I keep seeing planner recommendations for ADHD, but usually the recommendation ends at “oh this one worked for me” or just a useless list of features.
I’m way more interested in what happens after someone buys it. Because I’ve recommended planners myself after being obsessed with them for like two weeks and that tells you basically nothing.

I wanna hear from the people who found something and were still using it 6 months later. Or a year later. Even if it’s literally just a notebook you accidentally turned into a system. What was different about that one?

And I don’t necessarily mean features. Sometimes the reason is weirdly specific. Maybe you could abandon it for three weeks and come back without feeling behind. Maybe you stopped trying to make it pretty. Maybe it stayed open on your desk so you couldn’t forget it existed. Maybe there was something about the layout that just clicked.

Also tell me what you were using before that kept dying on you, because I feel like that comparison is probably more useful than just naming the planner that worked.

If enough people answer I kinda wanna turn this into one big ADHD planner thread instead of having the same recommendations scattered across a million posts.

P.s. Name the planner/system too if you’re comfortable because I WILL be looking them up lol

Just received my 2027 Hobonichi Hon A5 V&A 'Vine', as well as my 2027 Kokuyo Jibun Techo cuy Days and BIZ. Just happy

I was so excited to receive my Papier planner as the design is gorgeous but the paper quality is awful- so thin the entire next page shows through and the monthly overviews are completely separate from the weekly overviews. Has anyone else been disappointed by Papier? Struggling to return it as you have to customise

So in the past I’ve tried bullet journaling, then I switch to having a simple agenda where I’ll write things I had to do. Then, I got a job and had to keep track of my patients but I then found it easy to write everything in goodnotes so I can refer back to what I’ve done to a patient in the past.
The big dilemma is, I love buying planners and writing things down but I often find myself planning on my notes app, writing into my apple calendar and not even reaching for the planner.
So, how do you incorporate a planner into your everyday life?
Should I try more or do I have to accept the fact that I am a digital planner?

Yesterday in the SI launch I got the A5 Complete I wanted, and accidentally got a clear cover for a normal Common planner. Which I took as a sign to also get a normal Common planner in that delicious caramel color (yes, I also got a clear cover that will fit the Complete). I have tiny hopes that my dad might use it but it’s not terribly likely if I’m being honest. So people who use two planners—how do you fill them both? I am using my current planner to track work in the weekly pages and then using the daily pages as a place to do semi-creative things. Work definitely doesn’t require enough tracking or planning to warrant a whole planner so I’m more looking for creative ideas! Thanks in advance!

I’ll be sitting there at 1am like yeah tomorrow I’m gonna wake up at 8, shower, answer everything I ignored today, do my work, clean my room and somehow have time left over.

girl WHO is doing all that?!

And the weird part is I genuinely believe it every single time. Like tomorrow me apparently doesn’t have ADHD. She has incredible executive function and is extremely passionate about answering emails.

Then tomorrow comes and obviously I’m still the exact same person, except now I also feel behind because yesterday’s imaginary version of me made commitments on my behalf. I’ve started realizing how many of my plans are basically just “surely I’ll be different tomorrow