Customising the Mi Goals Weekly Planner
The Mi Goals planner is one that I keep buying year after year. Each year the layout changes slightly (see my reviews for 2017, 2018 and 2019). The 2018 weekly spread is my favorite.
Before the Pen
Mi Goals ‘Goal Digger’ Weekly Planner 2018 Review
After the Pen
The idea for this spread came from the 4 distinct columns in the the Mi Goals planner. So I chose 4 colors I don’t tend to use together very often: pink, purple, blue and teal.
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- Discbound planners & notebooks: brands that are compatible
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- Landscape page orientation bullet journaling in the Northbooks dot grid notebook
- Lake + Loft Weekly Planner Review
I originally used pen to draw the outline of the boxes but there was too much pen, not enough color so I converted the boxes into highlighter ‘boxes’ instead.
I considered adding some washi tape but since I don’t use highlighters often enough, I used those instead.
I didn’t realise until after I took these photos that I forgot to cover up April with a July sticker – oops!
I did my usual blog post workflow coding letters (D = Draft, E = Edit, P = Pinterest, V = Video, I = Images). As I suspected, the MUJI pen ended up being hard to see over the highlighter – I’d use black or a dark grey pen next time.
The MAMBI checklist stamp is a quicker way of adding checkboxes if you don’t want to do so by hand or using highlighter.
Since my Mum was visiting the following week it was time to do a lot of cleaning. The cleaning zones for my apartment are: kitchen, my bathroom, my bedroom and my half of the living area /entry. Instead of writing out all of the tasks in the cleaning zones – I referred to this printable I made years ago and ticked off things as I went.
The lines through some of the circles are the days I planned to do it. Once done, I colored in the circle.
The paper quality of the Mi Goals planner isn’t too bad – there was some ghosting for the darker highlighters and the MAMBI stamps (which always have ghosting).
Supplies Used
- Carpe Diem flag date stickers
- MUJI gel pens 0.5mm – blue, purple, pink and green/teal
- Textsurfer highlighter (pink & blue)
- Stabilo boss highlighter (aqua / mint)
- Work planner stickers
- Cleaning zone planner stickers
- To Do planner sticker
- Don’t forget planner sticker
- MAMBI checklist stamp
- Keji whiteout tape (from Officeworks)
Would I use this layout again?
Definitely! The Mi Goals planner is one that I keep coming back to (and one of the few planners I buy every year). The layout is so functional and there’s heaps of list space.
Related: My Top 10 Favorite Weekly Planners (after reviewing more than 200 planners)
Past weekly spreads
- Weekly planning using Microsoft Excel
- Weekly planning using multiple notepads (from Typo)
- Trialing the Sugar and Type Rule the World Planner
Planning Tips
- The best white pens for writing on black paper
- DIY Planner Tutorial: How to make your own planner stickers without a Silhouette machine
- 50 Reminders to Put in Your Planner or Bullet Journal
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