WHICH HAPPY PLANNER LAYOUT IS THE BEST FOR YOU? | FOR BEGINNERS

The Happy Planner has many layouts and it's a little overwhelming trying to figure out which one would be best for you so in this video, I'm going to show you all of the different layouts and tell you which ones I think are the best to start with. Plus I give you tips for using each layout and show you examples.
Here's the link to the different Happy Planner layouts: • WHICH HAPPY PLANNER SI...
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Happy Planner website: bit.ly/2Vd3BOH
Dashboard Layout: bit.ly/2HGXu0Z
Vertical Layout: bit.ly/33pX8oH
Horizontal Layout: bit.ly/2Z625QQ
Monthly/Hourly/Teacher Layouts: bit.ly/3mf7jCe
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[@marthamutchler8129]

Thank you for your great videos. I’m currently using a mini dashboard and I really like it. This is my first time using this layout , it has take a bit to get used to.

[@Gennygrl87]

I am new to planning, and I bought the Disney princess vertical. I plan on separating the sections for school stuff, work stuff, and personal stuff

[@sherryegermeier3421]

The very best of all the different Happy Planner layout videos I've seen. Great job.

[@Brynja24]

After this video I ordered a dashboard layout for the first time. I like the idea of having the extra space for lists and important reminders ( plus decoration 😇 ). Thanks for this great exploration of all the layouts!

[@AshleyAnderson]

YAY!!!! I think you're really like it if you're wanting the extra lists & stickers! If you get overwhelmed decorating it for the first time, I have some plan with me videos-feel free to use them for inspo! :) Thank's so much for watching!! :)

[@mrscummings2u]

So glad I found this video before I jumped into a planner. So informative and helpful.

[@AshleyAnderson]

Glad it was helpful! :)

[@kirstenquinn8380]

I’m obsessed with the monthly layout! Wish they would make more. This video was super helpful! Loved seeing your past pages.

[@AshleyAnderson]

I hope they make more too because I know a lot of people that love that layout! Fingers crossed! Thanks for watching Kristen!

[@cymbamcreynolds8838]

I'm thinking about investing in a happy planner next year because I'm taking online classes in the spring. I like the planner style I've been using for the past 2 years but feel like I'll need more space to stay on top of assignments/ deadlines. I track so many things: work schedule/events, habits/tasks, finances, gardening, leisure/self care, and small thoughts/notes about my day. I loved what you did with the teacher layout. I realized the color block layout is the exact same without the need to customize as much. If I do decide to get a happy planner, I think it will be a big size with color block layout. Thanks for making this video. I hope there's cute styles on sale near the end of the year.

[@denishataylor1924]

I'm new to happy planner and Im loving the dashboard layout. Gonna try vertical layout

[@heatherandersland6597]

Thank you so much for doing this video, it was so helpful to see the different styles! I want to start consistently using a planner, but I've never been very good with sticking with it because they just aren't customized to me. Plus, planners are generally kind of BORING! I love the idea of the Happy Planner and being able to make it "pretty" and totally make it my own. Now that I've watched your video, I'm actually leaning toward the dashboard layout. Thanks again!

[@Anna-qwerty]

Thanks for showing all the layouts!!!

[@gabsjames4150]

I am pretty new to the Happy Planner and I’ve found your video more helpful than all the others, and I’ve watched A LOT! Wish I’d found your Chanel BEFORE I’d bought any planners or layouts, but it’s been very informative, thx so much 👍🏻 I think it’s made me realise I really like the wellness planner the most, maybe followed by the monthly, which sounded a bit strange but I now see is awesome! Thx soooo much again and hi from Australia xx

[@inkypanda2779]

Love this video thank you for your clear explanations. I am a vertical planner I like to separate the sections into morning, afternoon and evening. If I have appointments I will put it there. I think I am just too used to the vertical, my first planner was vertical( There wasn't many choices back then ) I also use the teacher planner , as a teacher I love it the only thing I think it's missing is the weekends. I would like to have some space to put my weekend plans into it. This year I have bought the color block layout in the homeschooling planner to try out for teaching. I love the color blocking it's easier to see the different subjects and periods. I love that it has a weekend section finally! I have also gotten a faith journal to try out. I would love to try a lined vertical next.

[@natalierainey6260]

Thank you this was really helpful. Probably the best explanation of the different layouts I’ve seen. Really like the way you explained how each one can be used. 😁

[@AshleyAnderson]

You're very welcome! I'm so glad it was helpful! :)

[@tinazumwalt5317]

This video is the best I've seen when it comes to getting familiar with all the options. I just shared it with a friend who is just starting to look into Happy Planners and this is a great place to start. I am only in my second year of happy planners. First year was vertical layout and second year I'm using dashboard. At this point the dashboard is my favorite, but your video has me considering the teacher layout with that modification you made! Thank you for such a great video.

[@AshleyAnderson]

Thank you so much for watching & for sharing it! I appreciate you and I'm glad It was helpful!

[@YogaDana8]

I think I would like to try the dashboard or the wellness most. I hope I can get going on a planner this yr!!

[@AshleyAnderson]

Yesss!!

[@lindamulder9090]

My favorite is horizontal. For 2021 I'm going to try the dashboard layout as well. Thanks for all the tips!!

[@AshleyAnderson]

Such a great layout!! Thanks for watching!!

[@desertpinevintage162]

I’m going to try the color block classic next year. I’m not a planner decorator and I really want some color on my planners already done

[@seahorsenplanners]

I just purchased the mini line vertical layout to step outside of the box🤔. I love how you utilize this layout. Thanks for the ideas on how to put my functionality to play. I absolutely love the dashboard layout😍. There is so many ways you can use it. I use my for decorations, highlight of the day, to do list and quotes😉. Thanks so much for sharing😊.

[@AshleyAnderson]

Ohh those are great ideas too! I love it!

[@sherylalleman2659]

Thank you very much. I am trying to pick my 2023 planner. I had used Dashboard from a recovery planner, although I am not in recovery & did NOT LIKE IT at all…I found decorating it difficult & the topics on the left were not applicable. HOWEVER, your presentation of a dashboard has me reconsidering it. I have been using in 2022 the lined vertical layout in Plan a Happy life with the top box being shaded made me nuts because it had to be covered to match my themes in decorating. I love decorating with a LOT OF STICKERS, so a vertical without lines and no shaded boxes might be an option. Your video certainly helped me cull through & understand the various formats.

[@AshleyAnderson]

Let me know how it goes! I hope you enjoy the dashboard layout as much as I do!

[@donnawilliams554]

I have a /classic Horizontal Planner and just purchased 1 month dash Biard style. Thanks for sharing!

[@AshleyAnderson]

You are so welcome!

[@samanthaohanlon1626]

I am new to Happy Planners. I have purchased a dashboard but I'd like to try a vertical. Thank you for your video

[@FiberFloozieCrafts]

Great points about each layout Ashley! I got the wellness planner in the cyber week deals, and am setting it up this week, so this video was right on time for me!

[@AshleyAnderson]

YAY!!! The colors in the wellness are gorgeous!!! I’m not usually into my planners having a lot of color but for some reason, the wellness ones tug at my heart strings! lol Hey if you post pics of it on Instagram, will you tag me? I would love to see your setup! 😍

[@FiberFloozieCrafts]

@@AshleyAnderson absolutely! ❤️

[@kawanatarbert1251]

Would love to try teacher layout. My favorite is hourly

[@AshleyAnderson]

The teacher layout is great! Very functional!

[@elainenabors9832]

I got a dashboard layout planner for my bday quite by accident and I really like it. I wanted to get my mom started on using a HP planner, but I didn’t like the dashboard options at the store. I finally bought one that is ok. I fell in love with one of them that came in vertical and decided I would play with it to see what I think of it… I haven’t tried yet… because I’m a little intimidated.. though your video was great!!

[@AshleyAnderson]

Give it a go! The only way you can figure out if it’s going to work for ya is to use it! I know starting a new planner is overwhelming but you got this!!

[@melodyhuber4769]

I am Team Dashboard! Considering switch from vertical to horizontal for journalling.

[@AshleyAnderson]

I'm team dashboard with ya! I think you'll like the horizontal for journaling! :)

[@businessbeauty_khala]

Great video

[@ahaack1714]

Just came across your video, great job 👏🏻 I bought a dashboard for 2022 switching from vertical unlined! Thanks for the tips #wishmeluck

[@laurahall-daniels6500]

My first planner turned out to be color block. I didn't know what I was doing when I ordered it. Haha. I learned to just ignore it but I will be really glad to start next year in a regular vertical layout with no color blocking. I will miss the grid space at the bottom of Saturday and Sunday, which I use for weekly habit tracking, but I'm making a half-sheet insert that I can print to replace that section. I'm just excited to get into a new planner!!

[@AshleyAnderson]

That's a great idea for making your new planner work for you!

[@gillianhunte5538]

Mine is the Dashboard but I never thought about the teacher's and changing it up. I love it

[@AshleyAnderson]

The teacher is functional too! If you like the Dashboard, you’ll probably like the teacher too!

[@victoriafeng364]

When I was little they would give out the free planners or agendas when I was in elementary and middle school. Ever since then I think I just got used to using the horizontal planner so that one is definitely my favorite. I've actually wanted to try bullet journaling at one point but I just don't think making a spread from scratch every week is realistic for me haha.

[@AshleyAnderson]

lol we use to get agenda's too! I use to decorate it back then but I definitely didn't use it like I should've lol I will say, it is tough sometimes keeping up with creating your own spreads. Some weeks, I don't get a chance to do it until like Wednesday.

[@staciamj1]

Great idea, but I already brought the vertical one to start and I agree it has been s/w difficult to get used to it, but it is getting better. Wish I had seen your video earlier, lol.

[@AshleyAnderson]

Stick with it Stacia because you'll get into a groove with it! It was a tough layout for me too! Hey the good thing now is that you'll know next time you get a planner which layout you want to go with! :)

[@melissaderouin4372]

My favorite is the horizontal but I'm going to try the vertical unlined to decorate and will put lines in as needed.

[@AshleyAnderson]

Love the horizontal layout! The vertical is fun for decorating!

[@theresam6251]

My favorite is the fitness layout, and I’m going to try the vertical this year (newbie planner here).

[@AshleyAnderson]

Love the fitness layout! That’s what I started with when I started planning 🤗 what are you using the vertical for? 😊

[@theresam6251]

@@AshleyAnderson I’m not really sure what I’m using the Vertical for actually Lol, I’m new to planning and planners still trying to figure out things. Thinking 🤔 of using it for my daily stuff, like appointments, bills, errands and trying to figure out how to set it up for that.

[@AshleyAnderson]

That’s a great way to use it! It might take some time to get into a planning routine with it but the more you use it, the easier it gets! 😊

[@bajoy273]

This is super useful, and I wish I had seen this vid 3yrs ago when I first started using the Happy Planner. Thanks for sharing this!!

[@AshleyAnderson]

You are so welcome! Thanks for watching!! :)

[@mallori3467]

I used the vertical in college. I just separated it by time of day and then color coded my classes, work, and home items. After I was done with school, that method didn’t work as well for me. I’m going to switch to the dashboard to see if that fits with my life now.

[@AshleyAnderson]

I’m in the same boat of figuring out what planning style works for me. What I did in college does not work anymore unfortunately. Good luck! I hope you get a system that works for you! 😊

[@BeckkBear]

I started with the vertical layout and I think it might've been color blocked. I hated it and I ended up not using the planner at all. This year I bought a dashboard layout to try and restart and I'm living for it! I actually found you by searching how to decorate dashboard layouts ♡

[@AshleyAnderson]

I'm so glad you found a layout you enjoy! It really makes a difference!

[@lisaschooler9992]

I know this is a few months old - but it was a dashboard layout that really solidified my passion for Planners and Planner supplies, lol. Prior to that I felt like I didn’t really “ belong” To either of the other two predominant styles. And I agree 1000% on color blocking! I’d like the principle of it, it just makes decorating so much harder. I wish, instead of blocking or shading, they would’ve just alternated the boxes with maybe a grid alternating with plain paper and that would have made it more palatable for me…. But even then - dashboard is the only way to go :-) lol.

[@tangiefrange]

I just got the horizontal for Journaling and the dashboard for planning

[@AshleyAnderson]

Yes!! The horizontal is perfect for journaling and dashboard is for planning! I love it!

[@ecrstar]

The dashboard looks interesting

[@AshleyAnderson]

I personally love it...super functional! :)

[@Luvs2read33]

I really want to try the dashboard layout. I’m a lister but I don’t have many to do’s that are day specific. I just haven’t found any that are neutral enough for me. I can’t deal with the colored box so I’m currently sticking with my vertical. Verticals can be hard for beginners but I find the horizontal layout to be the harder. I tried so many times and different ways but it just never worked for me as a planner. I currently use a one as a faith journal. I will say that the layout I can’t stand is the color block. The blocks were just too small and the colors just made it seem like the spaces were running into each other and sometimes it was hard to delineate one block from the one next to it when I was in a hurry. I couldn’t even use it for more than two weeks, 😅.

[@AshleyAnderson]

I’m not a fan of the color block either on the Dashboard but when I had a one that had it, I would take HP note paper and cut it down to size to cover it up. And when I would cut the paper, I would make enough for a couple of months and keep them in a pocket folder until I needed them. The horizontal was hard for me too until I made the sections but I love that you’re using it for a faith journal! It’s perfect for that! I agree...not a fan of color block lol 😂

[@lisagehrke801]

I use the vertical and would like to try the dashboard or horizontal layout

[@AshleyAnderson]

Are you going to try one of them for 2021? :)

[@barbararivera2380]

👍🏻

[@lisagooding1184]

What do you use the monthly calendar for? Do you duplicate the same info for weekly on the monthly calendar?

[@AshleyAnderson]

I use the monthly for my work schedule, appointments, stuff for my kiddo & husband and sometimes I add bills (not good at adding them though lol)

[@janetteunapanta-rivera8916]

I have been horizontal for years. I watched your video and decided to switch to dashboard .

[@AshleyAnderson]

Ohh that’s awesome!! I seriously hope you love it as much as I do!!

[@janetteunapanta-rivera8916]

@@AshleyAnderson So excited to try something new!

[@MrsMur725]

Dashboard seems like it would work best for me

[@AshleyAnderson]

Same!

[@mommaboo038w8]

What planner book were you using

[@AshleyAnderson]

If you're meaning the black cover that's on the classic, it's from the Happy Planner... it's a few years old though and the black one is really hard to find. If you check Michaels & Joanns, they may still have some deluxe covers from The Happy Planner! :)

[@katsmith8263]

Girl, use the hobonichi Cousin planner, it's much better than any of those

[@AshleyAnderson]

I will check it out, thanks! I love my HP though and doubt it's going anywhere ;)

[@NymassKnyla]

I honestly wasn't aware till after watching this how many different layouts there could possibly be for the Happy Planner. I liked the Dashboard planner layout but I really kinda feel more in favor of the monthly just for the sake of how I end up planning and just how much I end up forgetting about my poor planner and feeling like I've wasted space by not utilizing it properly.

[@AshleyAnderson]

I use to do the same thing! Setting alarms to check my planner helped a ton and if you can, make it to where you HAVE to get in your planner... so like, is there something you could write in it each day or week and only have it in your planner so you have to check it? That may help some! Don't fell bad though-it's hard to get use to checking it all the time. Also, if you can, leave it lay open in a common area of your home so you see it when you walk by. Hope that helps some! :)

[@lolymolina7]

You missed the hourly layout