What I don't like and generally refuse to use are planners that have calendars with Sunday start and weeklies with Monday start. My actual week starts on Mondays and I do things on the weekend. My "weekend" is split, Wednesday and Saturday. I work every other day. This is why I spend the time near the end of each month to make my own. It's actually peaceful for me.

As a left handed person, this planner actually looks decent in terms of difficulty to write in. I used to write in book-bound notebooks almost all of my school life and plenty of them were a lot worse than this. I generally find bound notebooks to be much easier to write in than all the spiral ones.

Compared to the other planners in this price range, I really feel like if you are going to spend this much on a planner, spend a couple more dollars and get the Makselife planner. It seems to me to be more bang for your buck.

As an IT it always irks me when I see password pages in notebooks or even when friends and family write their passwords down. Use a password manager! Social engineering is the most popular and easiest way to get information. It just gets to me every time. I mean, I don't want to scold people, but gahhhhhhhh!

Yeah, I don't get password trackers in planners either.

That tiny block for Sunday bugs me. There are weeks I just veg, but Sunday is really my only weekend day. It's for planning and pill organization and visiting my mom and going to my physical therapist, and maybe a big shopping trip, and now looking at apartments. And I think $50 is too much just considering the quality of the paper, despite how utterly gorgeous the cover is. (OTOH, I think that since it's undated, the Sunday start months can easily be made into Monday starts if that's your preference.)

“Well that’s marketing” yep that was a tip off how I’d feel about this planner. Thank you for the review so I don’t have to.

Funny about sharing a day on the calendar! I am a 24th baby so happy to share a box with you!!

I do think you want your planner to get to you without being damaged and maybe the beautiful box assures that in the long run? But I never know wtf to do with that beautiful box. It'll sit on a shelf and eventually be recycled.

Loved hearing your thoughts on the entrepreneurship notebook!!

I like it, but agree $50 is too much. I also can't stand when the Monthlys start on one day and the weeks start on another.

I will not use a planner that gives Sat/Sun less space than weekdays, period. I'm currently using half-letter pages I designed myself based on the Cloth & Paper 2 days on one page (vertical) layout. The first page of the week is a general section paired with Monday, and I use the general section for tasks I know I want to complete that week but can't yet commit to a specific day. It has worked out really well for the last year.

I'm not a fan of the book binding and I'd like more Sunday space, but I do like the layout for Monday-Friday. I think if they did Mon-Thurs on one page and Fri-Sun on the other with a notes section at the bottom (like the EC vertical) it would be such a good layout-especially for someone like me who usually does daily planning, but can't always justify the space needed to plan that way

In general costs have gone up for planner makers. They are all more expensive this year because paper, etc are more expensive. I’ll pay it for a planner that’s well-made and well designed. That said, this one bothers me with the shared weekend spaces. My work week is not M-F. Also, I get the intention behind the Sunday prep, but I don’t use it. It’s wasted space for me. IMO, that’s a personal thing that you shouldn’t feel locked into because it’s printed on the page.

Living Well Planner is one I really think needs a Cindy review

Cindy, you always do a great job, but it’s beginning to be like Planners Gone Wild and this one get’s cut right away. $50 a lot wrong with that price point.

I would def use the entrepreneur one, and am going to look in to it. I’d like to set some focused goals to get something up and running and this would actually help structure

I don't know if TJ Maxx is the same but in the UK they have a section for planners and notebooks and there's always ones like these in that section. They are never normally more than $15 so these seem reeeeeally pricey.

I don't know if anyone else caught this...in the Simplified Business planner, on the page for Weekly Content Focus, there is a misprint. They spelled Tuesday without the "y".

The notebook is interesting. I kind of like the monthly layouts--I could see myself using the to-do section for chores or house stuff. I also like the repetitive tasks tracker. If I were actually working on business ideas or projects, though, there's not nearly enough room. I wonder if the target audience is MLM #mombosses.

Just noticed that on the Platform spread, there's a typo (Tuesday is misspelled!).

It reminds me a lot of those bound desk agendas my parents would get from American Express or banks back in the day.

It's 70# Mohawk paper!

Always love to hear your opinions! So glad you reviewed Emily Ley.

I work 7 days a week. I like having full sections for all days.

Hey Cindy, I know this might not be the latest planner but could you please do a review of Moleskin Pro Project Planner? I will be starting a new job as a developer in Jan and I would love to have a planner that is geared towards project planning along with weekly or dailies. If there is any such planner or even close to it, I would love to know! Thank you!

I tend to agree. If I saw that on a shelf I. Ashore and it was marked as 50.00 I would laugh and walk away without even opening it.

I think the entrepreneurship one would be great for like early, early business planning. More research and customer discovery focused.

Tuesdays are my prep day. Haha. I will never, ever get a planner with that in mind, so I'm all about Saturdays and Sundays getting an equal share.

I'd love to see you check out Hemlock and oak! It's a Canadian sustainable planner company

Would love to see you review laurel Denise!!

I can't stand when they put days together, and it's irritating when they put daily hours on timelines too because i go to bed at like 6am and i have to change it every time if i want to use it. I just have a dot grid notebook and a free yearly pocket calendar at this point

I'm really disappointed with the pricing of these, given that I'm Aussie; if I wanted to get them, I'd be paying out over $65AUD before shipping. To put it into perspective, I just paid $50AUD with 0 shipping (dreamymoons) for a daily planner with twice as much content, and looks to be nicer paper. I see not a lot of difference between this and many other of similar sizes on yours & many other channels, so I don't know why the significant price increase, when the general average is around the $30~ .

I love that blue 💙 not impressed so far though.

PLEASE DO A PODCAST ON INTERNET ENTREPRENEURSHIP!!! Ahem. Thank you 😁

Ugh why do most planner companies screw with weekends. I have such limited options and I am a health care worker that works crazy hours and people don’t have power buttons on the weekend. I love my job, been doing it 35 years but this is frustrating when schedules change and rotate. We work weekends and holidays. Or if we are not working, which rarely happens, we are busting ass to get as much as we can done because we come home exhausted. Some people with little ones or partners have less then 8 hours before going back so that means sleep and self care has to be sacrificed just to have a moment for loved ones. We as health care workers love what we do, it’s why we choose to do what we do because your life matters. But for the love of the universe PLEASE think about this when it comes to designing weekends. For those who review or talk to company’s please pass on the info. Us health care workers would be beyond appreciated. Sorry about the rant.

"It's a little simplistic" ... so you might say it's... Simplified? Lol

I hung on to all my Birchbox boxes to KonMari all my shit! I know I would reuse that planner box too!

Password trackers in planners is begging for trouble.

A planner that’s $50 should be bigger to me.

The makse life planners feel like a lot more bang for your buck if you are going to spend a lot of money on a planner anyway 😅

Too much moolah. Thanks for the review. 📚

$14.99 at Marshall’s

Way too expensive and the Sunday monthly start is a pass for me

The mohawk Paper company makes me sad... I need them to change their company name to something less culturally appropriating so I can enjoy their awesome products with a clear conscience. (I've already emailed them and contacted plum paper planner too 😅😇)

The price 😮 I’m feeling better about my flagship Mäksē already 😂 I used your affiliate link btw! Always love your content and your honest input! ❤️