Get It Together With These 2023 Planners for All Types of Budgets

The new year is just around the corner, so, naturally, new year’s resolutions will abound. Adulting sure is hard, but it's not hopeless nor impossible. If your goal for 2023 is to try and be more focused, on schedule, mindful, and get your priorities in order, one of the things you should consider is getting a planner or organizer.

While we have productivity and notes apps, as well as Google calendar easily accessible through our smartphones for our daily planning, it could also help to have a physical planner for you to ink or pencil in your thoughts, appointments, goals, and important dates, among others. To get started, here are some 2023 planners you can check out that can fit any type of budget!

Papemelroti

If you're a lover of local and affordable stationery, there's no way you have not heard of or patronized Papemelroti! This family-run business has been creating original, eco-friendly stationery, home decor, and other knickknacks to Filipinos since 1967. Their products often feature beautiful artworks and inspiring quotes using recycled paper. Papemelroti has released pocket planners for 2023, perfect for those who like bringing their planners everywhere without carrying big bags. Its 2023 Pocket Planner only costs P24 and comes in a wide array of designs. Papemelroti's Lazada and online store are currently sold out of these, so we suggest you troop to the Papemelroti branch nearest you to get your hands on these planners! Go here for a list of its locations.

Muji

Japanese retail company Muji has become a favorite of minimalists due to its "no logo" lifestyle products that embody the less is more ethos. If you want an understated 2023 planner but don't want to shell a ton on a leather Moleskine, you can check out Muji's sturdy polypropylene, craft, and vinyl cover planners, which range from P245 to P395. You can peruse Muji's online catalog and directly order from its website.

Life After Breakfast

Creative studio Life After Breakfast PH has released limited edition "At Your Own Pace" 2023 notebook planners that will make every cottagecore and farmcore aesthete's heart swoon. The planners are priced at P499 each and come in 12 watercolored patterns of Philippine flowers and leaves. More than a notebook to pencil in your ideas and plans, the planner is a reminder for us "to slow down, find calm and seek nature as the ultimate antidote to stress."  

Cada Dia

Cada Dia is a company that creates beautiful and meaningful paper and digital tools for "intentional living." A product of passion for planning and living meaningfully, Cada Dia aims to make your every moment count and be thoughtful in your days with its purposeful designs. The Cada Dia Planner, which comes in a physical and digital version, was designed to "encourage living more intentionally and productively."

Its dated planners' vegan leather covers come in four colors, namely stone, midnight, lilac, and apricot, and are priced at P849 each. Its 2023 Digital costs P499, while its half year undated planner in ash is priced at P449.  

Works of Heart Design Studio

This Filipino social impact studio believes in the democratization of good design that can serve all, from education, health, creative entrepreneurship, and environment to culture, human and civil rights, and innovation and technology. Its core principle is rooted in the belief of "matching social imagination with good design – to engage, transform, and shape a nation that is free."  

Works of Heart's Dahan-dahan Planner, priced at P1,156, is perfect if you prefer undated planners or organizers. The planner was designed for "everyday mindfulness" and features mindful spreads and trackers such as mental health goals, self-care lists, mood trackers, habit trackers, and more. It also has 12 undated monthly spreads and 60 undated weekly spreads with prompts and illustrated themes to get you writing, as well as 12 illustrated post cards, among others. The Dahan-dahan Planner comes in three colors: sage, violet, and cream. All proceeds from the planner will go to the Humanitarian Legal Assistance Foundation's Focused Reintegration of Ex-Detainees program.