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December 8, 2021

30 Sections to include in your weekly planner

If you’re interested in creating your own bullet journal spreads or are thinking about making a DIY planner, I assume one of the main reasons is being unable to find a weekly spread that works for you. There are plenty of generic horizontal and vertical weekly layouts with sections like to do, meals and habits, but here are some other sections you may want to include in your weekly spread.

I’ve also included some planners with unique weekly spreads later in the post, and some recommended planner supplies if you need to ‘hack’ a planner to make it work for you.

This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase after clicking one of these links I’ll receive a small commission in exchange for referring you (at no extra cost to you).

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30 sections you could add to your weekly planner

  1. Weekly focus
  2. Habit tracker
  3. Pomodoro tracker
  4. Checklist
  5. Recurring tasks / weekly routine list
  6. Quick tasks list
  7. Water intake
  8. Meal planning
  9. Mood tracker
  10. Rate the week / reflection
  11. Pros and cons of the week
  12. How can I improve for next week
  13. Journal
  14. Gratitude
  15. Exercise
  16. Inspirational and motivational quotes
  17. Project tasks
  18. Budget
  19. Bills
  20. Work schedule
  21. Food diary
  22. Home maintenance tasks for the week
  23. Cleaning routine
  24. Appointments
  25. Steps
  26. Daycare schedule
  27. Class times
  28. Laundry schedule
  29. Social media schedule
  30. Vitamins & medications tracker
  31. Sleep tracker
  32. Hydrate tracker

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Recommended Supplies:

  • Frixion erasable stamps are great for checklists and habit tracking, they’re not as inky as other stamps (like the Happy Planner)
  • Frixion Erasable highlighters (the bright version only, the pastel colors are too washed out)
  • Erasable pens
  • Happy Planner checklist stamp (for the sidebar) – if you write small you can squeeze 2 lines of text per task
  • Speedy stencils – mini monthly calendars can be used for habit or pomodoro trackers
  • DIY planner stickers – especially text stickers
  • Whiteout tape so you can change existing sections in a planner into any of the sections above
  • Doodlebug washi tape – for dividing up one big blank sidebar into smaller sections, or to cover up existing sections on the page. I recommend this washi tape in particular, as it’s 8mm which is not a common washi tape size and is not too thin or too wide. It’s more expensive than other washi tapes but you get 12 colors for color coding, the tape has never frayed and the rolls seem to last forever
  • Thin washi tape – If you want to divide the sidebar up into sections, thin washi tape (3mm) is the way to go. I did a list of my favorites in this post

Related post: 10 Functional Ways to Use Washi Tape in your Planner

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Whistle and Birch weekly planner spread using the study layout

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Want to try making your own planner? Learn how to make your own in Affinity Publisher

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Planners with unique layouts

If you’re not ready to make a DIY planner, here are some planners that include some of the sections listed above (and aren’t just 7 boxes for each day and a notes section):

  • Panda Planner Review
  • Live Whale Daily Planner Review 
  • Law of Attraction Weekly Planner 
  • Passion Planner Review – Compact and Classic Sizes 
  • Power Planner (& Comparison with the Passion Planner)
  • Full Focus Planner (Michael Hyatt’s 90 Day Undated Goal Planner)
  • Plum Paper Vertical Priorities
  • Roterunner Purpose Planner (vertical hourly)
  • Clever Fox Pro Weekly Planner
  • Prettysweeeet weekly planner

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Panda Planner Review

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Passion Planner Review – Compact and Classic Sizes 

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Ignited life planner

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Full Focus Planner (Michael Hyatt’s 90 Day Undated Goal Planner)

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Mi Goals Weekly Planner Review 

Weekly spread ideas

  • 26 Non-typical 2 page weekly spreads to try
  • 10 Bullet Journal weekly layouts if you want to keep work and personal in the same spread
  • 52 Lessons learned after trying 52 different planners in 52 weeks

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Plum Paper Vertical Priorities

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Power Planner (& Comparison with the Passion Planner)

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Roterunner Purpose Planner (vertical hourly)

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Clever Fox Pro Weekly Planner

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Prettysweeeet weekly planner

If you don’t want to do bullet journaling, or make your own printables, or buy one of the planners I’ve listed above, then your last option is to use a company that will make a custom planner for you. The companies listed below do custom planners, but not everything on the weekly spread is customisable – unless you get an Agendio.

  1. Agendio
  2. Golden Coil
  3. Personal Planner
  4. Plum Paper
  5. May Designs

Read more: 5 Planner Companies that will make a completely custom planner for you

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Custom Agendio Vertical Weekly Planner Review 

 My favorite sections in a weekly planner are different types of checklists. You can download 50 list ideas here. If you’re an existing subscriber this printable is in the library (click here to login).
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Other things to incorporate into your planner

  • 50 Expenses to track in your planner (and different ways to track them)
  • 50 cleaning task reminders to add to your planner
  • 50 Reminders to Put in Your Planner or Bullet Journal

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