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That was a fun zoom call with the Patreon group !!

E P I C video! EC should provide you with a giant box so you can do this as the EC Official Launch Day Preview video - it is so phenomenally helpful to see all the layouts/colors side by side! My first EC was 2013-14 - but I am finding great value in your video in deciding which layout/design style. No matter who you are or how many years you’ve done this it is incredibly stressful to make your large purchase online without seeing the product in hand first - this video is taking a lot of the overwhelm away showing the side-by-side walk through - plus sharing all your veteran tips for those pesky things we forget to consider! This was obviously a huge endeavor and I sincerely appreciate your effort and hope that EC might provide a LINK to your video *on their website for new customers*. Overwhelm is real ✅ I also love how you post links to subtopics so you keep video on topic (I’m hitting the Teacher planner next, intrigued by your alternative uses!) 🎉❤ Thanks Amanda!

This video was so helpful and at the perfect time. I have been frozen over which of my multiple weekly planners to use for June and have just been using my daily for the things I need to do each day. I am shopping my stash, but I think the most helpful tip for me was to stay off social media or at least mute those accounts that tempt me to buy one more planner to try out. I am going to set a budget for 2025 too.

Oh man I would be SO interested to see you and EC develope a weekly bound planner. Just saying’ I’d love dot grid pages at the back 😉

Thank you, Amanda, I soooo needed this!

Thank you for providing an informative channel about planners. Your videos have been very helpful to me.

So glad i found this video. I have been trying to just use what i have on stash. But omg its hard. So this week i did buy new expanded disc.for 2.99 and omg it was the best. Love how it looks and i did look up video on my ways to use your stickers and i have been enjoy doing my spreads and it has made me feel like its all new again. 😀 this video has helped me so much thank you.

"Planning should reduce stress, not induce it" and "Empty days ≠ Wasted days". Loved these!

Great video! Very helpful

I’ve used my monthly planner as a meeting notes notebook in the past. But I love those meeting notes pages in that new planner. That would be an amazing stand alone notebook or add on section for the regular planner.

This is why I love my TulaXii planner cause it’s a travelers style and getting a new insert is cheaper then buying a whole new planner and they have over 100 different layouts

Muting social media accounts that tend to give me a feeling of FOMO and following unbiased reviews (like you) have been extremely helpful. I like the tips about using a notebook or editing my current planner.

Do the mini notebooks fit in the pocket?

I was super excited to see a video on the monthly planner - but I had to hear sales ads for sticker kits and trackers 😢 I understand that, I do, it’s just the way it is unfortunately.

Just a share regarding memory keeping. My daughter is getting married in 2025. I bought the EC wedding planner (I am the planner as she is in Ph.D. Program). I am turning this into a memory book for her. I used my zip printer to print pics of dress day shopping, and have put the save the date card and invitation in. I am very hopeful this will be more treasured by her than a traditional memory book which she has declined, asking for an acid free photo album instead. If it wasn’t for Amanda and her memory keeping in EC planners, I would have never thought of this. Next memory will be a hair makeover at a high end salon!

very helpful video from the planner queen!

I loved the tips in this video! And that was such a fun Patreon call! I’m curious, at the end of this video you reference a video about you changing to a new planner, but I don’t see it on your channel. Am I missing it?

How many Weekly pages are in the Work-Life Planner?

This was great! This year i have gone through a dozen planners. I had a big life change in April and whoa it has been difficult finding tine to get into any planner I have. Glad I am not the only one.

Great tips, Amanda! Your Patreon group is a favorite of mine. Love all the tips we get there! Truly a community of Planner Helpers 💛

Hi Amanda. Have you ever done a planner review for Colibre? If not, would you consider doing one? I love watching you and listening to your thoughts on the different planners.

Great video Amanda! I appreciate these tips so much! 👏

I used dot grid composition notebooks and box grid before that. For a couple dollars, I could draw my layouts I needed in about an hour a month and not have to worry about cost. I bought my happy planners on clearance for about $3, and just redate the weeks. Then I started printing out the layouts I found better for my current needs, punch the mushroom holes for the discs and use the discs and tab dividers over and over. I had several years where I could even fit multiple years (3 was my max) in the same composition notebook. (My adhd needs more space now so 1 is my limit.) I even used left over pages to test layouts before putting them into my current setups so I had a fall back if the test layouts didn't function for me.

Great video Amanda! This was the first year year I spent $$ on a planner so I've viewed this experience as a way to really find out what I want/need in my planner. And your tip to draw lines and markup the planner to make it work was super helpful when i was feeling stuck on my planner. For me, I've just decided to get through the year and observe what works and doesn't and I definitely have my ideas about what I will be using next year as I only allow myself one main planner and one wellness planner at a time. ❤

Love this video. Staying off of social media is a great tip.

Great timing with this video, especially as we approach July, the next planner decision season😊

Thank you for this I loved it! My go to solution when my planner "not seem to be enough" is taking an A4 paper and folding it once. I stick it in the current spread and use it for whatever needed. I solve many problems with sticky notes. Thank you for always keeping realistic wirh your feet on the ground! ❤

Such good thoughts here! Social media can be such a blessing and a curse!

How can we use the hourly planner to create to do lists in the block of time one is working?

This was so timely!! I always have the urge to switch when I'm very stressed. I had to tell myself to breathe and give myself time to get used to my newer planners. Constantly transferring info over and over is a good deterrent too 😂 I also never toss my unfinished planners. I go back to them when I just need something different for a while.

A wonderful reminder! Great advice.

When I found myself in a really busy season of life with a 15 year old in university and my other son leaving on a mission, I really allowed myself to live in the moment and gave myself some grace. Then when things calmed down, I went back and wrote down all the things I had done on those days. I even added photos if I had them. No stress and no blank pages; just memories 🥰

My problem is that many of them work for me. I just want them all!

These are amazing tips!!! Love it and thank you Amanda ❤

I like the layout especially the undated today section. How do you feel about the double coil? I have found them not as easy to flip pages and turn a lot of pages at one time.

You ALWAYS have such good advice! I totally agree with staying away from social media, I don't need to be "influenced" by a dozen different kinds of planners. I think I know which manufacturers I like by now! And experts as well. 🤓 🖊 📒

Planning is now a more of a hobby since retirement. Enjoy your videos the best of all planners videos😊

What an incredibly helpful video! Thanks so much, Amanda!

What's your thoughts on a 5 year calendar?

I agree 100 % on either staying off social media or very carefully curating your feed. I only follow a few planner vloggers now that I trust to give unbiased reviews. My current expensive planner was on sale and it started falling apart on me recently (like literally last night) so I went and got a ring binder from Hobby Lobby on sale this morning, and I am going to take the rest of it off the binding, and then trim and hole punch it because I love the layout still. Crossing fingers this works enough to get me through December.

Thank you so much for this video, Amanda! It couldn't have come at a better time for me. I have really been struggling with staying committed to my planners lately. I've bought so many new ones, but I still have planners that are perfectly good and will last until the end of the year. It's been a stressful year, and I think I keep buying planners because I'm looking for that perfect system to relieve my stress- and they're all so pretty! I feel guilty because I have too many in my stash, so I switch back and forth between them constantly. I think I need to give myself permission to destash and let go of the guilt. Thanks for some awesome tips. 😊

When I was caregiving my Mother, I created my own planner in Google Sheets that was primarily based on the Eisenhower method. It was perfect for how my brain was working at that time. Now that she has passed, I try a different planner each year. If there is something deficient in the planner, I will add custom pages until I find what is working for me now. That has helped me to determine what I will be looking for in the next year.

Thank you Amanda ❤

I started out in a daily this year, but was feeling overwhelmed by all the space. I gave myself permission to order a weekly to switch over to. I try to really pay attention to what was and wasn't working about each planner I use. Over time, I have come up with my NEED list so I can easily rule out planners. I need a Monday start month, thick paper, coil, and dated. My need list cuts out a lot of FOMO because I know a planner won't work for me if it doesn't have all of my need items.

Thank you Amanda. ❤

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Is the coil for the monthly planner as thick as the regular planner coil?

Hated the dashboard change last year and was super disappointed they continued it this year. Wish they wouldn’t label the boxes, wasn’t thrilled with having to write against the coil, and I’m not a big habit tracker user. I ended up sticking the pages together and flipping over it. I went from buying at least 4 monthly planners a year to 1 and I haven’t even purchased this years yet because I’m thinking about buying a notebook and making my own.

Gotta do a men’s edition 😅