It’s my favorite time of yearโtime to order fresh new planners for the new year! This popular post highlights more than a dozen of the best planners made for creative women business ownersย by creative women business owners.
I’m an old pro at this by now. I’ve been using paper organizers forever (seriously, I’ve tried and failed digital options many times), and this is the fourth year that I’ve put together this roundup.ย
What I’ve learned is this: There isn’t one option that suits everyone. That said, I’m hopeful that among this great collection of planners you can find the right one for your organizational and inspirational needs.
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โFeminist Agenda by Erika Firm for Minted
Erika Firm is an artist, designer, magazine hoarder, kitty squisher, wife, and mother. Known for her love of the color green, a perfectly imperfect stripe, and a well poured cortado, Erika resides on Johns Island, South Carolina. The unique charm of Charleston, her French heritage, oak trees with Spanish Moss, Lowcountry salt marshes, and every color Mother Nature has to offer inspires her work.
Feminist Agenda Monthly or Weekly planner (starting at $25) is a 5.5″ by 8.5″ planner that includes perpetual weekly or monthly planner layouts so you can start them on any date. It includes two sheets of colorful stickers to highlight birthdays special events and reminders. You can even customize the front and interior cover with your name and/or photos.
Learn more/order: Minted.com (search for “Feminist Agenda”)
The Ashley Shelly Planner
Ashley Shellyย has a passion for planning and organizationโon paper and in her environment. Her brand’s tagline is “Create Your Best Days” because she knows planning is such a huge part of a woman’s day (and life!). She created a planner that combines scheduling, to-do lists, and inspirational planning. “I believe function and inspiration are the key ingredients in a perfect planner,” she says
The Ashley Shelly Planner ($44.95) features a combination of organization and inspiration. It includes a weekly layout on two pages with equal space for all days of the week. Each day has a section for your schedule, to-do list, and notes or meal planning. I love the Creative Spreads, which are positioned at the start of each month, to help you get inspired and set goals. It has a hard, semi-gloss cover, and measures 7.25 x 9.25 inches including binding.
Learn more/order:ย AshleyShelly.com
Classic Panda Planner
The Classic Panda Planner ($24.97) is small but mighty. Inside the 5.25×8.25″ undated planner you’ll find space for daily morning and end-of-day reviews, plus daily schedule, tasks, priorities, and notes. There are also weekly reviews and planning areas, monthly overviews and reviews, and space to work on habits. You also get access to eBooks on topics like “How to Crush Your Goals” and “A Billionaire’s Guide to Productivity”, plus a video mini-course on how to skyrocket your productivity. It comes in 4 colors and is likely to become your favorite planner.
Learn more/order: PandaPlanner.com
InkWELL Press 360ยบ Disc Planners
Tonya Dalton started InkWELL Press in 2014 to pursue her passion of providing productivity tools, training and education. She believes “in ending the glorification of busy. No one can do it all, but we can take what weโre given and develop a system that allows us to manage our days in a way that leaves us feeling happy and fulfilled.”
360ยบ Disc Planners (starting at $52) are full customizable and allow you to create the ideal planner for your lifestyle. No more trying to fit your schedule into someone else’s idea of how it should flow. The 360ยบ Disc system offers multiple covers, page formats, and accessories. You can choose undated daily, horizontal weekly, vertical weekly, monthly, or goal setting spreads. It can take a bit to get the hang of building your own planner, but for control freaks (like me) it may be the best solution and worth the price of admission.
Learn more/order: InkWELLPress.com
Dailygreatness Planner
Lyndelle Palmer-Clarke os a recovering self-help junkie who’s read all the books, been to all the seminars, listened to all the DVD’s and followed all the gurus only to realize that something was seriously missing from the pictureโapplied knowledge.ย She made it her life mission to empower others to apply self-help ideas into their lives so they can start seeing results, and created the Dailygreatness planner to help.
The Dailygreatness Original Yearlyย Planner ($49.95) combines a yearly diary, goal and appointment planner, and daily tools for self-mastery. It includes space for appointments, reminders, gratitude, intentions, and evening reflections. This beautifully designed undated journal, with 488 full-color pages, will inspire you to upgrade your life and achieve your goals. Why wait for January 1st to start achieving your goals, when you can start today.ย
Learn more/order: Dailygreatness.com
The Commit 30 Planner
Jenny Newcomer searched for years for the perfect planner that would help keep her busy work and home life in order. Eventually, she decided to create our own and manufacture it in the USA. A successful Kickstarter campaign funded the initial 2016 production run, and now this planner is a popular choice among entrepreneurs, moms, and busy people of all types.
The Commit 30 Planner ($29-36) is designed to help you crush your goals and dreams by focusing on 30 Day Challenges every month. I freaking love this sleek little planner, which comes in weekly (Sunday or Monday start) or monthly formats. It includes vision mapping, planning and goal setting pages, life and work to-do lists, note pages, a back pocket, and motivational quotes. Best of all, part of the sales of certain planners go to Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance (Jenny, the creator, is thriving after ovarian cancer in her early 20s).
Learn more/order: Commit30.com
The Best Self Planner
Cathryn Laveryย co-founded BestSelf Co. in 2015 because she wanted more from her life, and realized lack of time was her biggest obstacle. After too many days spinning her wheels, she figured there must be a better way to create success. She and her partner studied high-performance practices and created the Self Journal and Self Planner. They now donate one meal toย Feeding Americaย for every order on their site.
Self Planner ($19.99) is the most economical option on this list. Itโs a six-month life planner designed to help you manage your time and plan your life. Use the various templates to get clear on your priorities, mastermind your future, and infuse every day with the things that matter most to you. Available in a black or coral hardcover measuring 7ร10โ, it includes a back pocket, two ribbon markers, and perforated corners.
Learn more/order: BestSelf.co
Cultivate What Matters PowerSheets
Lara Casey is passionate about helping women get unstuck, unrushed, and living on purpose instead of by accident. Because that was her story, too. She created PowerSheets to help women make what matters happen, right where they are. She wants to get women asking themselves what makes them tick, what do they most want to cultivate in their lives, and what are the things they’ve always wanted to do. I love that!
Theย PowerSheetsยฎย Intentional Goalย Planner ($58) is a best-selling goal planning tool for a reason. They help you uncover the right goals for your season of life, have goal coaching on every page to keep you motivated, and include seasonal worksheets to refresh and refocus your goals. Plus, you get access to a free library of downloadable pages (including things like a meal planner, finance tracker, reading list, and budget). I highly recommend this system for anyone looking for a very in-depth, comprehensive approach to setting big goals.
Learn more/order: CultivateWhatMatters.com
The Day Designer
The Day Designer ($59) is the original daily planner. Itโs a simple and easy system created to help women find balance and productivity. There are yearly and monthly glances, but this one is all about the daily pages. There is a focus on the top three things you need to do each day (my favorite part!). There’s also a ton of space for events, to-dos, notes, meal planning, gratitude, and more. If you prefer a daily planner, I doesn’t get more elegant and practical than this.
Learn more/order: DayDesigner.com
The Refresh Weekly Planner
Jenna Murilloย hasย felt a sense of magic with paper since childhood. Sheโs energized by turning a blank canvas into something beautiful. Thatโs what led her to planner design. โDesigning a product thatโsย a stunning and functional tool for others was always a dream,โ she says. โIn 2015, fueled by the encouragement of friends and family and a fire inside of me to create, I fulfilled that dream.โ
The Refresh Weekly Planner ($39.95) is back for 2020 with three fun new cover design options (they are all great, but the Kennedy, below, is my fave). The Refresh Planner includes a pocket design, goal-planning pages, monthly and weekly spreads, intentional space for weekly action steps and gratitude notes,ย and a notes section. It’s all beautifully bound with hard covers, so it wonโt fall apart by April. This one always makes my list because it’s so pretty and practical.
Also, don’t miss the Enneagram Planners if you love that personality test. They are so cool for helping each type actually plan in a way that makes the most sense to their unique needs!
Learn more/order: WorkSpacery.comย
My PA Planner
Alexandra Stearn ย tested numerous planners over the years, but none offered what she needed. She out to create the ‘Champion’ of plannersโone with a place for everything, that addresses her productivity and time management problems, and is second only to actually having a personal assistant.
My PA Planner ($39-$49) is more than just a planner, it’s a road map for your success with everything you need to turn your vision into a reality. It’s designed for creatives, freelancers, and entrepreneurs who want to make the most of their gifts and lives. Think of it as having your very own 24/7 personal assistant helping you to stay on top of your game, stop you from feeling overwhelmed and help you make every single day count. There is a place for every goal, project, idea, thought or intention.
Learn more/order: MyPAPlanner.com
Life Planners
Erin Condren left 12-hour days in the apparel industry to become a stay-at-home mom of two. She developed a case of cabin fever, and searched online for career opportunities she could do from home. She began making cards for friends, and a friend encouraged her to sell her designs in June 2004. The rest is history.
The LifePlanner™ ($50+) is the ultimate planning system to get organized, achieve your goals, and preserve memories in one stylish space. This feature-packed design boasts two-page spreads per month, three layouts (vertical, horizontal, or hourly), stylish elements and inspirational quotes, coiled-in stickers, and a two-page goal setting spread. It’s ideal for anyone who loves scrapbooking or is otherwise artistic (and I know teachers love this one!). There are so many accessories you can use to personalize and make yours a true reflection of you!
Learn more/order: ErinCondren.com
Hope Planner
Heather Vreeland is a wife, mother, founder of Occasions Media Group, and the creator of The Celebration Society, St. Augustine Social and Littleature Childrenโs Books. In 2016, she was inspired to design her own daily agenda that helped reorganize her priorities and make room in her schedule to read Godโs word every day. That simple goal sparked new life and greater perspective in her normally stressed out days and became an agent of change in her life.
The Hope Planner ($34) is more than a daily planner with Bible versesโit’s an all-in-one Christian planner that combines a daily planner and prayer journal to help you be organized and put your faith first each day. This is a beautiful option for Christian women who need a daily planner that helps them make time for faith, just as they make time for tasks and appointments. It’s an undated day planner with space for monthly project tracking, goal setting weekly sermon notes, and more.
Learn more/order: Hopefuel.co
Ponderlily Planner
Carina Lawson is a Brazilian-born, Arabian Gulf-raised, Brit-wed, higher-ed executive, and twin mum. Like most of the creators on this list, Lawson created her planner for herself to solve her problem of overwhelm. “Iโd internalized the message that making time for myself was less important than my to-do list,” she says. “But I wanted space to grow, learn, laugh, and to be honest, sleep, too!”
The Ponderlily Planner (ยฃ35 GBP) is made with eco-conscious materials and plastic-free packaging, and is designed to prompt you to dream fearlessly, set meaningful intentions, and take bold actions. It available in either dated or undated weekly layouts, and comes in several beautiful colors. There are gentle prompts, lists, gratitude reflections, habit trackers, and more to hold you accountable and help you celebrate triumphs. This is perfect for my European readers: It won’t fly across the world to get to you, meaning a smaller carbon footprint and a cleaner conscience!
Learn more/order: Ponderlily.com
Rule The World
Ilana Griffo decided to makeย a planner when sheย couldnโt find one thatย fitย herย needs. โAs a design student, I wanted a place I could doodle, take notes, and stay on track of my classwork,โ she says. In the last fiveย years, Griffoโs plannerย hasย evolved to reflect herย creative journey and herย customersโ needs.ย
The Rule The World Planner ($35) is full of goal-setting tools bound to help you crush your goals. From budget-planning worksheets to inspirational quotes, it’s bound to make this year your best yet.
Learn more/order: Amazon.com
Bloom Planners
Kaylyn Minix and Michelle Ashkin started Bloom in 2010 to appeal to everyone, from middle schoolers to moms. Their aim is to make staying organized trendy and fun. “We hope to use our products as a vehicle to inspire and encourage women around the world to accomplish their dreams. Never stop dreaming, never stop blooming!”
The Woman with a Plan Planner ($18.95) runs July 2020 through July 2021 and has a hard cover with reinforced metal edges. It includesย a yearly mission statement prompt, yearly overview spread, purpose page, values page, life auditing page, things not to do page, yearly goal setting, vision board, habit tracking, ideal week planning worksheet, weekly scheduling template, monthly task tracking, monthly spending tracking, to-do lists, notes pages, contact pages, website login tracker, monthly challenges and more!
Learn more/order: BloomPlanners.com
There you have it! My roundup of the best planners for 2020. I hope you find one you love! If you found this post useful, please share it with your friends and on social media. Help me spread the love for these amazing women who are making beautiful products to help all of us get more organized. Thanks!
This is a great list Becky! I am visiting Austin next week and canโt wait to go to the Erin Condren store and check out their collection. Which oneโs your absolute favorite?
I love them all and have used most of them over the last 5-6 years. This year I may try the Commit 30 because it’s new to me. But trying to choose a “favorite” is impossible! I only include those that I really love.
This is such a great list! Now I need to figure out which one is best for me. I’m hoping to focus more on personal goals in 2020.
That’s the hardest part! Too many amazing ones to choose from. Thanks for reading and commenting!
I look forwrard to this post every year! I’ve been enjoying my Refresh calendar, and am looking forward to experimenting with one of the others this year!
Yeah, the Refresh is one of my faves for sure. I’m glad you like it!
Planners are such a cool and helpful tool! and these here are so beautiful!
Thanks for reading! There are definitely some beautiful options here.
Oh my goodness, these are all so tempting!! BECKY!!! Off to explore which will work best for me ๐
Thanks for reading! I hope you find one you love!
What a great list! Thank you for sharing!
I want them all. I prefer paper planners for sure. I love the Bullet Proof one. I think I may try the Perfect Project.
The Perfect Project is a printable but if that works for you it would probably be great! I’m a big fan of old-school paper planners, too, so it’s nice to know I’m not the only one!
If you haven’t seen it, the Personal Brand Playbook is an excellent planner as well! Especially for entrepreneurs and businesswomen. It comes with personal branding/strategy coaching that helps you create a clear vision and action plan. Really helped me stay on top of and accomplish my goals and is more of a complete system than a planner alone. Highly recommend!
Thanks! I know have lots of planners to explore.
There are so many great ones here. Hope it’s not too overwhelming haha!
Ahhhh love this time of year (planner buying time!) So many to choose from – thanks so much for the detailed reviews, this will help make my decision easier ๐
This list is incredible! Thanks for putting in all the work for all the busy mamas and creators! Can’t wait to order next years planner!
I’m so glad it’s helpful for you. I *LOVE* doing this list. And I wish I could use them all each year. They are all so pretty and practical. Good luck choosing the right one for you!
Thanks for putting this list together, Becky. You’ve listed some incredible choices for planners. I’m hoping to find my 2020 planner from this list.
I’m so glad you enjoyed it (and I hope you find a planner you love)!
Wonderful share, Becky – love it!
I love so many of these planners! Thanks for sharing!!
I’m so glad you liked them! It is so much fun to create the post because I love planners so much.
This is awesome – thank you for sharing!!
Thank you for this list! You had some planners that I’ve never heard of but now want to try. Something for everyone too.
I really love Carrie & Co’s Perfectly Planned Planner. It’s set up for female entrepreneurs with PLENTY of space for dreaming, breaking down those goals into manageable chunks and it’s full of inspiring stuff. https://carrie.co/
I’m started with Erin Condren – Paper is amazing, Inkwell Press- MY FAV…. but I think Plum Paper (for the awesome customization) and the Passion Planner should be on your next list! ๐