The MomAgenda Daily Planner Review

This review is completely unbiased. I did NOT receive a free planner. I did NOT receive a discount. I purchased this planner at full retail value at my own expense. These are my honest opinions.

I’m a paper and pen kind of girl. Don’t get me wrong… I love my Google Calendar and how it syncs up with my iPhone, but when it comes down to it… I need to be able to pick up a planner and turn it over in my hands. I need to be able to take it with me, stick it in my purse, pull it out and make my to-do lists for the day.

Every year I start thinking that maybe I’ll go with something different. I’ve purchased MomAgenda planners for the past two years. Two years ago I bought the MyAgenda planner (the same planner as the MomAgenda except it doesn’t have space at the bottom of the weekly pages for dinner planning). I loved the layout, but really didn’t like the fact that it was a bound book (softcover) that didn’t sit open on it’s own. Last year I purchased a bigger version of the actual Mom Agenda. It was spiral bound, but was hard covered front and back. I thought that if I got the desk top size, I would have more room to write. After all, I was getting much busier and needed more space, right? Wrong. It was too big for me. It was large and heavy and I couldn’t really carry it around in a purse. 

This year, I checked out some reviews of other brands of planners. There are a ton out there. I considered purchasing an Erin Condran and one off of Etsy (both great planners), but there were a few specific requirements I needed.

1. I needed a size between a mini and the full size planner. Something middle of the road that I could fit in my purse and carry around with me.

2. I needed a spiral bound so I could open pages to the ones I really needed for the day.

3. I needed enough different sections to cover all my planning duties: Household & Personal, Campaign Leader work, Social Media work, Kids, and Personal Blog. That’s at least 5 different sections.

4. I wanted a planner that had a section of notes. Sometimes you just need to be able to write something down and you don’t want to write it directly on the daily page.

5. I like a weekly format as opposed to a daily format… and I also like to be able to see the entire month at a glance.

Armed with all these requirements, I found that I kept coming back to the MomAgenda. So I decided that I would purchase the mid-size spiral bound book that covered everything I wanted. This one is 7″ x 9″ which is actually the perfect size for me. There is just enough room to write down what I have planned, without leaving a ton of blank space that I hate… because it makes it seem like I’m not doing anything all day. And we all know that isn’t true.

Since I was familiar with the layout, this wasn’t a big stretch for me. What I really loved most is that the calendar begins in August - perfect for my yearly timing since that is the beginning of the school year for us. In fact, the first date of the planner is actually Monday, July 28 since calendars always start on the Monday of the first week of the month. After my planner made a slight post office detour to Central California (isn’t tracking great?), it was delivered on July 23. Just in time to get myself organized and start off fresh on Monday the 28th. 

This gives you an idea of what the weekly pages look like and how to fill them out.

 Another great touch I love is that the is an inspirational quote on every page. It’s not right in your face and you kind of have to know it’s there or you can miss it… but it’s kind of nice being able to look up from a crazy week and see something that keeps you going.

So here we go with another blank planner… wonder what exciting things will be filled in on the pages over the next 12 months.

Let me know… what brand of planner do you use and what do you like about it?