This is change over week. The week where we all need to spend some time getting all our planners and diaries in order ready for the new year. As part of this, I also carry out an end-of-year review to capture any tasks or notes from my 2022 planners and diaries that need to be carried over into the new year.

2022 Planners

My planners and diaries of choice this coming year will be as follows:

• Appointed Year Task Planner 2022– I really wanted another Day Planner for 2022, but international shipping was pricey. So when I saw this special edition Appointed Year Task Planner from Papersmiths – I thought this would be a good alternative. on Kickstarter recently. It is designed to be an all-round planner with a lot of flexibility to use it how you want. This will be used as a home desk diary as an overview diary.
• Notem Annual Journal 2022 – This will be used as my professional diary for my voluntary positions. This will be my third year using this journal. I have really enjoyed using it and it is a great journal/planner for keeping everything in one place. You can read my previous posts from here, here here and here.
• The Completist Daily Planner – this will be my work desk diary to use for writing out my to-do list each day. I enjoyed using the Completist Daily Planner so much last year – that I went out and bought another one for 2021 (with a new bright and colourful cover). You can read my posts from 2020 and 2021 here, here, here and here.
• Moleskine – Monthly Planner with Notebook – this will be my planner for the blog. I found that the Leuchtturm1917 (as much as I loved it) was too large (mainly because I had so many desk planners). So this time I decided to go for the smaller Moleskine Monthly Diary/Planner 2022. You can find my initial post about this planner here.

I am still using the Ohh Deer Planners and Projo Planners which I started mid-way through the year.

Setting up the New Planners

How do you set up your new planners and diaries? I like to start by making sure that the planners/diaries are up to date with all the important dates right from the start. This includes key dates, birthdays, bank holidays etc. In my professional diary, I also include the appointments and events that I already have booked in.

I then import any important information/reference information that I include in my planner every year on the notes pages. This might be phone numbers, password/login codes, templates etc. Whatever you need to include for quick reference – carry it over at the start when setting up the new planner. I tend to write this information in because I enjoy the setup of a new planner. However, you may prefer to print this information each year instead to make it quicker.

Finally, add in the new plans for the new year and outstanding to-do list items that you are serious about completing (anything else goes on the someday list).

What diaries and planners are you using for 2022?