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June 10, 2018

Using the Otto Goals Weekly Planner (blue & pink themed weekly spread)

The Otto Goals Planner reminds me a lot of a cross between the Recollections Planner and the Erin Condren Life Planner. I hadn’t used a vertical planner in a while since they tend to not have enough writing space, so on a less busy week I opted to give it a go!

Review of the planner: Officeworks Otto Goals Planner for 2018 (Review & Video Walkthrough)

Before the Pen

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This planner’s layout is somewhat confusing – there’s the priorities for today, daily goals, reminders and weekly reminders – I wasn’t sure what to put where! The priorities and daily goals section are an overlap to me – I would’ve preferred just an empty box with no checklists for the priority section as the line spacing and column widths are so small.

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After the Pen

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I didn’t have much planned for this week and I wanted to keep it simple. I’ve realised that just because I have a sticker doesn’t mean I have to use it in every weekly spread. I have travel icon stickers, travel depart and arrive stickers,  travel reminder stickers etc. but instead I opted to just keep it simple and use the stickers that come with the planner.

I like how the spread ended up in terms of the colors with the blue and pink all coordinating.

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I ended up using most of the stickers that came on the sheets within the planner – there aren’t enough to do another weekly spread like this and you can’t buy sticker books with just these stickers.

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The sections of this planner are a bit repetitive – goals, reminders, priorities for each day plus reminders in the sidebar. It would be better to have bigger line spacing and drop the ‘daily goals’ section for each day as this is a duplicate with the priorities for today section.

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Supplies Used:

  • Stickers that come with the planner
  • PaperMate Flair pens ultra fine (Candy Pop)

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Related: Ultimate list of the best planner pen brands and how to choose colors for color coding 

PROS OF THE OTTO GOALS PLANNER

  • Lots of goal setting pages within the planner itself – much more than most planners
  • Durable laminated cover
  • Laminated tabs and the month is printed on the front and back of the tab
  • Affordable – only $30AUD
  • Love, love, love the different colors chemes for each month
  • Boxes of the months aren’t split in 2 – every day of the month has the same amount of planning space
  • Plenty of checklists
  • The weeks on the monthly and weekly spreads both start on Monday (some calendars don’t do this)
  • Cover can be removed (interchangeable like the Erin Condren)

Related: How to make a DIY Erin Condren Planner Cover for less than $2 (plus free printable cover) 

CONS OF THE OTTO GOALS PLANNER

  • Pens show slightly through the other side of the page (light ghosting)
  • The writing (and writing spaces) are small. if you have large hand-writing you may find yourself running out of room
  • There aren’t enough stickers that come with the planner and you can’t buy them separately
  • Only available in store – rather inconvenient that you can’t buy it online. If you live outside of Australia you won’t be able to buy this planner unless someone lists them on eBay

Would I use this planner again?

No, the writing space is too small. Plus it’s a vertical layout which I don’t like as there’s not enough room to write. The sections felt repetitive – goals, reminders, priorities for each day plus reminders in the sidebar. It would be better to have a bigger line spacing and drop the ‘daily goals’ section for each day as this is a duplicate with the priorities for today section.

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