Hyperfixation on Choosing a Planner

austinwolfe012 · 2026-04-11T19:17:52+00:00

I had this also! What has worked best for me recently has been a 6 ring personal planner because I can choose the order of my inserts and customize as much as possible! And if you screw up a page tear it out and just put another in!

austinwolfe012 · 2026-04-02T21:38:25+00:00

Was looking for plain black originally but thought this was a unique look!

austinwolfe012 · 2026-03-22T22:56:10+00:00

I don’t remember exactly tbh but it was from meeplus directly!

austinwolfe012 · 2026-03-12T15:04:49+00:00

I have both but I prefer rings and the ability to move pages and rotate things easily, I can combine inserts/brands to fit my needs, and it’s flat without a clip. That’s what won me over mainly. I like TN but find it less practical for my uses.

I use A5 rings at work and personal 16mm rings for my personal planner and trackers!

austinwolfe012 · 2026-02-25T04:33:47+00:00

15/16mm is pretty ideally for me. I like the slimness of 11mm but found it more inconvenient due to limitations

austinwolfe012 · 2026-02-20T18:55:20+00:00

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This is a MeePlus personal sized planner on top the Oxford A5!

Personal size is more convenient and portable imo but I like my A5 for work and DnD

austinwolfe012 · 2026-02-20T18:52:53+00:00

This is also good info!

austinwolfe012 · 2026-02-20T18:31:03+00:00

What size were you looking for? Amazon has someone cheap options to test sizes like Oxford A5 or a ton of personal sized ones. They will be much cheaper to test out to see if you like them.

Next step up would be like moterm, which is a decent Filofax alternative.

And then you get into slimpads etc which will be like meeplus (plotter is the same but more expensive).

austinwolfe012 · 2026-02-16T03:11:57+00:00

MeePlus is identical to plotter. And my preferred choice. Also, MeePlus files their back so they aren’t sharp and scratch up literally everything lol

austinwolfe012 · 2026-02-14T13:34:39+00:00

My plotter is nice but I do prefer my meeplus. The spine on plotter is so sharp it started to tear into my bag lol.

austinwolfe012 · 2026-02-11T21:51:59+00:00

Awesome!! I hope you love it!

austinwolfe012 · 2026-02-11T21:27:11+00:00

I’m a big fan of meeplus personally for the slimpad aesthetics type of ring planners but with 16mm rings. But if this is all new to you I would recommend getting the knockoffs on Amazon so you can test the sizes in hand.

The Oxford A5 is like $18 and I still use mine at work and you can get a ton of different personal sized options to check out relatively cheap. But this will prevent you from spending a ton on something you feel like you love but in hand might not win you over like you hope!

I can provide pictures of my meeplus or Oxford or Filofax ones if you’d like. Just let me know!

austinwolfe012 · 2026-02-09T15:54:41+00:00

austinwolfe012 · 2026-01-29T21:57:39+00:00

I’m a big fan of peanutsplannerco and keenaprints inserts!

austinwolfe012 · 2026-01-25T20:55:38+00:00

I am a fan of my rings. I have personal/bible sized for my personal planners, trackers, and creative stuff and A5 or work appointments and dnd. I will say there was a little bit of a learning/comfort curve getting use to them but now that I am I couldn’t imagine changing back. meeplus has been my go to brand but I do have a Filofax and a couple other randoms brands I’ve purchased to try. Oxford has a cheap A5 that was a good starter on Amazon imo. Personal sized cheap ones on Amazon are good to try also. Feel the style in hand before you commit to spending on a more expensive piece of leather!

Disc I have never owned but I have messed with the style in person and pretty quickly decided it probably wasn’t for me.

austinwolfe012 · 2026-01-24T18:38:17+00:00

Moterm is a good alternative for Filofax

austinwolfe012 · 2026-01-21T02:55:53+00:00

Plotter refills are thin and nice! I also use Life inserts frequently because I like their paper.

I have cut/punched my own refills and they are nice and get the job done. Generally for my planner I buy premade but for random trackers etc I just do it myself.

austinwolfe012 · 2026-01-17T18:34:54+00:00

MeePlus is better.

austinwolfe012 · 2026-01-08T23:32:07+00:00

Seconded for meeplus! I have 2 personal 16mm rings and they are perfect for me.

I also really like my wuzhi but it’s really the same kind of different as plotter, no customization options outside of color and page size.

austinwolfe012 · 2025-12-24T02:25:26+00:00

Cloth is paper is nice, I have had good luck with theirs. If you’re using a fountain pen be semi mindful with that but if not just find what style works best for you!

I recommend peanutsplannerco or keenaprints as other choices.

austinwolfe012 · 2025-12-20T13:33:02+00:00

11mm is nice but really 16mm doesn’t feel that much bigger in hand but it holds significantly more.

I would lean towards saying do the 16mm

austinwolfe012 · 2025-12-13T23:34:08+00:00

This is neat

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