There are a LOT of planner layout options. What do you pick? Monthly? Weekly? Daily? Hourly? Horizontal? Vertical? Which one is best?

This question very quickly gets personal. Everyone has a planner layout that will work best for them. It really will depend most upon your own needs in a planner.

But stick with me, I’m going to go over some common planner layouts.

As a note, I will be using planner layouts from Plum Paper to discuss the various layouts. Plum Paper has the most options for planner layouts that I have found and all are customizable. If you would like to receive and email with a 10% Plum Paper discount link on a purchase of $30 or more, please scroll to the bottom of this post to enter your email address.

First up is the monthly layout. This layout is typically included in all the other layouts but can also be just by itself. This layout is great for people who don’t need full weekly or daily layouts and only have one or two things to record for each day.

Personally, I use this layout within my weekly planner to record important dates I need to remember like birthdays, anniversaries, special feast days, and important appointments.

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July is typically the month where I start a new planner. I know most people start in January or maybe August if they are a student. Well, I start in July.

So why did I pick July?

There are a few reasons I picked July over January or August. First, I have been in the academic world since kindergarten and so academic year planners make perfect sense to me. I also hated the one year I did not use an academic year planner and had to worry about changing planners while also worrying about Christmas. That did not work for me.

So then I have the decision between the summer months: August (what most people choose), July (why I chose), and June. 

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