Planning a new year can feel heavy, especially when you are running a business and juggling everything else life brings with it. Most people do not struggle because they are lazy or unmotivated. They struggle because they are carrying too many decisions in their head with no clear system to hold them.

That is exactly why planning on paper still works so well. A printed planner gives you space to think, a clear overview of your time, and a simple structure you can return to every day. It helps you make decisions once, write them down, and stop rethinking everything all week.

In this guide and video, I will walk you through a realistic step-by-step way to plan your entire 2026 using a printed planner, so you can move into the year with direction, structure, and a plan you can actually stick to.

If you want to plan on paper with a clear system, you can use a [printed business planner] that is designed to take you from yearly direction to monthly planning, weekly priorities, and daily focus.

Most small business owners aren’t short on ideas.
They’re short on structure.

And when everything lives in your head, the year disappears into firefighting, constant context switching and always “catching up”. The businesses that grow consistently have one thing most others don’t…
a real system.

If you want to plan your best 2026, you need more than a pretty dashboard or a list of resolutions. You need a workspace that holds your vision, your business plan, your projects, your finances, your regular actions and your weekly rhythm all in one place.

That’s exactly what the MY PA Business Hub was built for.

In this walkthrough we’ll look at how to set up your full 2026 planning system inside Notion, using the exact structure real founders use to bring order to their year.

Planning your business year is one of the most powerful things you can do to protect your time, your energy, and your income. Most small business owners carry everything in their head, react to whatever comes in, and hope it somehow works out. It rarely does.

2026 can be different. With a clear structure and a simple planning rhythm, you can create a year that feels focused, steady, and profitable rather than chaotic and exhausting.

This guide walks you through the exact steps to plan your business year properly for 2026, using a system that works month after month.