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June 30, 2021

Wordsworth weekly planner review (dashboard layout)

The Wordsworth planner has a mix of lined, unlined and dot grid writing space for each week – something I haven’t seen in a planner before this one. It also has my favorite layout – dashboard with the days of the week on one page and open-ended space (that I like to use for to do lists) on the other page. There are a few other extras this planner has that most don’t include and it’s an affordable price.

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Quick facts

  • Size: Approx 6″ wide x just under 8.5″ high
  • Hardcover
  • Multiple cover colors to choose from (blue, black, orange, rose gold, raspberry, gray, brown, turquoise)
  • Sewn binding
  • Undated
  • Lasts 12 months
  • Dates at a glance page (dated for 2019, 2020 – these are the only dated pages in the planner)
  • 2 page yearly overview
  • Contents page
  • Numbered Pages
  • Extra pages
    • Dot grid
    • Contacts (2 pages)
    • Passwords (2 pages)
    • Time zones / world map
    • Travel planner (2 pages)
    • Goal planning section with your why, questions, dot grid pages, goals mind map, vision board inspiration, space for up to 8 goals for each of personal, family / friends / relationships, professional
    • Yearly review (2 pages)
  • 2 page Monthly calendar (starts on Monday)
  • Monthly reflection, review of last month (questions + habit tracker), 2 dot grid pages
  • 1 page weekly spread (starts on Monday) + 1 dot grid page for each week
  • Neutral color scheme on the inside pages
  • Pen loop
  • 2 Ribbon bookmarks
  • 120 GSM paper
  • Pocket folder

Price: $19.95 USD + shipping on Amazon

Let’s take a closer look!

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My review of the Wordsworth dot grid notebook is coming soon.

The planner comes in a box if you want to gift it (or I repurpose these boxes for storing pens).

Related post: How to store planner pens (5 ways – and my favorite method!)

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The Cover

A typical hardcover you find on most sewn bound notebooks. This one has a subtle criss-cross pattern (sorry, hard to explain, can see it better in the video ^above^) and there’s multiple colors to choose from. I’m really happy with the blue I chose!

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Approx. 1″ thick

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Dates at a Glance

These two are the only dated pages in the planner. While these calendars have expired you could resize a printable and glue it over the top or adhere to the page with some washi tape.

Related post: How to resize any printable for any size bullet journal

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Yearly Overview

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Each column is only 2cm. I don’t have large handwriting, but even I would struggle to fit more than 1 word in these boxes. I’d have to do a coding system with dot markers. It would’ve been much better if this has been spread out over 4 pages – one per quarter.

Read more: 7 Ways to use dot markers in your planner or bullet journal

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Next up is the contacts and passwords section:

Contacts & Password Log

I doubt anyone uses paper to keep track of their contacts but the pages are there if you need them. If you don’t you could resize a printable and glue over the top of these pages.

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Travel planning

A good idea, but not enough space to plan a trip with how much detail I go into!

Read more: How I use Excel to organize all my travel plans (research, itinerary, hotel, tours, bookings, packing list etc.)

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Goals

There are far more goals pages in this planner than most with a great variety of layouts:

  • Discovering your why (passions, values, strengths, fears)
  • Dare to dream big
  • Three things to consider across various categories for the year ahead (e.g. I will visit these 3 places, I will avoid these 3 distractions)
  • Dot grid page
  • Goals mind map (2 blank pages)
  • Vision board inspiration (2 blank pages)
  • Personal goals (2 pages)
  • Family / friends / relationships (2 pages)
  • Professional (2 pages)
  • Dot grid page

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6 pages categorised into:

  • Personal goals (2 pages)
  • Family / friends / relationships (2 pages)
  • Professional (2 pages)

You can plan up to 4 goals per category.

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Depending on the goals you’re planning, you might run out of space. Each box is 4.2cm wide x 4.3cm high (approx. 1.75″ wide x 1.75″ high). However, there are also 45 dot grid pages (this page count includes the dot grid being printed on both sides) at the back of the planner after the monthly and weekly spreads which is much more generous than most planners include.

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Contents

Love that all pages are numbered – not just the weekly spread – and there’s a contents page at the front of the planner.

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The page numbers sit below the dot grid so you don’t need to worry about ruling over the top of them in your spreads.

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There are no tabs in this planner but there are cover pages dividing each section.

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Monthly Calendar

Starts Monday (consistent with the weekly spread). I really like this calendar!

  • Undated so no need to worry about annoying split boxes
  • Monthly focus sidebar is structured without being too structured
  • Mix of lined, unlined and dot grid writing space
  • Neutral colors so can add as much or as little color as you like
  • Top 3 monthly goals and an action steps section
  • Larger goals and notes section is more useful to me than larger boxes for each day. You could write tasks in the notes section, color code then use a dot sticker or highlighter to mark the boxes you’re going to work on tasks
  • The distance between the top of the page and the calendar is 1.4cm so can fit a strip of washi tape

The only thing I don’t like is the font used for the quotes – it’s hard to read.

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Monthly Review

There is a generous 4 page review section after the end of each month.

  • Monthly reflection dot grid page
  • Review of last month questions + habit tracker
  • 2 dot grid pages before the next month’s calendar

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Weekly Planning

The weekly spread is the reason I wanted this planner. It has my favorite weekly spread layout – the days of the week on one page with open ended space on the right page. Even better, this planner is the first I’ve seen with 3 different formats – lined, unlined and dot grid

Line spacing is 5mm / 0.5cm

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The lined section is 6.4cm wide, the unlined section is also 6.4cm wide.

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5mm dot grid on the right side. There are 27 dots horizontally and 40 dots vertically. None of the dots are printed close to the edge of the page (some notebooks do this and then some of the dots get cut off). The page numbers sit below the dot grid. You would think the design of a dot grid page in a notebook wouldn’t be that important but it really does make a difference when you use it!

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Pages lay flat on their own. Unlike some planners, the pen loop, ribbon bookmark and the cover color all coordinate.

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If you don’t like this weekly spread, Wordsworth have a horizontal version and a vertical hourly version.

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Yearly review

The yearly review questionnaire is a little brief for me with only 2 pages, however there’s plenty of dot grid pages if you want to add your own comments.

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Dot grid pages

There are 45 dot grid pages at the back of the planner. If you sometimes need space to do day to a page planning, you could use these pages for that.

Related post: 10 Bullet Journal Daily Scheduling Layout Ideas

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Planner Stickers & Pocket folder

3 sheets are included with a mix of common phrases like vacation, birthday and some other phrases (that I probably wouldn’t use) such as ‘love this’, ‘affirmation’ and ‘put your heart in it’.

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Pen Testing

I tried all the usual ballpoint, gel, fine tip and marker tip pens. The paper wasn’t too bad.

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There was a bit of show through for marker pens, stamps and highlighters but hardly any for the gel and ballpoint pens.

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Pros of the Planner

  • Portable size
  • Black and white only – add as much color as you like without the colors clashing with the planner
  • Numbered pages (and all pages are numbered)
  • Contents / index page
  • Plenty of extra pages
  • Detailed monthly reflection & review (including habit tracker)
  • Clear and easy to read fonts
  • Well thought out pages
  • Affordable price ($19.95 USD for a 12 month planner is really cheap)
  • Undated – start planning anytime
  • Monthly and weekly spreads both start Monday (consistent)
  • Bright white paper
  • Multiple cover colors to choose from
  • Comes with 3 sheets of planner stickers
  • 2 ribbon bookmarks (in different colors)
  • Pen loop

Cons of the Planner

  • Some ghosting on the pages
  • No tabs but there are divider pages for each section
  • Due to the number of extra pages, this planner is heavier than most 12 month sewn bound planners

Would I use this planner?

Yes – I really like this planner – far more than I thought I would! The weekly spread is perfect for my needs, I like all of the monthly review pages, numbered pages to find things easily, the font, the cover color. I think this is a very well thought out planner and am keen to try it out.

If you want to dabble in a bit of bullet journaling e.g. daily spreads combined with structured weekly and monthly pages, this could be a good hybrid planner / bullet journal. I think this would be a good fit for a student – the layout could be customised in different ways (there is no pre-printed text on the weekly spread other than the days of the week) and it’s less rigid than the typical categorised student planners.

If you like this planner, you can buy it from Amazon

If you like the style and layout of this planner but it’s not quite right for you, try the Mi Goals, Legend Planner or Clever Fox planner.

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