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I use the reflection pages to do a daily gratitude list for the month. And then I use then overview pages to serve as where I put my upcoming tasks for that month. I often have a lot of future tasks that need a home, and that’s a good spot.

Thank you for this great video ❤️ I have two Hemlock and Oak planners - the weekly and the daily and I am also tab-phobic and a nervous sticker placer haha. Your set-up is adorable. I love your Taylor Swift book pages - you've given me lots of great ideas. Thank you

Your hair looks so pretty!

I think specific things like reading should be separate; check out @Planninglifewitherin I prefer muted colors too

So glad you showed your journaling process, yes my hobby is planning too and I’m passionate about it - a bit camera shy. You make total sense and if I look at any social media in the am, it is a planning video, it gets me in the right mindset. I purchased the B6 Slim Vertical, although I rarely use the layout as is. I find it very flexible! It will be interesting to compare. I do have a passion planner (academic that I picked up when on sale. Gorgeous but I really haven’t used it. I am thinking about completing the set up activities

Great idea to do trial runs of the weekly layout. EDC - Every day carry - I think, until someone uses the acronym differently anyway😂

I am good either way for hellos as long as you share set ups!😂

If you like emotionally abusive books, you should read a little life by hanya yanagihara

I wouldn't cut the tabs, I also hate tabs, I'm worried I'm gonna mess them up. I put tabs in my mom's planner though and she loved them. I hate how I did them bc they're crooked but she says they're perfect, so as long as she's happy, I guess I'm okay with it

Is this a journal or full year?

The book stickers look great! I wouldn't cut the tabs. 🤔 I worry they'll start to fray or peel open. 😬

Oh my gosh, they're MILDliners???? Hahahahahaa! I've always called them MID, too!

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This was my first Hemlock and Oak planner and got the horizontal version. I love it because I don't need the times. I think it's the time in your life that can make the difference between which planner you choose. I love the planning pages because I am focusing on developing self care habits right now. I want to see my progress, so I like the monthly reviews. I think this has a fairly minimal section for life review and habit cultivation compared to the Power Sheets and Makeslife. I am retired and so journaling and exploring what's important to me at this stage in my life is something I like to do. I may have a different view of this planner after I use it for a while. As for the Passion Planner...I have looked at this one a lot, but I too dislike not having lines on the months and the darkness of the headers and the times really bothers my eyes. Thanks for your review. I like hearing how people think through using a planner and sharing what helps them make a choice for a particular planner. P.S. And yes the gold foil is very visible on the darker colors.

I'm using parts of my Cousin as a commonplace book too.

I just got my PassionPlanner weekly, waiting on my Hemlock and Oak Daily. Maybe I missed it but one thing some people(students) can do is set up their Class Schedule. Set up todo sections for each class

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I’m the same with the tabs … carefully watching people do it with no intentions of actually doing it myself lol Although I also bought the Hemlock and Oak tabs so I might actually use those!

I had the opposite problem for 2023 and 2024: too many planners for myself, lol. 2025 just has 3! ☆Just Scribble A6 Horizontal - main plans and tasks, projects, habits, notes, etc. ☆Hobonichi weeks - journal ☆Kinbor weeks - health and fitness (And, technically, a 4th if you count the 5 year memory keeper).

Edit to share my plans. I went with 3 journals for 2024 and failed miserably and for 2025 im going with 5 😂 Bullet journal for all schedules and tasks +brainstorming in a TN, a gratitude journal (which is a recylced journal just to use up the emtpy pages), a korean language learning journal for daily studying, a daily journal, a 5yr diary which i had since 2021. Thanks for the idea of studying lyrics. Im ARMY 💜 (fan of BTS) and im learning Korean and starting a korean learning daily journal this december. Somehow im not sure why, i ddint put the 2&2 tgt and instead of googling korean word of the day or using words that i come across i can just use the lyrics. We are probably close in age and i agree that i have been enjoying music more and more. To be able to follow just several artistes and their authentic journey over time has been really really enjoyable for me.

What type of highlighter did you use

Tiktok loving, geriatric millennial, pastel sticker appreciating, planner girlie here too - love your planner so much!!

I bought an a5 diary is notes, tasks and thoughts. The pocket diary for my work and chores.

The Usher bit/feedback lololll I’m dying 😂😂😂 Edit: Oh, also, this video encouraged me to start on my 2025 SI’s! I’m already using one of my B6 Slims, but this was helpful! I need one for work and have been wondering what I’ll be using my B6 Slim Horizontal for. I just started a new job (transitioning from group fitness coaching to one-to-one personal training sessions) and I need a place to plan, keep notes/meeting notes, and a content planner! Thanks for this video!

I’ve seen some people tap the sticker on their skin to get a little of the “stickiness” off before placing it. I wonder if that helps remove it from paper if they start to put it on crooked.

Saw “Swiftie version” and clicked so fast! Japanese style planner + Swiftie = I’m there!

I love Atomic Habits!

I have this planner and love it. I believe it comes in 3 sizes. The 8 12”x11” that you have, the 7”x9” that I have, and I think it also comes in 5”x8” size. PS I think it’s interesting that you save the white paper labels on the front cover. 😄

Have you ever looked up Kinbor A5 planners? Same idea as the cousin without the weeklies 😊

This is so cute. Where can you get this journal. It looks like a great space to write thoughts

Lololol the ex-boyfriend who promises to change and never does as a notebook is so funny 😂❤

Great lineup 😍 I’m going to be using EC Daily Duo for work and Sterling ink compact A5 for weekly planning with personal and work.

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I think finding planner peace in one book is doable, for example how Helen from the coffee monster co does it. She both functionally plans and memory keeps in the same book. But I struggle with this a lot. Planners for me are functional and not things I want to keep. I have no need reminisce about that day six years ago that I went to work or cleaned my bathroom. I also do not want to keep my journaling because most of it is just brain dumping. I have found a kind of planner peace with having the planner in an e-ink notebook and dailies in a physical notebook. The planner is where I pre-plan both events and my weekly todo's while the physical notebook is my EDC and kind of a catch all notebook. The e-ink notebook is also where I journal, common place and keep my writing notebook. So even though it's theoretically one item, counting all the notebooks I have in there it's more than one. On top of this I do have my google calendar up to date, so if I'm out and about I can still reference to what I'm doing a month from now. For memory keeping I have a catch all stalogy where I review books if I feel like it and write down the events I do want to remember. It's a no pressure memory keeping system, because it's undated. I say kind of planner peace because even though this is working I do keep longing to try out a paper tess B6 or a sterling ink. But... the price of those planners do bring a level of pressure to the item. With shipping the price of one planner will be over 50€ so the presure to stick with them and use them for a year is immense. And throwing them away after the year is over? How am I supposed to do that when they costed so much? The pdf planner I bought and have been using now and will use for next year was less than 4€. Deleting the file at the end of the year won't feel like anything and if in six month I find out I hate it, it's not a huge loss. Anyhow, thanks for this video. Your lineup looks really good and I'm looking forward to see you settle into them next year. The only thing I'm wondering is that won't you feel you are journaling duplicate when you do it both in the cousin and the sterling ink?

Out of curiosity - since you like the Sterling Ink, have you considered getting the SI A5 or B5 vertical? It seems to meet all the qualifications of being very minimalist, having the grid lines everywhere, etc.

Collage 'journaling' is super cute but it's nice to actually see someone writing in their lined journals.

The normal version of Hemlock & Oak has more goal & reflections pages. So at least you got the minimalist version. I love the H & O paper.

I chose this planner mainly for the monthly lines and the Monday start. The monthly pages are gorgeous! Once in a while I use the review pages, sometimes just for lists or extra writing space for project planning.

I was sad to see that it had those PP pages. I hate those pages in PP.

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The daily doesn't have any of those pages, but then again it's a daily. It does have less - the weekly planner has way more pages. I dislike all the extra goal planning pages too.

The extra pages I put photos or ephemera from the month

The minimalist at least does not have the goal setting and habit cultivation setting in the beginning that the regular weekly has. The blank page can at least be used for anything so it's not so bad. I got the B5 this time and I love the size of it. It's not that much heavier but also does not seem that bulky but the grid is slightly bigger and just a bit more space total. I love it for functional planning. The gold foiling looks gorgeous in the other colors, especially the darker ones. I think the lack of contrast between the gold and this light cover color was probably one of the reasons it didn't work out. I have 4 books from them this year and they all look gorgeous.

I love a minimal planner too. No extra stuff to fill out. It makes me feel like I’m in school haha

I really appreciate your content. I’m attempting to use my planner as more of a creative space while still keeping it functional, and your videos have helped so much. Your thoughts on journaling and filling the pages while not necessarily journaling every day resonated with me. I tend to be an all or nothing person, but I’m trying to let go and just enjoy the process. Thanks for sharing your passion and creativity!

For work, I just used to use the agendas my company gets as new year's gifts for clients. They're mostly undated, and really convenient for just grabbing and jotting things down. I usually went through one page a day, and filled up 6 notebooks before I swapped to fully digital due to increased task migration. I do go through a lot more sticky notes now though lol

I love this video! I enjoy my Passion Planner undated since I started in September and didn't want to until January to start. I've noticed that I can be more organized and use it with my Daily as well. Thanks for sharing!

I like your pen pouch. Where did you get it? 😊

we have similar journaling styles and your vids make me wish I got b6s instead of b6 😩😩 love your updates!

I do love the Passion Planner weekly layout. I ignore all the pages in between with the exception of the monthly.