The Podcast

Ep #322: Planner Shopping Tips + 2 Mini-Reviews — Aura Estelle + Faded Chronicle

September 28, 2026

It’s a (paper) planner-packed episode today!

Included topics:

  • Planner buying season – mindset + shopping tips! AND, a YT video showing my 2027 planners is up!
  • Upcoming planning experiences, including Planning 2027 (registration opens 10/1, with details in the newsletter). Special bonus this year – registration now also includes the brand new Nested Goals workbook (pdf).
  • Reviews of two fantastic Tomoe River Paper options:

1- Aura Estelle Magnet Planner (A5 vertical weekly / $54.95 preorder) – photos from the Aura Estelle site

very functional vertical layout, and then a BLANK gridded spread between each of these pages!

2- Faded Chronicle (A5 Collective / $59) – Photos from the Faded Chronicle site

softer cover + larger book
horizontal dashboard spread between vertical layouts

If you’d like to be entered for a chance to win one of these, leave a comment below and include which one you would select. I’ll draw a winner 9/30!

mother of 3 // MD // south floridian // ESFJ // upholder. into: planners, great food, running, reading, writing, mornings, podcasting, and coffee.

1 Comment

  • Reply Zachary McGrath September 28, 2026 at 6:17 am

    These reviews were pretty useful, thank you. I would prefer the Chronicle.

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