Planning on a productive year? These 2025 diaries are here to help.
The start of the year is full of good intentions. The key to capitalising on them is simply sticking with it.
The app store is teeming with productivity aids and online calendars, but there’s still a tactile, offline
Everyone’s lives look and operate differently, that’s evident in the array of organisers on the market. Those with mandated structure will feel constrictive to some and motivating to others and conversely, the freedom of those with blank space to make your own rules will feel daunting to those who crave ordinance.
Use the below diaries to set your intentions, restore some order to your schedule or simply as a lasting keepsake of the year unfolding.
Roughly the same size as the palm of your hand, these wee soft cover notebooks can be stashed in your handbag, glovebox or on your bedside table - they’re for noting down those flash-in-the-pan thoughts that leave your mind as instantaneously as they arrive.
Faber Liberty Poetry Diary, $37
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Advertise with NZME.Balance utility with contemplation with Faber’s poetry diary. Alongside the A5 hardback construction with week to a view pages this handsome diary offers a selection of 40 poems along with colour illustrations from Faber’s archive.
You’ll have no excuse not to stay on the straight and narrow with this goal-focused diary that’s been touted as the “paper version of a life coach”. Each weekly page offers a horizontal weekly view on the left, paired with a full page of goal-oriented planning and check-in exercises opposite. Elsewhere you’ll find short- and long-term goal-planning pages, mind-mapping spaces, monthly reviews, a progress tracker and a budgeting section.
New year, old world charm. Visually recalling classic paperbacks, the vintage-inspired design of this compact diary sees a pastel satin fabric cover housed in a durable clear protective outer. Open it up to reveal an uncluttered two-page week overview set out in an adaptable block format.
Refuse to be restricted to a single format? This wrap diary offers yearly, monthly and weekly dated pages as well as a contacts and notes sections.
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Start each day on a clean slate with this minimalist journal from Rotterdam-based graphic designer Marjolein Delhaas. 365 blank pages marked simply with a bold digit from 1-365 lets you use this as a notebook, diary or journal. Three filing pages at the back.
Not everyone plans things down to the minute. This monthly memo pad offers a one column solution suited to those who prefer to focus on the big picture. Adhesive backing means you can stick these to-do or do-not-forget reminders in plain sight.
On the other hand, those who need to keep track of their billable hours will find the half hour appointment slots of the Collins time manager calendar handy.
Inside the hardcover of Any Day Now’s lightweight diary is a split screen style layout with a week-at-a-glance planner on the left for important dates, birthdays and appointments while on the right, an achieved section lets you check off your to-do section, along with a dot grid section for additional requirements.
Though compact in size, this square Japanese organiser houses 16 double spread monthly planning pages and 30 lined pages for note taking. Nifty glue binding helps this organiser open entirely flat, meaning you can lay it on your desk and use it as a desktop notebook.
Be it family or flatmates, keeping a household organised can be a logistical nightmare. This is especially true at the start of the year when routines are in flex. This wall-hung planner allocates a column per household member, meaning you can see who needs to be where at a glance. There are also separate lists for birthdays and gifts, contacts and school holidays.
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