Clever Fox Planner - Weekly & Monthly Planner to Increase Productivity, Time Management and Hit Your Goals – Organizer, Gratitude Journal – Undated, Start Anytime, A5, Lasts 1 Year, Emerald (Weekly)

Diaries are all well and good, but unless you hold dedication into filling them out then they are pretty much an empty notebook! However...This Clever Fox Planner has the first added bonus of being undated which means, you go diary-free for a week-a month etc..you can pick up from where you left off! The set up is pretty self explanatory with month planners, weekly planners, notes area. Depending on your method of progress, is entirely up to you how you use this. I am using in to keep work/studies/important dates in progress and of course goals. The goals bit, does seem a bit like an "eyes roll" moment, but it does work, if you put pen to paper and it is there in front of you, you can keep reminding yourself what you started out with in your mind, it does seem to help stop that drifting we can all so when we think of something we would like to have or do, but it just seems to always be an "oh, yeah, I was thinking about doing that one day...". Basically, the undated diary is what you make it. I so far have found it useful, but only been in possession for less than a month so, I am still holding full judgement on my capabilities to keep this in my bag and use it as much as possible! - The actual product, printed on good quality paper, though found a couple of pens did get a bit soaky and patch the reverse. I did have a section that mid way had excess glue holding two pages tight, but with a careful hand they separated but that can happen in any production line so not a black mark as it was so close to the spine end of the book I could see it might have slipped through QC. - the outer cover is a tactile solid cover, (I opted black). There is three page dividing ribbons so you can keep month, weeks and notes tabbed and a strong inside pocket for receipts etc. which I am using instead of them decaying in the bottom of by bag! I don't really have any overall criticism as if you buy this it is obviously something you are looking for and the aim of it is why you purchase it. Not a diary for someone who only needs to keep track of the tide times, it has to be part of you routine to get the most from it, but again it gives room to dip in and out if you prefer. It is totally dependant on what you put in as to what you get out of it.

I ordered the rose gold and it’s a lovely, quality finish. This is just what I wanted to make some plans for the new year and set some goals around health and fitness. I would say that if you have larger handwriting or like a lot of room you might prefer the A4 size. I got the A5 as I wanted something small but even with my fairly small handwriting it’s a squeeze to get things in. They make a point of saying there are a lot of blank pages at the back to do whatever you want with but I’m not sure it’s necessary and might have been better used for more room in the each week section. Also it comes with an “instruction” book on how to fill in the first section of goals and affirmations. I found their examples a bit weird - the very first is about being grateful for how close the family is, which I’m sure isn’t true for most people (certainly me!) and could be a bit upsetting. Also one of their examples for a financial goal was “save $100,000” - good luck with that everyone! Also I think the creater wants to lose 20lbs… Anyway it’s well presented, handy for what I want - great to have 12 x 2-page monthly planners plus 2 pages for each week, and I love the little “habit builder” tick boxes which I hope will help me remember all my good intentions! All in all I’m glad I got it.

This is amazing, really good features and well made. I am super impressed with this, the paper is a nice thickness and the markers allow you to keep track of where you’re at

I've been using a BuJo for a while now and find them really helpful but wanted to try a different layout and more goal orientated. I haven't finished my current BuJo yet, so this will be the next one. It comes in a box which I think would make it nice present. The cover has a nice peachy feel to it and it comes with 3 pages of colourful stickers if that's your thing. It's divided up into sections. The first section is where you decide on your goals/ visions for the next 12 months, the next section is your monthly planner, then a section of weekly planners and then a dot grid section. It has 3 handy place markers so you can easily flip from one section to the next. It also comes with a guide to how to fill out each section and the company sent me an email with a more detailed guide to filling out the sections. The month/year is left blank for you to fill out, so you could start it any time.I like the appearance and I think I'm going to enjoy using it when I transition to it. I really like the guides as I'm not a natural planner/ goal orientated so it's handy to get some tips. I like the fact each section is set up and you just have to fill in your goals and how you're progressing. Overall it's really pretty and there's obviously been a lot of thought gone into the sections to fill out. I think there will be enough space each week, but there's also the dot grid section at the back for doodling, projects similar to a Bullet Journal (BuJo). The paper feels like a good weight and I think might reduce 'bleed-through', but as I haven't started using it yet can't say for sure.The thing I don't like and the reason I marked it down is the monthly planner section runs Sunday to Saturday and the weekly planner section runs Monday to Sunday. It's a little thing but I work shifts and my week definitely runs Monday to Sunday, so it gets confusing flipping between the two - and the daily heading in the monthly section and weekly is dark background so it isn't going to be easy to relabel the days and a bit of a pain.

Love that I can personalise it and add my own goals and ambitions.