The Beginner's Guide

The guide for the woman who's tried every app and abandoned every planner.

Learn to plan on paper for the first time, and finally have a system you actually understand.

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Planner Set Up walkthrough,
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"You don't need to adapt to one more system. You need one system that finally adapts to you."

Ink & Agenda · Est. 2025

This guide is for you if...

✓ You've downloaded five planner apps and stopped opening all five within a month
✓ You want fifteen quiet minutes to plan your day without a notification pulling you out of it
✓ You don't have a planner yet, and you don't know where to start
✓ You already have a planner sitting mostly blank, and you're not sure how to actually use it
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After working through this guide, you'll have a better understanding of how to plan on paper.

You'll know exactly how to set up your first pages, and have a reason to open your planner tomorrow.

  • ✓ A six-step Planner Set Up walkthrough, including the Pre-Step Brain Dump, that takes you from a blank planner to a working one in one sitting
  • ✓ The Basic Six insert breakdown: what each one is for and why you start there
  • ✓ A section on deciding what to add next, and how to physically add it to a ring, discbound, or traveler's notebook system
  • ✓ The planner glossary: dashboards, trigger lists, coding, archiving, and the rest of the language you'll see in this world, explained in plain terms
  • ✓ 3–5 must-have sample inserts, ready to print at home, in US Letter, A5, and Personal sizes
$17 less than one month of a subscription kit
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was mid-edit on this guide when my best friend texted me. She'd just counted her summer weekends. Out of fourteen, three were hers. The rest were obligation dressed up as togetherness, and she hadn't noticed until she counted.

She called it burnout. I called it a calendar that was never protected.

That conversation is the whole reason this guide exists.

Amanda, Founder of Ink & Agenda

A Few Questions

I don't have a planner yet. Will this still work for me?

Yes. This guide teaches you how to plan on paper before you ever pick a size or format, so you can choose a planner that fits you instead of guessing.

What size are the sample inserts?

They print in US Letter, A5, and Personal, so they work with whatever planner you already have, or whatever you choose next.

Is this a digital or physical product?

Digital. You'll get instant access to download and print at home, and because it's digital, all sales are final.

The guide, the walkthrough, and the sample inserts. $17, delivered the moment you buy it.

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The Beginner's Guide to Intentional Planning

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$17 one-time purchase
  • ✓ Six-step Planner Set Up walkthrough, including the Pre-Step Brain Dump
  • ✓ The Basic Six insert breakdown
  • ✓ Deciding what to add next, and how to add it to any system
  • ✓ The planner glossary, plain terms for the whole world of it
  • ✓ 3–5 sample inserts, ready to print in US Letter, A5, and Personal
Delivered digitally the second you buy it. This is a digital product, so all sales are final.

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