MANILA, Philippines – A planner can keep all your plans, thoughts and ideas organized, and it can also offer a dose of inspiration, a useful reminder, or a touch of nostalgia as you look back on what you’ve achieved.
The perfect planner isn’t the same for everyone, though. Luckily, there are lots of choices in the market for whatever you’re looking for. To help you narrow down your choices for the coming year, we put together a list of everything we found in bookstores and local shops.
Whether you’re looking for beautiful designs or quirky illustrations, something small to throw in your bag or a heavy-duty agenda, there’s something in this list the go-getter, the traveler, the artist, the student, and everything else in between.
Here are the planners you can get for 2016. Good luck finding your perfect one! You can check out last year’s list here too.
Did we miss one of your favorites? Let us know in the comments section and we’ll add it to the list below.
Rappler’s Be The Good 2016 Organizer
Rappler launched Rappler Shop this year, and aside from shirts and tumblers, there’s a 2016 planner up for sale too.
The Be The Good planner is 5.6×7.9 inches and has monthly and weekly views. You can personalize your planner by coloring in the monthly dividers, plus there are tips scattered throughout to help you make a change in the world.
Get this: At shop.rappler.com (pre-orders only) for P550.
Marites Allen’s Year of the Fire Monkey 2016 Feng Shiu Planner
Feng shui expert Marites Allen has come out with another planner for 2016, the Year of the Fire Monkey. The planner has a weekly view, and tells you which days are good for certain activities, from getting married to traveling. It also has more feng shui tips, including your sign’s conflict signs and allies.
Get this: Frigga Charmed Life Boutiques at SM North Edsa The Block, SM Mall of Asia, SM Megamall, Glorietta IV, Serendra, One Pavillion Cebu or online, for P880.
Tita Witty’s The “Papayat ka rin at dudurugin sila” and Other Food For Thought Planner 2016
Following in the tradition of the past years, Witty Will Save the World, Co is releasing a new planner for 2016. Next year, Tita Witty’s planner will not only help you map out your year, but also offer up words of wisdom about love and life – which will no doubt have you cracking up.
Aside from this planner, Witty also recently released the book featured in That Thing Called Tadhana, titled The Arrow With a Heart Pierced Through Him.
Get this: Fully Booked and Quirks for P520 and may also be ordered at 09064652191. Tita Witty tells us it’ll be out within November.
The gorgeous Moonleaf planner
Moonleaf worked with local artists for the covers of each month inside the planner, which includes sketches, watercolor pieces, and poetry. The planner also features posts from Moonleaf’s Community Board.
Get this: It comes free after 15 stickers (Drink purchases from the “Nutty or Nice” holiday line) or you can purchase it for P350. For P500 the planner comes with the #Hugot Tote.
Serenitea 2016 diary
Visit their Facebook page for more on how to get this diary.
Suggested by one of our readers, the Passion Planner is available online and according to the website, is designed to help you break down your goals into actionable plans and motivate you along the way.
We’re especially loving all the creative ways people are making the Passion Planner their own, as you can see via Instagram:
Get this: Online; Passion Planner Classic 2016 (8.5″x11″), $29.99, Passion Planner Compact 2016 (5.5″x8.5″), $24.99
The Sunnies Studios agenda
View the video above for a look at the planner’s inside pages. You can get this for P499 with purchase at Sunnies Studios, according to the caption.
Bo’s Coffee ‘Start: A Creativity Journal’
Celebrating Filipino talent, the journal features works from Pinoy artists such as Works of Heart, Jayneil Padilla, IGers Manila, and Vincent Navarro to come up with a planner that’s as inspiring as it is a pure visual delight.
Get this: Get it for P1000 or collect stickers on their Connection Card at Bo’s Coffee branches all over the country. Click here to read more.
The planners from FILED
Doodle planner
Conquer your yearly goals and de-stress with Filed’s Doodle planners. These 8 x 6-inch hard cover planners are dateless and include monthly and weekly views. You get “leisure lists” inside, for things like what movies to watch or restaurants to try, a finance tracker, and a back pocket for important tickets or receipts.
The Doodle Planner comes with a Doodler kit too, which includes a color guide, a zentangle bookmark, and 3 Neofine Fineliners
Scribble planner
If painting’s more your thing, then the Scribbler planner is for you. This 8.5 x 6-inch planner comes with a Scribbler Kit that includes a watercolor guide, a watercolor bookmark, and 3 Neofine Fineliners.
Be inspired by the art in this notebook, with 12 works by Lorra Elena Angbue-Te. You also get monthly and weekly views, weekly “self-empowerment” thoughts, goal and expense trackers, extra pages for notes, and a back pocket. If you’re worried about the paint ruining your planner, these have 100 gsm paper.
Camper planner
Filed has a planner for all you adventurers too! Like the previous two planners, this comes with a kit, but this one includes 4 postcards and 3 Neofine Fineliners. The 6 x 6-inch hard cover planner also has travel tips, space for your travel musings, an expense tracker, and a back pocket.
You’ll be inspired to get out and see the world with monthly travel photos by local explorers like Anina Rubio and The Lost Kids.
Get these: Fully Booked, all branches nationwide; Powerbooks, all branches nationwide; Scribe Writing Essentials, all branches nationwide; LS Loyola Bookstore, Ateneo de Manila University; Tams Bookstore, FEU Morayta, Manila University
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Navi Life Navigator journal
If you’re thinking of seeing the world (or the country) this 2016, the Navi planner might be the one for you. You can plan your trip with the “Forward Planning” and “Weekly Journey” pages, and keep track of everything you want to do with the “Goals and Bucket List” page.
This 176-page planner also has a list of must-see destinations, a pre-trip checklist, and a travel guide for your adventures. The Navi planner has a matte-leather hard cover, an expandable back-pocket, and is a good size at 5.6 x 7.9 in.
Get this: National Bookstore branches, Powerbooks branches, Fully Booked branches, or online.
Everything is Possible planner
Accomplish all your New Year’s resolutions with the Everything is Possible planner. This has pages titled “Timeline of Goals” and “Priority Checklist” to keep you on track, and “Achievement Arrow,” to see what you’ve accomplished so far. The 5.6 x 7.9-inch Everything is Possible planner has 192 full-color pages, an expandable back-pocket, and a matte-laminated hard cover.
Get this: National Bookstore branches, Powerbooks branches, Fully Booked branches, or online.
The Daykeeper 2016
Part agenda, part journal, the Daykeeper planner will keep you organized, but you’ll still have space to write down all your ideas, hopes, and dreams. The smyth sewn notebook comes with 164 uniquely designed pages, a back pocket, and 4 postcards.
It also has a craft book jacket that you can keep on or remove, as you like. The Daykeeper 2016 comes with a gift box too, making it perfect to give to a friend for the holidays.
Get this: On their website, or at Heima Brixton and Restock after October 30.
Paulo Coelho ‘Courage’ planner
Every month in this planner is marked with a special value to focus and reflect on. The beautiful artwork is mesmerizing and is a great complement to the encouraging words inside – and the amazing work you’ll be doing all year.
Get this: Fully Booked branches
Focus Journal
A planner for the busy person who wants to get things in order, the Focus journal has monthly check-up pages to assess how far you’ve gotten, and a year-end workbook page to summarize what you’ve learned for the year. This planner has 176 cleanly designed pages, an expandable pocket, and is a manageable size at 5.6 x 7.9 in. The Focus Journal is protected with a Kraft hard cover.
Get this: National Bookstore branches, Powerbooks branches, Fully Booked branches, or online.
Quest Journal
This isn’t a planner, but its a great companion for anyone with big ideas and plans for 2016. The Quest journal is handy at 4.25 x 7.80 in, and it comes with two refillable notepads – blank or graph ruled – with 64 pages each. You can also keep important cards or receipts in its plastic pockets and vinyl zippered pouch. The one pictured above is in the Cool Taupe color, but they also have one in Talc Pink.
Get this: National Bookstore branches, Powerbooks branches, Fully Booked branches, or online.
Alunsina ‘Kislap’ Journal
The kislap notebooks from Alunsina were featured in our list last year – and we just had to include them again this year. The beautiful books are dateless and you can get them all year, in two sizes – the mini one, about 4×6 inches, or the larger one, A5 size.
Intriguingly, the way these books are made enhances its beautiful colors over time. “All leather covers are vegetable-tanned and locally made…Vegetable-tanned leathers achieve a beautifully aged, deeper hue the more they are used,” says Alunsina’s catalogue.
You can choose your charm, color, and 3 types of jotters (mini refillable notebooks) from 4 types available.
Get this: Online here
Jacinto & Lirio planners
The planners from Jacinto & Lirio are not only beautiful, they are also very practical and functional. Their products are innovations from materials like the water hyacinth, and the designs are proudly Filipino – check out the Adarna, Baybayin, and Makiling planners.
This line of planners, which come both in plain and printed versions, are also mobile cases and wallets in one.
Get this: Order here. Planners at P995
Kate Spade planners
With its clean colors and gold highlights, these planners are simple and classy – typical of Kate Spade’s stylish designs. Each of the 4 designs are available in sizes medium and large, and will keep you covered for 17 months. 12-month agendas are available, too.
Get this: National Bookstore branches.
Ban.do planners (large and regular size)
Large agenda:
Regular sizes:
The Ban.do brand is known for their fun, quirky designs, and their 2016 planners are no different. The large agendas are 8 x 10 in, while the regular sized ones are 5.5 x 8.5 in. These 17-month hard cover planners have monthly and weekly views, plus they come with stickers.
Get this: National Bookstore Branches or online
Frankie 2016 journal via Heima
Inside this cute cloth-bound planner, you’ll find hand-drawn illustrations by the brand’s artist Sara Hingle, gift-tags, sticker sheets, a conversions page, and a back pocket. With 160 pages in a 22 x 15.5 cm-size, this weekly planner is perfect for throwing into your bag and bringing around.
Get this: Heima Brixton, Heima LRI, Heima’s online store, or Frankie’s website
teNeues Magneto planners
These hard cover magnetized planners from TeNeues come with 8 images according to the notebook’s theme and a ribbon marker. Both small (4 x 6 inches) and large (6 2/5 x 8 9/10 in) sizes have weekly views, but the large has a page for notes after each week, while the small has none.
This planner seeks to uplift, with encouraging and inspiring content, which also incoprorates quotes from the Bible. On its website, you’ll also find a number of testimonials from celebrity users, including Kuya Kim Atienza, Venus Raj, and Kristine Hermosa and Oyo Sotto.
Get this: For more, visit here. You can get this online with packages starting from P565, or for bundles for your friends starting at P1695.
Papemelroti pocket planners
According to the website, these pocket planners are sized 4″ x 5.75″, with16 inside pages.
Get these: P20 each, visit their website for more information.
Belle de Jour Power planner
Every year, BDJ comes out with the Power Planner, perfect for the woman out to change the world and do it with style. For its 10th year, aside from its usual ring-bound Power Planner, BDJ also has a smyth-sewn version and a leather cover version for you to choose from. (READ: Up-close look: The new 2016 Belle de Jour Power Planners are here)
Get these: National Bookstore branches, Powerbooks branches, Fully Booked branches, or online.
The Muji planners
Muji Philippines has already shared that their 2016 planners are already available in stores. Here’s a look at the planner they posted on Instagram:
Get this: Muji stores in the metro. Here are the prices according to size: b5, P795; a5, P385, a6, P395, b6, P496; a5, P745 (spring/ring-bound); b6, P695 (spring/ring-bound).
Leuchtturm journals and planners
As is typical with Leuchtturm notebooks, these weekly planners have great quality paper and come in a range of colors. The simple design of the pages kept between the colorful hard cover allows for a lot of creativity, so you have a lot of space to personalize your planner and make it your own.
Get this: National Bookstore branches
Monologue journals
No-nonsense, straightforward, and great for the busy professional who might like to tick a long list of items off the to-do list at the end of the day. They’re available in a whole variety of colors, too.
Get this: Fully Booked branches
Midori 2016 pouch diary
Get this: A straightforward, very lightweight diary,P1295 from Scribe Writing Essentials
Midori notebooks
Made with beautiful, smooth paper, these luxe notebooks look and feel very premium and easy to use.
Get this: Blank (P1795) or dated (P1695) via Scribe Writing Essentials.
Moleskine diaries, journals, and notebooks:
The famous Italian notebook brand is offering up a variety of planners for 2016 in all colors and sizes. Aside from the pocket, large, and extra large-sized notebooks in block colors, there’s also the limited editon Star Wars, Le Petit Prince, Coca-Cola and Peanuts 2016 planners.
The Moleskine planners have weekly and daily planners up for grabs, and inside, they have pages for planning, time zones, international measures, international codes and duration of flights, and a holiday calendar. For both the daily and weekly planners, the pocket size is 9 x 14 cm, while the large is 13 x 21 cm.
Get these: National Bookstore branches
TeNeues Deluxe Engagement Calendars
TeNeus’ engagement calendars come with beautiful paintings of whatever notebook theme you choose. These weekly planners are protected by a plastic cover, and have a weekly view. For the pocket size (3 1/2 x 5 1/8 in), one week is separated by a sheet with two paintings, while the regular size (6 1/2 x 8 1/2) has the entire week in one page, with a page for notes beside it.
Get these: Fully Booked branches
The Left-Hander’s 2016 Calendar
Here’s one that’s practical and useful for lefties everywhere. (READ: ‘Kaliwete’: A collection of left-handed people problems)
Get this: Fully Booked branches
Seattle’s Best Coffee Dream Journals
Get these: Collect 10 stickers by getting regular drinks and 8 stickers from the holiday drinks to get your Dream Journal.
Figaro notebook
You can get the Figaro notebook for P229 at the different branches.
Starbucks is partnering with the Italian-based notebook brand, Moleskine, for their 2016 planners.
There are two sizes available. The large weekly planner comes in green and white, and has 176 pages. The small daily planner, on the other hand, has 400 pages and comes in red and black.
As in the past, you can get the Starbucks planner 2016 in exchange for for buying a certain number of regular and Christmas menu drinks. Click here to read the rules.
Giving Journal from Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf
Get this: Head on over to your neighborhood Coffee Bean if you’d like these lovely Giving Journals, which come in 4 colors. You can collect stamps in stores by getting beverages and other special items. 12 stamps gets you one Giving Journal.
Eskwelahan Planner
The Eskwelahan is perfect for any student wanting to keep track of tests and deadlines. Its fun illustrations and the witty pickup lines, fun facts, and tips are great entertainment for a boring class too – just don’t let your teacher catch you!
Aside from coupons from their partner establishments, this planner also comes with “Smile ka na!” coupons for you to give out to your stressed out friends.
Get this: Order it from their Facebook page
The Design Your Life planner
The Design Your Life planner is back this year, and it’s a beauty, with tons of functional features. There are fun games inside, and a space for printed Instagram photos and a 30-day challenge every month to help you achieve your goals.
There’s also a Back to Basics planner for those who prefer a simpler look.
This one comes with a very nice project-keeper to help you keep track of long-term endeavors – the weekly design here is great, too, allowing you to identify major items on your to-do list for the week before itemizing all the nitty-gritty details in the space.
The Design Your Life planner comes with a coupon booklet, too.
Get this: Visit their website here for more information
Filofax planners
Aside from planning out your week, these classic Filofax planners are great for keeping all your important cards, receipts and notes. Because it’s a binder type of notebook, you can put all sorts of refills and inserts. It comes in a lot of different colors and textures, too!
Get this: National Bookstore branches.
Webster’s Pages planner via Scribe Writing Essentials
A heavy duty planner/organizer that will hold tons of mementos and keepsakes.
Get this: Scribe Writing Essentials branches, P1775
Dialogue Diary by Luxe Diaries
There’s a very soft and luxurious feel to these Dialogue diaries, which come in a lot of different colors and two sizes. The feel of it is quite unique and very soft to the touch.
Get this: Fully Booked branches
Daily planner from National Bookstore
Nothing fancy, but the planner’s large size makes for plenty of space to add notes, mementos, and little reminders – a canvas for the year ahead.
Get this: P219 at National Bookstore branches
365 days 12 months diary
These notebooks are light, bright, and very functional – the simple, no-frills design leaves you a lot of space to write your reminders, take meeting notes, and the like – and won’t be too bulky in your bag.
Get this: Fully Booked branches
Sterling planners
Very perfunctory and straightforward, these lightweight planners are best for daily to-dos and reminders to help keep you focused and free from distractions.
Get this: Red diary, P239.75, black planner at 99.75, National Bookstore branches
Luxe Diaries polydrop weekly diary/ Soft Touch diaries
Sharp and straightforward or fun and bold? On the left side of the photo above is an understated and very lightweight 2016 planner from Luxe Diaries. On the right is a fun set of mini-planners featuring some of the coolest animals on the cover, from the SoftTouch Diary (Nerdy Animals) series by TeNeues.
Get this: Fully Booked branches
Belle de Jour Petit planner, Desktop planner
If the regular Belle de Jour Power Planner is too bulky for your taste, there’s a Petit Power Planner out for 2016 too. It may be smaller, but it keeps the BDJ spirit with space to write down your goals and dreams.
BDJ is also offering up a Desktop Planner to pretty up your workspace and keep you on top of your game at work.
Get these: National Bookstore branches, Powerbooks branches, Fully Booked branches, or online.
Paperblanks notebooks
These beautiful hard cover Paperblanks notebooks come in daily and weekly formats. Inside, you’ll find a list of international holidays, conversion tables – which makes this one great for planning and taking on trips – and pages for extra notes and birthdays memos.
Get this: National Bookstore branches, Fully Booked branches
Cavallini notebooks
After taking your pick among the cute designs of these Cavallini planners, you’ll find monthly calendars and weekly views inside, and extra pages for notes and addresses. If you’re looking to travel to any of these big cities, there are also city transit maps for Paris, London, and New York. At 4 x 6 in, these are handy for carrying around.
Get this: National Bookstore branches, or order them online at Paper Source, Two Hands Paperie, or Calendars.com
Which one will you be getting in time for 2016?
Let us know in the comments below. Happy planning! – Rappler.com
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