I like to consider myself a connoisseur of planners, an expert in all things organizational agendas. Some of you may be thinking, "Why is she taking about planners already? It's only June!" I am here to inform you that if you are a planner lover like myself, in order to get the planner of your dreams you have to order soon before they are all gone! Of course Lily and Kate Spade planners are great, but these six planners give you something unique! So for those of you who share my planner passion here is my review and opinion of the best planners in the game.
1. The Life Planner by Erin Condren
This is the planner of all planners, man, and here is why:
Every year they come out with new designs and color schemes, but you can also choose your own color scheme, pick your coil color (platinum, rose gold, gold or black) and personalize your interchangeable cover with your name, monogram or pictures.
You can choose from three layouts, standard horizontal, a morning, afternoon and night layout and a vertical hourly layout.
Add on packages and accessories are also available such as dry erase markers for the dry erase dash board in the back, page marks, student packages, wellness packs, snap in dashboards and much more!
Erin Condren does much more than planners, you can get a whole matching set of notebooks and stationary to get you through the year! In fact, there is a whole school and office section on the website.
Finally, teacher planners, wedding planners and address books are available too.
With Erin Condren, you create the planner you want/need. My Life Planner is already on its way and I couldn't be more excited!
2. Plum Paper
I ordered this planner last year and it was perfect for school.
There is a specialized student planner what will custom add your classes into each week.
Available in vertical hourly, morning, afternoon, evening and standard horizontal.
Add-ons include, fitness, meal planning, blog planning, budgeting and wedding planning.
Includes monthly highlight pages before each month with goals, birthdays, events and to-do lists.
3. Day Designer
If you love add-ons this is the planner for you! Fair warning: these planners sell out fast.
Sleek designs with gold corners and leather reusable planners.
Comes equipped with goal planning pages, to-do lists, inspirational quotes, gratitude journals, journal prompts and more!
A huge bonus with the Day Designer is the free printables available on their website that can easily be added to your planner or used in binders, notebooks or on your desk!
There is also a sample available to try the Day Designer for free before you buy a full planner if you want to make doubly sure that this planner is for you!
4. liveWell by inkWELL Press
Choose your color scheme from available color groups.
Both vertical and horizontal layouts available or classic and flex. Both layouts have three colored boxes at the end for check lists, daily goals, meal planning or other things.
Monthly goals sheet featuring three, six, nine and twelve month goals. Each month comes with a mission board to map out the upcoming month.
Additional features include: monthly bill trackers, trip planners, birthday and important date planners and gift lists.
Add-ons available: washi tape matching your color scheme, planner stamps and quarterly planners (perfect for semester students).
5. The Simplified Planner by Emily Ley
Leather bound and spiral bound with gold metal corners simple planners with thick paper for those who want to stay organized and uncluttered.
The daily planner leaves a whole page for each day while the weekends share a page leaving you ample room to plan out your day.
Scattered throughout the planner are inspirational quotes, to-do lists and scheduling sheets.
There are pockets on the covers that fit small notebooks.
Free print-outs are available online including: blog planners, quadrant pages, health planning, bucket lists and meeting notes.
6. Purposeful Planner by Corie Clark
Main focus is function, this planner does not come with color schemes or extra knickknacks.
Thick paper with one day per page and inside pockets.
Comes equipped with goal planning, budgeting, menu plans, master tasks list and retail therapy pages.
Each day has a water intake tracker for those of you that like to keep hydrated and a "Today I Will" goal section.
Space for quotes, verses and prayers to feed your soul as well as your organization.
Now that you are all planner educated, go out, pick your perfect planner, and order soon!