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So sad that it's been a year since the last posting. I hope all is well with you and your family. But just a note to say that you are missed here. (Just discovered that I can still access your videos sine I subscribed to you. Took me almost a year to figure that out, oy vey!)

Hi Lora, I know this is an old video but hoping you still see comments. Do you have any updated advice after using the dot grid for a while? I got a dotted Stalogy, and have been wondering ever since why I'm getting significant bleeding even just with EF and F fountain pen nibs, when so many others specifically hold up Stalogy as being fountain pen friendly. Of course they're usually using a square grid, but I always assumed the two were interchangeable. This is the only video I've found that suggests the paper in the square grid vs the dot grid actually reacts differently. Would love to know how this turned out for you

Hi Lora! A bit belated, but: Congratulations on your anniversary and your daughter‘s graduation! I‘ve fallen off of watching planner channels for a bit, but I still ADORE the way you set up and plan in your TN! I remember that style is what I first saw you do when you started your first channel and I still enjoy seeing it a lot! Makes me want to draw my own planner again, too 😂 (but nooo, I‘ll stay in my Sterling Ink 😂😂)

I have a wide PP TN as well (Hazel) and adore the construction. Your Moleskine and Good InkPressions notebooks appear to lay flat; is that the case? I have been using PP journals and it bothers me that they don’t lay flat when open in the TN. Thanks!

Congratulations on your anniversary and your daughter's graduation, Lora! What a big celebration week for you and your family. I would love to see your monthly setup. Your current stripped back system seems to work so well for you. I am pleased for you.

I am glad you're back! Edited to add that all of the things you like about your system are kind of the opposite for me. I love over engineered Japanese planners. But I think it's great that all kinds of different styles are found in the planner community.

This is a great system!!!! And you sound happy with it 👍❤️

Great video Lora! I realize that I really enjoy watching your videos because you do NOT have that underlying theme of "oh, you should do this my way ..." or "here's the latest cool thing..." I like setting up my planner (in my own way) while watching you set up and explain yours. Parallel play? Hahaha. Glad you are back!

Hi Lora! So glad you're back! I started 2023 in my 5-1/2 X 8-1/2 three ring binder system that I'd been using steadily for about 18 months (where I thought I'd found "planner peace") and then suddenly got the urge to switch to a large expanded Moleskine notebook and go back to a less structured Bullet Journal style in March. It's working so far and like you I'm enjoying the freedom to switch up layouts as needed week to week. So now I anticipate staying with this for the rest of the year. Unless, of course, I suddenly get to urge to switch again...........

To my surprise, after years of jumping between personal rings & A5 rings, I have found the perfect system for my life as it is now is pocket rings. With just a week per page for forward planning and daily pages. I am with you in that everything has to be in one cover. I can’t have more than one planner.

Welcome back. I searched for you about a week ago. I can’t wait to see what you’re using in this season

🎉 Good to hear your voice Lora!!! So much to say but I only have a few minutes but I wanted to say that what you are doing makes so much sense as I’ve watched your journey from Lora’s Life in Dots. It seems like the changing of the inserts every few months would help reduce the SOS. Because if you did need something structured you could buy a structured insert without changing up your whole setup. I always pick up wisdom and inspiration from you so thank you so very much!!!!

I’m so glad that you’re back! I just wanted to let you know that it is because of you that I brought my TH-cam channel back from the grave🤩🙌 I have been trying to put my planning in a box and for me personally, it just wasn’t working. I was doing the planner experiment while you were doing it and I found out that I can plan in any planner so now I’m planning in all the planners, and having so much fun! You sound so relaxed and happy using what works for you, I think we just need to do what works and stop trying to do what we see around us 💕💕

I am so glad you are back, Lora and in such a good planning space. I am also in a Moleskine, but a graph large expanded (400 pages) and I love the extra space. I enjoyed my B6 Stalogy, but needed a change and I have not looked back. May will probably be my last month in this one, but I will continue in a second expanded.

It's so good to see and hear from you again! I'm happy for you and your wide TN, and not at all surprised it's where you've landed ;) 2023 so far have been restless and unsettled for me. After a couple of years of not having a properly functioning laptop, I finally got a new one in March, which sent me spiraling into the world of digital productivity tools. Explored my options for a while, and now I'm 90% settled digitally. But I'm still figuring out how the digital and the analogue can best work together for me. And I still haven't found my place to land. There might be more exploring for me to do.

Glad to see you back 😊 I love Planner Perfect TNs. I’ve been using it since 2020. I use it with Stalogy to last me longer.

Welcome back!!!! So excited to watch your videos again.❤

Only yesterday I checked to see if you had a new video, it is great to see you! Now I’m off to watch xx

Hi Lora. Just a quick note to let you know your voice is missed here. I hope everything is well with you and that you're on a self-initiated hiatus. Hope to see you back in 2023. Best wishes to you and your family.

Hello Lora! Just wanted to say that I've always enjoyed your videos and communicating with you---I'm purging many YT subscriptions this year to be more mindful of consumption and FOMO but you are one of my keepers. Thank you for keeping it real and I wish you a very Happy New Year! Cheers!

Where can we get your dash planner and choice of stickers that you used in this video? I love how you set up your planner and wellness pages. Lots of great inspiration.

I love your cat 😁

You go girl. Proud of you! Blessings

Yep definitely not alone! It got so bad I had my living room and dining room FILLED with boxes, stacks of paper, doo dads and all kinds of things. I'm sure it drove my husband out of his mind god bless him lol I think we do this not just because we like all the pretty things but because I think along the planning journey that we do find that planning makes our lives better (at least for me it does) and we then try to look for the system that maybe could make it even better than the one we are using. I kept trying to perfect it even though I was happy for one whole year in personal rings in 2019 the pandemic came around and I was bored and tried something new. I did learn a lot but realized my happy place is in rings even though I tried TNs, Discs, Digital, A5, hobonichis and every pocket lol This very day I am sitting here trying to figure out if I want to move back into personal rings or Franklin Covey Compact size. It's only a quarter inch longer (page size) and here I am taking some time to figure out what I want to keep or let go of. I'm challenging myself in 2023 to stay in one planning system and hoping I can make it stick and pay down those credit cards and make space for the important things and possibly save my sanity. It does get to be too much.

I broke a tail bone like that your lucky even if a little sore.

I can relate, to the point where I set up one planner and then I second guess it and set up another 🤦‍♀️. I’m going to pick 2 planners, and take a page out of your book and pack up the rest so that it’s not so accessible. I went through this a year ago and thinned out many things, but here I am again buying all the planners, notebooks, washi, etc. I have more than I can use in many years, and that feels like a waste of money and product!

I am really enjoying the digital planner. I use Google and Outlook calendars in addition to my planner.

This is a stunningly and beautifully elegant balance with little or no duplication of effort. So glad that you have found your own paradigm and are no longer subject to the sometimes wild ups and downs of "what's-new-and-should-I- buy-it-right-now" craziness. Of course, you can always glance at the new stuff and if it doesn't add value to your curated system....pooof..no bother, no worries.Oh, and please don't apologize for not posting because well.....life! We can wait.

Have you ever used notion? It's a very powerful tool

So inspiring. Thank you.

Loving your new system. The simplicity and building the intentional life. I value your channel so much and your honesty.

Love it.

Oh No! I'm so sorry. I'm glad you are okay.

Loving your process Lora! I took away some ideas especially about maybe keeping my online calendar open on my iPad so that I don't loose sight of it. Also, I caught a glimpse of your Outlook calendar and task list and it looks exactly like mine!

It seems like the digital planner is really working for you!

I appreciate this video, and I relate 💙 I was very overwhelmed with my stuff this summer before moving from an apartment to a tiny caravan. Now I'm at a point where I *mostly* feel good about the amount of stuff I have. But I still struggle to feel content with my planners and journals, and I'm with you in wanting to stick to one for an entire year 💙 It's been a long time since I managed to do that... I've barely touched my planner, journal or notebook for the past week. I got broken up with and then my dog got an urinary tract infection. In between giving my dog antibiotics, I'm just reading fantasy books and sleeping. Not touching my notebooks at all. I just don't want to. There's nothing to write in there. Oh well, life is like that sometimes 🤷🏼

It sounds like you are following the bullet journal method the way Ryder Carroll intended. For now, I enjoy my overenginerred Japanese planners because they include everything I want to track. But I use my version of the bujo method in my system.

Oh wow, there's nothing like a clean slate to give you hope.Your "new" system is simple and elegant and tailored to you. Nicely done! Oh, and kitty is a rock star!

❤❤❤❤ so grateful that you are brave to share and be real. It is so refreshing. While I enjoy this as a hobby in addition to helping me organize my life, I found that I was letting the concept of a “hobby” give me license to engage in uncontrolled spending. And the more I bring into my house, the more discontent I became. I, too, reached a crisis point where I just had to purge my things. I ended up selling them, which allowed me to recoup some money. I am looking forward to you next few videos of intentional planning-a return to what this hobby should be focused on. ❤❤❤

Love the simplicity! It is very refreshing. How are you feeling about it? Well, I will be interested to hear how this change impacts your emotional wellbeing.

Thank you. I have the same problem and many tubs. As much as I like the planner community. I wish I never discovered it being honest. Thank you for your honesty