2024 Planner Plans | What Did & Didn't Work This Year
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 มิ.ย. 2024
- What are your planner plans???
Intro 00:00
2023 Problems 01:31
TakeANote Overview 02:36
Hobonichi Cousin 04:57
TakeANote 09:50
Reading Journal 15:53
Pocket Journals 16:46
No Hobonichi Weeks 19:04
Conclusion 21:15
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Hobonichi cousin
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Muji Gel Pen 0.5mm
Mildliners
Tombow dual brush pens
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Q: Do you plan before, during, or after the week?
A: It varies from video to video, but typically I plan 2-3 times during the week and stitch the clips together. I rarely plan the entire week in advance or the entire week retroactively.
Q: Do you use all of these planners?
A: Yes and no. Every week, there is something in my life that takes priority over the others whether it be school, work, or something personal. Depending on the week, I select a few planners that will help me achieve my tasks! So not every planner is used every week.
Q: How do you get so much done in a day?
A: If you watch any of my journaling vlogs, you’ll realize that I have very poor sleeping habits and so naturally I’m able to fit more things into the day. It’s something I’m trying to fix but admittedly this is the only reason. - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
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I just want to say that you work sooo hard and if you did spend $700 that’s not our business and you deserve it. Thank you for everything! Your creativity brings so much joy.
Aww haha thak you Caitlin! It would have to be a dang good planner XD
I felt the same way. It still surprises me when people feel like they need to tell someone else about their budget. You are right- it is none of our business. and Helen and her team work so very hard and deserve what good things come their way 😍😄
I just thought the same thing. It is really an absurd how ignorant people can be 🤯
I thought the same exact thing!
Welcome to business 101: the channel caters to people that can't afford more than 2 months of cable bills on a planner so sharing a $700 planner is not going to fit the demographic of the channel. That means goodbye income as they leave because it is too far out of range. It also says people who support the channel to help are less inclined to do so. Less views equals less money, less sales, and sitting with a planner that hurt the business.
Honestly I wouldn't say a word to her, but the extra videos that play in the background or the regular views would end and I would find another channel that fit the demographic I joined for. It would be no where near the 1st channel I would have ditched for shifting from the demographic to showing off massive amounts of income as if that is the point of the channel.
Honestly I think that "it makes me happy" is all the reason you need. You don't owe anyone an explanation. You don't have to justify your decisions. People don't do enough of what makes them happy. Keep doing what brings a smile and let's you feel some peace or joy or whatever you call that good feeling that you get when you're doing what you want to do.😁💖
Ahh thank you, I so agree and it applies to everything! (well, every harmless thing haha)
TCMC is the Bentley of the planner community! We love you
I saw what you did there. 😂
I don't know what this means but I hope it's good 😭🤣
@@TheCoffeeMonsterzCo i think Bentley is a much loved, amazing quality, car 💜
Like a Bentley? yuck!
@@TheLinFamily808 just a play on those Bentley Instagram skits. Nothing dramatic.
I found that you said unnecessary a lot but then you said it makes you happy. So girl, there’s no shame in how you do what you do to make you happy. Totally necessary if it works for you and makes you happy. Thank you for sharing your ideas on how you’ll use your planners. Honestly made perfect sense to me. I hope it all works out the way you’re thinking.
AWE Thank you Jacqueline!!!!
Helen, I just want to express my gratitude to you and your team and what you’ve accomplished over the years. I have been watching you for about 2 years now and it’s amazing to see how far you’ve come. I await for these Sunday videos because you inspire me so much to keep up in my Hobonichi! 💕
Omg this means SO much, thank you Kaylan!!! Won't miss a Sunday upload!!!
2024 is the year I am forcing myself to use only ONE planner. Its the hobo cousin. Just as you said, you really can fit everything you need in it so I feel it will be easier to keep it all in there.
I sooo agree! One of these years I'm going to just use one planner haha
Thank you for the disclaimer! I find a lot of planner videos have people showing excessive amounts of stuff, and it's hard to not get FOMO or inspired to try them out. I love your message of keeping within your own budget and DIYing things, while also allowing yourself to be happy when you can purchase something special. The Cousin is my dream planner, and one day I will justify spending the money to get one lol.
Your videos are so warm and relaxing and such a treat on Sunday mornings. You inspire me so much, as I’ve recently returned to journalling after a long hiatus. It’s lovely to see someone young and tech-savvy also embracing analog journalling so passionately. I’m much older than you, but I’ve gone back and forth from digital to analog many times. I just purchased my first beginner’s fountain pen, a Kaweco Sport, and am anxiously waiting for it to arrive. Your love for fountain pens helped me take the plunge. Thank you for being a warm corner of TH-cam. ❤
Omg thank you so much!!!! I'm so glad you found journaling again
@@TheCoffeeMonsterzCoThank you, Helen. I hope that 2024 brings you all the happiness you deserve.
indeed, every brain works differently and you need to try different planners to know which one is best for you.
as a user of hb weeks, I just want to thank you for the tiny icons you created this year and which fit so well into small space.
I hope 2024 brings you the best, you deserve all the luck and happiness in the world. Un abrazo desde Barcelona
I'm so glad you like the tiny icons!!!!
This was so satisfying to watch. An it’s so cool that you’re trying new things for this upcoming year of 2024. Also don’t feel bad for not connecting with hobonichi weeks;it isn’t for everyone. For me I love it an gives me something todo;as well I don’t have to stress about writing to much in it. I have my line up for 2024!! It’s hobonichi weeks,5 year hobonichi,and weekly pocket Moleskin. I can’t wait to use them all.
Thank you so much!!! Oooo I have been thinking of a 5 year hobonici too!!!
I enjoyed my cousins for 2023 however for 2024 I went with the sterling ink planner. I like that it feels like a planner and a bujo in one. With the tomoe river paper.
I'm a hobonichi cousin girly through and through, but absolutely love watching how other people use them. I only carry two other bullet journals outside of my cousin and my cousin is the "HOLY GRAIL KEEP ALL" with everything in it
It's perfect for everyyyyything! I think maybe for 2025 I will challenge myself to stick to just 1 planner haha
If people want to spend their money, more power to them. I love being able to see what all of the different planners look like and there's no way I could afford to do that
I love the cousin too but this is my first year using it and compared to dupes it’s not that much more expensive I have weeks also n kinda wish I wouldn’t have made that purchase but I will have to think of some way to use it next year it will be either the hon or avec
I'm so excited for you! I hope you love it
@@TheCoffeeMonsterzCo I do the cousin is perfect!
Yes, I seem to switch it up every year. I went from a LEUCHTTURM bullet journal, to a hobonichi weeks, to an a5 slim jibun techo plus the daily version (which I only kept up with for half the year). This year I bought the b6 compact common planner but I’m having last minute aspirations towards the midori Hibino. Planner peace is hard. Much love from Texas.
It really is hard!!! I ope you enjoy your planners next year!
Hi Helen, I also split my planner and diary into 2 books. The planner is just for planning and tracking, which I may discard after; and the diary is for personal thoughts, memories, dreams, book reading, psychic tarot reading, commonplacing, basically all the stuff that I’m more likely to keep. How I’ve solved the space issue is using the disc-bound Happy Planners, so I can add pages wherever I please. But I also really do love bound books as well. 🥰 Just something about books, right? 😊 For the diary, I use the section where you would habit track on your book, as an index, so I can find the pages easier later. And for the diary monthly pages, I put fun stuff like what movies/shows I’m watching, what books I’m reading, music and artists I’m loving, fun places I went, notable people and things I’m enjoying that month, etc. Just some ideas for those pages for your personal journal 💛
I am so excited you uploaded this video! I’ve been wanting to see your full detailed lined up 🥰 I keep changing my mind and switched couple things again, but I think I am finally at a place where I’m content with my line ups 🤣
I absolutely love your videos and your choices for 2024. My planner lineup is extensive, but I like to keep everything in its own compartment. LOL I can’t wait for your future videos!!
Dear Helen’s Dmers questioning her spending choices. Please don’t. Ever. If Helen chooses to spend $149877 USD on anything at all, that is up to her and not you. I know you mean well and it’s probably totally unintentional, but it happens to be rude into the extreme.
Thank you so much!!!
Bahahaha it would have to be a dang good planner! Most people were moreso understandably shocked, but I got a few... hostile messages XD
This year I used a Hobonichi Weeks as my planner and it really served me well because I don’t usually do much, my days are pretty repetitive, but I like to keep track of my days and plan ahead, and I really loved using it. But for 2024 I’m going back to the bujo (will use an A5 Leuchtturm), because I adore the bujo and it’s the best method for me. For daily journaling I will use a Hobonichi A6 original (only monthlies and dailies), because once again I don’t do much but I love journaling and want to keep track of my crochet and embroidery projects (beginner here). Let’s see if this lineup serves me well! Happy Holidays Helen, your lineup sounds great (for me it would be hard to use so I admire you for keeping up with that)!
I love the consolidation. Thank you for sharing!!
Thank you for explaining the process for which you chose your line up Baby Bear. Love you!!! ❤❤❤❤❤
I'm using an A5 Take a Note for the first time this year. Looking forward to how you use yours!
Yayy we will figure it out together!
It really made sense to me. I have looked at the Take A Note planner before and it didn’t work for me but I’m looking forward to what you do. Thank you for your inspiration! I love watching you and listening to you ramble!
I scored big last week & got a 2024 Hobonichi Cousin for $36 on Atlas Stationers. They are out of stock atm, but keep your eyes peeled! It’s a great price & they shipped within 1 business day❤
P.S. - Hiiiiii Helen🥰
Oooo that is awesome!!!! I hope you love it
Thank you for always sharing your thoughts like this ^_^ My planner this year is the same and new - sticking with the Day-Free Hobonichi but adding a Weeks specifically for my language learning. I"m excited to get started already 😊
Watching your videos has made me want to switch to the hobonichi cousin for such a long time. I've been using the weeks for the past few years and will be switching to the cousin for 2024! I'm really excited to use the cousin for the first time. ❤️
I hope you love it!!!!
I am so looking forward to getting the purple Emoti notebook. I will use it as my TCMC orders book. So I can keep of my wishlist and what I have ordered. Love the videos. Look forward to them every Sunday.
OMG!! I'm so happy that you got the TakeANote planner! I switched this year from the hobonichi cousin to the TakeANote planner
We'll figure it out together!
I saw the notification and I super excited 😊
Thank you so much for sharing.
I love these types of videos! It gives me good ideas for planners I’m thinking of using😅 I liked your idea of using a planner for tracking personal life things and I’ll be doing the same next year more as a habit tracker! I’m going to be using a Sanrio weekly planner for that because I wanted a cute planner for something so mundane lol and I’m still looking for a good school planner but I need to wait to see my next schedule to properly decide! Anyways, have a lovely week ahead and I hope you like your new planning system next year❤
I will be using the Cousin for everything and I will be using a Weeks strictly for meal planning and grocery shopping list
Oh that is a wonderful idea!! Grocery list on the right notepage!
a fantastic review, I loved the video ❤❤
"Questioning my spending choices" oh boy, you are a kind soul. I can imagine how this questioning looked like. I do not encourage anyone to buy stuff all the time, because in the end we really do not need that much, but YOU- you are using everything very mindfully, everything has a purpose, so for you I say: get everything you want! All the best for 2024, Janette
Gah thank you Janette
I adore TAN planners. They are just lovely!
This actually helped me a lot to figure out how I want to use my planners. I have a bullet journal that I haven’t finished yet but still plan to use, but I’m also using a bigger brand new journal for this year too. The way you explain how you use your journals is so so helpful! Hope you have a great new and thanks for sharing your setup with us! ❤
I have some times daylies I dont use at all so I use them for the moments I dont have enough space on the current day
I used the hobonichi weeks since November last year and put it in a travelers notebook with other inserts. I need a vertical weekly system however for keeping track of appointments so I have ordered a TN weekly insert to use instead of the hobonichi weeks, but I love the tomoe river paper. If I don't end up liking this system, I may go with the weeks system, but I need a place to keep work and personal notes and keep track of my finances. Thanks for your videos. I love your art and ordered several cute stickers yesterday.
i am using an EC focus weekly vertical planner this year for my daily planning. i just missed the size of the vertical layouts and after setting it up and looking at everything i may try an hourly planner in 2025. we'll see. but i'm also using a b5 A&O black out doted notebook for my reading journal. that serves as my creative outlet for now and keeping track of what i read all year. and finally i'm using a Moleskin doted notebook for my budget planning which is VERY minimal especially for me.
My 2024 lineup
Audrey Okeya TN sized notebook
Gratitude
Hobonichi Cousin Avec
Main planner/journal
A5 A&O notebook
Morning pages and writing journal
Passport notebook
Weekly overview/currently pages
Random lists of books, to buy, music ect.
Wonho Season's Greetings planner
Memory keeping and fun
TCMC pocket
Commonplace book
Quotes or thoughts about media consumed
It feels like a lot to me now, especially since I'm not a very busy person. Check back in 6 months to see what I actually kept up with. ❤
Love your plan!!!! So many fun planners to play with hehe
Thanks Helen for your video. I'm excited for your new line up and to see how you use everything in 2024!
Mainly for me, the Hobonichi Cousin again this year, but I will change some of the ways I use it. I have taken notes in it for work meetings and I realized that these notes need to be in a separate book, so I'm going to use a plain Hobonichi notebook for that. No other changes to the Cousin.
I also added a Weeks for things like grocery lists and and travel expenses tracking and as a 'capture' tool for random ideas and thoughts on the go, because I can carry around to it more easily than the Cousin.
Thanks for inviting us to post about our 2024 lineups!
Helen, I love your thinking for the Take a Note planner. I now wish I had bought one of those instead of a different planner for my personal journaling because once I received it, I realized it won’t work for me. However, for the cost I need to make it work.
You will do great!!!
I started using the hobonichi weeks 3 years ago after using a techo a6 and cousin on and off, not being able to find the perfect size for me. After I saw a spread you did in the weeks, I ‘copied’ the layout to try it out for myself and it’s been working so perfectly, it will probably be my perfect planner until I get married / have more things to keep track of. So thank you!! Glad you are able to find something new for yourself, I hope it’s going to work out, but there will always be more options in case it doesn’t 🥰
I love everything you do! You are incredibly talented! Thank you for your beautiful videos!!! ❤😊
Ahhh thank you so much!
So good!!!
Finally finished my lineup for this coming year and I've decided to use a Hobonichi Hon (cat and me colorway) as my everyday planner and journal. And adding an a6 (inspired by you!) to supplement pages. I'm also using a muji undated planner as a language planner for Japanese and Korean!
The cats cover is SOOOO cute!!
I love this kind of videos. It’s nice to see what works and what not work and other kinds of planners that I didn’t know existed… last year I had both hobonichi cousin and a6 and weeks to explore (that’s before I become pregnant). So I have so much time journaling in the cousin and calligraphy and I was testing a6 for maybe some calligraphy/quote writing- but it didn’t really work much. But the cousin I love for journaling and memory keeping plus todo list… I had the weeks too but I didn’t know how to really use it in 2022… but when I gave birth on Sept 2022, I realize I won’t have so much time with the big cousin. So for 2023, I realize to just get the weeks to condense my planning and some journaling. And it worked. I struggled to find my rhythm in the beginning of the year but I found my flow eventually. And now for the 2024 set up, i still love the weeks and want to continue it, but I do agree that I didn’t like the unnecessary quotes in the bottom, so I’m excited to be getting sterling ink weeks the mega one, and a6 this time for my prayer journal which is something new I want to try. 2 is enough for me having 2 little kids around the house.
I loved seeing which planners that you’re using this year and it makes sense to me. I always love seeing all of your doodles. Thank you so much for sharing this. Love you ♥️😘
Love you more Charissa! Thank you for watching!
Always a great day when you post a video! You got me started on my journaling/planning obsession, and I recently purchased my first ever fountain pen and am loving it. Can't thank you enough for all the work you put into the shop and creating videos for all of us ❤I'm changing up my line-up next year; going from a hobonichi cousin to bullet journaling in a Takkti notebook, and daily journaling in the hobonichi yamazakura notebook!
Thank you for watchingggg!!! And no need to thank me at all
I love all of your videos especially these ones where you go in depth about what did and didn't work :) So excited for what you have planned for the new year! By the way, where do you buy your Hobonichi planners (Amazon, or do they have a website)?
adore these kind of videos and it was so interesting to hear you talk about what worked for you or didn't and all of the changes you're making
Thank you so much!!
Love this! Thank you for taking us through your thought process. I will be using a Hobonichi weeks and cousin for the first time in 2024 as well as a few other supplemental notebooks, so this has helped me clear my mind about it all. I imagine the first few months will be the big test for us all!
Ooo excited for you!!!! I hope it's the perfect system
Love the take a note set up! 👀👀👀 I’m definitely intrigued by it
I'm so excited to dive in!!!
I adore what you do, and you are so incredibly transparent.
Buy my gawd people, stay in your lane! You shouldn't have to justify your spending, especially when it's coming out of your pocket only.
Lovely lineup Helen and great ideas to combine and simplify but also balance that with what brings you joy. Your spreads are always #goals. I shared my lineup recently too. The W222 A5 unstacked all in one is my main everything planner. It’s similar to the Cousin but bundled and with added functional spreads I love. The Franklin daily will be my work planner and I’m very excited for it.
I need to look into the Wonderland planners!!
Thank you so much for watching!
Helen, you’re amazing ✨ I really loved the thumbnail you made for this video 🤗 Here’s to 2024 🥳
hehe thank you Michelle!
I’m always impressed with how well you keep up with multiple journals. For that thank you. You provide me with ideas and inspirations. It just makes me want to keep on planning.
Awww this means so much, thank you!!!
I'm currently using the Sweet Freckled Designs Weekly Diary. I started it on August so it's gonna last until next July. I got my inspiration for how to use it from your videos. I'm seriously trying to improve my handwriting cause I love how your pages look with your amazing handwriting. It's been very rewarding to flip back the pages and see how far I've come and realize this all is my life. It feels good. In July I'm switching to the Coffeemonstezco Leuchtturm Pocket Notebook and for the first time in my life I'm actually trying to use it as the original bullet journal was meant to use. It's gonna be a journey of its own.
Awesome 😊
Thank you for all your hard work Helen (and thank you to the TCMC team!).
I decided to buy myself a Hobo Weeks for 2024 thanks to you and I'm so happy with it !
Thank YOU! I hope you love it!!!
I ended up buying two 2024 hobonichi weeks because I couldn’t decide what cover I wanted to use. So the cats one is going to be my book planner. Title and author on left side of page, and rating and review will be on the right side. Obviously I can’t read an entire book in a day so this journal will probably continue past 2024.
For my actual planner I will use the red hobonichi weeks. And for daily journaling I will be using an A5 daily moleskine planner.
For common placing notebook I have a partially used hobonichi techo. My plan is to start using up partially used planners and notebooks for common placing and just ignore the dates in the old planners. I’ve started covering up the old dates with pieces of washi tape so I am now utilizing some of my supplies that have accumulated as well.
So that is my current plan for 2024. As anyone who loves stationary knows, intentions can change at any time!😊
I also use a hobonichi weeks as a book journal! I converted the weekly pages to lists of authors, my TBR, DNF's and 5 star reads and I'm using the notes pages in the back for small mini reviews. I turned the monthlies into perpetual calendars by covering the days at the top and log daily pages read on the days I read. Different color pen for different years. It's a mega so I'm expecting it to last a few years. I love seeing different uses for the weeks since I can't seem to stop buying at least one every year.
I love the take a note! I used the a6 last year
I'm excited to play with mine hehe
❤❤❤ I always love ur vids
Didn't expect the ASMR 😮😊
I really enjoy hearing your thought process and how you plan to use your planners/journals. Thanks for always sharing and inspiring us 💕💕💕
Ahh thank you so muc for being here Ilana! What a lovely compliment
Love all the thoughts that went into your line up and completely understanding the struggle of combining vs separating certain aspects. I’m doing a Hobonichi Hon for my main squeeze 🍋🥰 I’m continuing to use a 2023 weeks until it is STUFFFFFFED as my health and fitness tracker/planner. I have a budget envelope system for finances. 😅 phew! AND….a tarot/spiritual planner. **and a Hobonichi 5 year in its 4th year!**
Hehe main squeeze
Love the sleepy cat sticker so much.
I love your planner videos and ideas for 2024 plans. It's good to switch things up every now and then! I used to be a hardcore bujo junkie, but creating all the spreads every month took too much of my time/energy. I'll be starting my wonderland 222 b6 planner for the 3rd year in 2024! Then for project planning and ideas, I'm using an A5 dot grid notebook. I use an A6 notebook for spiritual/gratitude journaling and another b6 notebook as a video game/reading/TV & movie journal. Yay for 2024 planner peace!
Thank you Karen, and I so agree about switching things up! I really need to look into wonderland planners!
I just adore the characters on your notebooks. We don't have those here in Mexico city.
Another cozy video! ❤ I just use a dot-grid notebook with at least 200 pages in it and of a pretty colour.
Keeping it simple, love it~
Thankyou so much for this video. I really struggled to keep up with my Hobo Cousin this year and hearing your acceptance about not finishing your Weeks helps me not feel so bad about my Cousin. So, thankyou for the peace of mind!
I'm glad it helped!!! I know all too well wanting each spread to be perfect!
Happy Sunday Helen❤❤❤
Happy Sunday Kimiko! Hope you have a great day!
Hi Helen! Thank you for sharing. I will be using the Cousin for the first time , I am actually new to the Hobonichi so I am so excited. Wondering if you will bring back the light purple notebook you show here and sold out on your website? Thank you so much for all you do, you are amazingly talented and such a joy to watch. Have a great day and an awesome 2024!❤
Omg yessss I hope you love it!!!! Unfortunately likely not as it was a collaboration :(( Thank you again for your support!!!
I look forward to seeing what you in the year ahead with these planners! I went for my first every Hobo, I got a weeks! Starting small and see how I go… maybe I’ll graduate to cousin next! Thanks for the inspiration as always!
Thank you for watching Anna!!! I hope you love it!
I posted my lineup in FB which you commented 😊. I have cousin, sterlingink commonnplanner and lechttreum. I like weeks but it was too small for me, although it is portable. I like Stalogy too for daily journal prompts but will try to do this on cousin like what you will do. Most of my inspiration comes from you, so thank you Helen! 😊
Aww I'm so happy to hear this, thank you for making my day!
The little Breaking Bad doodle in your pocket journal is the cutest thing I've ever seen Helen. 😭
I would love to see your latest pens used for your planners/journals.
Im using the TAN A5 as well! That and a B6 Travelers Notebook.
Oooo! Excited to hear how that goes!
i will miss ur old hobonichi cousin daily life spread which makes you unique, but i do love your new set up💛
Thank you for sharing your lineup Helen!
My lineup for 2023 was the cousin and a6 english - my cousin daily pages are basically blank although I filled up all the weeklies - my a6 was also an and on and off for me - I think my main use for paper planners are to memory keep and some visualisation of priorities/week ahead and it needing to be portable so for 2024 my line up is the Weeks (track things/quick jot down of highlights/gratitude/daily logs) + the a6 vertical weekly insert as I really liked the vertical layout. I do have an A6 HON that I got just because the cover was lovely... But I don't know how much use that one is going to have now...
May you have a great rest of December! :)
One day I really want to try the A6!!!! I hope you have a wonderful December as well!
Thanks for sharing! It's great we have so many options for planners. It's not really anyone else's call to question your spending choices, but I can understand the wonder of what would make the Take A Note planner worth $700 USD! 😂
Thank you Cory! I knowwww so many options this year!
I got the TAN and it's so nice
This year I'm in several journals: prayer, gratitude, reading, training and creative writing. I'm living in a Wonderland222 All in One planner.
I'm a new potato and have so many orders in! I can't wait to see how the pages fill!
Thank you for orderingggg! I need to look into the Wonderland planners!
Really love what you’ve been doing this year with the pocket journal. Thank you for this video, it’s always nice to see someone else’s process❤ I used a Hobonichi cousin for the first time this year and it was a perfect match, although I’m using the six months ones for 2024 because the Hobonichi gets too thick😅😂. Especially as a leftie it got a bit difficult towards the end of the year. I always use an extra Midori notebook to do more free personal journaling too. So excited for 2024!
Thank you so so much!!!
I'm glad you love it and it seems like we both migrated to the avec system haha
@@TheCoffeeMonsterzCo hope it works for both of us haha!😊
Thanks for explaining how you will be planning and journaling next year. I decided to go to the Sterling Ink B6 full year 2volume for my journaling and memory keeping as I found my A6 Hobonichi was a tad small some days. I also be Using a N1 for daily tasks etc and it is a compact version so I can keep any trackers, lists collections in it. It is also vertical so I will see how it goes.
The b6 is an awesome size!!
You need no justification for what you choose to do. Life is about trying things for you, not for anyone else, but through that you can share what you've learnt with others and that's exactly what you do and for that I am grateful.
I'm still trying to decide if I want the avec or if I want the cousin again for next year. I already have my A5 dot grid for my bullet journal next year and I got a 2023 weeks to re-date for next year :D
First, I want to thank you so much for all your inspirational videos. It's not just about how to plan, but how to think and how to be creative. In 2023 I started to use the Hobonichi Cousin instead of the Hobonichi A6 planner. It's worked out well for me because I have to track my family's apppointments and activities as well as my own. I use the daily section only for journaling. That said, I use a separate notebook for the books I read and movies/TV series I watch and note things I may need in the near future (such as for my book club). I'm planning on using still another notebook to learn or relearn languages. (I studied French, Russian, and Italian when I was young and forgot most of what I learned.) I will use a spare Moleskine to track my son's ADHD and keep notes on what works. Thank you again for all you do for us. It has been an honor to follow your journey as a person, a student, and a businesswoman.
Omg you are SO sweet, a belated thank you Sherry! I am loving your plan! And wow, that is a lot of languages!
Next year will be my first year trying out the Take a Note! I love the idea of it & the layout, so I’m excited 😍 the avec will still be my main planner, though. I’ve also had the hardest time this year trying to make the Weeks work for me, my brain can’t seem to….*do* it either!
Oooo excited for us to figure it out hehe. I so relate XD
I love how your pages look. The handwriting is so consistent. Very satisfying to look at. What pen do you use? I love how black the ink is. ❤
Thank you so much! I either use a fountain pen or the energel clena gel pen ^_^
Love your chatty videos, you have such wonderful ideas and love hearing your thoughts! Thanks for mentioning your can create different layouts in your bujo! I like how Mariane Cresp on her channel for her how I plan to use the hobonichi cousin planner video, photocopied some pages to test out different ideas. I think I like a planner or notebook for maybe fitness/meals and routines/goals and a commonplace book for Bible verses, quotes, notes, and poems/song lyrics .I am finding that structured planners might not work for me. It is like I need scratch paper. Yngrid Eilis has a video three lesson from a moleskine where she talked about having creative free space. I think that is way I like the bujo format. Seaweed kisses has a video my favorite everyday pocket notebook, where is uses a 1 door pen and gear notebook. So, I also like that simple idea!
I think it is a good idea to have less space to write so that it's not overwhelming. I hope it works out, and if it doesn't, at least you tried:) I would not be able to keep that many planners hahahaha for a few years now I've had a weekly (I am trying the Thinking of You book for 2024) where I write the events of the day and my appointments; and then I have a notebook where I journal when I feel like it. I wish I could keep a reading journal too, but my lazy-ass can't XD
Wow, I can't wait to see what next years brings. If you do get a pocket printer, I can't wait to see what you get. That is something that I've been considering, but never got around to. Part of me can't wait for next year, and another part is just nervous about starting things again. Doing things just because it makes you happy. I feel like that needs to be a sticker or something. The Hobonichi Weeks to you is like Hobonichi Cousin to me. I was able to keep up with it last year, but this year it just didn't work out for me. Thank you for sharing your planner plan.
For next year, I have 3 physical planner, and maybe one digital. I'm keeping my Hobonichi Weeks as my scribble, on the go planner. It was the first planner that stayed with me for most of the year, so I'm sticking with it for now. A Sterling Ink in B6 for journaling, like this year. Yes, I am behind, but I plan on working on that. It makes me happy to get things out of my head and put pretty stickers down just because I can. A pocket Common Planner for my language practice. I want to learn how to read and write Chinese (Cantonese, maybe some Mandarin too but that might be too ambitious). The one that I am really not sure about is the digital planner. I want to try to use it as a goal planner, and a way to keep all my appointments and stuff together. But there is something about physical planners that make it that much easier... I got the 2023 version of the Maske life digital planner, and want to try to use that system in my digital planner if I ever get around to everything...
I'm excited too!!! I will definitely keep you updated
amazingly enough, it was your videos that made me want to try the Weeks layout this 2024 because having an A5 is way too much space for me and I do not even have much to go on with both work and personal life.
I hope you continue still though to make weeks kits even though you don't want to continue with it. I love the week tabs alot. :D
Hahaha I hope you love it!!!! I will definitely keep making weeks kits!
@@TheCoffeeMonsterzCo I am coming from a square journal so I hope I do. 🥰
I'm learning what is going well and not well for me planner wise, unfortunately I won't be able to start it until 2025 because I'm realizing my 24 line up won't work well. Haha. And OBSESSED with the bear ears. Omgosh! Little Bork Bear ears!
I was inspired by your Hobonichi Cousin layouts and got the Common Planner in B6 to try it out next year, without the size commitment of the A5 size. So it's kinda funny that you're changing the way you use your Hobonichi. I'm trying to keep as much as possible into one catch-all planner without going back to discbound or bullet journals. (Though I have other notebooks for specific things such as recipes, reading journal, health journal etc.)
I hope it works well for you!!!! B6 is a great mid-size!
Hello. Your videos are always so inspiring and I love your characters. I'm thinking of starting the practice of commonplacing and I'd like to use something similar to hobonichi system to keep my notes and notebooks. But hobonichi is too costly for me, so I was wondering if there was a cheaper alternative I can use?
I love the take a note planner. Unfortunately, my brain functions much better with catch all bullet journal. I did have to split work and home into two different bullet journals because boundaries are important. The take a note would be an amazing memory keeping. I don't know how to make it functional for me.
Hi Helen 👋 first of all love your planners and the old and new layouts, you are always an inspiration to me. I wanted to ask you if you have any tips on starting to doodle?
Aww thank you so much Adriana! Doodle the things aroud you!!! Focus on big shapes rather than small details ^_^
I have one bullet journal (a Scribbles that Matter) that I try to keep up with. I do have a re-usable layout system that I'm working in my current one, and that is going well. I also will run this journal until it is full and then simply pick up with the next one - the pressure of trying to match up with someone else's idea of a spread, a week, a month, a day, AND make it a single year for one book is just too much 😅
I also added to the line-up in the past couple months a Leuchtturm that I'm using as a reading journal. Both of these will carry on to next year.
Oooo I need to look into those notebooks!!!