels and they only had 2 in stock.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2022 19:37:52 GMT
I have used Happy Planner, Erin Condrin (aka EC planner), cheap ones off of Amazon, and pricey ones from office supply stores. EC was way over priced, and for $80 started to break down a month in. I will also not support her company now due to covid and racism remarks she made as well as crap she set in motion for her kids graduation. I liked my cheap one off of Amazon but the paper was thin and some pens bled through. The office supply ones were plain and okay. Again $$$. I am back to Happy Planner (HP) and enjoy their planners. You can get vertical or horizontal and lots of choices in size and style. The best part is the rings and ability to pop out a page to work on and pop back in. Makes doing Wednesday and Thursday so much easier. Where do you get them? I went to michaels and they only had 2 in stock. Our Michael's still had a lot. I ended up getting mine off of Amazon with free 2 day shipping. You can also shop on Happy Planners sites.
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Post by KiwiJo on Jan 3, 2022 20:10:32 GMT
I never use a planner but we have a lot going on this year and I want to give it a try. For those of you that have a planner what do you use that you love? I suggest that you give some thought about whether an analogue (pen & paper) or a digital planner is best for you. I am a journaller, I love my paper journal and different pens and I doubt I will ever switch to a digital journal, but I have found that a digital planner suits me best. I like having it with me wherever I am, so that I can consult it for things already planned and to add things to it. It includes my To Do list, my To Buy list, and my To Research list, and I love that I can so easily search for things in it. There are any number of suitable apps that sync over all your devices so that it’s always up to date whether you are using your phone, a tablet, a laptop, or whatever. You can also have them sync to your partner’s devices with some apps.
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Post by chrissyc72 on Jan 3, 2022 20:13:02 GMT
Wow, I didn’t realize I had to consider so many things!!!! Want to be able to put it in my bag but I have a pretty big bag. I don’t think I want 81/2 x 11, maybe something smaller. I’d like to keep track of bills to pay but monthly is fine. Don’t necessarily need to have weekly since we don’t have that much going on and I don’t have small children.
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Post by chrissyc72 on Jan 3, 2022 20:18:30 GMT
Oh and I want it to be pretty 😀
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Post by kellapea on Jan 3, 2022 21:21:05 GMT
I like monthly-only planners with no weekly pages. Plan Ahead brand See it Bigger monthly-only planners are my fave. Each day has a large space for writing and/or stickers. It can fit in a 3-ring binder if desired. It's 2 years in one planner. This is the 2022-2023 version sold at Walmart for $7. (The 2021-2022 version was prettier- it was light blue and had flowers on the cover). www.walmart.com/ip/See-It-Bigger-Monthly-Planner-January-2022-December-2023-11-x-8-5-Floral/872357480 I add some pockets made from scrapbook paper for the inside front and back covers and also an adhesive pen loop to make it more functional for me.
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Post by brynn on Jan 4, 2022 0:59:46 GMT
I like monthly-only planners with no weekly pages. Plan Ahead brand See it Bigger monthly-only planners are my fave. Each day has a large space for writing and/or stickers. It can fit in a 3-ring binder if desired. It's 2 years in one planner. This is the 2022-2023 version sold at Walmart for $7. (The 2021-2022 version was prettier- it was light blue and had flowers on the cover). www.walmart.com/ip/See-It-Bigger-Monthly-Planner-January-2022-December-2023-11-x-8-5-Floral/872357480 I add some pockets made from scrapbook paper for the inside front and back covers and also an adhesive pen loop to make it more functional for me. This is one of the planners I use (and were prettier previously). I also have a pocket-size one for my purse.
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Post by putabuttononit on Jan 4, 2022 2:13:06 GMT
I like Happy Planner and dh has gotten me one for Christmas the past two years. Not what I’d pick for covers (Mickey mouse last year and dogs this year lol but it’s special because he picked them). I love their size and durability and stickering it up keeps me moving forward. Spiral bound is a must!
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