It arrived! My new planner for 2026, the Clever Fox Planner Pro. I think I’m really going to like it! Here are the highlights:
As you can see, it’s undated. I didn’t initially want that, but it will be fine- I can fill in the dates.
And there are a lot of planning and goal pages as well:
It also comes with an instruction booklet…
Actually, I’m pretty sure I can figure it out on my own! And- I probably won’t use all these pages exactly the way they’re intended. Right now I carry around a much smaller planner and a couple notebooks- I think with all these extra pages, I can just use the planner and not need extra notebooks. There’s plenty of room to write everything I need in the planner.
2026 could be my best, most organized, and most intentional year ever! (Or-I could end up neglecting half the planner and have a ton of empty pages at the end of the year. No, no! That won’t happen).
I can’t wait to get started- once we get into the new year, I’ll check back in and show how I’m using this planner.
Do you use a paper planner? Do you have one for 2026 yet?
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This does look to me like a planner that has most of the essential functions that you need, Jenny.
I do use paper planners, but all of the paper planners that I use are just blank paper notebooks, really. At the moment, I’m not really planning on getting a new planner for 2026. I also tend to use the same paper planners year after year.
I’m intrigued. Do you date the pages, or just use it as a notebook? I think I can imagine how that would work.
Now, what happens here, Jenny, is that in most cases, I only write 2 categories of things in my paper planners. The first category is 1 specific thing – however simple – that I’ll write down every day that I’ll need to get done by the end of that day. I’ll assign a time – say, 10:00 p.m. – before which this thing needs to get done. The second category is more about my routines. It is a list of tasks that I will need to get done every day no matter what, and what I will write down every day is which of those tasks I got done yesterday and which of those tasks I did not. There are, more often than not, no overlaps between these 2 categories of things. Hence, I can just use any blank paper notebook to write down those 2 categories of things. When I track my time, I’ll use Excel spreadsheets. Writing down the above 2 categories of things implies that I’ll always write down today’s date and yesterday’s date every day, and I’m fine with that.
That’s basically how I use blank paper notebooks as my planners. I’ve already merged my weekly plans with my time-tracking sheets in Excel. I also make yearly/annual plans, but I don’t plan for time units that are longer than 1 week and shorter than 1 year on a regular basis. I don’t plan for time units that are longer than 1 year and shorter than my lifespan on a regular basis, either. I tend to write my yearly/annual plans on a computer as opposed to on paper planners.
Oh, it’s here! I am very intrigued to hear how you like it… it looks neat!!
I am (as always) torn and undecided what I am going to do 2026. I had both a digital and paper planner this year and used both…. intermittently. But then again, this was a crazy year.
I will report back! Yes, this was a crazy year for you- but I love a paper planner. Hopefully I’ll really take advantage of everything this one has to offer.
looks so cool! love the stickers.
I just got mine last week, hobonichi as usual but smaller version.
it would be intimidating to fill future me pages.
Yes, I’m not sure if I’ll really do that! But I have other things I can use those pages for, like reading trackers or lists of quotes. We’ll see.
That is a lovely planner! I like when they are not dated so you’re not limited to a specific year. Looks like it has a lot of good things and is like a life-planner more than must time-planner.
I’ve tried paper planners but I just can’t do it for some reason. I use the calendar that comes with my e-mail account and I use a notes app for everything else – but it’s a great notes app, it has a journalling feature too and you can make to-do lists that are transferred to the next days if there are unticked tasks.
Yes, I know a lot of people love digital planners! I don’t know- I just like writing things down. I’m old, lol.
Beautiful planner! I look forward to seeing how you use it. I love planners and the idea of being super organized and goal oriented… but I haven’t gotten there yet!
Ha, I’m not sure I’m there either. We’ll see if this planner helps.
Undated planners are great because you can start whenever you like, and the extra pages sound perfect for all your random notes and lists. I love all the prompts.
I use a blank notebook and I wouldn’t call it a planner – it more a sort of a diary where I note down what happened during the day, my workouts, socialising, things learnt, highlights, lowlights, three things I’m grateful for and the like.
My actual planning happens in a self-made Excel sheet where I see the whole year at one practical glance. The fine planning is in Outlook. My set-up is way too complicated, I need to streamline it!
No, it sounds like your method is working for you! I also use a blank notebook for things like you mentioned- but I’m thinking I’ll just condense everything into this planner this year.
I ordered a big Happy Planner, with the dashboard layout. Trying something new for the first time in 5+ years, and while I’m still figuring out how/what to do with the new format, I’m excited as well. I am also going to keep a separate reading journal for the first time (my previous planners have had that worked into them), and the way the two accidentally matched makes me so happy, haha
I use my planners as a journal of sorts, keeping up with what we plant when and harvesting notes; flowers sold; books read; appointments and etc obviously, but also the bigger random stuff. Which chicken laid an egg, how much rain we got, etc.
Even though I obviously already have my planner for 2026, I went and looked at the Happy Planner- it looks really nice! Yes, these planners can easily double as a journal, with all the extra pages in there. I’ll be tracking my books in this planner- not sure if I’m ready for a whole separate reading journal (maybe next year?)
This looks like a great planner. I’m not sure I’ll ever switch off of the giant desk calendar and dry erase board system. It would probably make sense for me to use my phone to stay organized. I’m intrigued by the notes app that Susanne above mentioned in her comment. Hmmm. Right now I use a huge notebook with blank pages or maybe little lines or dots? I write my to do list on one side and my groceries on the other.
You know Kae (GratefulKae) has an amazing digital planning system. She’s done some posts about it and also was a guest on Best Laid Plans talking about it. It might be a good system for you!
Oooh, I really like this planner as it’s almost like a hybrid planner/journal. I might actually use something like this, although the undate manner of it would be annoying as I do not like my writing! But I will have to think about this for a 2027 planner potentially! I also like that it’s bound. I do not like anything spiral bound!!
YES- I was looking for a non-spiral bound planner. And- my writing is terrible. In Elisabeth’s post about her planner giveaway, someone commented that they use ERASABLE GEL PENS- I’m definitely going to get some before I start writing in this planner- I’m just going to fill in the dates one month at a time, and I’m sure to mess it up. Erasable pens will save me.
The stickers look so fun! I have a planner that I mostly keep at work and just update with my work and personal obligations but I like that this one could be used as a journal too. Mine goes through June 2026 so I won’t have to get a new one for awhile.
Yes, it’s definitely a journal/planner hybrid. I’m intrigued that you have a planner that ends in June. Is it undated? Does it go June-June? I’ve seen planners that start in August, but not June.
It’s not undated, and it goes from July – June! It’s a little weird but it does work for me since with my job, our “year” technically starts in July even though school doesn’t start until early August.
I love this but I’m somewhat upset that it’s undated!!!! DO they have a dated one!? It does look incredibly functional though! And love the stickers.
Nice– I love an undated planner! I always fall off the daily planner wagon, and a lack of dates makes me feel un-judged.
That looks like a very nice planner! I’m excited for you! I get a new planner for the academic year, and I have to admit, I’m feeling a little new-planner-envy as everyone opens their new calendar year planners! I briefly thought about getting a 2026 Sprouted Weekly calendar because I thought it looked nice, but it felt so weird, the idea of getting a calendar right now, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR. The calendar year means so much less to me than the academic year, it’s crazy.
I am very intrigued by this planner! I’m trying to find one that has a similar layout like this one and separate places to list different types of to-do lists. This might meet my needs, but I wish it was dated! The thought of filling in dates every month/week is holding me back… hmmm.
That is a pretty good looking planner.
And it actually looks a lot like the one I used and which was created here in Germany. I wonder if it is inspired by it.
I would be very comfortable using it.
However I have moved my stuff digital this past September and trying that. Having so many work to-dos and clients it was just no longer feasible in a hand written form when things needed to be moved constantly.