Legend PRO Hourly Schedule Edition

I don't normally write reviews but wanted to leave this here as it might help someone else and/or save them some time!What I'm about to write will probably make me sound like a woman of a certain age with too much time on her hands - yes to the former but definitely no to the latter which is why I needed a planner that works! Plus if you're the sort of person who's looking at buying this planner I think this may resonate with you!As per the title, I couldn't NOT give this 5 stars as it is by far the best planner I've ever used, but with a few tweaks it could be perfect! It's high quality, lovely thick pages, ribbons etc and now does the job I've been trying to do (much more laboriously) by creating my own pages in a bullet journal i.e. plan my time effectively and make sure I'm spending as much of it as possible on things that are going to get my to my goals. I think the "front end" section is brilliant - asks all the right questions to enable you to set your goals in the first place.I didn't really mind the faff writing my own dates in, but unfortunately I didn't notice straight off that the weekly spreads are Monday to Sunday, but the monthly spreads are Sunday to Saturday. Having written all the dates in wrong on the monthly spreads I had to tippex and change them, which detracted somewhat from the journal's beautiful appearance! So...first piece of advice is get yourself a set of erasable pens!Having corrected all the dates I put in wrong on the monthly pages, when I starting actually using the journal, I found the Sunday-Saturday format of the monthly pages really irritating because I couldn't put weekend plans in as Saturday and Sundays are on separate lines and therefore I couldn't see weekend plans at a glance for the month, plus when flicking from monthly to weekly pages it made it harder to reconcile them because the weekly pages run Monday to Sunday!So... and this is the bit that may make me sound slightly unhinged - I actually printed out a load of tiny stickers for the days of the week and overstickered the headers for every monthly page so that mine now run Monday to Sunday. Bit Blue Peter and yes it took me a couple of hours but it has made the planner so much more user-friendly that my second piece of advice is to do the same!After a somewhat shaky start, I've been using this planner for several weeks now and I have to say it has REALLY helped me:-1. It saves me time because it covers all the stuff I was having to repeatedly write in myself in my bullet journal2. Having the hours printed on the weekly spreads means I make myself commit to exactly when I'm going to do something (rather than it just being on a list - I couldn't be bothered to write out the hours for every day in my bullet journal!)3. It really makes you think regularly about your goals - for me this has helped me say no to things that don't!4. I find the monthly review of progress v goals works well for me - in other planners I was supposed to do this weekly which didn't happen more often than not then I felt like I was so behind I wouldn't bother.If by any chance the manufacturer reads this, the other thing that would make this planner even better IMHO would be to put the quarterly goal sections at the beginning of each quarter rather than altogether at the front.My strong recommendation is definitely to buy it, but sticker the monthly pages so they run Monday to Sunday AND use erasable pens!Anyway, hope someone out there finds this helpful :-)

I have ME/CFS and was looking for something I could use as a combination pacing journal and appointment/reminder calendar. I chose this after looking around for ages. I don’t have enough energy to sit and draw out my own grids bullet-journal style so this having so many pre-existing grids is super helpful to me. While this is not designed specifically as a pacing journal, I’m able to adapt it really easily with a tippex pocket mouse and stickers.What I love: The monthly calendar pages let me see the whole month’s appointments/reminders at a glance. The weekly pages have 30 minute time slots from 6am to 9pm, which is longer than most of the appointment style planners I looked at. The “Today’s goals” and “priorities” section at the top of each day in the weekly sections is excellent for helping me note down that day’s most important tasks, since my disability means I often have to choose which tasks I have enough energy to do and which have to wait. Whether it be an appointment, or a reminder to take a rest day, or a light task day, I found that excellent in planning rest days in between task days. It has a section near the front for your most important 1 year goals and 3 month goals in different areas of your life. As I use this for pacing, I adapted these section for planning out what important things I need to do such as things I need to discuss with the GP, and my ME/CFS Consultant, steps I need to take towards making benefit claims and obtaining different mobility and disability aids. I’m able to spread these plans out over the year in those sections so I don’t overwhelm myself doing it all at once. I love, love, love the monthly review sections, that I also adapted and find so useful for looking back over the weekly sections for each month, and noting down any patterns I see that either make my symptoms worse or better. The paper is good quality, and I love the 3 sectioning ribbons and the pocket in the back that holds my journal stickers. The journal is A4, which while too big and heavy for me to carry around in a handbag, it’s perfect to stay at home with me for pacing since I’ bedbound most of my time. The Ideas and Notes spare dot grid page in the months section is excellent, I’ve used this to create a symptom tracker for each of my 3 chronic illnesses, all on the same page and lets me easily see my symptom history over the month. Awesome for spotting fluctuations in my illnesses and easily comparing those days against the weekly sections to see what was happening.What I would improve: A little more space between where the day time slots end and where the section underneath for habit trackers, personal to do lists etc begin would be good, as the small space there makes everything look a bit squashed in and busy. Also: love the habit tracker, but it’s real small at the bottom of the page. I would have liked a bigger one, but I repurposed one of the other bottom boxes as a habit tracker using some habit tracker stickers from eBay, so now I have enough tracker space. Both of these are minor niggles and really not enough to put me off using this.Word of warning though: avoid using a Sharpie in this planner because it does bleed though the other side of the page. Colouring pencils, biros, highlighters and ink stamps are all fine and don’t bleed through for me.Initially I thought this planner was rather expensive. Though, after using it for the last 3 months and finding it easily adaptable for my purposes, I’d say it’s worth every Penny. I will definitely by another for 2024.

I spent a while watching video reviews online, reading reviews etc between this Legend Planner, the Clever Fox one, the Law of Attraction one, and another one I can't remember now. I settled for this one and I am SO GLAD I did.Some people griped about the monthly calendar starting on a Sunday and the weekly section starts on a Monday but I found absolutely NO problems with this whatsoever.Nearly 3 weeks in using this, it really is a superb planner. I is JUST what I wanted from a planner and MORE. You get out what you put in, and this planner leaves no stones unturned.I really enjoyed the much needed self-reflecting this forced me to do to align my goals, principles and desires to work towards before being able to buckle down on the monthly, weekly and hourly schedules. I'm glad too, because it helps puts things into perspective.Pages are nice and thick, three separate divider ribbons, nice stickers it comes with (not really used them yet) and the cover quality overall is just gorgeous.I had a little problem with my order though and the support was fantastic (special shout out to Sophie who was quick to deal with my issue.)Overall, LOVE LOVE LOVE this.

I’ve previously had a few ‘Passion Planners’ and while I’ve been satisfied with the product, shipping costs have become prohibitive. Having switched to this product I am very pleased with the quality, the appearance and the layout of the journal. The only ‘downside’ for me, is that I would’ve preferred a dated version, which was not available in the size & style that I ordered, but it’s not a game-changer and wouldn’t put me off buying the product again.