MAKING A CHANGE TO MY SYSTEM?
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- Опубліковано 12 лип 2024
- I am not usually someone who jumps from planner to planner. That actually makes me anxious - I thrive on routine and keeping things predictable. But sometimes you may need to make a change… and I’ve found that when you need a change it can be really easy to succumb to the new hotness in the community. I actually am in this situation right now and thought it would be helpful to you all to chat about how I recognized this situation and made changes.
🎥 IN THIS VIDEO 🎥
00:00 → Introduction
02:31 → Check In Regularly
06:34 → Abrupt Changes Can Suck
08:57 → It Might Take Time To Fix
11:53 → Sometimes The Grass Is Greener
20:14 → Final Thoughts
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I have stopped watching new releases from different planner companies because im so happy with my planner. Also, if I want to watch one to see, I mute the volume to let myself decide if I like it or not.
What planner do you currently use?
@@tamanresa I’m in a Hobonichi cousin and find it perfect for my needs.
That‘s a really good suggestion!
I did this last year, jumping fully clothed into the passport-size TN pool. It's a wonderful little planner, but it just isn't for me! I am back in my Weeks pool and welcome anyone who wants to join me, the water is great. ;)
My notion was a wasteland until I bought a good template. It was worth it, You have some gold nugget info here. You could seriously write a book from all your planner and introspective check in videos. I really appreciate these thoughful topics as much as your PWM videos. Makes me slow down and think. Thanks!
Getting off planner instagram was a huge help in getting me to really evaluate what works for me instead of what everyone else is using. It took many purchases over like 2 years to realize I am just not a 7x9 Vertical layout person. Horizontal, A5 seems to be my sweet spot. And it works for me! I love opening my planner and checking things off.
I have cut way back on watching planner decorating because I have bought way too many stickers that I will not be using
This is kind of why I keep around my stack of planner "exemplars." If I'm feeling the itch to jump (like, "Hey, maybe Happy Planner will work for me THIS time?"), I will pull out one and mess around with setting up a layout, and usually it either scratches the itch and I go back to what I was doing, or I actually do decide to move into a new planner.
Literally, just before starting this video managed to talk myself out of ordering a Hobonichi Cousin Spring Start… I feel called out 🤣 I am actually happy with my planners, am just fomoing 🤦♀️
Also, I think having a big change in my life sometimes necessitates a change in how I plan.
I am a "paper" planner person. I have a Weeks to carry around with me, I lost it for a week and had a total meltdown and that is a key to what works for me. I used a Planner Pad for years at work and finally decided this is the home planner and then put notes in my Weeks and problems solved. All appts are made in my weeks and if I accidently, forget to put in home planner not an issue, as it seems like double work but this is what finally works for me. Thanks for the lesson on planners and changes we need to work it out and I found a system that works for me........Bless you for your insights and sharing. P.S. finally realized I do not like decorations or anything just notes and scribbles.
I have moved away from carrying a planner in my purse I just use my phone and update my paper ones when I get home or get to work
Thanks. I needed this video today. I want through the “buy all the things” stage right after lockdown, mainly because I found the planner community during lockdown, and once everything opened again and I could touch “all the things”, I thought I needed all the things. Then I found you and your consumerism videos and “no buys” and the “ball dropped “ so to say. Yes I am in a no buy year for “ all thing stationery “ and it has helped. I loved your statement about how my life circumstances change and then so does my planning. My mom died in November 2022: my life has changed drastically. I was her caregiver for the last 7 or so years and especially so since my dad died a little over 3 years ago. My planner has so much empty space now. I have so little to do being home every day, it is hard to motivate myself to do anything let alone open my planner. Anyway, thanks. I now have so food for thought and I much appreciate it.☺️
That hypothetical new job situation you mentioned is LITERALLY happening to me right now. I ordered an April-start Cousin for my big new government contractor job that will be project focused instead of task-list focused like my current part time gig that fits nicely in a Weeks. And I splurged on a cover so I could secure it shut and protect any sensitive info I have in there.
I have been in 3 planners this year. I really wanted a daily with hourly timelines. I work retail and work a different schedule and sometimes late schedule. I kept looking at the hobo cousin and finally gave in. It has been perfect. I have switched things a couple of times, but found my rhythm. I use weeklies for planning and my daily for journaling and record keeping.
I love that weeks spread... it is just too big for me to carry to work and back home.
I tried hobo last year for same reason I dont know why it didnt work. Now I am in a commit 30 planner which gives me time lines but wayyy less expensive
I've recently realized that my work planner that has been perfect for three years, doesn't work at all with my new position and I find myself rarely reaching for it. But I do still need a planner to keep track of things! So I think I'm going to go back through your planner reviews and see if something looks like it will work for my current needs (2 months in, I feel like I have a decent grasp of what I'll need); plus I can look at all the planners I skipped because they were Monday starts! First time in my life I've ever actually had a M-F job....
OMG! I had to stop to comment just a few minutes in! 1-yes, anxiety seeing people change planners for the 6th time this year. 2-i did fall for the hobonichi but I fell in love! It was the flexibility and portability I needed in my life that I found in the weeks. 3 - Love the potty mouth!!! This is the first video of yours that I have come across and I am now a follower!!!
I went with the Weeks because it is basically the same layout I was making in my bujo every week already, but in a smaller package. Also tend to go through journals pretty quickly, so having one Weeks that will last me all year saves me from having to do a lot of repetitive set-up work every few months. This is my second year and it's still working for me.
I drool at the weeks, but ultimately I need more structure and space because of my life right now. I am thinking about switching to an academic calendar when my kids are old enough to go to school
I actually bought the Hobonichi Weeks while we were on vacation out of state. I didn't have immediate access to my planners, and having the little thing in my purse felt good and I used it all the time. But now that we're home 🤷🏼♀, I realize I can get away with a mini notebook in my purse. I'm still working through my planner crisis. I really hope you're feeling better!
Your hair looks beautiful.
Last summer, I realized my system where I kept my home planner at home and used a b6 notebook to sort of ferry notes between work and home was not working. I also noticed I had too much room even when I drew a week on one A5 side AND that I was getting tired of drawing bujo boxes. So I purchased pre-printed inserts to fit the notebook (reasons I love discbound) - one week on two pages, horizontal with equal space for Saturday and Sunday. I also started using stickers just because the pre-printed pages were dull and needed color. All functional - boxes, to do stickers, day and date and lately Hebrew dates and reminders - but also colorful. There isn't space for anything but functional, but enough for events, to do lists, meal planning and maybe shopping lists.
Plus, it's still a notebook. It's half dot grid inserts and I can use it for longer lists and other sorts of planning or pre-planning. Just like a Weeks, but in really thick paper. Best of both worlds. (Appointments/future planning are all on google calendar, and transferred a month at a time.) Thus far, it's working for me.
I am looking at using a dot grid notebook and making my own planner than preprinted ones and that it would allow me to change things up
Absolutely yes for the downloadable-printable content offered or sold by many planner companies, it's so confortable to be able to try certain systems for a few weeks before deciding to invest (I did that for the Hero's Journal as my goal planner, and it worked beautifuly). As for my planning system, I use blank notebooks and draw my ideal planner myself in them (bujo style, but not with the bujo system, because I need an extremely structured organisation), which means I can implement little or drastic changes in my system progressively, particularly when I see something that seems to correspond to my needs in a content creator's video, like in your videos.
You, Cindy, inspired a LOT of life-saving changes with your content, as I'm also chronically ill and you solved a lot of problems in terms of life-health-work balance for me. I also saw a video by Rachel in theory where she explained that when she wants to change her planner system, she takes a blank notebook and draws the exact structure of the new one she wants to try, and uses that for a few weeks before buying it to make sure it will fill her current needs.
Thank you so, so much for those exploration videos, where you explain your thought process, it helps tremendously.
I felt lost with my planner last year. I wanted something that isn't out there - A5 daily, good paper, disc punched, no shading, the ability to change up the layout. Until I found what I wanted, I purchased A5 dot grid, 160 gsm, loose unpunched paper from Amazon. I punched it for discs. I thought I would just use it until I found something that fit my needs. Well, it has been over a year and I'm still using the loose paper from Amazon and it's working for me. I can use stickers or not. I can use really inking pens or not. I can use it as a daily or weekly or monthly. It's whatever I need it to be. I do purchase a monthly Eric Condren planner in January, for budget planning; but that's it. :)
I can't like this enough. Last week I admitted to myself that my current planner is not working, and this video helped me accept that it's a sunk cost (in terms of time and money) but I need to move on and get something that works.
I soooo needed to see this. I’m a happy planner and for most of 2021-2022 I was using the dashboard for my wellness but they decided to make changes and for 2023 I switched to a different style and it’s not working. I’ve been trying and it’s affecting other areas of my life and now I know, especially after watching this, what I need to do and I’m so thankful and grateful to you for sharing this. Thank you so much
I was going through exactly the same this year. I am now in my 3rd system which is making everything digital and in Notion. Like you, I had used it before but now really giving it a better try for everything in my second brain, journaling and planning. I get 2 hour infusions every 6 weeks because of rheumatoid arthritis so I can relate to trying to get things done one handed. I also don’t have a dedicated home office and badly damaged hands from the RA so lugging my chunky paper planner became cumbersome. so Notion definitely helps with all those issues I was having. I also like that I can set properties and decide once what/when something needs to be done and then on that day, Notion tells me what to do. I don’t have to plan as much every day, I can just start doing. I will check out jules’ business templates. I love her videos too and am a blogger for a side hustle. Hope you are feeling well!
Love your video, as always. Your hair looks great. I have tried multiple planners. I am currently using a discbound system of my own design. I have 2, one personal and one work. I am thinking of combining them. I just got onto Notion and love it. Sarra Cannon has a really great video about HB90 Goal Planning in Notion. She walks you through step-by-step. It was just what I needed to set up Notion.
I'm usually questioning if I am really content with my planner situation and I do sometimes switch to something new midway through the year. I'm usually using a BuJo because I can customize my pages to suit whatever I need. However, in 2020 and 2021 I fell down the consumerism/happy planner rabbit hole and bought all the things. But only ended up using it for 6-8 months, so this past summer when I heard about Cindy's project stashdown I pulled out the tote holding all the happy planner stuff and put together a planner. I started it in June and I'm still in it. I am customizing it to suit what I need and didn't buy anything except new metal expander rings this year. I'm still tweaking my process and my system. But I've managed to embrace the idea of being able to make this planner "my system" so that it serves me. And I'm pretty happy with myself for not buying a new planner in January, we have some big expenses coming up this year and we really need to save money.
OMG! I launched myself into the Hobonichi Weeks like a crazy person. Even bought a Gillio Appunto Zip for it. Love the Gillio, hate the Hobo Weeks. So many planners love it. I had to try it. Lesson learned. The Gillio is gorgeous and I use it as a wallet.
I am so tired of the new hotness…..so I have just gone to plan pen and paper with lines…..I have so many planner and I have wasted so much money which I could save and help pay off my loan. The new planner are not me….I am a plain Jane I such a librarian I even look like one…that’s what everyone I meet ask me. It’s a want to fit in in and trying to fit in. I am not a fit in I am PLAIN Jane…so plain paper and pen is me. It really feels so good and I LOVE it.
Thank you for sharing this reality in life! ❤❤❤❤ 😊
Love the always thoughtful insight and honesty you bring to the planner world - random comment - love the curly Cindy but do like the smooth/sleek hair on you too. Thanks for being real and fingers crossed for your new Notion adventure.
🙋♀🙋♀🙋♀ I LOVE planner hopping! I try to review as many as possible and try to stick with a couple all year. So happy to hear your take on making changes.
Cindy, what about when *nothing* clicks?
I was 'on planner' for YEARS. I tried lots of planners and the Happy Planner classic vertical seemed to work the best for me, especially since I could add 'stuff' to it with the help of my HP punch. I managed all the family stuff and schedules for the four of us plus check ins with aging parents and meal plans and all of that. I wrote and published and marketed novels and went to author events and conferences and scheduled freelance editing for $$. I planned and sketched out quilts (and designed, created, and sold a few patterns for them. I vented. I wrote reminders, notes, and brain dumps. I decorated pages and doodled and used washi. I had an HP planner for this, and a planner for that, and an HP mini dot-grid notebook in my purse... And on and on and on. Then, roughly the time Covid hit, it all collapsed.
I quit writing, creating, quilting, planning... All of it. I can blame some on menopause, some on the batshit insanity of politics then (not that it's slowed down much), some on Covid isolation and such, but DAMN. I cannot seem to get my 'planner groove' back. My marriage is fine, my family is fine, but I am an endless hot mess because I react to everything that comes flying at me, but plan nothing ahead of time no matter what planner I try beyond a wall calendar to keep the family stuff on so I don't forget a band concert of whatever. I have no schedule or goals or any thing to cross off my list, and I don't know what to *do*.
I'm no psychologist, but it sounds like you are recovering. Give yourself a break and rest, read, take walks, things that don't require planning. For the things that do require planning, get help, delegate. I think you probably have that nailed down, as you mention your family and marriage are fine (the ones who usually most suffer from a breakdown of planning).
Usually, when we have replenished, the desire comes back.
I am having similar issues, but it's my spouse and my job that are sapping my energy, so I'm working on how to take breaks and not feel guilty. We are also hiring a house cleaner, because that is my #1 reason for anxiety right now (aside from the aforementioned job and spouse). I figure baby steps are the right way to go!
Try giving yourself room to recover with some light planning.
just scrawling down your personal to dos as they occur to you on a notepad. Grab some highlighters and colour the ones are related (E.g. you have to be out of the house to do them) all the same colour.
Then consider timeblocking your week in the style of school classes. Tuesday morning I'll do the pink tasks at the store, Wednesday afternoon the green ones, etc.
Then the reactive stuff can go on the notepad list and timed for that colour (or do this all on your phone)
It's low stress and simple
P.S. I think perhaps you didn't need to plan everything you were planning and some of it had been taken over by the people you were helping. So your planning can be much simpler
I started with the amplify which I liked. But, I did buy the hobonichi cousin and I love it. It just makes me happy. I get excited about it.
I'm just loving your hair lately. The color is just so gorgeous and now that you are feeling a tad better (Hopefully) you are wearing it down more. Just loving it!
This is really helpful for me to hear today. We made a huge change with a cross-country move to get me access to better healthcare, and I thought we'd just fall into a flow, but it has not been like that at all. And now it looks like the stuff that would take me 9-12 months will take more like 18 months because it was just so much harder to get established and set up here than I thought it would. Thanks for the reminder that it takes as long as it takes.
I usually will print off a feee printable of the layout I want to try and do either mock spreads or real spreads and see if it works for me. I heard the tip of keeping a blank notebook and drawing the layout and using it to see if it will work for you.
And this is why I keep following you! 😊
I always appreciate the thought you put into the information you provide. I recently started using the Weeks because I finally accepted that I need a very portable planner, and really don't need the space in the one I was using that was not truly portable. It has taken me a little trial and error to create the layout that works for me but so far I think this may be a good choice. And I like the fact that I can change it up if needed.
Well this is timely.....I had been a disc bound planner until this year, when I bought a Passion Planner. I have been consistent in it from the beginning of the year and all I can think is....I miss my discs!! I was a HUGE Happy Planner person until I realized how much money they got from me, and also how I feel like I have "outgrown" the brand. Add the fact I am on a No Buy for planner shit for this year and I can see a perfect storm is brewing! I am sticking with my PP until I figure this out.......thanks for another great, thought-provoking video!
I just started using the PP, I’m hoping it sticks 😂
@@lkessler1 I like the layout pretty well...just not the binding. ...
@@jen-x-erplansstuff5407 Have you thought about cutting the pages out and punching them to go back into your discs?
I've been using a Passion Planner weekly since 2014 and started unbinding and putting it on discs a few years ago. That is fantastic to add flexibility into the system, including using Happy Planner tabs.
@@sarahschaeffer7025 Thought about it.....not sure how to go about it without totally destroying it!
Currently going through a big change buying a house moving to a new city and using an A5 for work and life. Been debating wether just to get a new planner to just track expenses and budget but new it was going to be missing things I need. Finally deciding to make change to separate work and life as I will be working from home and your comment about separation left an impression on me. I’ve been using an A5 to plan both work and life which had left out a lot of items. Made my checklist and going to make sure I get the planner that hits all the things I need for a new house with new finances and planning the way I’ve been wanting to but just don’t have the space in my current system. Thanks for the video it really made sense and helped clear up my decision.
Your art finally on the wall is a really awesome change for the background of this video!
suuuch a good video i appreciate you! ive been trying to get back into my planner system ever since lockdown and this is helping me think through the Why's and makes me feel a little less afraid of trying new things
Love your hair. You look beautiful.
I loved the water / beach sound in the background!
I love this!!
Great advice! Thank you.
Notion is the most amazing tool I have ever used for school or business!❤
I love your camera chats! Love listening to you discuss things, will you be bringing your podcast back?
I needed this video! Right now it's more than "not feeling" my current planner. I'm not working it because it's not working for me. I've got a lot of long term projects going on and the planner I purchased just isn't for it.
This is gonna sound lame - but thank you for reminding me I don't need permission to change something that isn't working when I have the money to make said changes!
Same here. Lately I have been using the Golden Coil and order for 6 months only. Change it around until I find the right setup for what is going in my life. Just ordered my GC in different setup to try it from July thru Dec. I’m a daily person setup.
I actually did switch to the hobo weeks planner in February. I had gotten to the point where planning just was not bringing me joy in my old planner. I had a gift card for Amazon and basically got the weeks for free to be my work planner. I was able to do some mock spreads for how I would use it for personal use and loved it. I bought the mega so that I could have my journaling and plans all in one place. It is perfect. My work planner is a standard and is working out good as well.
The influence is hard to ignore but I have gotten better at asking myself am I really going to use it and I may already own something else like it. When you find something that does fill the need you have it can be so rewarding.
You look so good! You must be doing something right! 👏👏👏👏
After flip flopping from planner to planner (and spending more then I care to admit) I settled on a Weeks for life and Cousin for work. The system just works for me. Last year was actually the first year I can remember that I actually completed a planner from start to finish. I think if i would have know what kinds of pens to use in a Hobonichi the first time I tried one, I would have landed on a Weeks much earlier on. Instead, everyone and their mother was talking about 160gsm paper and how wonderful it was, yet the layouts were terrible for what I needed. So, lesson learned. If they layout works, find the tools to make the paper work as well.
I am 100% experiencing this right now as well! I started the year in three bullet journals (one with my yearly/important/long-term spreads, one with my short-term/throw away spreads, and then a seperate bujo for my studies), and the A5 take a note planner as a journal. Then in February I realised that this setup wasn't working for me with with how much I needed to carry when I'm at college, so I went digital.
I'm now realising that I just don't relate to digital (though I'll keep using it for my studies, so I don't have to carry extra folders for all of the paperwork I get), so I'm now trying to figure out a system that will work for me. Most of my bujo experience has been only using one bujo at a time, but I go through new bujos SO QUICKLY, and have over 50 pages of stuff I need to add in JUST setting up a new one, that a single bujo setup also doesn't work for me!
Then add in my health struggles (which can affect my ability to setup pages when I need them), and the fact that predesigned planners are just too rigid and so don't work for me, and I feel like I'm living in a planner hellscape!
Great video Cindy ❤
This was a good thought session.
not a hobonichi plan but i do have a dupe. it is the hobonichi paper i hate! wrong texture, colour, tooth. i memory plan in a happy planner ... being retired i don't need a daily planner but a weekly works, plus i need a purse planner to keep track of my appointments and activities and my Mom's appointments (she's 87 and is pretty healthy for her age)
I would love a hobonichi but can't spend that kind of money on a planner. Trying to make it with using a passion planner weekly but want some daily journal aswell. I think I'll use my passion planner daily as inspo and make some kind of very simple daily Bullet journal layout it a notebook for now, and use the passion planner for some memory keeping
This video came at the perfect time because I'm feeling bored with my current system, and considering changing it up. Now I have to take a good hard look at myself and see if it's because I like this new planner insta spreads and I want to emulate them or if I'm just inspired to make changes in my life for the better.
I was going to just do leuchtturm this year but I succumbed to the vertical happy planner. I'm not completely satisfied with it and still use the leuchtturm for the weekly and quarterly review 😀
HAHA! Hobonichi Weeks train rider here. I have used rings with hobo weeks inserts for years as a daily carry. I didn't want the bulky rings anymore, so I went for the weeks. The paper didn't bother me as much as I thought it would. So, yeah, me too, sorta. I don't need larger anymore as a mostly retired person, so it was a good planner for me.
I recently started doing daily logs and to do lists and I’m glad I did it. I don’t do anything with it other than just make a to do list and use my dot pen markers that I spent a bit of money on
✋🏾before you begin, wishing you planner peace and a smooth journey. 🙏🏾
I remember when I started bullet journaling and I was only 2-3 months in and I knew that I had stuffed up my note book just a few too many times. I was pissed! I knew I needed to get a new notebook, but that meant I’d wasted money (maybe $12AUD) it was cheap, but it was the principle. I bought my first Dingbats notebook book, had a few of them, then moved onto A&O. Personally I’m glad I kept with bujo and didn’t go back to regular planners, but I’ve loved watching you talk all about them for years now 😅
Feb sucked into the Hobo Cousin vortex. Love it too ❤️ love your hair!
Great vid btw. 👍
I’m still firmly in my first Hobonichi Cousin 😂 It actually is my “everyday carry”, but I only take it to the office and back with me.
Ha! I jumped on the Moleskine pocket train and discovered that I really REALLY don’t like the *paper, but it was cheap and I’ll probably use it as a notebook, as it fits in a pocket, and it was only a back up planner.
*sacrilege, I know!
I’m a big junk journal artsy person, so it’s notebooks and a5 binders for me!
I have gone through this a lot. I am a big Hobonichi person (I have been using it for 5 years now, I can prove it! I have the PENS from the Japanese website LOL) but I still STRUGGLE with it all the time. I LOVE the weekly view on my Cousin (A5) but I don't need all the space for the dailies. I looked at the H&O, but the extra monthly goals and stuff just scratches on my brain... and I am not really happy with the paper. I loved the Weeks, but I outgrew that.
So I stay with the Cousin and I try to make it work and not loose my mind when I can't use all the space on a page...
I added a Weeks TYPE book for work -- this one is a VERTICAL columnular view which I like, and the small space makes me feel like I actually HAVE a life... and I like that...
Have you looked at KINBOR instead of the Cousin? It’s not TRP but it’s thin paper, it’s the monthlies and weeklies without the dailies. And it’s way cheaper. It’s really quite awesome. I have some videos on it to see it in person. It’s a cleaner layout which I prefer too. Just a thought. Not to influence spending but just inspire an option for the future that is more cost effective and also lighter to carry if needed since it doesn’t have the dailies.
@@JustScribble yes! That’s the “weeks” dupe I got! Next time I might get one of their bigger books too
@@MacMoonie wonderful! I think their dupes are so nice. So much more functional space and a way better price tag! The A5 (time tracker I think it’s called) is awesome 👏🏻 I actually have one on the way to me for 2023. I’d held out but wanted to snag one after all.
Please do a video about stugling to sit down and plan every week. Like I know life would go so much smoother if I do but other stuff always fills that space.
Hobo? Not I. 😂 glad you are aware of the necessary changes and hope the situation you choose works good.
LOL, I jumped into the Hobonichi pool several years ago with the Weeks, which only lasted me about 3 months. I didn't like the restriction of the teeny little daily blocks for each 7 days. Before that, I had been using a pretty Ryder-like Bullet Journal in an A5 notebook. My older sister's medical situation had gotten more complicated and I was not just her transportation to assorted appointments, but needed to help her remember to take an array of meds each day, run errands, etc.
Today is her birthday. She would have been 89. So it's interesting that this topic came up today, because my period of trying stuff out came right after her passing in December 2017. First came the Weeks, see above. Then a few trials of more scaled-back bullet journaling in assorted a6's. Finally I figured out that I wanted someone else to draw the d**n monthly calendars for me and that I had way too much stuff in my habit tracker. And that I hated copying some lists over from year to year. I had already split off my personal journaling into a separate, larger notebook. So that's how I ended up with the ideal setup for me, that I've been using since 2020: an A6 Hobonichi Day-Free, which has the monthly calendars I crave and 171 numbered, gridded pages. That, plus a plain gridded A6 to contain random lists and project notes, and the A5 personal journal.
For now.
I agree with you about the grass being sometimes greener. I saw the hobo cousin a couple of years ago and thought it could solve all my problems. But, like you, I thought maybe it's just FOMO and it was just trendy. It stayed in my mind though and even thought I bought other planners which were cheaper, I ended up having multiple planners that were each working a bit or for one thing. Finally, I just bought the cousin and it turns out, I was right. It solved all my issues. I should have bought it years ago. It would have saved me money and time.
I'm having this issue atm. I think a Cousin could be my planner peace, but, I have TONS of sticker kits that wouldn't fit! 🤔
@@maryannschuetz5155 you can make stickers fit. I’m a believer that stickers can work in any planner. Just need to tweak how you use them or cut them 😊
@@maryannschuetz5155 I thought the same way. But it turns out that for the most part I can make them work. granted the boxes don't fit but I can use them in the daily section. Same with date headers. The rest seem to work out - some i need to trim but mostly it works okay.
@@stephanieplansandreads Thank you so much for the info....I think! 🤣🤣🤣 (I do believe I'll be going to the Cousin in 2024 then).
@@JustScribble You are SO CORRECT❣
I had to literally hold my own hands and breath slowly to not buy those botanical illustration hobonichis with the matching shitajikis. Hot damn. But I'm really liking my jibun techo
First off: I made a switch from last year to this year. I did not want to carry around 3 planners. I was using the Jibun Techo weekly and the JT Days for my thesis planning for uni, and a weeks for EDC. This year I decided to try the cousin, because it is one book. I wanted a lighter planner than the passion planner I was using, because of a shoulder injury, and my backpack was too heavy. I even bought a smaller laptop than I was used to for all this to take to Uni, ditched text books and paper. I am happy with my system now. However, once I am unemployed what will happen, being an American in Denmark, and older on a country where you put your birthdate on your resume, I do not think I will be able to find a job easily. So maybe the cousin will be too much for me then.
Secondly, I love plants vs. zombies, and introduced my friends 12 year old to the game, however I recommended to her parents to get the pc game, instead subscription based iPad game
I’ve found one of my biggest issues is when I keep seeing multiple people with the same new shiny and I start to want it.
I finally realized that I only need a bullet journal and that's it. And I rarely change the format that I draw out the weeks, etc. I used to use a printed planner and all the stickers and everything. And then I realized that I'd rather make the journal that I want than deal with something I was only moderately satisfied with. But of course I now have like a million stickers and washi tapes that I bought back then and am still working through. My goal is to eventually get to zero or as close as possible on those, and then just use markers and pencils and whatever to create the planner that I want from then on.
I totally tried both a Cousin and a Weeks (well, actually three of them 😅) but finally had to admit that I hate the paper. Ghosting, bleeding, pencil board who? I need paper that can take markers, stickers, and watercolor paint so I stick with my Ink and Volt goal book. It’s nearly indestructible. For funsies I’m also trying a Jibun Techo for routine/schedule building. It’s very compact but the paper is excellent so I’m liking it so far. Planners with spirals or giants rings are a never-try in my book. 😊
I was influenced to go with vertical planning and last year got an undated ML six month planner which I’ve never used. Then I got a plum paper vertical planner which I’ve barely used. I think my happy place is happy planner. So I’m going to try it with ML six month horizontal inserts for home. For on the go I like DIYfish but need to remember to only use the trials cz I have personal now but am hankering for pocket size and bought a year’s worth of personal size.
What’s ML?
I agree completely about the FOMO desires on planners. I went down that road with 2 different versions and I now have 5 planners that I am terrified to touch afraid I will mess them up! So 2023 has been old standby: "DIY composition book planner". LOL I admit wholeheartedly I am a coward. 🤣
I'm looking forward to you doing a Notion video, Cindy. I know that as a person who works hybrid I really need a digital resource, but I am very much an "out of sight, out of mind" so I am really struggling. I put together a stickynote kanban board recently that made me feel better about prioritization, but it's at my office, not at home, so [aaaaaauuuuuggghhhh! /peewee herman]...
First, you look beautiful ❤️.
I have both Hobo cousin and weeks 🤦♀️ and I’m using neither 🤷♀️. Currently in a Passion planner and really hoping it sticks 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻. I’m still really struggling between weekly and daily planning…meaning I’m not sure which is the best fit?
I used to covet the standard A5 size in discbound, because I myself am in the discbound A5 slim and felt the A5 standard might be able to carry more info per page. Until I made a discbound A5 notebook and saw how actually big and heavy it can get. This is my own real-life example of the grass is greener syndrome.
I still have that A5 discbound notebook, though. It’s great as a notebook, but as a planner, it’s way too massive for me.
Yeah, in a total downward planner spiral currently. I half set up 4 different planners/books yesterday alone when I hit a wall of 'this just isn't working anymore, I can't do it'. I think I need to prioritize my needs better. I want a book that is archivable but I need the function of one day having a 3 item list to do and one day having a 30 item list, all while being able to see my schedule for the week and what tasks/meetings are scheduled on that day and what is coming up later and do they have tasks I need to do... As much as I want an archivable book, I have yet to keep one of my past ones so why am I making it so important a need? I'm currently printing some inserts to try disks again for the flexibility. At least I already have all the things from the last time this happened, lol, and I bought all the things.
This sounds exactly like me.
It’s funny because I found and used Hobonichi for several years even hosting large bulk order purchases for a dozen or so people and coordinating it all. But realized that none of the Hobonichi planners are a right fit for me. I’ve tried occasional since to make it work but I know it’s not right and so I’m not tempted to buy a cousin or weeks or Techo. I did actually buy 1 Hobonichi thing last week - the a6 weekly which is for a specific purpose and an add on to my wellness bujo/commonplace notebook for habit tracking. And I’m excited to try it but that’s it and I have no desire for the others.
I’m actually using a cousin right now while I wait for my new planner to come (recent job change means my planner I’m using for work isn’t the right fit anymore 😢 super sad because I love it so much but it’s not working for me and it must do it’s job) so while I wait for my new planner to arrive I’m using an old cousin from a prior year because it’s similar but I don’t like it. I mean I’m making it work but it’s not a happy place. But functionally it’s better than my existing planner so I’m making do and counting down the couple of weeks until my new planner arrives.
I’m not a planner hopping person. Partly because that makes me scattered and unorganized and partly because I tend to know what I need and want. But I am a firm believer you should change systems when yours isn’t working for you because it’s doing no one any good if it’s not doing it’s job in helping you do all your jobs as a mom, wife, coworker, employee etc.
Barnes & Noble and Books A Million had their 2023 planners for $2 and $3 about a month ago.
I bought a lot of different styles - most of which I had seen on UA-cam videos and people raved about. It gave me a chance to see them in person and see how the entire planner is set up. Most I did NOT like and I have torn out the paper to use for scrap paper (looking at you moleskein!!)
My planner system does work for me for the most part. I have huge handwriting and use happy planner big size. Needs some tweaking - happy with it over all.
I do use one of those $3 planners to keep in my purse. Use it strictly for appts only - nothing else.
So if I’m at the dr and they ask is this time good 3 months from now? I can pull out my small planner.
I would have 100% jumped for hobonichi weeks if I had the money to do it! Lol! Maybe one day but you're right it is everywhere
It cracks me up that this was the first video that popped up for me... I literally just bought a new Passion Planner for $3.14 for Pi Day. I am student teaching right now and it has really messed with my planning system. I was trying to use a different size (and different cover texture), and I hated it so I wasn't using it. I quit Erin Condren a couple years ago (pandemic controversy). I have had a Hobonichi Weeks (to carry around) for seven or eight years and I love them, but I do shift work (and full-time college) so I need to see my weekly "hours" at a glance. I tried MakseLife last year, and I loved the paper, but the coil was jacked up. Also, I don't have time to set weekly goals right now. If they made a vertical with just the monthly goal planning, that would be my jam.
Don’t be afraid to let Passion Planner be THE planner for you. I have loved my happy planners for a few years, but there’s always a new shiny one and I never finished one and that left me upset with myself. I started a daily passion planner last year and I loved it. I’m slowly moving it to be my “everything” planner and coming up for breath from all the happy planner craze.
@@bethanyscraftyside I really like Passion Planner, but I wish their paper was just a tad smoother (I like MakseLife's best). I have just found that I don't like the soft cover...I got the marble hardcover for this year, but the texture is weird to me, so I don't even want to touch it.
I have been in a Hobo Cousin for a few years. I just use it for personal and not work. Now that the kids are older and one is at Uni, I have so much less stuff to add to my weekly/daily. The Cousin seems too big and empty. Thinking of going to weeks or some A5 vertical planner.
Maybe I should just minimal bujo for a while
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Hahaha YES I jumped onto the Hobonichi bandwagon …. Waaaay back in 2016. Have been in there ever since and am never never leaving. It’s the memory planning system that keeps getting screwed - I can’t with the stickers and the washi and the sh*t any more unless I have me a decent thiccc paper and I am still looking for the ideal vertical planner with good paper in 1.5 inch columns …
I wanted a change and it drove me crazy. Trying to keep yp with the planner community was not good for me. Im using a horizontal planner from amazon and im the happiest ive ever been with wanting to use a planner.
I caved and got the Hobonichi Cousin, it was total FOMO. And now, I realize it's to much planner for me. I should have stuck with my BuJO. But now. I'm commited, cause I'm not throwing it away and will use something different next year.
I have several because I am trying to figure out which one I will use only come 2024. Right now I love Hobonichi Cousin and the Avec and I love wonderland222. I am set on the A5 size I tried the B5 but if I want to use stickers B5 is to crazy of a size. I have moved away from the Happy Planner and Erin Condren because they do not have a lot of space for me to add in my work stuff and my personal stuff. I am with you on using a 6th month planner so Plum Paper is great for that but I need a lot of space to handle work and personal stuff
This is a great video & I love your hair! I hopped on the hobo train last year. I couldn't make the cousin work for me and I was mostly in the weeks, but wasn't happy with the whole book. I hopped on the common planner train too. Didn't work. I finally figured out two things. 1- I can't do anything smaller than 5mm grids or dots. 2- It was the weekly layout of the weeks that I enjoyed. It took me about a year and a half to realize those were my two biggest factors. I have wasted so much money on things that didn't work. I also started using pocket moleskine this year to try it out and I liked it, but all of a sudden it was EVERYWHERE 🙄 and well that kinda made me lose interest a little. I haven't reached for it in over a week. I love bujo style in blank notebooks, but I just dont have the patience or time to draw everything, plus my OCD judges me hard core. I've about 85% (LOL) realized that TN's give me the best of everything. I can have whatever pre-printed inserts I want and bujo in a blank insert as well. I use a personal size for all the plans and I use a Cahier size for all the journaling and common placing. Hoping I'm settled. I always appreciate your take on things! Thank you for the perspective and I hope you are well! 🖤
I am currently waiting impatiently for a jibun techo in the mail, because a job promotion last month means I need an hourly layout for the first time in my life. The planner I bought last year just isn't helpful right now.
I just got my first one for a similar reason. The paper is outstanding; it’s what I wished the Hobonichi Tomoe River paper could be. Enjoy playing in your new planner, and congrats on the promotion! 😊
I’m a planner hopper big time 😅 😅😅
I use a bujo and every month I’ll change the weekly’s (I’m happy with the monthly’s rn) because I get so bored with the same layout. I would not be comfortable doing that in act other system because the price would rack up quickly!
What is the hobo pool you mentioned?
Ive been using Weeks for 7-8 years so I don't really follow things anymore, it's just my life lol
Did something big happen in the community?
Ive been using the Tul Planner system for years because frankly I cant find one I can #1 afford, #2 use effectively #3 IS NOT Spiral bound! So Im kinda stuck, I tried printing my own pages and found that didnt work for me either...
I say the grass may be greener over there, probably because they have more bullsh*t 😊
I cannot afford the Hobo.
Actually I'm the opposite. I want to try things, but not jump into the latest and greatest, so to speak. I want something sustainable, usable, friendly, cost effective, and made in America if I could find it. So I did not succumb to the Hobonichi thing...