LEUCHTTURM1917367571 Monthly Planner with Notebook, Soft Cover, Composition (B5) 2024, 16 Months, Black, English

I tend to do a lot of long term type planning. I do not plan every single day. This planner has large monthly layouts over 2 pages which I like. It also has an area in the front for an index and numbered pages. This means I can keep track of lists and other important notes. I will buy this type of planner again. It did take a while to arrive and came from Australia. My guess is that it is not popular in the USA.

I was using a “week to view” diary but I want something that allows me to “see” my month. I am not a luddite and I use the electronic calendar on my phone. It gives me alerts etc. but as Leuchtturm say, writing by hand is thinking in paper. B5 size fits between A4 & A5. You will not put this in your pocket but it fits in your briefcase etc.It has the usual diary information at the start:1) Full calendar for 2023, 2024, 20252) Planner with 3 months in each page (half of the year on 2 pages) for 2024 and 20253) The holidays for c. 50 countries. The ink is a very light grey. This combined with a small font and my poor eyesight makes this chart hard to read (please print in black - higher contrast)4) Project Plan Layout for 2024 & 2025. There are 5 lines for each month a column for each day of the month.5) The Diary: A Month to a view. There are 8 columns - one for each day of the week and a column for the week itself. This is what attracted me. There are 5 rows creating space for 40 boxes. Each day gets a box. Each week gets a box (each box has 8 ruled lines). There is also last months calendar and next month's calendar at the top of the page (in faint grey - I cannot read ot easily!)6) 137 page notebook with dotted paper. The paper makes it easy to write as in on lined paper or to draw. I do some finance work and the dotted paper makes it easy to create table software numbers. The page numbers allow you to cross reference your notes to entries in the diary section. There is a table of contents at the start of the notebook. The only trouble is that with the diary section in front, the table of contents is in the middle “book”. Leuchtturm, consider putting the TOC at the back o the notebook - in front of the envelope. There are no detachable pages (good! - I do not want to destroy my “year book”).The diary covers 16 months, November to February. I am looking forward to using it. I have a Leuchtturm A5 weekly planner. The bigger B5 makes this a more useful diary (for me).I guess I will only know for sure this time next year.

I adore the paper quality in LEUCHTTURM. This planner is the go to organisational tool for me for 2024/5. Ive already seen an upward trend in my productivity with 'at a glance' views on the month and year ahead and plenty of space for daily planing. The note pages deeper into the planner allow me to keep my notes with my planner and although I was unsure initially, the soft back cover means carrying this planner is much easier.

Some of the pages were damaged/embossed. I contacted LEUCHTTURM customer service. But they referred me back to Amazon since it was ordered through Amazon. I already started writing in the notebook before I noticed the damage. So it was too late to return it I guess. I guess I could redact or rip out the pages??? I guess I'm stuck with a damaged notebook. My next purchase will be a Moleskine or some other planner/notebook brand. 🤷