Minerva 'M' Planning Notebook | The ultimate planning notebook with year, month & week planners, lined, plain and grid pages, goal setting pages, checklists and more!
If you're a stationery and notebook lover then you are going to LOVE this!
The ultimate planning notebook with year, month & week planners, lined, plain and grid pages, goal setting pages, checklists and more!
Yes! I WANT one of these notebooks!
Back in 2014 I was feeling frustrated with my diary. I actually have an online to do list but nothing quite beats getting today's most important tasks down with good, old fashioned, pen and paper. I was using an A5 page-per-day diary and it really wasn't hugely inspiring. So, as a graphic designer by trade, I decided to design my own. It would be a combination of notebook, to do list, diary and business planner. And so the Ultimate Diary Planner was born (you can find out more about that at www.ultimatediaryplanner.com).
2 years on, I still luuuurve my planner and use it every day, but I found another gap in my life that kept nudging me to be filled; notebook. You see, I tend to use my planner for day to day stuff and then use another notebook for dumping all my ideas and planning brainstorms etc. It's my go-to notebook when I need to map out a sales funnel, plan a new project or event, work out pricing strategy and lots more.
Me being me, I decided I'd like something better. So I designed one! Introducing *drumroll* the M Planning Notebook.
I've always been a fan of beauty combined with functionality and that's what I've tried to create here with the M Planning Notebook.
It has all the useful planning bits that I could want along with the outward packaging that makes me feel good when I use it.
Each page of the book is numbered and there is a double page index spread at the front, where you can jot down page numbers for easy reference. Particularly handy for when you want to find something you jotted down and need to refer back to at a later date.
This luxurious cover has been chosen for it's gorgeous look and feel. It's also durable so you can carry your M with you wherever you go.
The simple reason is that I am a woman with my own business and I designed this for me. I love planning and I have a small *cough* obsession with stationery, and in particular, notebooks. Although this is suitable for anyone who thinks it's fab, it has been designed with women business owners in mind.
The inside pages are printed on a beautiful ivory uncoated paper. Thin enough so it's not too bulky but thick enough to ensure you can write with most pens without worrying about show-through. The pages are smooth and a joy to write on (Keep an eye out on the LadiesThatPlan YouTube Channel for some of my favourite pens to write with and other planning tips and tricks).
It's really handy to have a place in your notebook to store scraps of paper, receipts, business cards and other stuff you collect during your day. This pocket found is in the form of an envelope (secured on 3 sides) with a concertina fold at the top and bottom of the book.
This useful elastic fastening to keep your ideas secure. Especially if you have a tendency to slip pieces of paper inside your notebooks.
Sometimes you can be working on multiple things at once and so 3 ribbons means you can easily and quickly find what you're looking for.
I'm slightly obsessed with positive quotes and affirmations (all the best people are!) and so I've made sure there's plenty in here to lift your spirits and get you thinking, with an inspirational/motivational quote on every spread.
As I've already mentioned, I love notebooks and I wanted to give a little extra touch to the pages so I added subtle, decorative elements to the corners of the pages to make them even more gorgeous to use.
Whether you're left or right handed, having one side of a book more chunky than the other makes for tricky writing at times. This book lays open flat so you can easily write on both sides and near the centre without having to tug at the pages.
You can see below the format of the planning and notes pages you'll find inside the Minerva 'M' Planning Notebook.