But the next couple of pages edged me toward buying the planner, and I am glad they did. I didn’t really see the need for these pages, but I figured it is only 6 pages total, if I feel like I don’t need them, I won’t use them. These couple of pages were part of the reason I was hesitant about getting the planner. These pages are followed by a ‘Vision Board’, I’d like to say I will fill this in eventually, but I honestly can’t, SMART goals are more effective than visualization in my opinion. The next page is for ‘Daily Rituals’, another page that I haven’t quite used to its potential but have started filling out. But I appreciate that it is there and intend on doing it sometime soon. I will be honest I haven’t done this yet. The planner starts with a page for ‘Awareness and Self-Discovery’ it asks you some journal prompt-type questions to get you thinking about your purpose and goals in life. But for the past month and a half, I have truly enjoyed having my goals laid out on paper and being able to visually track and measure my progress has been motivating. This is fairly new to me, I usually set my goals in a casual way, only and when I felt lost or like I need to refocus. The most interesting and unique features of this planner are the goal-setting features.
The Clever Fox Pro can also lay flat straight out of the box.
There are three ribbon bookmarks, all coloured differently but they match the colour of the planner well, and there is an elastic band to keep everything closed.
The back envelop is very strong but is not big enough to hold a full sheet of paper unless you fold it. The paper in this planner, is high quality and is essentially bleed proof and does not have any ghosting, except for when I use the Sharpie S-Note markers. The planner is made of sturdy, vegan leather material. The Pro is also shipped in a beautiful box, it comes with a ‘How to use this planner’ guide and five pages of stickers. If you plan to get the Pro keep this in mind. This planner is A4 or 8.5 by 11 inches in size, and it is huge. The planner I chose was the Planner Pro and it is in a beautiful and bright yellow colour. The Clever Fox Pro Planner in all of it’s glory! Construction Keep reading for a walk-through of the features of this planner. There were also a couple of features that I didn’t really see the point of (and I’ll get into that later in the review) so I was a little bit skeptical. Previously the biggest planner I had was the A5 Filofax Fusion and that was half the size of the Clever Fox Planner Pro.
I landed on the Planner Pro, a very difficult decision for me because it is huge. I searched through Amazon and compared each planner and all of its features to find the one that I thought would work best for me. Finally, once I sorted out my work solution, I decided I wanted a pre-printed planner (as opposed to a notebook and the bullet journal system) and I wanted to try out one of the Clever Fox Planners. I found the Clever Fox Planners and would put different ones in my cart and then would delete them, and this went on for a couple of weeks. I heard about the Clever Fox planners through Amazon, since I was struggling with my planning system, I was often browsing Amazon and other sites for a solution. If you want to know more about how this planner has helped along my planner journey, keep reading for a full review, a quick TLDR pros and cons breakdown, and my final recommendations. Although I was skeptical at the beginning, I have found that this planner has been effective for me and in combination with the rest of my system, it has nearly solved my planner peace problem.
I have been using the Clever Fox Pro Planner for just over a month and a half.