B5 - a Manager's Notebook - 2026 edition

Basically, the title. My order has not moved since 21th of November, seller ignored my messages.
Had much hope for planners :(

this is the perfect planner ! I spent years searching for something like it and it exceeded my expectations. I’ve been buying it since it launched and i’m hoping it stays in B5 size as the smaller sizes don’t have enough space for me. Can’t recommend it enough to everyone around me.

I initially purchased the A5 Slim Manager, but when I arrived I knew I need more space. I ordered the B5 Manager and love the size, design, and enjoy using it. Tess, your font and designs are masterful. The Jetstream 1.0 mm has low drying time on this paper, and the writing experience is delightful. Thank you for solving the tariff issue for your customers, which also resulted in faster shipping. I look forward to continuing to use my Manager this year.

Delighted with the planner, the quality of thought behind it and the production quality are both outstanding.

Ich kann Papertessdesigns nur wärmstens empfehlen- die Lieferung erfolgt immer im angekündigten Zeitfenster und einwandfrei verpackt. Das Buch sieht optisch sehr chick aus, hat etwas dickeres Papier--> knittert daher nicht so schnell und verträgt auch leichte Textmarker. Die Monatsübersichten sind auf zwei Doppelseiten gestaltet und bieten so viel Raum für verschiedene Projekte oder Trennung Arbeit und Privates; die Wochenübersichten lassen individuelle Teilprojekte gut überschauen und alle Termine strukturieren. Hab ich erwähnt, dass das Design auch sehr ansprechend ist? ;-) Weiter so, ich bin begeistert! <3

I purchased the Manager’s Notebook and am so pleased with it - the paper quality, the brilliant layout, the cover - it is as good as I’d hoped. I will use it to organise my life as a therapist and I know it will be a massive improvement on my current planner where the monthly layout is separate from the weekly and there’s no space to record/track things.

Great quality and impeccable customer service! Thank you!

Fast shipping and qualit notebooks. I will buy again

Awesome. Came quickly. All the items I ordered were wrapped in box. Arrived in great condition.

planner has very good layout, paper is high quality, very pleased with everything.

I really had some reservations going into this planner after I received it because I was trying to simplify my planning for work and home into two books, and thought maybe I had gone too big or picked something with too much flexibility that I wouldn't be able to use it all. So I wanted to share how I am using the planner and why after just a few weeks I am in love with it in case anyone here is on the fence about it.
Yearly Overview: I just bought a few washi circle dots to track my cycle and stick them over the day of the month it falls on.
Vertical Yearly Overview: I am writing down the days I begin, and end a book. I love to track my reading, and set goals every year, so this is a low pressure place to mark how long a book takes me.
Quarterly Pages: This is probably the most abstract use of these pages but I am diving into astrology as a "study" subject this year, and I love marking the planetary movement here. I use symbols in the spaces for planets and astrological symbols in the small boxes.
Monthly: This is where I am really appreciating the extra space of the B5, while using these pages to track appointments. My monthly overview is one of my most heavily used sections because seeing how busy a month is really helps me pre-plan and make the best use of my time. I am not currently using the outer sections, but I love that they are there if I need them, and plan on using them to make cleaning schedules now that I have better familiarized myself with the book.
Dashboard: This is my least utilized space at the moment while I learn how to use it but I am currently listing goals under The Month's Goals section, and under Habits / Tasks listing any habit tracking I am doing and drawing boxes across the weeks as I complete things. I am not pressuring myself to use all the space because I want to use the Monthly List to write my work sales in later on, and the other spaces organically as I need them.
Weeklies: These pages are what make this planner my planner peace, unicorn, please never ever take this away from me or I'll wither away and decay planner. I have had such a hard time merging my work and home planners in the past because I like to keep my tasks separate but need to reference both all the time. It is just how my brain works, and I am sure it's clinical. I am using the vertical days for work and then, I turn the sidebar into a horizontal weekly planner for my personal appointments and home tasks... IT'S LIFE-CHANGING. To have everything in a two-page spread, but also separate enough that they don't muddle, AND the B5 gives me enough space to do both. No words, absolute genius!
Cosmo Air Light Paper: I knew it was great because I have used it before but I am really loving it even more in this weight. I used to use it with fountain pens, and gel pens but these days I have switched to pencil and it's just as dreamy to write on.
I will 110% already be buying one next year (I am already manifesting that it will be available) because it has already helped me so much these past few weeks. I am even keeping better track in this book, even though I am doing such a low-pressure and highly functional, you don't have to fill every little bit of space, kind of year. Because it's just soooo easy to use.

This is my first B5 planner and I really like the size, design, layout and binding. However, I am torn about the paper quality of this planner. I love writing with fountain pens and use in total three pens, each filled with a different colour (dark purple (Pilot iroshizuku murasaki-shikibu), darker sky blue (Pilot iroshizuku ama-iro) and rose quartz (Pelikan Edelstein Ink Collection rose quartz). The Pilot inks dry well and the typeface is as usual. The Pelikan ink, however, looks different than usual and dries very slowly.

Ich finde das Prinzip und die Machart super - nur 2 kleine Minuspunkte:
1. Das Papier ist für wohl für Kugelschreiber gedacht - Füller und Gelstifte trocknen leider schwer, wobei Füller noch geht - das ist leider nicht ungewöhnlich
2. Samstag und Sonntag teilen sich ein Spalte - auch das ist leider nicht ungewöhnlich
Ich freu mich sehr darauf endlich mit ihm starten zu können.

It will be my planner for 2025.... So far... best feature is binding that lays flat when opened!! love paper and thought put into layout, plenty of planning options. I will know more as I use it in 2025.

Everything came as expected and the delivery was fast. Thank you!

Fantastic product! As a busy executive I have alwasy had to build a notebook with areas for project tracking and habit tracking. This one provides the spaces i need to be more productive. Thank you for this design!

The manager notebook is exactly what I need for tracking my work goals. Beautiful and functional.

This is my favorite planner of all time!!!

A fantastic designed planner to track your work and/or daily life tasks. The CAL paper is a dream. I use a Jetstream 0.5 pen, it glides like butter. Highly recommended planner for 2025!

Beautiful new workbook, perfect for my day job. The cover is just so strokeable! Love the thicker paper and easy to read font.