Erin Condren Planner Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Which planning rhythm feels most sustainable to you?
One substantial monthly session with brief check-ins
A fresh, detailed planning session every day
One weekly setup followed by small daily updates
Quick notes whenever plans arise, usually away from home
2. You are starting a project that will unfold over three months. What would you most like to map first?
Major milestones, deadlines, and progress across the months
The exact tasks for every day of the first week
A portable list of the next few actions
How project tasks fit alongside each upcoming week
3. A particularly busy Wednesday has meetings, errands, and personal tasks. What page would help most?
A month view showing Wednesday as one important date
A full daily page with a timeline and separate task space
A weekly spread that shows Wednesday beside the other days
A compact checklist I can consult while moving around
4. Which description best matches your handwriting and list-making style?
Large or expansive, with plenty of notes around each item
Moderately detailed, but adaptable when space is limited
Concise and comfortable in narrow columns or small sections
Minimal on ordinary days but extensive for occasional projects
5. How much day-to-day detail do you genuinely expect to write in a paper planner?
A great deal; I want room for schedules and full task lists
A moderate amount organized by week
Very little; key dates, goals, and project notes are enough
Brief daily essentials, provided the planner remains portable
6. At the end of a crowded day, several tasks remain unfinished. What feels most natural?
Move each task deliberately onto tomorrow’s detailed page
Redistribute them among the remaining days of the week
Keep the most urgent ones on a short portable list
Review whether they affect any monthly goal or deadline
7. When you look at a calendar, which information gives you the greatest sense of direction?
Today’s hour-by-hour commitments
The month’s key dates, patterns, and open periods
This week’s distribution of tasks and events
A concise list I can check wherever I am
8. Your week includes work, errands, exercise, and social plans. How would you arrange them on paper?
Place everything across seven visible days and look for balance
Give each busy day its own full schedule
Record only the key dates on a monthly calendar
Keep concise daily lists that fit in a small bag
9. Your household has several appointments, bills, and events coming up. How would you track them?
Put each one into a detailed page for its day
Arrange them across weekly spreads with related tasks
Keep only the immediate items in a portable planner
Place them on month views so timing and clusters are visible
10. It is Monday and several commitments have shifted. How would you prefer to reorganize them?
Rewrite each affected day as a detailed schedule
Adjust them across one visible weekly spread
Update only the monthly deadlines that changed
Note the few changes I need while I am out
11. You are choosing between more writing room and a planner that fits easily in your everyday bag. What is your preference?
Maximum writing room, even if the planner stays at my desk
Mostly generous space, with occasional portability
A practical balance between space and easy carrying
Easy carrying, even if I need to write more concisely
12. During a week split between home, work, and other locations, where should your planner be?
With me most of the time for quick reference and updates
At my main workspace, where I can plan the week calmly
Wherever I can complete a detailed morning or evening session
At home for periodic reviews of dates and longer-term plans
13. How often do you want to assign activities to specific times?
Frequently; time blocks are central to how I plan
Sometimes, mainly for appointments within a weekly plan
Rarely; dates and broad milestones are usually enough
Briefly, using only a few time-sensitive notes
14. While waiting for an appointment, you remember three errands and a deadline. What would you like to do?
Open a small planner and add them immediately
Wait and place them carefully into detailed daily pages
Add them later to the appropriate days of a weekly desk planner
Record only the deadline when I next review the month
15. What makes a paper planner feel worth opening every morning?
A spacious page that lets me shape that particular day
A compact place to capture just what matters on the go
A complete view of how today fits into the week
A broad reminder of this month’s priorities
16. When you sit down to plan the week ahead, what do you most want to see?
Only the major dates and deadlines for the month
Each day broken into detailed time blocks
The whole week with enough room for tasks and appointments
A short, portable list of immediate priorities