This is all so simple, but this video gave me so much peace of mind - I'm autistic myself, and I have a lot of stupid guilt/struggle around notebooks and sketchbooks, and how I can't figure out a method that works for me, and I constantly go back and forth between "I need a separate notebook for everything I'm doing" and "I wanna minimise the amount of notebooks I use, I'll just put everything in one", and I love how relaxed and organised you are about your system! I guess it makes me feel better about not keeping up with a certain type of notes 100% of the time, and that it's fine to take notes in different ways depending on the phase you're in. Idk this is me RAMBLING, but the gist is: loved the video!
I love this!! I feel the exact same way. She makes my hectic mind feel like it’s capable of this as well! I absolutely love watching and listening while I am working and it’s helping me be consistent in my journal ❤
"Because I don't wanna support Amazon" THANK YOU. So hard to find people these days who not instantly go to amazon the instant they need something so I really appreciate hearing that!
I don’t journal but I enjoy seeing people’s ways of journaling and I really like yours ❤️ it’s very aesthetically pleasing (your voice is v soothing too gosh)
You should journal!! It doesn’t have to be this aesthetic . But it is so helpful to become a better version of your self and it is so nice to know what you were thinking like a year ago and how your goals has changed!
I am a writer and I have been journaling for a very long time, since my childhood. And have struggled a lot with how to organize everything, the different types of things I want to record, do I include calendar or not, etc. I must have cycled through dozens and dozens of trials of different notebooks. And felt discouraged and down on myself that I couldn’t stick to anything. I just found out a month ago at age 48 that I am autistic. I came across your channel, and am so so happy and inspired tonight. I feel like I have found my people, my tribe, and I am not alone! I care about everything you care about, from tones of color to the texture of paper and the smallest details like weight or thickness… I could never explain why it felt so hard to find my own system, but I feel so at home now. Watching you talk through your journals is so inspiring… and it gives me so many ideas and inspires me to start the journey again to find my system, now that I have more concrete goals I want to achieve. I love how you print out screens from things you are listening to, or photos from your phone. Tech has been helpful in some ways but not in others, and I’m learning a lot from watching you, how you externalise memories so they don’t disappear, as mine tend to do as well. Thank you so much again for your wonderful videos… a very grateful fellow woman on the spectrum ❤
The hobonichi system is truly my holy grail of planners and journaling 🏆 I’ve been consistently using them for 2 years now I love seeing how other people utilise the space in theirs. I am a fellow A6-er so this was wonderful to watch I was looking for something to keep track of my hours and overtime at work (as well as using my planners as my brain) but as an over night worker that doesn’t work the usual 9-5 the western appointment planners were completely useless to me so I was incredibly happy when I discovered this system
I've had the most horrendous week working nights for my dissertation submission and watching your video of you talking about your planner has made my day so so much better! Thank youu so much for taking the time to do this! 😭❤ I'm so so happy you're back on TH-cam 💕
Great video! This is the first time that a commonplace notebook made sense to me, never figured out where to write some things that didn't belong anywhere. I'm immediately adopting that system. THANK YOU!
This is really interesting and useful, thank you. I currently use a pair of Rhodia Goalbooks, one for my personal life, which is a mix of planner and commonplace book, and one for the new job I am starting soon. I also have a travel sketchbook because I like to use watercolour and wet media. I think I'll look at a Hobonichi for next year. Watching one of your previous videos inspired me to start collecting quotes in my journal, and that has become so relaxing, reigniting a special interest from years ago. It's helped me cope with burnout. Thank you.
This was beautiful! I would love to see how you use your passport size travelers notebook in a video sometime. Something about pocket notebooks that are taken out and about is so lovely. ❤️
So happy to see the how’s and why’s of your current books - any time you have shared in the past I immediately want to switch my own set up to whatever you are using because it just looks so *satisfying* and of course this is no different! Also v happy that you have notes about index cards, this is special interest central for me 🥰 Thank you so much for sharing!
Megan, thank you so much for posting this update! I LOVE how simple & functional it is. I'm so grateful you took the time to explain your margins, especially how you'll copy a text and then write out your thoughts about it. In the past, I've just summarized something but this is so much more efficient and honors the author's copyright. Thank you, thank you, _thank_ _you_ !You rock!!!
I have kept some kind of sketchbook or journal forever, but it was really stumbling across your videos about your books a year-ish ago that inspired me to keep a more visual sort of diary/common place book combo. Filling my little books with the stuff I like makes me so enormously happy! Something about seeing that physical space be filled is satisfying in a way that a digital tool just is not. Previously, I'd used a bullet journal and thought I preferred the heavier paper, but I got a hobonichi (A6 English version) for 2021 and fell in the love with the thin paper. Something about how thin it is makes the book feel delicate and special in a way I really enjoy. I did like the dated book for most of 2021 but found at the end the pressure started to stress me out, so I am in their plain a6 now and enjoying it immensely. I draw out a daily heading similar to what they use in the dated, but like the flexibility of not feeling I have to 'fill the page' and being able to mix in commonplacing. I think it will be really satisfying to see the entire little book filled up. PS: I have that same little note from the TT store with the washi tape stuck into my book too! It's so precious and cute.
ahhhhh Megan! Why is it that you end up explaining my issues more than the professionals can? "If there's any pressure at all then it's harder to keep up with it" (I'm probably butchering your quote lol) It's exactly how it feels. I try to organize my life like neurotypicals and then end up getting frustrated and ashamed at myself. I had printed out little habit trackers and the pressure to actually remember to check them off and THEN look at all the empty days...its terrible. Thank you for being someone of comfort in the times where I feel unseen. THANKS A TON
I really like your handwriting and your voice is soothing. I also like the layout of your pages. It's very thoughtful. Thanks for sharing this notebook!
I did my nails identically to yours (with a red tip instead of black) and it was one of my favourite looks! I think it looks fantastic on you, too! I hope you're doing well. You have a really soothing voice and you explain your thought process really well ^_^
Thank you for sharing your notebooks with us. I found this really inspiring! I use margins, too. I find them so helpful for summarizing things so I can find information faster. I’ll probably be watching this video multiple times when I need some nice, calming vibes and inspiration to utilize my notebooks more. Hope you are well! ♥️
I've recently found your channel and I absolutely love it! I think your journals are beautiful! The way you format everything, what you include, and your penmanship is a true work of art! I have many takeaways from this vlog but one of them is rewriting an article - love that idea! I have a notebook where I copy quotes that resonate with me from books, movies, and or shows that I watch. Again, your penmanship is beautiful-simply gorgeous!! Thank you for sharing! Michelle - art teacher in Illinois-USA
Hi just found your channel in love with your videos so calm and relaxing to watch when I'm having difficult days! adore this system I have just ordered a hobonichi techo A6 looking forward to getting back into journaling 💛
This is such a lovely video, Megan. I'd never heard of a commonplace book before, and have since done a ton of (really satisfying!) research on the topic and how I might incorporate it into my art practice. Thank you for sharing your beautiful and carefully considered method!
Wow. I'm amazed how you can copy full articles and write them out by hand. Does it hurt to write down so long stuff? (I have a book journal, and even copying a paragraph is so painful and tiring)
I am not her ,but I do the same thing. And it does a bit but the end result is worth it. You are so proud of yourself after having been writing for so long
I love love love your videos !! Thank you sm !! I noticed that you write notes about your drawings. How do you plan your drawings ? (Hope that makes some sense)
I must confess that I have stolen your dot and margin method. I was already going back on my writing and adding extra notes and expanding on ideas but in a messy way, between lines and on any space I could find. Then later I would go back to find something and I would just basically be unable to find it, and the messy pages would often make me not want to look back. It works nicely. I don’t think I could use a dated planner because I don’t plan, I just journal and sometimes I can go weeks without it and write 15 pages on one day, so it would be a waste; but the dots and margins work perfect. And I will allow me to have one notebook for all the things I do, instead of buying several for different purposes, I can be organised in one place now. I do book journaling, life journaling, common-placing, and sometimes I do write plans and ideas… so, the dots work perfect! And as a fellow neurodivergent… yes… pretty and functional is a need.
Thank you so much for sharing your notebooks. I watched your original notebook video years ago which changed how I viewed journalling and helped me create my own system for managing my anxiety and mental health ❤️ would you possibly share your stardew valley reference docs please?
I don't mean to get off topic but your voice is very soothing. You could read a phone book and I'd find it entertaining. Have you ever considered doing an audio book reading? Perhaps starting with short stories? Just a thought.
I’d love to know what pen your using I write very small aswell and your pens thickness is so pleasing to the eye I need larger pens or I lose everything and need them for my hands aswell !! Loved the video as always !!
Yes. I didn't really occur to me to draw in margins until I saw Megan's work but now I can't go back. It looks so much better and makes it so much easier to find things. I tend to use them to write a quick note about whatever the giant ass paragraph I have written is about, that way I can just skim the margin for the topic I am looking for.
hi i've been subscribed to your channel for ages now and so pleases you've come back... 10:00 minutes in and i was thinking, when you said you don't use the back pages much....the my 100 could become 100 things you'd like to do {like very small little goals: baking biscutes or a cake and taking it to a age care facility, teaching wednesday ??? , going for a day trip somewhere, sleeping in and watching/or listening too?, taking 30 days to learn a new language with no commitment of continuing after that if you don't want too, a good habit you'd like to add to your lifestyle etc...} it could be really fun
hi, i hope you are okay ! i wasnt sure where i'd be most successful in reaching you so im likely to reach out in many places (youtube and instagram) i was wondering if you felt it was okay for someone, not autistic (me, as far as i'm aware i'm not) purchasing your tote bag from your shop ! i love ot and ive been searching for a new tote bag but wasn't sure if i was perhaps ignorant or overstepping some boundaries for those who are autistic. in short, do you think it'd be wrong for me, someone without autism, to purchase your tote bag? thank you x
This is all so simple, but this video gave me so much peace of mind - I'm autistic myself, and I have a lot of stupid guilt/struggle around notebooks and sketchbooks, and how I can't figure out a method that works for me, and I constantly go back and forth between "I need a separate notebook for everything I'm doing" and "I wanna minimise the amount of notebooks I use, I'll just put everything in one", and I love how relaxed and organised you are about your system! I guess it makes me feel better about not keeping up with a certain type of notes 100% of the time, and that it's fine to take notes in different ways depending on the phase you're in. Idk this is me RAMBLING, but the gist is: loved the video!
I love this!! I feel the exact same way. She makes my hectic mind feel like it’s capable of this as well! I absolutely love watching and listening while I am working and it’s helping me be consistent in my journal ❤
I do that!!
"Because I don't wanna support Amazon" THANK YOU. So hard to find people these days who not instantly go to amazon the instant they need something so I really appreciate hearing that!
I don’t journal but I enjoy seeing people’s ways of journaling and I really like yours ❤️ it’s very aesthetically pleasing (your voice is v soothing too gosh)
You should journal!! It doesn’t have to be this aesthetic . But it is so helpful to become a better version of your self and it is so nice to know what you were thinking like a year ago and how your goals has changed!
I am a writer and I have been journaling for a very long time, since my childhood. And have struggled a lot with how to organize everything, the different types of things I want to record, do I include calendar or not, etc. I must have cycled through dozens and dozens of trials of different notebooks. And felt discouraged and down on myself that I couldn’t stick to anything. I just found out a month ago at age 48 that I am autistic. I came across your channel, and am so so happy and inspired tonight. I feel like I have found my people, my tribe, and I am not alone! I care about everything you care about, from tones of color to the texture of paper and the smallest details like weight or thickness… I could never explain why it felt so hard to find my own system, but I feel so at home now. Watching you talk through your journals is so inspiring… and it gives me so many ideas and inspires me to start the journey again to find my system, now that I have more concrete goals I want to achieve. I love how you print out screens from things you are listening to, or photos from your phone. Tech has been helpful in some ways but not in others, and I’m learning a lot from watching you, how you externalise memories so they don’t disappear, as mine tend to do as well. Thank you so much again for your wonderful videos… a very grateful fellow woman on the spectrum ❤
Hi I feel axactly like you 💕🍁
ok I did NOT realize that the pen loops were meant to hold the book shut 🤣 I thought there were just 2 pen looks to ✨hold all the pens✨ LMAO
The hobonichi system is truly my holy grail of planners and journaling 🏆 I’ve been consistently using them for 2 years now
I love seeing how other people utilise the space in theirs. I am a fellow A6-er so this was wonderful to watch
I was looking for something to keep track of my hours and overtime at work (as well as using my planners as my brain) but as an over night worker that doesn’t work the usual 9-5 the western appointment planners were completely useless to me so I was incredibly happy when I discovered this system
I've had the most horrendous week working nights for my dissertation submission and watching your video of you talking about your planner has made my day so so much better! Thank youu so much for taking the time to do this! 😭❤ I'm so so happy you're back on TH-cam 💕
Great video! This is the first time that a commonplace notebook made sense to me, never figured out where to write some things that didn't belong anywhere. I'm immediately adopting that system. THANK YOU!
you uploading again is such a gift ♡
This is really interesting and useful, thank you.
I currently use a pair of Rhodia Goalbooks, one for my personal life, which is a mix of planner and commonplace book, and one for the new job I am starting soon. I also have a travel sketchbook because I like to use watercolour and wet media.
I think I'll look at a Hobonichi for next year.
Watching one of your previous videos inspired me to start collecting quotes in my journal, and that has become so relaxing, reigniting a special interest from years ago. It's helped me cope with burnout. Thank you.
This was beautiful! I would love to see how you use your passport size travelers notebook in a video sometime. Something about pocket notebooks that are taken out and about is so lovely. ❤️
So happy to see the how’s and why’s of your current books - any time you have shared in the past I immediately want to switch my own set up to whatever you are using because it just looks so *satisfying* and of course this is no different! Also v happy that you have notes about index cards, this is special interest central for me 🥰 Thank you so much for sharing!
I really love the idea of margins! Definitely going to try this in my notebook.
Your videos are very inspiring and soothing. Thank you!
i'm so glad you're posting again i've been watching your videos since 2017 and i love them they're so useful
Thank you Megan Rhiannon. Your notebooks are functional works of art.
Megan, thank you so much for posting this update! I LOVE how simple & functional it is. I'm so grateful you took the time to explain your margins, especially how you'll copy a text and then write out your thoughts about it. In the past, I've just summarized something but this is so much more efficient and honors the author's copyright. Thank you, thank you, _thank_ _you_ !You rock!!!
absolutely loved watching this, it's such a fascinating system that you've come up with! :)
Your handwriting is so neat!!! So sick! So good!
I've been watching all of your videos. I love them all. It's soothing and peaceful. thank you so much for sharing :)
Oh my god I haven’t even started the video yet but this is the video I have been dreaming of watching and I am so excited.
I have kept some kind of sketchbook or journal forever, but it was really stumbling across your videos about your books a year-ish ago that inspired me to keep a more visual sort of diary/common place book combo. Filling my little books with the stuff I like makes me so enormously happy! Something about seeing that physical space be filled is satisfying in a way that a digital tool just is not.
Previously, I'd used a bullet journal and thought I preferred the heavier paper, but I got a hobonichi (A6 English version) for 2021 and fell in the love with the thin paper. Something about how thin it is makes the book feel delicate and special in a way I really enjoy. I did like the dated book for most of 2021 but found at the end the pressure started to stress me out, so I am in their plain a6 now and enjoying it immensely. I draw out a daily heading similar to what they use in the dated, but like the flexibility of not feeling I have to 'fill the page' and being able to mix in commonplacing. I think it will be really satisfying to see the entire little book filled up.
PS: I have that same little note from the TT store with the washi tape stuck into my book too! It's so precious and cute.
Your voice is so comforting! I watched this to unwind before bedtime. Thanks for sharing your journal with us. Just subscribed. ❤
Great video! So much fun to see your hobinichi! It is organized so beautifully and I love the art work and additions.
Thanks. You've motivated me to brush the dust off my hobonichi and actually write in it!
ahhhhh Megan! Why is it that you end up explaining my issues more than the professionals can? "If there's any pressure at all then it's harder to keep up with it" (I'm probably butchering your quote lol) It's exactly how it feels. I try to organize my life like neurotypicals and then end up getting frustrated and ashamed at myself. I had printed out little habit trackers and the pressure to actually remember to check them off and THEN look at all the empty days...its terrible. Thank you for being someone of comfort in the times where I feel unseen. THANKS A TON
Thank you for sharing! You always explain your systems so clearly and I get a lot of ideas from your setups.
I really like your handwriting and your voice is soothing. I also like the layout of your pages. It's very thoughtful. Thanks for sharing this notebook!
I really like the way you use those margins, I think I will use that for my commonplace notebook too! Thank you for sharing!
I did my nails identically to yours (with a red tip instead of black) and it was one of my favourite looks! I think it looks fantastic on you, too! I hope you're doing well. You have a really soothing voice and you explain your thought process really well ^_^
I have loved your system for so long! I’m also an artist and i feel like it will help me be organized and creative at the same time! Thank you 💛
Thank you for sharing your notebooks with us. I found this really inspiring! I use margins, too. I find them so helpful for summarizing things so I can find information faster. I’ll probably be watching this video multiple times when I need some nice, calming vibes and inspiration to utilize my notebooks more. Hope you are well! ♥️
you have an exceptionally soothing voice, loving it
I've recently found your channel and I absolutely love it! I think your journals are beautiful! The way you format everything, what you include, and your penmanship is a true work of art! I have many takeaways from this vlog but one of them is rewriting an article - love that idea! I have a notebook where I copy quotes that resonate with me from books, movies, and or shows that I watch. Again, your penmanship is beautiful-simply gorgeous!! Thank you for sharing!
Michelle - art teacher in Illinois-USA
Your handwriting is STUNNING!!!
Hi just found your channel in love with your videos so calm and relaxing to watch when I'm having difficult days! adore this system I have just ordered a hobonichi techo A6 looking forward to getting back into journaling 💛
absolutely love this setup! it's simple yet functional ☺️
Loving this, I’ve had some pooli printed things fade really badly and have had to hand write over the top of them, hoping yours last better!
oh thats good to know! i’ll keep an eye on them. i was very sceptical when i read the claims because i didn’t think thermal could be *that reliable*
This is such a lovely video, Megan. I'd never heard of a commonplace book before, and have since done a ton of (really satisfying!) research on the topic and how I might incorporate it into my art practice. Thank you for sharing your beautiful and carefully considered method!
these. nails. I'm in love! They look so good on you! :)
Wow. I'm amazed how you can copy full articles and write them out by hand. Does it hurt to write down so long stuff?
(I have a book journal, and even copying a paragraph is so painful and tiring)
I am not her ,but I do the same thing. And it does a bit but the end result is worth it. You are so proud of yourself after having been writing for so long
i do this too xD
Thanks for sharing, that's a really nice system!
Love seeing how people use their Hobonichis! Re: index dot stickers, have you seen the pastel dot stickers from Paperchase? I absolutely love them!
Oh gosh, I bulk bought a previous iteration of these stickers when I saw they were discontinuing them but now there are NEW ONES I must have them 😁
@@kat_marie_b The pack with dots and stars is pretty good value, and has some new shades!
calm and peaceful. that was interesting. thank you for sharing
Amazing notebook. ♥ And at 18:10 - omg, this is from my country, from czech book ''Dášeňka". 😍🥺
Love love love love these videos!
I love love love your videos !! Thank you sm !!
I noticed that you write notes about your drawings. How do you plan your drawings ? (Hope that makes some sense)
Great video!
I am obsessed with your nails !! 😍
I must confess that I have stolen your dot and margin method. I was already going back on my writing and adding extra notes and expanding on ideas but in a messy way, between lines and on any space I could find. Then later I would go back to find something and I would just basically be unable to find it, and the messy pages would often make me not want to look back.
It works nicely. I don’t think I could use a dated planner because I don’t plan, I just journal and sometimes I can go weeks without it and write 15 pages on one day, so it would be a waste; but the dots and margins work perfect. And I will allow me to have one notebook for all the things I do, instead of buying several for different purposes, I can be organised in one place now. I do book journaling, life journaling, common-placing, and sometimes I do write plans and ideas… so, the dots work perfect!
And as a fellow neurodivergent… yes… pretty and functional is a need.
Love yours handwriting. Nice system.
Thank you so much for sharing your notebooks. I watched your original notebook video years ago which changed how I viewed journalling and helped me create my own system for managing my anxiety and mental health ❤️ would you possibly share your stardew valley reference docs please?
Never heard of a commonplace book before. I shall be looking into it a bit more 😊
I don't mean to get off topic but your voice is very soothing. You could read a phone book and I'd find it entertaining. Have you ever considered doing an audio book reading? Perhaps starting with short stories? Just a thought.
team functional and pretty 🙌
loved this video :) do you have a link for the first article in your commonplace book?
thank you! and of course, here: www.idler.co.uk/article/72873/
what printer do you use to print off little pieces for your notebooks? do you recommend it?
poooliprinter - thermal paper
I’d love to know what pen your using I write very small aswell and your pens thickness is so pleasing to the eye I need larger pens or I lose everything and need them for my hands aswell !! Loved the video as always !!
The column (margin) and color codes are useful.
I agree about margins!
Yes. I didn't really occur to me to draw in margins until I saw Megan's work but now I can't go back. It looks so much better and makes it so much easier to find things. I tend to use them to write a quick note about whatever the giant ass paragraph I have written is about, that way I can just skim the margin for the topic I am looking for.
So pretty!!!! What pen do you use to write in it? Thanks!!
What pens do you like to use?
Where do you buy your hobonichi things from?
stardew valley! i love your diary :)
Merci pour ce témoignage de l'utilisation d'un Hobonichi. je pense utiliser cette page en template.
a voz e o jeito de falar identifico a Dove camaron
what is the second notebook called? the yellow one
OMG, how do you write so 'small', that's amazing?
Can I know what’s the name of the printer mentioned at 8:53? Pauly Printer?
“poooli printer” ! www.poooliprint.com/ ♥️
where do u get stickers?
hi i've been subscribed to your channel for ages now and so pleases you've come back...
10:00 minutes in and i was thinking, when you said you don't use the back pages much....the my 100 could become 100 things you'd like to do {like very small little goals: baking biscutes or a cake and taking it to a age care facility, teaching wednesday ??? , going for a day trip somewhere, sleeping in and watching/or listening too?, taking 30 days to learn a new language with no commitment of continuing after that if you don't want too, a good habit you'd like to add to your lifestyle etc...} it could be really fun
and
hi, i hope you are okay ! i wasnt sure where i'd be most successful in reaching you so im likely to reach out in many places (youtube and instagram) i was wondering if you felt it was okay for someone, not autistic (me, as far as i'm aware i'm not) purchasing your tote bag from your shop ! i love ot and ive been searching for a new tote bag but wasn't sure if i was perhaps ignorant or overstepping some boundaries for those who are autistic. in short, do you think it'd be wrong for me, someone without autism, to purchase your tote bag?
thank you x
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