Amazon Basics Daily Planner and Journal, Black, Soft Cover

I really like this planner. The pages are good quality, no bleed through with water-based pens, nice to write on. The layout is perfect, with all the month pages, weekly pages, and daily pages bunched together. The weekly pages is great for weekly overviews, and the daily pages for day-to-day planning and notes. I appreciated the reflection prompts at the bottom of each week and day page (achievements and improvements). It’s good for 6 months, which is good enough to keep the book reasonably thin. (Also more months than some other ones on the market that are 3-4 months). I would keep buying this planner! But two recommendations: (1) up the quality of the cover and (2) vary the color of the bookmark ribbons.

PROS: For those who aren’t too hard on planners, this is a fantastic value. I couldn’t find anything comparable within ten dollars of this price. The planner has a lot of similarities to goal type planners like Panda and Fox but without the cutesy inspiration and bullet style kind of vibe, so it’s great for those of us who like the goal model but want to be able to use something in the office that does not have a cutesy panda on the corner of the page. It’s basic, functional, and professional looking.

CONS: If you are hard on notebooks and planners, this is not the one for you. It has an incredibly thin almost paper-back like cover and I suspect that the binding and glue isn’t going to withstand being tossed in a backpack or shoulder bag for very long. It works great for a tidy briefcase, or those who would use it mainly on a desk top but it’s not as sturdy as the other planners I’ve mentioned. The other con for me is the thin pages. If you are a gel pen or felt pen lover, the pages are too thin for you, the ink will 100% assuredly bleed through. If you color prioritize, you’re gonna need to use colored pencils instead. Pens are not your friend here unless you stick to the classic Bic.

As others have mentioned, it might also be a good fit for those who are just starting out planning with this model and don’t want to start with a 40 dollar planner. Hopefully this helps you make a better purchase decision.

I was searching for a planner to organize my faith life and this is the only one that was really suitable and affordable. The weekly planning pages are handy for working on new habits and projects. The daily pages are fantastic because there is room for focus areas on the left (e.g. prayer, church, bible study) and notes on the right. I really appreciate that it doesn’t have an hourly schedule because that’s not what I need, and the dotted lines are unobtrusive. I use the space at the top for a quote or thought of the day. It’s easy to black out the section headings with a Sharpie and write in what I want with a white pen. You can make the planner what you want because it isn’t overly formatted with habit trackers or meal planners etc. You decide what each section is for. I cut off the ribbons and use repositionable tabs to get to this month/week/day. I’m not sure how durable the cover is going to be, judging by the other reviews, and it is gets scuffed up pretty easily, but I don’t mind if I have to repair it since the layout is perfect for me. It could use more notes pages in the back, but there is a pocket to put in note paper. It might be good if they came out with a loose-leaf version for binder planners, or a quarterly version that was half planner and half notebook, but this is already a great planner. Keep an eye on the price, it goes down in February and August.

Great way to track your progress by yearly planner monthly planner and daily planner…the quality is fine and the size is compatible and I think paper thickness is less like it’s not bad and too good overall best product 👍

This book seems awesome and will help to keep me organized but there are only 6 monthly calendars in the front of the book which means this book is only good for 6 months not a full year… 😑

Me llegó a tiempo, la calidad de pastas y hojas está super bien, me está siendo muy útil para organizar mi mes y semana, está genial que no esté limitada por fechas así que puedes comprarla en cualquier momento del año, es para 6 meses, me suscribí al plan frecuente para que en 6 meses me llegue otra

This six-month planner/journal is particularly useful for short-term, day-to-day use when you are trying to form a new habit and/or keep on track when working on a specific project. It is not very useful for long-term scheduling (in part because you have to fill-in the dates as you go since it is undated.) However, it’s short-term, day-to-day features are precisely what renders it extremely useful.

Look carefully at the photos. What you see is what you get. Quality is good. Large size is, I think, most useful. For me this is not the kind of object one should carry around all day. Keep reading and you’ll see why.

Best way to use it is to fill it in each morning in order to get a handle on what should be most important to accomplish that day, AND then to fill it in again at the end of each day and use it as a tool to evaluate the effectiveness of the day and to plan better the following day. In short, this planner/journal helps you reflect…

Smartphones and computers will better allow you to schedule events long-term (WHEN, WHERE, WHO), but this item can really help you understand WHAT you are doing on a day-to-day basis, WHY you are doing it, and HOW you can learn to do it better.

One more thing: The paper is thick enough that my board tipped Japanese fountain pen does not bleed through. Do note, however, that I do not press hard when I write. I also used a medium tipped Italian fountain pen with no problem. I plan to regularly use a medium tipped Japanese pen and I anticipate no difficulty.

BTW I just bought three more, two to give as gifts and one for myself when this one is fully used!