5 Days of New Year's Essentials- Day 1: Planners

One of the best ways to keep your daily or weekly tasks, appointments, and events organized is to use a planner of sorts. And what better time to start this practice than the New Year? Here I've laid out my three favorite styles of planners to use ranging from digital to hard copy!

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Planbella App

Planbella is my go-to planner! I have been using this everyday for about 6 months! I'm the type of person who is super excited to get a planner and then I use it for two weeks and never touch it again. I think the reason why this has happened to me in the past is because I haven't been in a life situation where I'm caring around my paper planner everywhere. So, I just start typing things in my phone and don't touch my planner again. Then, I vow to use a planner the next year and we repeat the whole situation.

I finally gave up on paper planners and started to use my iPhone calendar, which I hate. I don't like that I have to give every task a specific time and I feel like it's hard to find things.

Planbella has worked so well for me because I always have my phone on me! So, any time somethings comes up, I'm able to update my planner. AND, it's literally beautiful! It's so aesthetically pleasing and has so many great ways to organize.

My favorite part of the app is that I'm able to have my to-do list tasks and my events all in one place and I can see them together. Unlike the iPhone calendar, I don't have to display a specific time for my tasks. Instead, they have a box next to them that I can check off when I'm done (so satisfying).

Planbella is a one-time $10 purchase. I was hesitant to purchase the app because I figured it would be another failed attempt at using a planner, but it has been one of my best purchases this past year. I use it every single day. I especially love getting in bed at night and planning out my next day so that I know what's to come and I can make sure I'm prepared.

The Planbella website also offers "freebies" like aesthetically pleasing phone wallpapers and widgets. The app can also be connected to your phone calendar so that you are alerted with important reminders.

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Blue Sky Pink Paint Planner | Blue Sky Pink Peony Planner |

Simplified Grey Antelope Planner | Simplified Floral Planner

Although paper planners haven't worked out for me in the past, I know that they are some people's lifeline.

My mom operates out of two paper planners every year and she probably wouldn't love the digital option. She loves to see everything written out.

So, I've comprised three of the best paper planners I've seen, two of which I'll talk about here and the third I'll talk about down below.

Blue Sky Planners are wonderfully organized and offer everything you need in a planner. One of my favorite influencers, Rachel Parcell, collaborated with Blue Sky and they created some beautiful designs together including the pink peony pattern I added above. The planners I linked her are daily/monthly planners that include room for notes, lists, contacts, and reminders.

Below the Blue Sky planners are planners from Simplified. These planners are absolutely beautiful and they are extra simple. So many planners have way too much clutter in them and it really defeats the purpose, in my opinion. Simplified planners are offered in daily and weekly formats and they can be spiral or bound. They range from $54-$64 making them more of an investment, but if you're only buying one a year, you'll definitely get your money's worth.

Both of these planner brands offer gorgeous designs to match any aesthetic.

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My Next 90 Days Planner

The 90 Day Planner is more of a "goal focused" planner. I have personally used this planner and really enjoyed it!

With the planner only being 90 days, it allows you to focus on specific goals and gives you an attainable amount of time to achieve them. There are no specific dates printed in the planner, so you can start at any time.

There's plenty of space for notes so that you can write out further details surrounding your goals. For example, if one of your goals is to start meal prepping, you have plenty of room to write out grocery lists and recipes.

Although this planner is heavily goal focused, it still helps you organize you daily life. My favorite part is the "Dump Your Brain" page at the beginning of every week.

The 90 Day Planner comes in several different colors and patterns ranging from soft or bright colors to mystic patterns. This planner costs about $30.

I hope these planners have given you some motivation and inspiration to help you organize your daily life!

Comment your favorite planner below!

<3 always,

Amanda Grace