SO MUCH FLUX IN THE PLANNER WORLD THIS WEEK!
1- Cultivate What Matters announced they are no longer going to produce PowerSheets. Political matters aside (the company that acquired Cultivate in 2022 is extremely conservative), PowerSheets was a unique product in the planner landscape — a beautifully presented book for goal tracking and reflection rather than a typical planner. I definitely went through phases of using it (early 2020s especially) and will miss having it as an option.
I’ve already gotten a few questions about what might fill the void – coming to mind are the Ink & Volt goal planners, Commit30, and for those who don’t need as much as structure, an EC Monthly. I also am considering putting together a Nested Goals workbook (!) and have just contacted the designer I work with, so we’ll see what happens there. (PDF though – def not a physical product at this point!).
2- Amplify is also shutting down!!! NOOOOOO! Amplify was featured one of my very first review episodes — a unicorn planner that had monthly / weekly / daily pages AND luxuriously thick paper. (The books were quarterly, as otherwise they would be way too thick to be functional!).
3- Hobonichi Launch Season continues — some SUPER cute Yumi Kitagishi options yesterday, though today’s lace handkerchief aesthetic is not my jam. I’m sure it’s someone’s, though!
4- Sera sent me her substack post entitled When I am stressed, I look at Japanese stationery and I could relate SO HARD. Ha!! I figured some of you could, too!
5- I am having fun in my little alternative universe bullet journal situation and thinking hard about any possible changes in my 2027 stack! Not going to lie, I am enjoying my freeform blank daily pages so much that I may have to carry this into the new year. We will see!
HAPPY FRIDAY to all š I feel like it’s been a good first week of Q4 for me; let’s hope the vibes continue!
(PLEASE comment if you have other ideas for PowerSheets or Amplify alternatives – I’ve already gotten multiple requests for ideas and I know some of you probably have thoughts already!)
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Makselife has a goal setting planner that is similar to Powersheets. I tried it for a year, and it didn’t quite fit the bill, but is probably what I’ll go back to now that Cultivate is going away.
ahh yes!!!! GREAT point – I forgot it in this post!
Oh I really need a project planner. My day to day is pretty digital but I need to know where I am on projects.
Nested Goals Workbook…yes please!
I loved the article on Japanese stationery and agree 100% about the Midori notebook. My favorite.
Her article reminded me to ask you how your fountain pen experiment is going?
I would buy a Nested Goals workbook for sure!
Makselife for goal setting and if you don’t need a daily page. Sprouted planner for amplify horizontal, or hemlock and Oak.
I would also love a nested goals workbook!
Iām going to try inkwell press disc solution to replace my beloved amplify. You can build a monthly/weekly/daily there
You should totally create a nested goals work book!!
Sarah can you please remind me what you track each day or breakdown this bullet page? Iām fascinated
oh it’s just me being silly in this particular case! Underneath the habit box I put space for various screen time metrics and then . . . NYT games stats! HA! (wordle, connections, mini). Really just for fun. The little grey dots on the right are for pt notes.
I would also love a nested goals work book in PDF format!
I’m also curious what you’re tracking on your bullet page with the dashes and … , it looks like morse code š
see above š Nothing earthshattering whatsoever – some totally frivolous NYT games stats, plus screen time metrics!