No matter if you’re new to the Martha Brook community or you’ve been with us for a while, we reckon you’ve most likely heard us mention the phrase Life Planner here or there. A Life Planner can sound super daunting and you might be thinking “How does one plan their entire life on paper?!” But that’s where we come in! We’re here to give you the low down on what a Life Planner is, what you can expect to find inside one, and how to use it to unlock your potential. Read on…

What is a life planner?

Firstly, let’s start with answering the big question “what is a Life Planner?”. You might be envisioning a person who’s super organised, armed with empowering phrases to help you get yourself into gear but think again! We’re talking about our bestselling personalised Life Planners! A Martha Brook Life Planner is the only personal organiser you’ll ever need and is jam packed with helpful and inspiring contents to help you achieve your personal goals, manage your time efficiently and move through an entire year with a greater sense of clarity and purpose. Personalised with your name in the corner, this personalised refillable planner is the only planner you’ll ever need!

What is inside a life planner?

Want to know more about what’s inside? We don’t blame you! We’ve summed up below what you can find inside one of our Life Planners:

• Year-at-a-glance spreads
• Double-page monthly calendar spreads for 12 months
• Year goals and intentions planning pages
• Weekly planner spreads with space to set daily priorities, a weekly self-care tracker and weekly thoughtful quotes
• Colour inspirational quote pages, which can be left in the planner or removed to display
• Monthly reflections and planning pages
• Review of the year reflection pages
• Space for notes throughout and additional notes pages
• A unique keepsake pocket
• A gold-foil finished ‘right where you need to be’ bookmark

But that’s not all…If you want to know more about the contents and key features found throughout the Life Planner, read on!

Refillable

It’s worth mentioning a Life Planner is…for life! Simply keep your cover and unclip the gold binding to remove or add in refills or inserts as you please. Designed to be used year after year, we have a wide range of refills and inserts you can choose from here to create your perfect Life Planner.

Weekly planning spreads

Throughout the life planner, you’ll find these lovely weekly planning to help with your productivity and self-kindness. Here is where you can jot down a to-do list for each day of the week or note down anything you want to achieve so you can monitor your progress on the daily. Want to set yourself some non-negotiable priorities? There’s room for three priorities per day with little circles so you can get that all-satisfying dopamine hit when ticked off.

We’re big on taking care of yourself at Martha Brook so at the bottom of the weekly planning spreads underneath your daily priorities, you’ll find a little self-care tracker. Here you can pop your favourite ways to look after yourself, whether that’s reading your book for 30 minutes each morning, going for some fresh air or listening to an episode of your favourite podcast. No matter what you’re working on, or what goals you’re hoping to achieve, a little self-love can go a really long way!

Don’t miss an empowering quote or inspiring phrase underneath the notes section, a different one for each week of the year to be discovered. These lovely little quotes will give you a little boost to remind you that you’ve got this and each week is a brand new week.

Monthly planning and quote pages

At the beginning of each month, you’ll find a monthly planning page that asks questions for you to answer as you move through the year. From your personal goals for the month, working goals, things you will do to look after yourself and an area to practise some gratitude, this space is designed to help keep you accountable and moving positively towards your goals!

Next to the monthly planning page you’ll see a colourful quote page with an inspiring or empowering quote or phrase. We’ve included 12 lovely quotes, one for each month of the year, hand-picked by our team to inspire and empower you to start each month as you mean to go on. Choose your favourites and pop them out so you can frame them to display on your desk!

Don’t forget to use the embossed bookmark that reads ‘right where I need to be’. Designed to keep your place in your Life Planner, it also serves as a gentle reminder that growth isn’t always linear and wherever you are at this very moment is exactly where you need to be.

Keepsake pocket

After some notes pages for you to jot down anything you don’t want to forget, there is a keepsake pocket where you can slot in polaroids, ticket stubs or anything else you want to keep hold of! This can be moved to anywhere throughout your life planner and will keep those meaningful items safe and sound.

And there you have it, we hope that has answered your question of what is a life planner, what you can find inside one and how you can use yours to get the most out of 2025. If you have any more questions, you can email us at hello@marthabrook.com or drop us a message on Instagram.

P.S. You can shop our range of Life Planners, refills and inserts for 2025 here!