Panda PlannerWeekly Turquoise - Productivity & Happiness- 1 Year Planner - 8.5 x 11" - Softcover - Weekly Layout, Calendar, Journal, Daily Gratitude, Personal Organizer: All-in-1! Guaranteed

I looked at many many planners before buying this one. It was more expensive, however it has just what I need in terms of space and design, the right size as I work from home and don't need to carry it around.I like the weekly planning and review and the space for journaling, notes and pictures. I will likely buy again next year, Oh and the color is great, finally something pretty and not in black for business.

Like many, I've been on a planner journey. And in between trialing others, I kept coming back to my Panda Planner Daily. Which I had rejected early on as being not quite right for me for various reasons...but the elements I DID like kept bringing me back. It took purchasing and partially using 6 other planners, and reading and watching tons of reviews of others, to pinpoint what I was looking for, and what works best for me (which can be very different for everyone).I discovered that for a WEEKLY planner, this one works the best so far. (I still struggle with the column width in weeklies for writing all that I want but this one has the widest columns of those I've tried so far.)First thing for me is that I prefer larger-sized planners if it's a weekly.Next, the prompts and organization of the weekly layout/schedule are just what I want.The addition of one full BLANK page (I need at least one blank page per week) and one full page for planning/reflection (again with prompts that are exactly right for me) for each week is major!The paper quality is good (not experiencing ghosting with any of my pens or highlighters so far), and I much prefer the bright white of the Panda pages over the darker cream pages that many planners have. I like having 3 ribbon bookmarks, the pocket in back, and the elastic. The binding allows the pages to lay nice and flat when opened to any section.I DO have a few suggestions for improvements below, so really I'd give it a 4.5 star review.But I'm leaving my review at a 5-star because I've had to spend too much time hacking all the other weekly planners I've tried (adding columns/prompts, taping over existing columns/prompts, adding additional headers, etc–it's time-consuming and doesn't look as neat), and this one I can use pretty much exactly as is!Here is my list of suggested tweaks.1) I love soft covers (especially on a large size planner) but this one is a little flimsy compared to other soft cover planners I've tried. Mine arrived already having a bent corner and a crease along the bottom, so I feel unsure as to how it will hold up, but I will update this review after a few months on that. Others have a more luxurious/velvety feel to the touch as well.2) It would be great to have the days of the week blank on the weekly layout so people can fill in as they choose (so you can start your weekly view on either Sunday or Monday. The Sunday start on the weekly view is the biggest drawback of this planner for me.)3) In the hourly schedule section on the weekly layout, using dotted or lighter lines would make it easier to block out sections of time or use that space for other reasons.4) A 1/4 inch or 5mm dot grid would be better on the blank pages.5) A few more blank pages at the end! There are only 5. Even adding just a few so that there are 12 (one for each month) would be great.6) A few project/goal planning pages?

Product is amazing! Helps me with my organizational skills. Would recommend it!

Numbering error. Quite an eyesore, especially when I paid so much for the planner. Not sure why nobody provided feedback on this.

I have just started using this planner for the first time and I can tell it's going to help me be very productive with work this year (as log as I use it every day!). The tutorials online are a great help and the follow up emails I receive are very useful. Yes, it was an investment, but I'm very glad I made it.