With all the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, the new year always seems to sneak up on us. While the holidays may present an opportunity to turn our minds to family and rest (and shopping, cooking, and entertaining), it’s also a great time to crack open a new planner for mom and start the year feeling organized and ready.
Whether your family calendar is already super organized or you need some help getting all your life in one place, a good planner can help bring order to some of the chaos. Since we’re all different, with varying needs and preferences, choosing the right planner is critical to starting your year off on the right foot. Here are some great 2024 planners for busy moms!
Hobonichi Techo Cousin
With a sleek, simple layout, and a page for each day, the Hobonichi Techo Cousin is perfect for keeping track of everything when you’ve got a lot going on. Featuring monthly, weekly, and daily spreads, this planner has it all. With a streamlined Japanese design influence as well as gridlines to keep things neat, the clean design of this planner goes with every style and aesthetic. It comes in multiple sizes and with either a Monday or Sunday start to the week. If you’re looking for simple and sleek — but jam packed with features — this is the planner for you.
Perfect for: The no-nonsense mom with a full calendar
You may also like: Wonderland222, Honeypress Hobonichi
Erin Condren LifePlanner
If you’re all about bright colors, beautiful patterns, and an overall fun vibe, the Erin Condren LifePlanner may be just right for you. With both weekly and daily versions, and several gorgeous covers to choose from, it’s easy to find just the right LifePlanner for you — not to mention the numerous options for customization. You can select from dozens of fun covers, personalize with your name or initials, select interior colors, and more. The vertical layout options offer just the right design to show all aspects of your life on one page — after all, who wants to juggle separate planners for work and family?
Perfect for: The mom who does it all and looks cute doing it
You may also like: The Happy Planner, Plum Paper planner
The Passion Planner
Some of us need a little more guidance and direction as we organize our lives and orient ourselves toward our goals — whether they are personal, work-related, or for our family. The Passion Planner starts by helping you map out your goals and aligning your daily, weekly, and monthly activities to work toward them. The layouts help keep your goals visible, with monthly reflection pages to help you tease out what is working well, and what needs adjusting. The Passion Planner comes in multiple sizes and cover designs. There is even an undated option, so you don’t have to wait until January 1 to start your planner!
Perfect for: The mom who dreams big and makes things happen
You may also like: Cultivate What Matters PowerSheets, Full Focus planner
The Skylight Calendar
Sometimes we just need to see it all in one place — important dates, chores, and activities for multiple children. This is the ultimate non-paper, digital calendar for families, and it can be viewed by the month, week, or day. Each family member is color coded, and you can make daily chore lists for your children (and spouse). Once they are complete, they can have the satisfaction of “checking it off.” The Skylight Calendar will replace all the calendar apps in your phone, and it can sit right on the counter or be hung on the wall. The calendar is not bulky, and you can display family photos — so it doesn’t look like a calendar on the wall!
Perfect for: The techy mom who wants to streamline it all.
You may also like: momAgenda digital planner, FamilyWall planner
