The 15 Best Planners for 2024 to Absolutely Crush Your Goals, According to a Productivity Expert
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The new year is the perfect time to start turning your dreams into reality, and the easiest way to stay on task is by using one of the best planners out there to keep you organized. Whether you want a super-detailed planner with all the sections and prompts you could dream of (like this Day Designer 2024 weekly planner, $68), or are embracing your tech-savvy side in 2024 and want a smart version that’s both digital and rewritable (yes, it exists: Rocketbook smart planner, $38; $28), there’s one out there for you. We asked productivity consultant and organization expert Rashelle Isip for her top tips on how to select a planner that won’t be gathering dust by March, and scoured reviews for the top-rated planners from shoppers (pulled from a group of over 40 choices) who nailed their to-do lists with the help of the 15 best planners below.
The Best Planners for 2024 at a Glance
Meet the Expert
Rashelle Isip is a New York City-based productivity consultant, time management coach, organization expert, speaker and author who helps entrepreneurs, business owners and professionals by showing them how to work more efficiently in their daily routines. In addition to working with clients, she’s a regular contributing columnist to Inc.com where she writes about productivity and is an author of four books including The Order Expert’s Guide to Time Management. She’s been featured in top-tier media including Fast Company, Forbes, NBC News, The Washington Post, Business Insider, NPR, Huff Post, Fox Business and The Atlantic.
How We Chose the Best Planners
Taking into consideration our expert’s advice on what to look for in a planner (which you can find below), we considered over 40 choices across the web and narrowed them down to a group that has something for everyone’s needs. From dated weekly planners, to ones focusing on health and budgeting, we pulled the ones with the best reviews and/or useful features. We also looked at some luxe and giftable options that anyone would love to show off on their desk.
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1. Day Designer 2024 Weekly Planner
Day Designer has amassed quite a cult following—and for good reason. This planner devotes an entire page to each day of the week, leaving plenty of room to write down your activities down to the hour of the day. There are also spaces for your top three goals for the day, a to-do list, any work projects you might have due and what you’re planning to have for dinner. Not to mention, it’s also one of the chicest planners on this list and comes in a color or pattern for every office aesthetic. The price is reflective of its style and comprehensive nature, but we think it’s worth it.
2. Gogirl Budget Planner
This planner is a must-have for anyone who walks into Target just to buy batteries and walks out with $100 worth of things they don’t need. It prompts you to write out your monthly financial goals and make a spending plan accordingly. From there, you can track your day-to-day habits throughout the month and spot trends. Plus, it includes reminders of upcoming purchases, bills and payments due, and includes a monthly review for bad spending habits to help you think about how you can improve next month. It’s small enough to keep in your bag at all times (and help you to curtail those impulse purchases), and reviewers say they “could not recommend it more.”
3. Global Printed Products 2024 Essential Monthly Planner
If the extra fields and complicated formatting of detailed planners induce anxiety, there's this monthly option that lets you take full control of your prioritized tasks. As the name implies, this essential planner provides a no-frills approach to your weekly and monthly schedule that won’t overwhelm. If you’re not into inspirational quotes and daily prompts, one reviewer assures us that this planner has “great structure so [you] can keep months, weeks and days straight.” Beyond having dates and days of the week, it’s all yours to format exactly how you’d like for 14 months straight.
4. Full Focus Planner By Michael Hyatt
If you’re looking to revamp your time-management, project-planning and productivity skills in 2024, this goal-driven organizer is for you. Developed by productivity expert Michael Hyatt, this planner features a 90-day achievement cycle that keeps you focused on reaching the quarterly goals you've set out for yourself, so you don’t get overwhelmed planning and tracking everything 12 months in advance. It’s full of extra features, too, from ideal week templates to plot out what your perfect week should look like to monthly calendars and weekly and quarterly reviews that can help you celebrate your wins. One reviewer even credits this planner with helping them stay organized enough to make an extra $2,000 in two weeks of use. You can also register for a free (!) live training course with Hyatt himself to learn how to increase productivity by going deeper into his Full Focus System.
5. Rocketbook Fusion Smart Reusable Planner
Tech junkies, this one's for you. This planner may look like a regular notebook, but it features 42 *reusable* pages that include different templates for planning, listing, goal setting, note-taking and sketching—all of which can be uploaded to your Google Drive, Dropbox, Slack, iCloud, email and more via the accompanying app. With seven page types to ensure you have everything you need at your fingertips, this planner lets you write (and re-write) your tasks, appointments and goals multiple times over and keep them nice and organized in the cloud. All you have to do is use a special Pilot Frixion pen (included) and allow your writing 15 seconds to dry before wiping it clean with a damp cloth to start over.
6. Smythson 2024 Panama Weekly Agenda with Pencil
What makes a planner worth $155, you ask? Well, this one is made from stunningly chic high-end materials: embossed lambskin leather and Smythson’s signature gilt-edged paper. For an extra fee, you can also add a monogram along with personalized motifs, making it an extra-special purchase for yourself or someone else. It is set up with a classic two-page weekly spread layout, meaning it’s a great choice for minimalists who value style along with organization. It also comes with a pencil (tucked into a built-in compartment), so you’ll never be caught scrambling for something to write with while on-the-go. Considering the fact that you’ll never want to be without it, this planner is the perfect way to set yourself up for success.
7. Habit Nest The Morning Sidekick Journal
OK, so this daily wellness journal won’t last you all of 2024 (it only has 66 days in it), but you can totally repurchase it to keep the motivational magic going. Every day, you’ll be asked to record your sleep and wake times, your most important task for the day and your overall mood. Then, in the evening, you’ll be prompted to reflect on the best parts of your day and plan your morning routine for tomorrow. According to the more than 1,800 5-star reviews on Amazon, you’ll soon be hooked.
8. Panda Weekly Planner
Each day, the Panda Planner has you write down three things you’re grateful for, three things you’re excited about and an affirmation to get you in the right frame of mind for the day. You'll also have space to write down your top five daily priorities and be given a super helpful hour-by-hour scheduling template, so you can map out how it’ll all get done. This planner also provides spaces for reflection at the end of each day, week and month, so you can see how far you’ve come (what better way to keep you motivated?). Over 1,000 buyers have collectively given it high marks as a useful tool to improve their time-management skills and reach their goals. With this handy agenda, you can make this your most productive year yet.
9. Silk and Sonder Monthly Planner Subscription
Need a reminder to practice self-care? When you sign up for a Silk and Sonder subscription, you’ll get a new planner each month focused on a different intention, such as passion, vulnerability or admiration. Beyond the planner’s habit trackers, goal-setting exercises and self-care suggestions, you can also join virtual Sonder Circles, which are basically journaling workshops with other Silk and Sonder members. Shopper Kelly says “These journals in 3 months have changed my life for the better! Not only do I get a fresh start on my goals each month (right around where I usually start straying from them) but I am held accountable for them each day. I am tracking my small and large goals and in 3 months have made HUGE progress on a long term goal I have had for years! I would highly recommend these journals to anyone and everyone!” Sign us up!
10. Newme Fitness and Nutrition Planner
Sure, you can access all of your fitness data on your phone. But sometimes it’s nice to put pen to paper and have a clear log of your progress toward your physical objectives. Enter the NewMe fitness planner. This exercise log was created by fitness experts and allows you to record details about your workouts, from what you did and how long you worked out to how you felt on a daily basis. You can also write down specific fitness goals and the deadline for which you’d like to accomplish them. We love the fitness and nutrition combo planner, making it easy to keep both sets of data in one place as you tackle your health goals in 2024. There’s also a bonus online component that helps you zero in on the exercises and foods that best support your aspirations.
11. Erin Condren Kids' Planner
When it comes to time management, it’s best to start ‘em young, and this 12-month planner will help your kiddos do just that. Some of our favorite features include the reading logs, goal lists and allowance trackers. Plus, there are activities like word searches and “all about me” pages to keep them engaged, which will prove especially useful when you need to keep your newly organization-obsessed kids busy on-the-go.
12. Taja Meeting Notebook
Could that meeting have been an email? Maybe, but with this planner you might find yourself looking forward to your catch-ups with your coworkers. Offering everything you need to keep pertinent details organized and in one place, this handy notebook will have you ready to hit the ground running on your action items. “I love the template of this, where it has a place for participants, meeting notes, date, action items and persons responsible," one reviewer writes. "It keeps everything in one place and it looks great,” they add, making this planner a must-have for anyone who’s the point person on frequent collaborations.
13. Papier the Jag Daily Planner
What’s a "mind map," you ask? Something we never knew we needed until we found this planner. Achieve your large scale goals by breaking them down into achievable tasks, starting with the mind map method, during which you lay out your dreams and goals. Once you’ve completed this manifestation exercise, this planner gives you space to work towards your top three goals throughout the coming 16 weeks. There’s space to reflect every four weeks to ensure you’re staying on track as well. All this inspirational oomph and in a wildly chic package? The new year never looked so good.
14. Designs by Planner Perfect When in Paris Planner
We’re all about manifesting the life you want for the coming year, so why not start off with a little Parisian inspiration? This planner lets you customize the majority of its features and appearance, with start date, font, size, and page type (dot, lined, blank or graph) available for your choosing. Each month is spread across two pages with extra pages for notes and goals in between, so you’ve got plenty of space to craft the best four weeks ahead. (Might that include a fab trip to France?)
15. Appointed 2024 Compact Task Planner
If you’re the kind of person who uses sticky notes as to-do lists, you might want to consider a more practical system for 2024. And by “system,” we mean Appointed’s year task planner. It has a multi-view spread with a weekly overview and a full page featuring each day of the week. There are also slots for list-making and note-taking, so you can still get the satisfaction of checking things off your list. Its additional features include yearly and monthly overviews (including key holidays), monthly goals, a conversion chart and laminated tabs for easy navigation. We love this compact version that’s small enough to toss into your bag and take on-the-go, without sacrificing any of the key features. It’s bound in durable cotton book cloth and is monogrammable to boot, making it gift-worthy as well as amazing for personal use.
What Makes a Good Daily Planner
After consulting with Isip and researching the top-rated planners, it became clear that planners aren’t one size fits all. As Isip says, “A good daily planner is determined by [you]. You must consider your current situation in life, your responsibilities and your needs.” For example, Isip tells us that “someone who has various changing appointments, meetings and action items may benefit from a daily layout with a detailed hourly schedule, with space for to-dos and notes. Someone who has a regular predictable schedule with occasional appointments and events may benefit from a flexible daily layout with space for appointments, meetings and notes.” We suggest you run through the following criteria to ensure you’re snapping up the planner that will best suit your specific needs in the coming year:
What Is the Best Type of Planner?
Isip nails the answer to this question: “The best type of planner is one you’ll enjoy using on a regular basis. If you purchase a planner and never use it, then it won’t help you manage your daily responsibilities.” Harsh, but true. As she says, “that’s why it’s so important to consider the planner format, your personal preferences and how you interact with the planner. Make selecting a planner a thoughtful experience.” What better way to usher in a new year than with some mindfulness that’ll pay dividends throughout the months ahead? Happy planning!
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