Erin Condren Planner Review 2023

Looking for an Erin Condren Planner? Read this first to make sure the Erin Condren Lifeplanner is for you. You’ll get all the details and a full honest review. I was gifted some of the products in this post, all thoughts and opinions are my own.

I used Happy Planners for years but a few years I decided to get my first Erin Condren LifePlanner. I’ve also tried out the Erin Condren PetitePlanner but my favorite Erin Condren planner is the LifePlanner. I’ve now been using the Erin Condren planner for years and love it.

If you are thinking about getting one but are still on the fence hopefully this review can help you decide if it’s right for you.

Erin Condren LifePlanner Review

Erin Condren LifePlanners are planners that have become very popular over the last several years. You can choose the more traditional style coiled LifePlanner that has a lot of customizable options, a binder style, the PetitePlanners, softbound planner, and the Daily LifePlanner Duo.

I’m currently using the coiled Erin Condren planner. With the coiled Erin Condren planner, you can choose from several customizable covers, layouts, color schemes, coil colors, and more.

For 2022/2023, I chose the coiled LifePlanner with the new harmony colorful design. It’s a fun and cheerful design. I went with the gold coil, vertical layout, and an 18-month planner.

This year the sweet people at Erin Condren sent me a planner early so I could share it right away. In the past, my planner got to me in just over a week with free shipping. 

Which is great the fact that it is customized. If you haven’t seen Erin Condren boxes before they are beautiful. Everything is packaged very well and beautifully. These box photos are actually from 2018 because my husband is currently in charge of mail and we get rid of boxes right away. My box was very similar this year.

The planner itself comes with 4 planning sticker sheets, 1 Keep it Together folder, 1 perpetual calendar, and a snap-in ruler. I especially love the matching stickers. I’m always a big fan of planner stickers!

The planner itself is very well made. The coil is huge and very strong. The paper is one of the things that sets Erin Condren apart from other planners, it holds up and the ink doesn’t bleed through the pages.

The inside of the cover is a lined dashboard that works with wet-erase markers. I have also seen people use Sharpies and remove it with rubbing alcohol, I haven’t tried this. 

Then there is a thick piece of vellum, followed by the cover page and two decorative pages, and then you get into the planner with a 2022/2023 year-at-a-glance calendar. After that is one of my favorite sections. It’s two pages with 12 boxes. You can use these for anything but they are perfect for goal setting.

The monthly pages and weekly pages follow and each month in the colorful layout has a different color theme. They are simple but still pretty.

With the vertical layout, which is what I picked, you get three boxes and a few lines for each day. This is basically the same as what I’ve seen in the past years as well.

I like to use one box for a to-do list, one of the boxes for any events that day, and one for my work to-do list. I love that they aren’t labeled so it’s easy to use the boxes for whatever you want.

After the monthly and weekly pages, there is a notes section with several pages of lined paper to keep any notes you need to keep in your planner. It’s a great place to keep your cleaning schedules and things like that.

The contacts section comes after the notes and has a place for some contacts. I recently got the Erin Condren address book so I doubt I will use this page, I haven’t in the past. There is also a year-at-a-glance 2023 calendar in the back with some space to write under each month. I love this area for some advanced planning. 

There are also a lot of great stickers that match the planner. They have a nice double-sided folder with a deep pocket. And something I really love is the list of awareness days, months, and observances you can add to your calendar pages.

There is also another dashboard and a perpetual calendar. I already have one of these but I have some ideas for what I can use this one for. I will share those ideas soon.

My Thoughts on the Erin Condren Life Planner

Overall I love the LifePlanner this year and I’m happy to be using one again. I also love that you can change out the covers. I have a few from past years, including a Christmas one that I can’t wait to use again.

The ordering process is easy and it shipped quickly. It was well packaged so I don’t think there should be an issue with things getting damaged. They now use a box for the planner to keep it even better protected and if you order your planner early like me it will be great for storing it until you are ready to use it.

It is on the pricey side. It costs more than the Happy Planner I used to use but I have decided it’s worth it. It’s so high quality and beautiful

I also got some fun planner accessories and all of those are nice as well. I got a lot of great accessories this year to use in my planner. I love that so many of the accessories match the designs.

And my favorite accessory is the colorful fine-tip markers! It’s a 24-pack and has every color you could want.

Overall, I’m glad I switched to the Erin Condren LifePlanner a few years ago and while I enjoyed the PetitePlanner and may use it again at some points, I really love the LifePlanner. It’s so popular for good reasons.

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