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Design Your Own Planner!

As teachers, we often have certain needs and personal preferences for our planners, and it can be hard to find a planner that meets those needs. Enter Personal Planner! This company allows you to design your own planner, exactly how you like it! Click through to learn more about this company.

As a blogger, I am often contacted by companies that want me to review their products. I usually decline, but not this time because I have been looking for something like this for years! As a disclaimer, Personal-Planner.com did send me one for free (and one to give away), but I would have gladly paid for this, had I known about it, and the review is completely my own. As teachers and parents, I know your lives are super busy and that you depend on your planner to keep you organized, so hopefully this is something you can use, too!

I go planner shopping every year around this time, and until now, I have always had to settle for something that met some, but not all, of my personal planning wants and needs. Not only that, I usually ended up with a bunch of stuff that I would never use (for example, pages for contacts list – I’d rather use my iPhone…and I don’t need tear-out shopping lists, either). One of my own little particularities is that I don’t like lines on the days of the week. I like big open spaces. That knocks out about two thirds of most planners. I also like a vertical format and a place for notes for each day. I have never found all that in one planner…until now.

As teachers, we often have certain needs and personal preferences for our planners, and it can be hard to find a planner that meets those needs. Enter Personal Planner! This company allows you to design your own planner, exactly how you like it! Click through to learn more about this company.

You, of course, probably have your own individual set of requirements for a personal planner, and now you can get all of them – and probably some other nifty add-ons you never thought of.  Designing your own planner is super easy. The site takes you through the process step-by-step. It only took me about 15 minutes!

Here are some features I thought were particularly cool:

  • You get to design your covers! They have patterns and themes you can choose from, or you can upload your own photos.
  • You can start your calendar from any month, and you can add your personal events, such as birthdays, anniversaries, etc.
  • There are a variety of fun mix-and-match choices for designing the weekly pages. If you prefer blocks to my vertical format, then you can have them. Lines too, or even light stripes in a variety of colors. You can even add a little box within each day to track your workouts, work hours, or the weather.
  • At the bottom of each weekly spread, there is a blank space. You can leave it blank, or you can add up to three handy modules. You can see the ones I selected above. I especially like the “Graph of the Week,” which I will probably use to track my moods or productivity.
  • The end of the planner has several great options, as well. The most exciting to me, personally, was the overview of the current year and the next year. I like the format (perfect for recording daily TpT sales), and all of the holidays are listed.
  • If you want to combine your professional life with your personal life, then you can choose to include a final, 40-page section at the back that has all kinds of tools for planning, tracking students, etc. (available on the A5 planner only).
  • They include a plastic pouch for extras and a ruler. Also, shipping is free!

 

The planners come in several different sizes, so you can choose which is right for you. I have to say that I am totally thrilled with mine and am quite sure I will be ordering new ones year after year.

If you want to get started right away making yours, here is the place to go!

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    Comments

    1. Barbara Balius says

      November 5, 2013 at 1:08 am

      Thanks for posting this!! It looks very helpful!

      Reply
    2. Mrs. Walton says

      November 5, 2013 at 1:18 am

      Looks awesome!

      Reply
    3. Bridget says

      November 5, 2013 at 1:21 am

      I am looking forward to my trip to ITALY!!!! 🙂

      Reply
    4. Bobkat27834 says

      November 5, 2013 at 1:22 am

      I would love to have this! Thank you for all that you give and do!

      Reply
    5. stonecat1214 says

      November 5, 2013 at 1:23 am

      I am looking forward to watching my 8th graders graduate!

      Reply
    6. alai1024 says

      November 5, 2013 at 1:28 am

      Awesome

      Reply
    7. Melissa M. says

      November 5, 2013 at 1:29 am

      I am looking forward to having my own classroom.

      Reply
    8. Roberta Haren says

      November 5, 2013 at 1:29 am

      I am looking forward to watching my granddaughter grow into a great learner, like her momma and aunt; this is the legacy I give to her as a teacher and life long learner, myself!

      Reply
    9. Fawn Wessel says

      November 5, 2013 at 1:35 am

      I am always trying to be more organized…this would help me so much!

      Reply
    10. Mary says

      November 5, 2013 at 1:36 am

      I love this!

      Reply
    11. Randie Friedman says

      November 5, 2013 at 1:40 am

      I'm looking forward to a trip to Scotland!

      Reply
    12. tinamarie says

      November 5, 2013 at 1:42 am

      This looks great…thanks for posting!

      Reply
    13. Cindy L Meester says

      November 5, 2013 at 1:54 am

      Looking forward to playing in the snow!

      Reply
    14. musicartwords says

      November 5, 2013 at 1:57 am

      I am looking forward to next year because my baby will be a Senior in High School, and my middle daughter will be a Senior in college.

      Thank you for offering this giveaway. What a terrific product!

      Reply
    15. kitteekat says

      November 5, 2013 at 1:58 am

      Ooh my! Anything that personalised is super. Thanks so much for posting!

      Reply
    16. Barbara says

      November 5, 2013 at 2:04 am

      I am looking forward to tomorrow with my third graders!

      Reply
    17. Anonymous says

      November 5, 2013 at 2:33 am

      Looking forward to having a smooth start to the year.

      Reply
    18. Lori @ Life in Room 24 says

      November 5, 2013 at 2:48 am

      I'm looking forward to the birth of grandchild #2 (and possibly #3)!

      Reply
    19. Verena says

      November 5, 2013 at 3:44 am

      Love the idea of planning my own planner!

      Reply
    20. Engaging a Creative Classroom says

      November 5, 2013 at 4:10 am

      This looks like it would be useful to help schedule blogs! Thanks for the review, I love that you can personalize it:)

      Reply
    21. spanishplans.org says

      November 5, 2013 at 4:13 am

      Looks awesome!

      Reply
    22. Toni Nicholson says

      November 5, 2013 at 10:23 am

      Looking forward to my first grandchild graduating from high school.
      Love the planner.
      Toni Nicholson
      [email protected]

      Reply
    23. cbstch says

      November 5, 2013 at 10:37 am

      I am looking forward to spending a quiet Thanksgiving catching up on all the things I never have time to enjoy.

      Reply
    24. Courtney says

      November 5, 2013 at 11:32 am

      I am looking forward to the possibilities of the unknown and a fresh start!
      Courtney
      Polka Dot Lesson Plans

      Reply
    25. musicwms says

      November 5, 2013 at 11:33 am

      I'm looking forward to using this with my daughter. We always have to settle for something that's not quite usable too.

      Reply
    26. Diane Peck says

      November 5, 2013 at 1:02 pm

      I would love this. It might just help me get some organization in my life.

      Reply
    27. Sidney says

      November 5, 2013 at 6:15 pm

      What I am looking forward to most in the upcoming year is settling my mother's estate and getting my life back to some semblance of order.

      Reply
    28. Karen H says

      November 6, 2013 at 12:19 am

      I'm looking forward to our spring camping trip.

      Reply
    29. Karen H says

      November 6, 2013 at 12:19 am

      I'm looking forward to our spring camping trip.

      Reply
    30. Indy says

      November 6, 2013 at 1:00 am

      I'm looking forward to my trip to Lake Tahoe that my hubby just booked for us! Yeah!

      Reply
    31. Anonymous says

      November 6, 2013 at 3:02 am

      Looking forward to more organization help! Thanks!

      Reply
    32. Paula says

      November 6, 2013 at 4:05 am

      This looks super cool…thanks for sharing

      Reply
    33. CD says

      November 7, 2013 at 12:04 am

      I need a new planner and am on a tight budget. This looks great!

      Reply
    34. Bonnie Deeney says

      November 7, 2013 at 12:22 am

      I am looking forward to having a year of Common Core completed.

      Reply
    35. Delaney Kantz says

      November 7, 2013 at 1:31 am

      I'm looking forward to using the new planner that I might win!

      Reply
    36. Rhesia M. says

      November 7, 2013 at 2:44 am

      I am looking forward to watching my children grow.

      Reply
    37. Sarah says

      November 7, 2013 at 10:40 am

      I am looking forward to a family holiday in Cornwall with my husband, children, parents and (hopefully) my brother!

      Reply
    38. Shelley Gray says

      November 7, 2013 at 9:20 pm

      This looks awesome! I need to get better organized, so this would be perfect 🙂

      Shelley

      Reply
    39. NYC Teacher says

      November 8, 2013 at 12:53 am

      It looks great! Love it 🙂 Fingers crossed

      Reply
    40. Lauren says

      November 8, 2013 at 6:11 am

      With student teaching coming up in January plus seminar and a research class, this planner will truly come in handy. Good luck to all! Thanks for sharing a great product.

      Reply
    41. Anonymous says

      November 9, 2013 at 7:20 pm

      Looing forward to spending more time with friends and family in the coming year.

      Reply
    42. Anonymous says

      November 9, 2013 at 7:53 pm

      Minds in Bloom is a GREAT blog!!

      [email protected]

      Reply
    43. Kristi Tencarre says

      November 10, 2013 at 2:14 am

      what a great idea!

      Reply