Clever Fox Daily Planner – Undated Planning Notebook with Hourly Schedule & To-Do List – Personal Day Task & Work Organizer, 6 Months (Emerald)
J**A
My FAVORITE daily planner
This is an amazing planner!I have tried Inkwell weekly planners (both horizontal and vertical), Happy Planner, Day Designer, a bunch of generic brands, and also Passion Planner.Here's what I love:-There are no extra quotes, sections prompting me to note how many glasses of water I drank today, or any nonsense artwork.-A "week overview" page for each week for me to jot down my goals for the week. All the daily planners I've used don't have this. Other planners just have monthly calendars with daily pages.-There are THREE ribbons to bookmark certain pages. Other planners that have a ribbon have one ONE.- Saturday and Sunday aren't lumped together on one page nor does Sat/Sun have 1/2 the page each. I do lots on the weekend. I just hate it when my planner has so little space to plan things out on the weekends. (I almost bought a Simplified Planner, but didn't after I found out both weekly and daily formats both condense Sat & Sun spaces.-This is a non-coil planner. Day Designer would be a great planner if it didn't have a coil. Coils always get in my way when I write on the page and get bent out of shape throughout the months.-The weekly review page is becoming more useful than I thought. There is a page after the 7th day each week for a very quick "weekly" review.-The Daily pages have timeslots to write scheduled appts AND some space for todo's for this day. I appreciate that the todo's are not cut up into sections such as errands, work, etc. But it is a space space of a few lines to jot todo's I'd like to accomplish for the day. I would have stuck with the Passion Planner (it is a weekly format) since its a thinner one, but I hated how I could not write a todo specifically for a particular day that is not a scheduled appt at a given time.- The one "dotted" blank page at the end of the week allows for any ideas I need to "braindump" on paper can be collected here.At the end of the week, any todo's I didn't get to for the week, I highlight them and write any into the next/new week, figure out what todo's I need to write down in my "future" list. There are some blank pages at the back of the planner for free-flow ideas you need to write down to capture.You have to write in days and dates in ths undated planner, but it doesn't take long to do. Being undated allows you to start at anytime of the year. The planner is only for 6 months. I don't mind. Itd it was for a year it would weigh too much and be too bulky. It's already a good thick size. I don't mind since it's for daily pages. I don't feel I need carry around a year worth of daily pages around with me so I'm fine with this.I really like viewing a fresh page for the day AND being able to jot down and refer back to my weekly page for goal setting.The only downside I can say it is on the thick side being a "daily" planner. What do you expect? Most daily formats are pretty thick. Just keep that in mind.So far this is my FAVORITE "daily" planner. I highly, highly recommend!!
N**E
Great planner, especially for those with ADHD
First off, this planner is great, the book itself is nice and sturdy, the pages are nice quality and thick so there is no bleed through, and the three bookmarks are great for being able to flip back and forth between the sections. The physical planner is worth every cent by itself.Where it really shines though, is the way it is set up. The planner has sections at the front with goals, visioning, affirmations, and monthly calendars, followed up by weekly sections that have space for both planning and reviewing your week, as well as scheduling individual days. This creates a great balance between setting long term goals and plans, while still being able to zoom down to the daily and weekly level. It's a good mix.I am a software developer with ADHD, and I have been using this planner for the last 6 months, and immediately ordered another one as soon as I filled up the first one. It has helped me tremendously to stick to my goals and appointments, and I have gotten many times better at following up on things, and completing to-do items just from badly using the planner for 6 months. I like as well that you have to write your own dates in the calendar, as it forces you to slow down and actually focus on planning out each week, which is essential for someone with a fast paced brain that goes everywhere.If I were to suggest one improvement to the planner, it would be that I wish there were reminders built into the weekly sections to go back and review the goals that it has you set up in the beginning. While the weekly review and planning sessions are great for making sure your weeks are cohesive and productive, I often find myself forgetting to check in with the roadmap I was trying to build in the first place. Of course, having said this, you definitely can go and add those reminders yourself, it would just be nice if they were included already somehow.Definitely buy this planner if you need help getting your life in order, especially for ADHD brains. So long as you commit to using it regularly, you will see great improvements just from the way it is laid out.
S**O
Good content but Horrible Quality
This planner didn't last me a week before the binding completely came off. The organization and layout of the planner are great though. The weight of the paper is thicker than most planners but your pen will bleed through if you write with too much pressure. I had already used the planner so am stuck with it.
E**E
Is Everything It Promises To Be
Bought the DAILY planner two weeks ago, with the goal to not only have To-Do lists but being able to prioritize and plan. Did a "test-run" for the last week in May and started to really use it in June and so far, I am hooked! I love the Today's Main Goal and PRIORITY boxes, the daily planning by the hour and the possibility to review myself and mark my productivity. There's a weekly and a monthly planner too which both are cool. The weekly lets me track weekly habits and there's room in the back to layout a bigger monthly habit spread or simply notes. The cover of the planner is lovely, I chose magenta and I only wish the bookmarks in green/blue/red wouldn't clash with the nice magenta. The bookmarks are useful but ugly. Oh... the binding of the planner is superb! It lays super flat on the table, and the paper quality is excellent too. This is a FABULOUS PRODUCT, especially for this price! Even if you are not 100% convinced, the price is more than justified for this amazing, well thought out planner. Above, only a few photos to give you an idea. I am in a planner group (yes, things like that exist :D) and everyone is using tons of stickers and washi tape, so I am doing it too. Brightens the day tremendously. Bottom line: Super happy to having found this Fox planner. Love it. <3
E**4
Good planner, not worth the barrage of emails.
The product itself is good and I am happy with it. However, be aware that if you order this product you will receive an abundance of emails practically nagging to give a review. One I just received.. “ I was looking for your review however I couldn’t find your name”... as well as countless others. It’s really irritating because I don’t expect a barrage of emails from sellers, and have never experienced anything quite like it from anything I’ve ever bought. It is a shame as the planner is lovely however this just sours the whole experience and has left me feeling irritated. Leaving a review is a choice, we are not obligated to do so.So buy this planner if you want, it’s quite good, but you can probably find similar elsewhere and not have to receive countless emails following this.
L**G
Improved my productivity
I bought the Clever Fox Daily Planner to make myself feel productive - one of those "I'm being productive because I've got this" sort of things - like when you write a to-do list including things you've already done so that you can tick them off.I'm not the most productive of people usually, I am good at procrastinating and putting things off. But with the Clever Fox planner, I genuinely have become a lot more organised. I use it every single day - even weekends, and make sure I put half an hour aside every week to review the week and make next week's goals and plans. I'd recommend this planner to anyone who's either struggling to be organised or who is already organised but wants somewhere to keep track of their plans/to-do lists/goals. It's simple to use, once you get the hang of it, and it easily becomes part of your day.
J**Y
Best planner
I love this planner. Only thing I would say is its not going to be for everyone as people use planners for different things. For me I am a very organised but anxious person and I like writing things down rather than relying on electronic calendars. I love being able to break down my time by month, week, day and then hour. Having the different parts to work out my priorities, to do lists, appointments and the habit tracker is fab. It is exactly what I have been looking for. It's great quality and I picked the rose gold and its so pretty.
T**Y
A real game changer for my sanity and productivity
One major downside of working from home is too much time flexibility and the inherent potential for distraction and procrastination. I found that by 10am every morning I was worn out from having planned and re-planned my day, checking in on social media to distract myself, loading the washing machine when I should have been working, and generally wasting too much mental energy on indecisiveness around silly inconsequential stuff.After pondering planner/organiser apps for a few months I began researching how other freelancers had successfully pinned down how to create a routine out of a messy and unpredictable work and domestic life combo. I found really helpful reviews for a couple of planners but Clever Fox seemed to be the favourite by a clear margin.The pro's:It's beautiful. It feels special (so soft...). It's vibrant sitting there on the desk, and it screams "Use me to make every moment count. You complete me!"It's expensive. Yes, that is a pro. I'm damned sure I'm not going to spend that amount on a planner and leave it gathering dust in a drawer. The expense (ok, and the speshulness) keeps me accountable and encourages me to use it.Speaking of accountability, it's made me realise how much time I waste. Time I could be working, cuddling my dogs (It's become an important daily habit, good for the nervous system, relaxing, inspires creativity), doing fun stuff. I make sure I adhere as closely to the plan as possible and my productivity has increased, as has my newfound ability to take some chill time, guilt-free (it's perfect for achieving a work/life balance).It's removed the brain-ache of "what should i do next out of this massive list" - i've already decided the night before, and anything new or forgotten that comes up I add to next day's "to do" list.It makes you think of other important stuff like making time to see people.There's space to review your week and make notes - something I didn't think I would use, but it's really useful to refer back when planning the following week.There are so many features that I won't go into here, but it's really freed up a lot of headspace for me personally. My decisions for the following day are made at the end of each day when it's less overwhelming, and starting your day knowing that it's planned out for you is what has really worked for me. It's a lovely little piece of kit for anyone who needs to free up some headspace, time and energy.
L**E
Well laid out .excellent planner ☺
I'm pretty much using this for everything now. It's an excellent calender,diary and planner all in one. There are just enough pages at the back for me to track my health as well bp & pf .I'm in the process of transferring all the little notes from my filofax across.The only thing I would add to it would be a page at the back for important contacts and a page for usefull websites .I'm also adding these. But other than that it literally means I have everything to hand in one place .I have certainly realised using this that there are things I need to balance out in life ☺There's currently to much work and not enough fun going on . I think it's going to be extremely useful to me for keeping my plans and aspirations on track .And it's great to use a fountain pen again instead of having 5 tabs open and tapping a key board..I will definitely be buying another once this one is full.
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