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 
• Overwhelmed by the planner community? Read this post 
• 130+ functional ideas to use blank notes pages of your planner or an empty notebook

If you want to try your own version of the 52 planners in 52 weeks challenge, this printable bundle of 52 different 1 page weekly planners (you can mix and match to create 2 page spreads if you prefer), is available in my Etsy shop and online store. 

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