Erin Condren Life Planner Reviews and Insights

If you’ve been reading enough blogs for the past few months, Erin Condren Life Planners have been raved about everywhere! And now I’m gonna join them…

A favorite amongst homemakers, bloggers and small business owners, the Erin Condren Life Planners has pretty much already reached cult status, and after reading reviews and blog posts about these planners pretty much everywhere, I finally bit the bullet and got one for myself, and I do not regret it one bit.

Erin Condren Life Planner Review

Here’s my review on the Erin Condren life planners; what I loved about it, how it has helped me be more organized, their various features, as well as a discount code.

Size & Packaging: First and foremost, the life planner is, in my opinion, the perfect size. Any bigger or smaller and I would probably not like it as much. The planner is “bulky” but in a good way – you can just shove all your bits and pieces and everything you need in it. Because of it’s average size, it also means that the spaces to fill in your schedule, notes, etc, are all really generous. So far I don’t think it’s too cramped or anything like that. I also like the little personal touches and extra spaces to write important notes: I especially like the “Weekly Goals” because that’s actually what I do every Monday morning, write out what I need to do for the week. In the past I’d have a million sticky notes just all around my desk and some on the computer so it was a complete mess, wheres everything is put together. I also really like how each week is very clearly shown and displayed.

Price: I hear a lot about the expensive price tag of the planners, so I gotta address it. The planner itself is US$50, which I don’t think is bad at all, considering they are custom made – you can choose what colors you want, the cover design, and have your full name and other customizations on the cover. So with that personal touch, the price is not bad at all. The shipping itself is kinda high, but I think because it’s quite a big planner and sorta heavy; shipping for those kinda things are usually on the expensive side. Overall, to get an Erin Condren planner, prepare to spend around US$90, and more if you have any special add ons. I’ll share a discount code below, but overall, yes the shipping is pricey, but what can you do? I don’t think that’s their fault. Perhaps if you have a US address it’s slightly cheaper, but not by much.

Format: Here’s a quick format of all the features of the planner:

• Cover, a place to write your name, inspiration quotes, and a compressed calendar for the year.
• Each month starts with a calender for the month, as well as a column on the right for “Notes”.
• Each week starts on a Monday which vertical columns for each day, broken into “Morning” “Day” and “Night” boxes. There is a left column with a mini calender of the whole month on top, and a column called “Weekly Goals and Notes”. Underneath the weekly calender, there is a horizonal space for notes which they title “Meal Plans, Exercise, Daily Dos, Thoughts, Inspiration, Lists, Meal Plans, Etc”.
• At the back, there is a “Notes” section, a few lined and blank sheets for your notes on whatever. After notes, there is an overall calender for the upcoming year.
• Next are stickers for your planner, included blank ones that you can write in, as well as pre-made ones such as “Birthday!” “Game!” “Hair Appt. @ ___” “Doc Appt. @ ___” “Mani/Pedi” and “Vacation!”
• Next you have a cardboard pouch which includes a mini “Forget Me Not” notebook where you add in birthdays, contacts, addresses, etc. It’s a little booklet that you can take out and put in future planners.
• Lastly, you have a clear plastic pouch where they have included some custom made sticker labels with your name on them, as well as Erin Condren “Let’s Get Together” meeting cards.

Overall Pros and Cons: Overall, I’m super happy with my planner. Totally worth the price in my opinion, and shipping was fast (10 days). My favorite bits are the little Weekly Goals in each week, the very generous blank pages at the back for all my little notes, and the clear plastic zip bag at the end that you can put things in to carry – really handy. I also really love how each day is sectioned off in morning, day and night, because I don’t like planners that do it hourly and there’s so much white space and things are wasted… and who plans their day by the hour? Not me!

I suppose my only “complaint” would be the monthly views on the weekly pages – they are very small and I like to see weekly and monthly overviews when planning. So I usually flip a lot between the weekly and monthly pages, which I suppose can get “annoying”. However, the planner comes with a handy bookmark for you to quickly go to the current week, and I could always get another one to bookmark the months, then it would be easier to flip over. But again… not a big deal. Seriously, that’s the only bad thing I could say about the planner, which is really nothing at all, no?

Here is a video made by Erin Condren herself explaining her life planners:

So should you buy it?

Honestly, I believe this life planner has been raved about everywhere because it deserves it. It really is so good, and very well made, they really thought of everything. I’ve never had a planner like this before and I can really see it helping me in my organiztion and seeing everything I need to do clearly. I always smile when I look at mine because it’s so cute, and also it has made me much, much more productive. So yes – I would definitely recommend buying a planner, at least once to try it out. I think it will also make an excellent Christmas present.

My Discount – Get $10 Off!

If you’d like to buy an Erin Condren Life Planner (as well as their fun add ons), please buy it through my discount code, which will allow you to instantly get $10 off your purchase – and because it’s quite expensive (at least the shipping is!), $10 off makes a big difference. Follow this link: http://goo.gl/2czjJz.

I hope you enjoy your Erin Condren life planner – in fact, I know you will! Please share this post to your friends who might be interested in them as well.