Clever Fox Planner – Undated Weekly & Monthly Planner for Productivity, Time Management & Goals – Organizer Journal – A5 (Mystic Blue)

To say that I've read and watched a couple reviews before purchasing a planner would be an understatement. I've likely spent 50+ hours researching the best planner for me.My ideal planner needed to be portable, durable, goal-oriented, cute but not gaudy, AFFORDABLE, not made for students or with too much of an emphasis on the dailys (since I don't use this for my 9-5), high-quality, and slightly customizable. The Clever Fox planner is precisely this: my dream planner. Add in the bonus pen loop, 3 bookmarks, lil extra sticker slip, and THE GLORIOUS WEEKLY SPREAD, yeah, you've a good planner.And, in the planner world, that's saying a lot because the Goldilocks effect is REAL. Things fall into the too much camp or the not enough camp for me. TOO MUCH: Erin Condren, Passion Planner, inkwells, simplifieds by emily ley, plum paper (which is actually really nice and customizable, but too expensive right now). NOT ENOUGH: the get to work book (beautiful, high-quality, just need a squeak more) and panda planner (lolll it lasts 3-6 months depending on what you buy for the same price or more as the Clever Fox). And the bullet journal falls into a gritty in-between depending on how you use it.PROs:- The "how to use the planner" guide is NOT IN the planner- The box is high-quality and sturdy, and I love it- I bucket my goals naturally, so I love that the goals are set up in focused buckets- A5, so it travels really well- Smooth, high-quality paper- The weekly spreads are so cool! I love the focus on a goal for the week and a built in habit tracker that you can put in any content as your habits/goals shift- The 54 dotted pages (if you're counting single sides as a page) in the back of the book are perfect for bullet journalists that don't actually want to build the whole journal from scratchWISH LIST FOR IMPROVEMENTS:- "Life Area" buckets are NOT filled in. Certain buckets don't apply, so I'm covering them up with whiteout/other buckets, like Travel, House Projects, etc.- The lil people in the orange stickers look like dunce-cap wearing students or like KKK members...I'm unsure, and won't be using them- This is truly a stretch: but the dotted pages could be pre-numberedWould buy again and again and have been recommending to everyone 10/10 :)

I absolutely love this life planner. I was looking for the right planner for a long time and this one is great. It is very goal-oriented and it covers pretty much every aspect that you can think of. The planner is not dated, so you can start using it pretty much any time during the year and still have it for 12 months. The first few pages help you define your goals, create a vision board and a mindmap, then you have your monthly planning part, then your weekly planning part and you get space at the end for notes and stuff. It has three dividers, so you can keep track of month, week and notes. It comes with three sheets of stickers and it has an elastic band to keep your pen. If you are the list-making / goal-oriented type you will really appreciate this planner. Also, the packaging is beautiful and could be a great present.

UPDATE: PHEW it's been a whole year already! This planner has been carried around with me EVERYWHERE for the last year. No joke, it's in my backpack that is treated like a purse/shopping bag/luggage daily. This planner has held up phenomenally. Looking back, I was worried that I would run out of dotted pages at the back so I used them sparingly and now I have about ten left over that I could have filled. I've added two new photos that show the 1-yr old planner and the brand new one I just opened. Funny enough, as I was flipping through last night the first sign of wear and damage appeared, the ribbon attachment came out of the spine. Was this earlier I would glue it back in easy-peasy but there's only two weeks left to use and it tucked back in just fine. One thing I noticed after getting the dated planner for my daughter is that the undated monthly sections are in the front as a single section and on the dated calendar they are right before the month starts. I find that I did not use the month-view as much as I had anticipated though I lived by the week-view and habits. On the dated planner I feel I would have used it more. But hey, I love writing my months out and the dates manually in orange pen so this is what I've got. Another thing to note, I am unexpectedly struggling to start the new planner as it means having to face letting this one go and it's become such a part of my life that it feels like grieving a loss of a companion. Crazy yet true, oh the emotional attachment to random things we acquire...ORIGINAL: Finally, a planner that I love and use almost daily! I have to admit to the almost since I'm still developing the habit and fell off the wagon for a week but that's normal with any habit. This planner is exactly what I needed to get my life together and feel less overwhelmed. I have struggled with having a miriad if things started and impaired time management when planning (I call it ambition, my husband tells me it's unrealistic) out projects.The good: It's a fox and it's orange! Not only will this help you keep track of appointments, it helps you truly organize your life. Beginning with a section to identify your goals for the year and the most important of them, you are then prompted to break them down into smaller goals for each week and month. This is something that I desperately needed and didn't realize, a way to stay on track for goals and not get sidetracked as easily. Each week has an entire page devoted to identify, completing, and evaluating the important items and tasks for the week. I love tracking my daily habits that I'm working on improving and having them as a visual reminder each time I check my planner. The ribbons are great for separating each section (month, week, and notes). The back section I've been purposing into lists so far, things to write down and reference every so often. Gets it out of my mind and not lost or forgotten! I love the feel of the pages and the planner feels soft yet solid in your hand. Maybe you aren't that aesthetically picky but I know that I use something more when I enjoy touching or looking at it.The cons: You as the user are responsible for your own destiny and have to force yourself to use this planner, it won't force itself upon you. If you have perfectionist tendencies you may feel like you can't start using it until you complete the first section of outlining your goals for the year but don't let that stop you, take it in bite sizes if needed. If you get a lighter color journal and carry it around with you everywhere it will get marks on it. Doesn't bother me as I adore the orange but it's worth noting you might want the black if you don't want to see any wear.

The media could not be loaded.  Absolutely love this planner. It has enough different sections to make it more than just a diary, but few enoughtbay it’s still great for daily use. Very high quality and luxurious. Amazing value compared to other similar products. Highly recommend.

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.

It's ok and the idea behind using it is really good and is fantastic to improve someone's mindset.However the issue I have is that a lot of the boxes feel too crammed together and there isn't enough space to do much writing. For example on some of the daily goals there are only 3 lines and the space between each one isn't much so you can hardly go into any detail.What would have been better in my opinion would be the pages more spread out to create more space. Also no good if you have large hand writing.Not sure whether this is suitable long term

Lovely colour, great item, lots of goals/aims etc. Would love the week to start with Monday instead of Sunday,though. Handy pocket at the back to keep the stickers in, & it has a little fabric pen holder attached which is ideal too. Many different colours to choose from, & it's very well made.I also don't like that it has tiny squares to write info for each day, it's too small.

I got this after seeing a similar planner which was since discontinued be recommended for ADHD. Needless to say I have some thoughts on the matter.The planner comes perfectly packaged, so it can easily act as its own gift box. Just note that there are two little cards inside: one with refund policy and another asking for a review, so it may be worth taking the review one out unless you want the receiver to know how much you spent, and then wonder why you spent so much on a planner at all.The cover itself is high quality feeling. It's very clearly some form of vegan leather, which does mean it is plastic. It might be susceptible to wear and tear over the years for that point (vegan leather clothing is very likely to fall apart and disintegrate in your hands after a few years) so if you're the tipe to regularly fiddle about with your planner it may potentially have problems down the line.The very first page is for if your planner is lost: you can put your name, phone number, email address and a reward for if its found. The name line is very short: I have reasonably medium sized writing (I would say relatively average size) and I had very little room left. If you have a long first and last name it's probably not worth filling it in.After this there are four boxes to write in with the headers "I am grateful for...", "What am I passionate about? What brings me joy in life?", "Skills to learn & habits to adopt this year", and "My affirmations". The guide the planner comes with has tips on how to use all these sections, from my perspective it feels like they want it to be a mental health launching pad, and it's something I only found myself using two squares of.From here you have a double page spread dedicated to a vision board. Something else I don't find useful in a planner.You come from this to a "My Goals" double spread which has boxes for "health", "business & career", "family & friends", significant other & romance", "finance", "personal development", "fun & recreation" and "spiritual", with three boxes alongside each to allow you to set three goals in each area. Again, a nice sentiment, but I didn't use three of the sections there and I doubt I will.You then have a page for 5 main goals for the year, and a page for a mindmap. Goals were useful to me, mindmap was not.This brings us to the meat of the planner: the monthly and weekly plans.On the monthly planner you have a lot of things going on: the section to fill out the days of the month for a snapshot view of what needs doing, 5 boxes for a "plan" which have the titles "habits to adopt", "skills to learn", "things to avoid", "places to go" and "people to see". You then have a section titled "this month's goals" on the left page to write your goals, and on the right two other sections called "This month's wins" and "How i'll improve next month", with three bullet points to fill in.If it sounds like a lot this is because it is. It can be a little daunting to have to sit down and think about what you want to accomplish in a month, especially if you have the fun disorder where you have no idea what you'll be doing in the next 5 minutes (otherwise known as ADHD). To be fair the planner is not marketed to be for ADHD, but I have seen it mentioned a few times on forums as a good one, so be mindful of the potential overload when you get started filling in.From here you have the weekly planner. All 7 days are on one side, with saturday and sunday having smaller boxes. Then on the right page is a whole host of things to fill in: "This week's main goal (with a section to fill in a reward for if it is completed)", "This week's priorities", "notes (set on a bullet journal backdrop)", "Personal to-do list", "Habits/Skills (with a weekly tracker)", This week's wins" and "how will I improve next week". Again: a lot of different things to fill in. It is daunting as usual, and as it tends to be with ADHD it's a lot to stay on top of all day, meaning that usually I can go days without looking at it because its just a bit too much at times.From here you do indeed have a sizeable amount of blank pages which I found useful, and there are stickers included. The downside is the quality of them isn't the best as they tend to pop out of the sheet.All in all if you think the planner will work for you, it probably will. You have to be very dedicated to keep it up to get the most out of it, and if you won't use every feature it offers the price really isn't worth it. I essentially payed to just use 3 sheets of blank paper, a monthly planner and a weekly planner, so keep that in mind if that's all you're looking for in a planner.