It’s planner season!!! I have received my fresh Mossery twinbook inserts and I’m finishing up the last of the notes side, so I’ll have a fresh notes & planner sections in January.
I also bought myself some cheap cute planner stickers to try.
And I’m trying to decide whether to also get this goal planner as my work planner. Lots of space for notes & working out ideas each week, and a bit of space for “what I did today” which is mostly how I used my work planner this year. Just, which colour? 
Planner season sounds exciting!
Has anybody used either the Ink and Volt Goal Planner or the BestSelf Co Self Journal or BestSelf Planner?
I start my new job on Monday and so of course am having a moment of must buy new planner. BUT I very rarely manage to use a planner for more than a month before I revert to my natural chaos goblin nature, so I am thinking maybe something more goal focused and less scheduling-y might be better * shrug *
Can you find one that’s undated so if it loses its shine for a month, no pages are wasted?
ugh now I want one too lol
Hobonichi preview calendar is up! Hobonichi Techo 2025 Preview Stadium [Hobonichi Techo 2025 Preview]
(yes it is a calendar that shows you a preview of the previews, it’s a month-long event, it’s ridic and excessive and my planner friends and i have been counting down to this)
So cute!
I have been bullet journaling since 2016. I like that I can organize the pages the way I want and not waste (hum) pages when I skip a day, etc.
But I am more and more lazy when it’s time to make a new spread (I do nothing artsy I just need a ruler lol) so I noticed that they are emptier than the previous years. I don’t know if I should move to a planner, I saw one that is « bullet journal-y » and has the collections I want (habit tracker, a place to mealplan) but also some that I won’t use (spending tracker)…. I started bullet journaling because back then I found planners too rigid and I liked the customization of the Bujo 
I bought a planner for work because I hated using Outlook and so far I like it. But the rest of my life needs organization too (and I prefer work to be separated from the rest)
What do you meant by empty? You make trackers etc that you don’t use? Or just things are condensed (whole week on one page plus that week’s trackers, etc)?
Bujo should be functional first and foremost - it originally wasn’t a pretty thing at all, just all about function! - and if your planner does what you need it do, then imo it’s working. Maybe you don’t need a spread every week, but you need the notebook space to meal plan and track things, and maybe that’s what you do for a while! Whatever really works for you.
By empty, I mean that I barely fill out the pages. My first bujos were full, I used every page. I like to get a new one at the start of a new year, but for the 2-3 last year it was a bit of a waste because there were so many empty pages at the end of the year! I love the system, I just don’t take the time and rely on my memory.
I tested to see if I prefered « electronic organization « like using apps for habit tracking, time management, and the answer is no.
Feel free to tell me that what I want is just… a notebook. Lol. But I’m looking for some type of project planning planner thingamabob where I can keep track of rolling to-do lists. Long term, short term. Not necessarily daily/hourly but it wouldn’t hurt to have a week view for meal planning?
A place besides my head where I can put things like “pay outstanding hospital bill” and “send wedding gift” and “make a will” and “ask landlord about window cleaning” and “schedule family photos” where my husband and I can both see the things that are floating out there in the ether so when a random chunk of time appears, we can tackle something instead of forgetting about it
ETA: preferably a physical thing not an app, but if an app sounds perfect I’m open to that
I use google tasks for all of that. I’m actually on week 2 of just using that instead of a paper planner and I am finding that less things slip through the cracks this way.
ETA - this works for me because my workplace is entirely on the google platform, so the tasks can be part of my email screen. If I had to open an app or use my phone for it, then it would not be effective for me
Ugh yeah, my workplace blocks Google stuff 
This is why I switched to Erin Condren Monthly planners - monthly view for dated appointments, master to do lists in the inner pages between each month ( 5 back and front pages, so 10 total pages between months). Basically a notebook with a monthly calendar.
I’m basically planning on a monthly master to do list, weekly meal planning, etc between months. If I need daily to do lists, I can do them either in the back on the extra sheets or sometimes I’ll put a post it note on top other weekly to do list.
Basically a notebook with a monthly calendar.
See example here: Monthly Planner | Custom Monthly Planners | Erin Condren
I do have a referral code to get you a discount if do end up liking it enough to buy.
Another option is this Stalogy notebook where you can circle the dates at the top:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00LFEBTCI?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
Yes it’s a notebook, but it’s affordable and has the same page quality as a Hobinichi/Sterling Ink planner. Since it’s A5, you can treat it like a planner and all standard A5 accessories will fit. Also comes in lots of sizes if you don’t like A5.
Maybe a ring binder where you move the rolling to-do list to the current weekly spread? And a generic version of the Plotter project manager folders could be useful too
Instead of a planner, would it make sense to have a big whiteboard in the kitchen? You could draw in a meal planner section and then have the long-term and short-term to-do lists written out on it as well.
That does sound great but alas!! No wall space 
we just love hot dog art TOO MUCH
Please hold I am clicking all of your links.
Ooooooo I think I like these Stalogy notebooks!! My only issue with the monthly planner is the dated pages, I don’t want those bc I end up not using most of em. Thanks!!