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December 28, 2018

Converting a vertical hourly layout into a categories layout using the Lucky Life Tools Planner

The Lucky Life Tools planner is a vertical hourly planner which I would normally avoid (#teamhorizontal)… however, the way the planner is structured means you can also convert it into a categories layout (using each row for different things).

Before the Pen

See my full review of the planner in this post.

After the Pen

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Since I don’t plan hourly, the first thing I did was white out the times to convert the planner into one of my favorite layouts: categories.

  • Top box = blog post
  • 2nd box = blog post workflow
  • 3rd box = Shop to do
  • 4th box = personal / random

The sidebar was a bit small for each task to only need 1 line so I added my own checkboxes. Even by skipping every second line there was still a fair bit of space due to the small line spacing.

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Because the focus box at the top of each day is very small, I ended up using the bottom shaded box for this instead.

Since I mainly use monthly habit trackers these days, I only added the routines / habits I need to work on the most. I do like the target vs. actual columns.

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I used the Kaco Green Pure Plastic 0.5mm gel pens. They write really smoothly and the colors are really bright.. except for the yellow.

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It was so feint I ended up just writing over the top in a different colored pen.

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Pros of the Lucky Life Tools Planner

  • Roomy boxes to plan each day
  • Habit tracker includes target & actual columns
  • Line spacing is small so it fits a lot on the page

Cons of the Lucky Life Tools Planner

  • The focus and tracker boxes at the top and bottom of each day were too small

Would I use this planner again?

Yes, I liked having so much space. If I had to say a con, the focus and tracker boxes at the top and bottom of each day were too small.

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  • Plum Paper Me Planner 
  • Trialing the Sugar and Type Rule the World Planner
  • Unbound Planner (4 page weekly spread)

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