Is 2019 the year you plan to finally get organised? Make the task of planning your priorities [1] that bit easier — and more enjoyable — by investing in a workbook, journal, bullet planner, or diary that can help you plan your year with focus. Whether you've fallen for the creative possibilities of bullet journal designs [2] or you want to up your appreciation levels through gratitude journaling [3], we've found a selection of the most beautiful, useful, and inspirational notebooks that help you set goals, reflect on your achievements, track your habits, and become more productive, mindful, and happy.
These are so much more than appointment calendars, with many aiming to increase well-being, happiness, and fulfilment. Browse our picks right here, and get your new year off to a focused start.
Trigg 2019 Life Mapper Journal
The Moving Stationery Trigg 2019 Life Mapper Journal [4] (£25) helps you accelerate your personal growth by combining modern productivity and mindfulness philosophies with classic diary features. Its daily, weekly, and annual framework has weekend reflection pages and reviews.
The A5 hybrid diary journal won best 2018 diary at the UK Calendar Awards and best new product at London's Stationery Show 2017.
My Body & Soul Journal
The Blush and Gold My Body & Soul Journal [5] (£25) is part mindfulness journal, part fitness and wellness planner. Lasting six months, it features a weekly meal tracker, a rewards section for your achievements, space for weight-loss goals, and a gratitude list.
The A5 journal has 150+ pages of detailed worksheets and inspiration to help you achieve whatever goals you're working towards.
The Positive Bullet Diary
Focus on your creativity and well-being with The Positive Bullet Diary [6] (£24), a 12-month undated, day-to-day diary and journal that encourages personal development and self-care.
It combines a 12-month diary with a bullet journal, and as it's undated, you can start it any time. The hardback is covered in teal blue fabric.
Personalised Bullet Journal
The Luna Studio Designs Personalised Bullet Journal [7] (£35) brings a unique touch to the Leuchtturm1917 A5 notebook, with 249 dotted, numbered pages perfect for bullet journaling.
With a blank table of contents at the front and a pocket at the back, it has ink-proof paper, a page marker, and an elastic band closure. Choose from five colours and have it engraved with your choice of name and short line of text.
2019 Artist of Life Workbook
Influential lifestyle YouTuber and podcast creator Aileen Xu has created the Lavendaire 2019 Artist of Life Workbook [8] ($38, approx £30) to help you have your most successful and inspiring year. This 192-page workbook and journal contains questions and exercises to guide you through self-discovery and help you create your dream life.
It can be shipped to the UK and is available in a 125-page digital version [9] ($20, approx £16).
Forward Thinking
Glad Gifts Forward Thinking [10] (£15) is a well-being, fulfilment, and happiness journal that draws on research to promote a positive outlook. It was developed by a consultant psychologist who focuses on personal and leadership development.
It provides a year of weekly mindful activities and motivational quotes to enhance fulfilment in six areas: health, fitness & well-being, job satisfaction, community, finances, personal activities, and relationships.
CEO of My Own Life Planner
Ella Iconic CEO of My Own Life Planner [11] (£50) encourages work/life balance by prompting you to organise every area with gratitude and positivity, from business/career and home/family to health/fitness and you.
The A5 2019 daily planner's sections include Imagining My Future, My Big Master Plan, My Year at a Glance, This Month's Master Plan With Weekly Breakdown Sections, Daily Pages, and Financial Matters, with inspirational messages and action lists throughout.
Dear Diary 2019 Inspirational Lifestyle Planner
Dear Diary 2019 Inspirational Lifestyle Planner [12] (£34) is a weekly planner from January to December that encourages you to dream, plan, and take action daily while documenting your journey.
It involves reflecting on 2018, planning your 2019, and setting meaningful goals, with detailed weekly and daily to-dos. Prioritise your tasks, track your habits, reflect on your progress, and stay motivated with the quotes, challenges, and suggestions.
2019 My Shining Year Life Goals Workbook
In 2019 My Shining Year Life Goals Workbook [13] (£18), Leonie Dawson helps you plan, create, and grow the life you want with planning tools. It started out 10 years ago as a small goals workbook and is now a cult hit used by over 300,000 women worldwide.
The actionable guidance inspires you to create positive relationships, build a healthy body, follow creative pursuits, achieve financial goals, and thrive on self-care practices.
Deluxe Law of Attraction Life Planner
Freedom Mastery Deluxe Law of Attraction Life Planner [14] (£28) is an undated weekly organiser to help you increase productivity and happiness.
It guides you through setting goals and rewards, mastering your to-do lists, and reflecting on your progress, with inspirational quotes each week.
The Clever Fox Planner
The Clever Fox Planner [15] (£23) helps boost your productivity, gratitude, and happiness through its daily planner format. Set daily, weekly, and monthly goals, create a vision board, track your habits, and gain inspiration from affirmations.
The three key ideas behind the A5 year-long planner are organisation, focus, and accountability. It includes a pen holder, elastic strap closure, three bookmarks and stickers, and an inner pocket.
The 6-Minute Diary
Short on time? The 6-Minute Diary [16] (£25) only requires three minutes in the morning and three minutes in the evening to help you achieve greater mindfulness, happiness, and productivity. The 70-page introduction provides implementation strategies, real-life examples, and tips on how to get the most from the 220-page diary.
Incorporating daily, weekly, and monthly routines, this undated daily planner is based on positive psychology and neuroscience research plus feedback from more than 200,000 users. You also get a 35-page The Golden Morning Routine e-book.
The Bullet Journal Method
Learn all about The Bullet Journal Method [17] (£9) from its founder, Ryder Carroll. Discover how to effectively track your past, order your present, and plan your future. It's full of exercises to help you become more calm and focused, and new insights on how to prioritise.
As well as being a time-management book, it's a manifesto for what Ryder calls "intentional living": aligning your beliefs and actions.
Boxclever Press 2019 Life Book Diary
Boxclever Press 2019 Life Book Diary [18] (£30) is like a modern-day Filofax with its tab sections, faux-leather zip cover, inside pockets, credit card slots, and pen holder. It has monthly planning pages and Christmas/holidays organisation, and it comes with reminder stickers, perforated shopping lists, and a separate address book.
This A5 week-to-view diary organiser has large daily spaces and runs from Aug. 2018 to Dec. 2019, so it works well as an academic year diary too.
Dotted Journal
Scribbles That Matter Dotted Journal [19] (£17) is a no-bleed A5 hardcover notebook that has fountain-pen-friendly paper. It has a key code page, index pages, dotted and numbered pages, and two colour-coded bookmarks.
The 201 numbered pages on light ivory coloured paper have grey dots spaced 5 mm. apart so you can easily customise your page layouts.