The Sugar and Type Planner has my favorite style of weekly spread: days of the week on one side and notes / list on the other. However it combines weekends (i.e. you get less space for Sat & Sun than a weekday), so I opted to trial the planner on a week where I wouldn’t be doing much on the weekend. This is the main reason I use a different layout each week – I like to try different planners and pick whichever works for my needs that week.

Before the Pen

After the Pen

I don’t use highlighters often enough so opted to use them this week by adding a border. Definitely added nice burst of color to the page 🙂 A border would be good for flagging important things on a monthly calendar too.

The stickers are from one of my favorite sticker books full of functional planner sticker! (from Carpe Diem) which I also used in this spread.

Lots of list making space and columns wide enough to not need 2 lines for each task <3

If there’s a project or big task I put it in the weekly spread as a to do, but do the detailed planning elsewhere. So for this week I used my printable tax planner checklist. If I’m travel planning I use a separate planner. Same for ecourse planning etc. So I didn’t re-write all of the steps required in preparing BAS / GST / bookkeeping for taxes onto the weekly spread. I just printed it out and kept it with the planner using a paperclip.

Normally I probably would’ve used the dot grid for a weekly habit tracker, but since I’ve switched to monthly habit trackers, I ended up leaving this space empty.

Since I always use a checkbox for tasks, I opted for a hollow circle this time. Definitely prefer checkboxes, or Frixion stamps.

Supplies Used

• Carpe Diem sticker tablet (calendar) sticker book
• Daiso twin tip highlighters 3.8mm chisel tip
• Monami essenti soft highlighter (aqua)
• Pilot poplol retractable pens (0.38mm, 0.5mm and 0.7mm pen tips)

Related: Favorite Pilot Pens for Planning (Roundup) 

Pros of the Sugar and Type Planner

• Decent checklist space
• The design maximises the page (i.e. no wasted space)
• Good page size – not too big, not too small
• Minimalist color scheme

Cons of the Sugar and Type Planner

• Combines weekends (i.e. you get less space for Sat & Sun than a weekday)

Would I use this planner again?

I like this planner but the small space for Sat & Sun is a con for me. If I used it again I’d divide the notes section in half and convert into Sat & Sun.

Past weekly spreads

• Week 12: Planning using the Plum Paper Horizontal lined with notes
• Week 41 (part 3): Daily planning bullet journal style (using a Plum Paper grid dot notebook)
• Rainbow Color Coded Weekly Spread Using the Passion Planner

Planning tips

• Answers to 50 Frequently Asked Planner Questions 
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• 130+ functional ideas to use blank notes pages of your planner or an empty notebook

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