As a reward system, I used to put 5€ cash in an enveloppe every time I reached my weekly health goal. The target was to pay for teeth whitening. It worked very well, even though I was actually paying myself with my own money 😁
I know it's the opposite of what you're doing in your video, but this showed me that I don't need all these journals, I just need to make proper use of the tools and things I DO have. This made me pay more attention to what I already have and focus on making these things work for me! You also gave me a ton of ideas of what I want "collect" and create. Thank you!
It's so funny to hear you say it's early. The hobonichi and tomoe river paper planner girls are in the thick of planning their 2025 lineup. Releases started last month and Hobonichi launches Sept 1 every year. I got my sterling ink passport as my purse carry like a week ago. I just ordered my cousin and now i'm thinking if i need a health journal. You're not early, you are right on time.
Yep, my 2025 A5 HON arrived last week and I already can't wait to move into it! 😂 Even more mind-blowing - I pre-ordered my 2025 Midori Hibino in JUNE!!!!
@@VeganOrganizer it’s gotten to the point where a release in October feels late to me. I was contemplating an Analogue Keeper Daily Planner but the October release makes me to anxious.
@@VeganOrganizer lol. Im fine with a preorder. I just get nervous about other people buying like 8 planners for no reason and me not having enough time to choose something else. A totally irrational fear for an October launch but I can’t help myself.
Oh Jess I would love to see a monthly reading journal set up. I’m starting a separate reading journal soon and plan to do monthly set ups. I would love to see how you do yours.
@@JashiiCorrin absolutely... learning so much from you Jess. I adore your channel and that you are an Aussie too. I've been watching all your videos. You are amazing, don't doubt yourself. :)
Thinking outside the book, and ironically into a box. I have put my art supply swatches into an old school card file box. Like one of the little plastic ones. That way I can easily throw out the card if I get rid of a set of supplies, and change the order and categorisation without wasting an entire book if I change things enough or get to a point where I decide I don't want it any more. It also means I can include different paper types. So for my acrylic markers I have a swatch on tan paper and a swatch on white paper.
@@JashiiCorrin I thought about getting a nice sketchbook and laying them out beautifully but then I know I'd not leave enough space and then get more that should go with the other page and then it's higgledy piggledy and I'd abandon the whole thing. This way I can redo the swatches again and again if I don't like how I did them the first time and not worry about replacing everything haha
The pavlovian response I have to the "tink" sound is unreal. I didn't realize I'd followed along until I was already putting my mug back down lolol I'm appreciating the number of creators who are sharing how they think about what they'll use for their 2025 system because that's honestly more useful than people just showing what they're doing. Having those questions is really helpful.
I was starting to consider to think to plan to [etc etc 😂] about my 2025 journal lineup and I realized I am again at the same point as every other year: my all-in-one bujo is comfy, personable, but at the same time the minimalist style I went with this year (one pen, no color, everything is the same size) is not the best for clarity + every september I go through a "I want a printed planner" phase 😭 saw the just released sterling ink vertical full year and almost consider it because of all the blank pages at the end (368 blank pages AND a planner??? That's magic!) but I already know I'll stick with my full year bujo for yearly, quarterly, weekly, daily and collections + my goal journal (that usually stores 7 years) + my daily reflections one. Just gotta further SWOT and WANT my planning method!!! 💪🏻✍🏻
I decided to not only use one of the chunky A6 sub box journals (the white dot grid one) not only for swatches but for color palettes and themes I might want to refer back to. Even if I can't use those specific colors, it will work as a reference to find something similar.
Bingo Rewards - how about give yourself points and when you hit a certain number, allow yourself to buy something new - journal, pens, stickers, washi, etc.
- For the swatch book, what about using a Neapolitan notebook? Since you are looking to expand the kinds of notebooks you use, it may be useful to have the swatches in different colored paper. - Fun fact... I am in the process of setting up a 5-yr journal and I have 2 A&O notebooks I bought specifically for that... So I'm set for the next 10 yrs 😂😂 - Maybe for the 24 24's you can make an appointment with yourself on a digital calendar that you can later reference when back planning. - For your receipts, I have 2 suggestions: 1. Make it an action item or category on your excel spreadsheet... It can just be a check box that you cross out when you submit them. 2. Make it part of your quarterly reflections. - 😂😂😂 on shaving your notebook
Amidst Kitty snuggles I've got my "WANT" done, by going through last years (1st) journals, and this one so far, to see if anything I stopped doing helped, and having an actions plan on my monthly goals page will be making a return. I've made the notes on what I want to adjust and how (to have exact info fine tuned), added a dizziness tracker to my needs, as well as calls for actually planning when I plan... and not just random thoughts put in as filler. 😉 I genuinely thought I'd have less journals for next year, but instead I have more. My brain is doing me dirty? I've got the self-modded 2024 A5 planner for Creative and Health work (the 2nd will be for possible content creation if I decide to go that route in life, like your R&D books), the B5 Meteor Shower for my Daily Life journal, the square Book Stack for my Media journal, the Sun/Window Frame Traveler's for my Meal tracking/planning, the Lavender with navy pages from the Dec. 2023 box for my Shadow journal (when the next is needed), and the square Grey lined from the Dec. 2022 box for putting together recipes that are dietarily safe for me. 🤯 Currently I have a Fitness, Creativity, Meal, Shadow, and Daily.
I have separate swatch books for my watercolors and my gouache paints: a single page with each color and besides the pure color I show it mixed with other colors. I don't mix markers that much so they fit nicely in my long-term collections journal. I will also make up palette cards for things like the A&O monthly kits: once I figure out what makers go with a particular set of stickers/washi tape whatever, I will keep track for the next time I use those stickers. (If there aren't enough stickers or whatnot to use more than once, I don't bother). It doesn't make for an easy layout, but I try to have my swatches going off the edge of a page so I can lay the page over whatever I might be trying to color match.
I have finally accepted at this point that I can only handle 1 planner at a time. Otherwise, I will use my everyday bujo and forget the others exist and not do the hobby journaling that I wanted to. 🙃 I am currently using an A5 bujo and an erin condren Homeschool planner, which seems to be my limit. 😂 I will be throwing EVERYTHING in 1 journal next year from the beginning and bringing back the good old Table of Contents that I have been avoiding.
Understanding you use a bound journal, what if you had a removable set of pages, or the like, and move it from one journal to the other so you don’t have to migrate certain lists.?
Every time I watch videos like this one my brain gets filled with so many ideas! Honestly a little overwhelming xd I’m not as pro, I haven’t even finished the September journal part (not in time), but I enjoy this activity a lot and your vids give me many new ideas to try 💡
Wooo. Finally ready to work along with you. Hahaha. The stream was already an hour in when I realized I'd just been sitting there in chat, and not doing anything productive rather than social. 😅
With the edges of the reading journal you could try to carefully sand them down with very fine sanding paper. No guarantee though but I've seen this in a tutorial from @bittermelonbindery 😉✨
Do you have a video that goes more in depth about the yearly journal? I do a lot of long-form journaling and want a yearly journal to keep the things last a full year instead of a month or 2 but i don't know where to start 😅 I feel like it's a lot of pressure to put on that journal because I'm gonna look at it all year 😂
Yup! I call it a “Reading Journal” on the channel, just as that’s mainly what’s in there, but there are a few different videos of either setting it up or working in it 👌
I normally make my own just as I want the prompts to be tailored to my interests and needs 😊 normally just write them up in Microsoft Word and print them out 😛 or if it feel like drawing then I like to get a bit sketch-notey with them 👌
Mainly for how I like to use them and the ease of finding information 😊 I don't really want my reference materials scattered in amongst my yearly trackers. Makes it a bit more tricky to find reference information quickly if that makes sense 🤔
My reward I've put for my full bingo board is to actually get in a housecleaner for a deep clean (I have huge issues with initiating cleaning for myself.). 🥲 Saving the money (a tangible amount) to pay for a cleaner should be the center square. Haha.
As a reward system, I used to put 5€ cash in an enveloppe every time I reached my weekly health goal. The target was to pay for teeth whitening. It worked very well, even though I was actually paying myself with my own money 😁
That's genius! I'm stealing this idea
I know it's the opposite of what you're doing in your video, but this showed me that I don't need all these journals, I just need to make proper use of the tools and things I DO have. This made me pay more attention to what I already have and focus on making these things work for me! You also gave me a ton of ideas of what I want "collect" and create. Thank you!
Most welcome! I’m all about people finding a system that works for them, and if that’s less notebooks rather than more, I’m for it 💪
It's so funny to hear you say it's early. The hobonichi and tomoe river paper planner girls are in the thick of planning their 2025 lineup. Releases started last month and Hobonichi launches Sept 1 every year. I got my sterling ink passport as my purse carry like a week ago. I just ordered my cousin and now i'm thinking if i need a health journal. You're not early, you are right on time.
Yeah, when I first saw the videos coming out, I had to remind myself that not everybody is just picking up a blank notebook to work in 😂
Yep, my 2025 A5 HON arrived last week and I already can't wait to move into it! 😂 Even more mind-blowing - I pre-ordered my 2025 Midori Hibino in JUNE!!!!
@@VeganOrganizer it’s gotten to the point where a release in October feels late to me. I was contemplating an Analogue Keeper Daily Planner but the October release makes me to anxious.
@@ssum92 Right? My Hibino isn't scheduled to ship until sometime in October and that is making me anxious. Why? I can't use it until January anyway 😂
@@VeganOrganizer lol. Im fine with a preorder. I just get nervous about other people buying like 8 planners for no reason and me not having enough time to choose something else. A totally irrational fear for an October launch but I can’t help myself.
Oh Jess I would love to see a monthly reading journal set up. I’m starting a separate reading journal soon and plan to do monthly set ups. I would love to see how you do yours.
Glad to know there’s interest! 😄💜
@@JashiiCorrin absolutely... learning so much from you Jess. I adore your channel and that you are an Aussie too. I've been watching all your videos. You are amazing, don't doubt yourself. :)
Thinking outside the book, and ironically into a box. I have put my art supply swatches into an old school card file box. Like one of the little plastic ones. That way I can easily throw out the card if I get rid of a set of supplies, and change the order and categorisation without wasting an entire book if I change things enough or get to a point where I decide I don't want it any more. It also means I can include different paper types. So for my acrylic markers I have a swatch on tan paper and a swatch on white paper.
That’s a really smart system! 👀
@@JashiiCorrin I thought about getting a nice sketchbook and laying them out beautifully but then I know I'd not leave enough space and then get more that should go with the other page and then it's higgledy piggledy and I'd abandon the whole thing. This way I can redo the swatches again and again if I don't like how I did them the first time and not worry about replacing everything haha
@@lucys.artchatThat is SUCH a good idea!
@zoewhite7705 it's been really helpful for me!
The W.A.N.T. method is a great way to narrow down the wants vs needs, especially when purchasing notebooks. Thanks for sharing this method!
Most welcome! 😄💜
The pavlovian response I have to the "tink" sound is unreal. I didn't realize I'd followed along until I was already putting my mug back down lolol
I'm appreciating the number of creators who are sharing how they think about what they'll use for their 2025 system because that's honestly more useful than people just showing what they're doing. Having those questions is really helpful.
Glad it was useful 😄 Haha I have a similar response to *tink*, any time I read it, I start to notice how thirsty I am 😝
I was starting to consider to think to plan to [etc etc 😂] about my 2025 journal lineup and I realized I am again at the same point as every other year: my all-in-one bujo is comfy, personable, but at the same time the minimalist style I went with this year (one pen, no color, everything is the same size) is not the best for clarity + every september I go through a "I want a printed planner" phase 😭 saw the just released sterling ink vertical full year and almost consider it because of all the blank pages at the end (368 blank pages AND a planner??? That's magic!) but I already know I'll stick with my full year bujo for yearly, quarterly, weekly, daily and collections + my goal journal (that usually stores 7 years) + my daily reflections one. Just gotta further SWOT and WANT my planning method!!! 💪🏻✍🏻
I decided to not only use one of the chunky A6 sub box journals (the white dot grid one) not only for swatches but for color palettes and themes I might want to refer back to. Even if I can't use those specific colors, it will work as a reference to find something similar.
I was considering doing the same thing! I didn’t know what else to use those journals for.
That is a great idea
Bingo Rewards - how about give yourself points and when you hit a certain number, allow yourself to buy something new - journal, pens, stickers, washi, etc.
- For the swatch book, what about using a Neapolitan notebook? Since you are looking to expand the kinds of notebooks you use, it may be useful to have the swatches in different colored paper.
- Fun fact... I am in the process of setting up a 5-yr journal and I have 2 A&O notebooks I bought specifically for that... So I'm set for the next 10 yrs 😂😂
- Maybe for the 24 24's you can make an appointment with yourself on a digital calendar that you can later reference when back planning.
- For your receipts, I have 2 suggestions:
1. Make it an action item or category on your excel spreadsheet... It can just be a check box that you cross out when you submit them.
2. Make it part of your quarterly reflections.
- 😂😂😂 on shaving your notebook
Amidst Kitty snuggles I've got my "WANT" done, by going through last years (1st) journals, and this one so far, to see if anything I stopped doing helped, and having an actions plan on my monthly goals page will be making a return. I've made the notes on what I want to adjust and how (to have exact info fine tuned), added a dizziness tracker to my needs, as well as calls for actually planning when I plan... and not just random thoughts put in as filler. 😉 I genuinely thought I'd have less journals for next year, but instead I have more. My brain is doing me dirty? I've got the self-modded 2024 A5 planner for Creative and Health work (the 2nd will be for possible content creation if I decide to go that route in life, like your R&D books), the B5 Meteor Shower for my Daily Life journal, the square Book Stack for my Media journal, the Sun/Window Frame Traveler's for my Meal tracking/planning, the Lavender with navy pages from the Dec. 2023 box for my Shadow journal (when the next is needed), and the square Grey lined from the Dec. 2022 box for putting together recipes that are dietarily safe for me. 🤯 Currently I have a Fitness, Creativity, Meal, Shadow, and Daily.
As a small business owner I am soooo late setting up this year so I’m ready for this video 😊♥️
I had to change my "A" to Adjust, as I was Averse to Aversions. 😆
I have separate swatch books for my watercolors and my gouache paints: a single page with each color and besides the pure color I show it mixed with other colors. I don't mix markers that much so they fit nicely in my long-term collections journal. I will also make up palette cards for things like the A&O monthly kits: once I figure out what makers go with a particular set of stickers/washi tape whatever, I will keep track for the next time I use those stickers. (If there aren't enough stickers or whatnot to use more than once, I don't bother). It doesn't make for an easy layout, but I try to have my swatches going off the edge of a page so I can lay the page over whatever I might be trying to color match.
I have finally accepted at this point that I can only handle 1 planner at a time. Otherwise, I will use my everyday bujo and forget the others exist and not do the hobby journaling that I wanted to. 🙃
I am currently using an A5 bujo and an erin condren Homeschool planner, which seems to be my limit. 😂 I will be throwing EVERYTHING in 1 journal next year from the beginning and bringing back the good old Table of Contents that I have been avoiding.
Heck yeah for knowing what works best for you 💪💜
I love this. It's super helpful. I felt lost with my journaling system for the past 4 or 5 months.
I'm so happy with my lineup this year, that I already bought my planer and setup my bujo for 2025. Never been that early before 😊
My long term collections is coil bound so I can remove things that are no longer required or moved to another journal
That’s a smart idea 👏
On about September 1st, I picked my planner lineup already and am working on layouts. Using 4 pocket sizes. 1 per quarter.
Nice system! 💜
Understanding you use a bound journal, what if you had a removable set of pages, or the like, and move it from one journal to the other so you don’t have to migrate certain lists.?
Every time I watch videos like this one my brain gets filled with so many ideas! Honestly a little overwhelming xd I’m not as pro, I haven’t even finished the September journal part (not in time), but I enjoy this activity a lot and your vids give me many new ideas to try 💡
I'm such a sucker for these types of videos. Thanks Jess! I love these types of 'workshop' videos.
Good to know! I enjoy the workshop style 😄💜
I think the perspective for the LTC is that it's just due for an audit 😘
Good way to word it, yeah! 👏
Wooo. Finally ready to work along with you. Hahaha. The stream was already an hour in when I realized I'd just been sitting there in chat, and not doing anything productive rather than social. 😅
With the edges of the reading journal you could try to carefully sand them down with very fine sanding paper. No guarantee though but I've seen this in a tutorial from @bittermelonbindery 😉✨
Oh nice! Yeah that’s kiiiinda what I did with my craft knife, but sandpaper would be a much more sensible option 😂
Sooooo excited to go through this process!!! :D
Hope the steps prove useful for you 💪
What do you do with your R&D notebooks once you fill them up? Do they go into recycling or do you keep them for reference for future video ideas?
They go back on the shelf for safe keeping 😊 I often refer to them later for videos 🤙
This made me count my lineup for this year. It's 23! 🙈 So I guess my goal is to get that down to 12 by the end of next year.
Do you have a video that goes more in depth about the yearly journal? I do a lot of long-form journaling and want a yearly journal to keep the things last a full year instead of a month or 2 but i don't know where to start 😅 I feel like it's a lot of pressure to put on that journal because I'm gonna look at it all year 😂
Do you have any videos on your stories/media journal? Im very interested as i plan to make my own 😃
Yup! I call it a “Reading Journal” on the channel, just as that’s mainly what’s in there, but there are a few different videos of either setting it up or working in it 👌
May I ask, Do you make up your own bingo or can I find it somewhere?
I normally make my own just as I want the prompts to be tailored to my interests and needs 😊 normally just write them up in Microsoft Word and print them out 😛 or if it feel like drawing then I like to get a bit sketch-notey with them 👌
Why do you have separate journals for your long-term collections and your yearly journal? Why not have just one journal for both?
Mainly for how I like to use them and the ease of finding information 😊 I don't really want my reference materials scattered in amongst my yearly trackers. Makes it a bit more tricky to find reference information quickly if that makes sense 🤔
If you need an assistant, I’m here 🤩😍🙋♀️
Okay, but seriously... "Nut out" as in nuts and bolts, right?.... Right?! 🙊👼
“Nut out” means to work or plan something out. I think it’s Australian slang 🤔
@@JashiiCorrin I figured it might be an adaption of "working out the nuts and bolts". 😆
My reward I've put for my full bingo board is to actually get in a housecleaner for a deep clean (I have huge issues with initiating cleaning for myself.). 🥲 Saving the money (a tangible amount) to pay for a cleaner should be the center square. Haha.