I'm loving this year's planner! As a 3+ year member, I'm excited to finally use the Spiral Planner for work. The layout suits me perfectly, unlike last year's vertical layout. And thank you so much for your review.
I think the raised dots would work well on the pop-up calendar (which I love and always used, haha). I’d use them to highlight important days of the month. Thanks for the detailed report, Kel.
Love your reviews, really thoughtful and balanced. I was looking forward to a vertical task planner, but this layout isnt great. 1. I dont live in the US, so I wish the holidays were left out or on their own leaf of paper so I could remove it without affecting the planner. 2. Each day should have just had lines. Let me add my own headings that suit my style. 3. If adding a margin to a task list, put it on the left! So much more functional and versatile. Could be used as a tick box for lists, adding times for a schedule, or bullet points or adding numbers/letters to rank/prioritise items. 4. I dont mind having less space for the weekend, but it should have been a stacked layout not the combined. 5. A lines-heavy layout didnt need more lines at the bottom. Perhaps just blank space or light dot grid would have been useful.
I absolutely love your reviews. I plan to use the spiral planner for my physical wellness (exercise, diet, weight, blood pressure checks, skincare, hair care, and meal planning).
I was going to say this. Most of their polls and stuff like that is done in the Facebook group. I deleted my Facebook, and I wish they did have a group on instagram or somewhere else.
Ah okay got it. It would be much more convenient if they sent it via email so all of their subscribers (across all platforms) could have equal access and give feedback, but that's good to know! I'll have to follow them over on FB so I don't miss out.
Hi Kel..I was waiting for your review!! I am not a fan of the spiral planner and planned to gift it, but I have to ask my friend if it would be a useful layout for her. My fav items are the stickers/page flags and the pouch!! I hope next year they get back to adding inserts in the boxes. This year seemed to not focus on planning but the other "stuff". Great video as always 💗 Note: I see ALOT of people selling the entire box this month!! I was like WOW! Also, I don't think it has sold out either.
Hi Tonya! ❤Hope everything is well your way 🤗I agree 100% on the inserts and re-prioritizing a lean towards every day functional tools/products. I didn't realize people were selling their boxes though😯That's interesting for sure!
@ yeah I ordered this month. I love this layout personally I don’t like I don’t. I can’t plan with that horizontal stuff so this worked out very well for me.
Great video! I always pause my subscriptions and activate it when I see a sneak peak of something I like. I activated this month for this planner. I’ve been planning for YEARS. I’m still trying to figure my style. I know I do not like a horizontal layout. I’m more of a vertical gal. I like to make lists. As I’m getting older I forget what I need to do. So I figure this will work well, to list my “to do’s”. I still have their spiral planner from 2021 & 2022 never used. I hope I’ll use this one! Also, all the other things in the box I prob will not use. Love the concept of everything but I don’t ever use the stickers and things 🤷🏽♀️
Hello planner friend, I absolutely loved this review and agreed 💯 with almost everything you said. This planner will get used for work but lists of to-dos is about all it's good for 😔. So disappointed, and those old-fashioned contact pages. Total waste of space. Love the tortoiseshell stickers but the raised ones are ridiculous 🙄. Your planner would be full of lumps and bumps! I appreciate the return of the calendar cards instead of those horrid little fold up things, and I'm super happy my colored pen was purple 💜. I did not want a pink one. But...gift tag stickers??? OMG that is not a planner item 🤨. This really annoyed me. Finally, I really don't believe the majority of people would vote for a task planner over the previous and much more versatile weekly horizontal layout. I doubt C&P will share the proof of the voting though. They are many things but transparent isn't one of them. Thanks for another great (and honest) review 👏👍.
🥰Hi there! Yes yes yes - so many great points. I didn't realize people got different colored pens. I love purple 😩I would have used that one in my journal, but that's the luck of the draw lol. I mentioned this in another comment but I would love if they did a survey via email asking their customers what they would like to see and then maybe doing a live or making a video going through what those things are - perhaps they could even have a contest where they pick 1 out of the top 20 ideas to implement for the new year!
I am so sad because last year November I gave my now Fiancé my spiral planner and he barely used it. So I was excited for this November to finally get to use it and the layout and then BAM…. big change and so now I’m trying to figure out how this will work. Granted I am in school and so I could use it as my planner for listing the assignments and readings I need to split up each day. This will probably be my best bet. But it is very restrictive. I think adding a task list to the weekly would’ve been nice but they didn’t need an entire “task” planner. They have so many options and notebooks and mini notepads for that. I am starting to wonder how much longer I will keep my subscriptions going esp as I am starting to use less and less items.
Well first of all congrats on your engagement! That's exciting! 🎉And I was super excited too - I always look forward to the spiral and was super bummed to see the change.
I was waiting all year for the November box, and I was so blown when I saw this layout. I ended up skipping the November box. I'm with you, I'd like some transparency on WHO voted for this and WHERE did they vote? I think people just get in the Happy Hour Live comments and say anything, and then C&P takes it as gospel. Nobody wanted this for real. Lol! Deciding to include this layout in the Nov. box was their biggest miss of the year. But loved your video--as always.
Thank Khesia! And yes I'd love to have more transparency. It seems really odd that a task planner layout was the direction they went - personally not a fan 😔
I work a hospital job so not a M-F job and have a little one … stacked weekends would have been more manageable but a single column for a weekend is so unhelpful! This was my first year getting their Nov box and I’m so disappointed I won’t be able to make the calendar work
Yes, such a great point! Usually the November boxes are one of the best (if not the best) boxes of the year. Unfortunately, this one missed the mark for a lot of people 😞
Hello 🤗. I stop my subscription boxes back in May. I’m still waiting on the sneak peeks that make me want to rejoin and it hasn’t happened. Maybe I’m super critical 🥴. I’ve become more intentional with my purchases (baby steps). In my opinion, the price increase does not match the quality of items. We will not discuss the pens 😂. As always thanks for sharing your thoughts🫶🏾.
The spiral is a perfect work planner for me BUT I agree with you about the notes pages. I think it would've been more useful if they would've left the headers above the boxes blank and included stickers. I'm also sad that they did away with grid in this layout. I find that grid works really well for me. I also didn't like the cover style. I guess I wanted something that felt minimal but still feminine and it definitely feels more masculine to me. I'm on the fence about renewing for next year, mainly because I am changing from a discbound system to bound system and so I'm not sure how useful the sub box will be for me while primarily using an A5 notebook.
Yes I agree and am also on the fence about renewal. That’s a really good point to note - for those who use bound planners, the inserts and dashboards and things wouldn’t really work for you, unless you repurposed your discbound system and had your bound agenda as your primary. I also miss the grid 😞
I do like the planner from last year just not that cover, I am a lister but I still like the present layout. I'm using y A5 for next year. Not sure if I want to continue the subscription or maybe just skip a few, kind of need my funds elsewhere.
Great video as always. I agree on the spiral planner. I used my 2024 spiral daily, but I’m not sure how I will use the 2025 planner. I was surprised this was the most popular layout from the planner community. I still think this is a great box.
I like the idea of the new layout but…it doesn’t work for my life. Now I’m not sure what to do with it. I agree with you that I like the prior layout better than this one.
Great review of the box! I agree that the spiral planner itself was a disappointment. I was planning to use it as a supplement to my main planner. The task-oriented style isn't going to work very well for me. Mine also arrived warped! 😞
Thanks so much! And oh no, I hate yours came warped too. You may be able to ask C&P for a replacement. I remember I did that once when one of their notebooks arrived damaged. 🥰
I love the new layout as I was not a fan of the horizontal layout from C&P. Tortoise design I can live without but the clear 🤍. Sorry about your planner demarcations as the one I received is in perfect condition.
I’m glad you like the new style! And that’s good to know yours wasn’t damaged. I’ve only had a few people tell me there’s were damaged too, so it may have just been a bad batch.
Not a fan of this new layout. If I had been asked for my opinion, I would have stuck with the 2024 layout. A better task planner would give EQUAL space for all seven days, for daily diet, exercise, etc tracking. This is not a. great format for my intended use.
They always make changes and say that it was based on consumer feedback but WHAT CONSUMERS? the task planner is trash, useless for my need and I too am disappointed.
I honestly would love to see maybe a yearly survey asking what our thoughts are - something that customers can take part in as a whole and give their honest feedback. For us, I know I would appreciate the thought and transparency for sure. But yes, unless I can think of a use for the spiral I'll likely end up gifting it or just using it for comparison videos.
@zechariah4663 Totally agree with you. The whole we listen to our customers thing just doesn't fly with me. For one thing, they won't publish your reviews on their website unless they are 5 star gushing reviews. What does that tell you? No company in the world has 100% positive reviews, so transparency is out of the window here 🤔.
I’m not sure how I ended up on this side of UA-cam but I love this content as someone who keeps all my plans and due dates in my mind 😅
😂 The algorithm loves to throw curve balls from time to time! And welcome! Glad you’re here 🤗
They said everyone wanted this layout. I really would like to know who lol Thanks for sharing. I was looking forward to your review.
It’s great for time blocking. I’m eager to see how it will be used.
🥰Thanks so much. And yes, inquiring minds would like to know lol
I really love this layout and it will be perfect as my office planner.
I'm loving this year's planner! As a 3+ year member, I'm excited to finally use the Spiral Planner for work. The layout suits me perfectly, unlike last year's vertical layout. And thank you so much for your review.
♥ I'm so glad the planner works for you!
Girl! I love your desire for validity on the assessment!
🤗 I mean, as a business, transparency is everything!
I think the raised dots would work well on the pop-up calendar (which I love and always used, haha). I’d use them to highlight important days of the month. Thanks for the detailed report, Kel.
Thanks and yes! the raised dots would look really great on the pop or really any desk calendars 🤗
Love your reviews, really thoughtful and balanced. I was looking forward to a vertical task planner, but this layout isnt great. 1. I dont live in the US, so I wish the holidays were left out or on their own leaf of paper so I could remove it without affecting the planner. 2. Each day should have just had lines. Let me add my own headings that suit my style. 3. If adding a margin to a task list, put it on the left! So much more functional and versatile. Could be used as a tick box for lists, adding times for a schedule, or bullet points or adding numbers/letters to rank/prioritise items. 4. I dont mind having less space for the weekend, but it should have been a stacked layout not the combined. 5. A lines-heavy layout didnt need more lines at the bottom. Perhaps just blank space or light dot grid would have been useful.
All good points and well made👍. 💯 agree with you.
♥Thanks so much. All very great ideas and spot on! the holidays have been a pet peeve of mine for years.
I absolutely love your reviews. I plan to use the spiral planner for my physical wellness (exercise, diet, weight, blood pressure checks, skincare, hair care, and meal planning).
Thanks! ❤️ what a great idea! I’d love to see your spread once you get it all filled in 🥰
I am ALL about the task!
I think the poll was in the Facebook group and I don’t believe they posted the results.
I was going to say this. Most of their polls and stuff like that is done in the Facebook group. I deleted my Facebook, and I wish they did have a group on instagram or somewhere else.
Ah okay got it. It would be much more convenient if they sent it via email so all of their subscribers (across all platforms) could have equal access and give feedback, but that's good to know! I'll have to follow them over on FB so I don't miss out.
Hi Kel..I was waiting for your review!! I am not a fan of the spiral planner and planned to gift it, but I have to ask my friend if it would be a useful layout for her. My fav items are the stickers/page flags and the pouch!! I hope next year they get back to adding inserts in the boxes. This year seemed to not focus on planning but the other "stuff". Great video as always 💗 Note: I see ALOT of people selling the entire box this month!! I was like WOW! Also, I don't think it has sold out either.
Hi Tonya! ❤Hope everything is well your way 🤗I agree 100% on the inserts and re-prioritizing a lean towards every day functional tools/products. I didn't realize people were selling their boxes though😯That's interesting for sure!
It’s been two years and finally a box I like!
I'm so glad you like it 🤗
@ yeah I ordered this month. I love this layout personally I don’t like I don’t. I can’t plan with that horizontal stuff so this worked out very well for me.
Great video! I always pause my subscriptions and activate it when I see a sneak peak of something I like. I activated this month for this planner. I’ve been planning for YEARS. I’m still trying to figure my style. I know I do not like a horizontal layout. I’m more of a vertical gal. I like to make lists. As I’m getting older I forget what I need to do. So I figure this will work well, to list my “to do’s”. I still have their spiral planner from 2021 & 2022 never used. I hope I’ll use this one!
Also, all the other things in the box I prob will not use. Love the concept of everything but I don’t ever use the stickers and things 🤷🏽♀️
🥰 Thanks! If you’re a list planner this will work really well for you for sure 🤗 Hopefully you get good use out of it! ❤️
Hello planner friend, I absolutely loved this review and agreed 💯 with almost everything you said. This planner will get used for work but lists of to-dos is about all it's good for 😔. So disappointed, and those old-fashioned contact pages. Total waste of space. Love the tortoiseshell stickers but the raised ones are ridiculous 🙄. Your planner would be full of lumps and bumps! I appreciate the return of the calendar cards instead of those horrid little fold up things, and I'm super happy my colored pen was purple 💜. I did not want a pink one. But...gift tag stickers??? OMG that is not a planner item 🤨. This really annoyed me. Finally, I really don't believe the majority of people would vote for a task planner over the previous and much more versatile weekly horizontal layout. I doubt C&P will share the proof of the voting though. They are many things but transparent isn't one of them. Thanks for another great (and honest) review 👏👍.
🥰Hi there! Yes yes yes - so many great points. I didn't realize people got different colored pens. I love purple 😩I would have used that one in my journal, but that's the luck of the draw lol. I mentioned this in another comment but I would love if they did a survey via email asking their customers what they would like to see and then maybe doing a live or making a video going through what those things are - perhaps they could even have a contest where they pick 1 out of the top 20 ideas to implement for the new year!
Great points! Agree, who is copying out their contacts from their phone into their planner 😂😂
@@AmberNZ-i3b Certainly not me! 😂
I am so sad because last year November I gave my now Fiancé my spiral planner and he barely used it. So I was excited for this November to finally get to use it and the layout and then BAM…. big change and so now I’m trying to figure out how this will work.
Granted I am in school and so I could use it as my planner for listing the assignments and readings I need to split up each day. This will probably be my best bet. But it is very restrictive. I think adding a task list to the weekly would’ve been nice but they didn’t need an entire “task” planner. They have so many options and notebooks and mini notepads for that.
I am starting to wonder how much longer I will keep my subscriptions going esp as I am starting to use less and less items.
Well first of all congrats on your engagement! That's exciting! 🎉And I was super excited too - I always look forward to the spiral and was super bummed to see the change.
I was waiting all year for the November box, and I was so blown when I saw this layout. I ended up skipping the November box. I'm with you, I'd like some transparency on WHO voted for this and WHERE did they vote? I think people just get in the Happy Hour Live comments and say anything, and then C&P takes it as gospel. Nobody wanted this for real. Lol! Deciding to include this layout in the Nov. box was their biggest miss of the year. But loved your video--as always.
I totally agree! I wish C&P would offer different layout options for the spiral planner each year.
@@l.legrys9568 that's actually a great idea...even if they provided only two choices.
Thank Khesia! And yes I'd love to have more transparency. It seems really odd that a task planner layout was the direction they went - personally not a fan 😔
@@l.legrys9568 That's a fantastic idea! ♥
@khesiataylor8907
Agree with you, they only get their personal hype People up in the happy hour live comments...
I work a hospital job so not a M-F job and have a little one … stacked weekends would have been more manageable but a single column for a weekend is so unhelpful! This was my first year getting their Nov box and I’m so disappointed I won’t be able to make the calendar work
Yes, such a great point! Usually the November boxes are one of the best (if not the best) boxes of the year. Unfortunately, this one missed the mark for a lot of people 😞
Hello 🤗. I stop my subscription boxes back in May. I’m still waiting on the sneak peeks that make me want to rejoin and it hasn’t happened. Maybe I’m super critical 🥴. I’ve become more intentional with my purchases (baby steps). In my opinion, the price increase does not match the quality of items. We will not discuss the pens 😂. As always thanks for sharing your thoughts🫶🏾.
Hi there! 😊I'd have to agree with you. I'm also reconsidering renewing my subscription. I've got some thinking to do before the new year.
The spiral is a perfect work planner for me BUT I agree with you about the notes pages. I think it would've been more useful if they would've left the headers above the boxes blank and included stickers. I'm also sad that they did away with grid in this layout. I find that grid works really well for me. I also didn't like the cover style. I guess I wanted something that felt minimal but still feminine and it definitely feels more masculine to me.
I'm on the fence about renewing for next year, mainly because I am changing from a discbound system to bound system and so I'm not sure how useful the sub box will be for me while primarily using an A5 notebook.
Yes I agree and am also on the fence about renewal. That’s a really good point to note - for those who use bound planners, the inserts and dashboards and things wouldn’t really work for you, unless you repurposed your discbound system and had your bound agenda as your primary. I also miss the grid 😞
I do like the planner from last year just not that cover, I am a lister but I still like the present layout. I'm using y A5 for next year. Not sure if I want to continue the subscription or maybe just skip a few, kind of need my funds elsewhere.
Totally understand! I'm on the fence on the subscription as well.
Great video as always. I agree on the spiral planner. I used my 2024 spiral daily, but I’m not sure how I will use the 2025 planner. I was surprised this was the most popular layout from the planner community. I still think this is a great box.
Thank you! ♥And yes still a good box for sure!
I like the idea of the new layout but…it doesn’t work for my life. Now I’m not sure what to do with it. I agree with you that I like the prior layout better than this one.
Yep, it's a good planner build wise. If I end up finding a use for it, I'll let ya'll know 🤗
Great review of the box! I agree that the spiral planner itself was a disappointment. I was planning to use it as a supplement to my main planner. The task-oriented style isn't going to work very well for me. Mine also arrived warped! 😞
Thanks so much! And oh no, I hate yours came warped too. You may be able to ask C&P for a replacement. I remember I did that once when one of their notebooks arrived damaged. 🥰
You should email them about the warped planner cover, they’ll replace it for you!
I love the new layout as I was not a fan of the horizontal layout from C&P. Tortoise design I can live without but the clear 🤍. Sorry about your planner demarcations as the one I received is in perfect condition.
I’m glad you like the new style! And that’s good to know yours wasn’t damaged. I’ve only had a few people tell me there’s were damaged too, so it may have just been a bad batch.
Can I ask what color is on your nails ? ❤there gorgeous
Thank you! They’re actually Static Nails in the color Fetish 💅🏾🥰
I was waiting for the 2025 planner but I just can’t get into the new layout. I’m very disappointed.
I always enjoy your videos and it’s very helpful.
Thanks! 🥰 Agreed. I hope next year spiral is more versatile.
Agreed that the planner is not versatile. But I am going to use it for my side business. I think it will great for content & creation tracking
Hi! That's a really great idea 😊
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My planner is very warped, hopefully it even outs with use
Well at least I know it's not just me. Maybe it was stored in a cramped space - but yes, hopefully it will flatten out over time.
Make sure you email them, theyre usually good about sending out a replacement
Not a fan of this new layout. If I had been asked for my opinion, I would have stuck with the 2024 layout. A better task planner would give EQUAL space for all seven days, for daily diet, exercise, etc tracking. This is not a. great format for my intended use.
I agree 100% 😔
@@sstraw7224 Me too 😔
They always make changes and say that it was based on consumer feedback but WHAT CONSUMERS?
the task planner is trash, useless for my need and I too am disappointed.
I honestly would love to see maybe a yearly survey asking what our thoughts are - something that customers can take part in as a whole and give their honest feedback. For us, I know I would appreciate the thought and transparency for sure. But yes, unless I can think of a use for the spiral I'll likely end up gifting it or just using it for comparison videos.
@zechariah4663 Totally agree with you. The whole we listen to our customers thing just doesn't fly with me. For one thing, they won't publish your reviews on their website unless they are 5 star gushing reviews. What does that tell you? No company in the world has 100% positive reviews, so transparency is out of the window here 🤔.