My 9-year-old son and I on marketing/branding: “Mama, are you listening to the Coffee Monsterz UA-camr again?” “Yes, baby” … pause … “She makes stationery things?” … “Yes.”… “I think she should call her channel Sleepytime Tea Monsterz Co.” … “Why?!” “Her voice is so comfy. It’d be more on brand.” 😂 xox Bettina
Yep it's very soothing, I like it too, but she shouldn't be talking like this for long periods of time, because whispering strains the vocal chords and in the long run can cause damage. So please be mindful of that, and take care of yourself. Apples are very good for the throat health.
I love the idea of the three levels of routines. With a chronic illness, I either do 100% or none at all. I will have to challenge myself into creating something similar to help. That black highlighter & white pen combo is so cool!
Yes, I agree with the three levels of routine benefiting me, too. I have several chronic illnesses and use to be so strong and independent. Last year and in the spring this year, I almost died. Was in the hospital several weeks and then had to go to a rehab center for another month or longer. Not back to normal energy level or endurance. 60 + years old and it’s going to take a long time to recover back to some normalcy. Love your posts, Helen Wang and hope to start journaling again soon. Thanks so much! ❤
That recipe book is genius! And I love the little stars for the days you weren't able to hit your step goals (you were working your butt off!). Very mindful, very self-kind. 😘
Love the planner update. While watching this, it made me think of another sticker suggestion. Kinda like the No time to write sticker, but it would say I can't remember what happened on this day. Sometimes, I struggle to write on my planner and when I try to remember what happened so I can back plan, I've forgotten what happened on that day so it's blank LOL. Can't wait for the new stickers coming out next week.
Big brains ideia right here!! Or should I say blank brains ideia... 😂😂 just kidding. It happens to me more than often, that's why I try and take small breaks during the day to take notes.
I'm excited to see how you set up the A6 Techo! I'm currently on my fouth one and so far I've been using it for EVERYTHING and.... it's been pretty chaotic... Because of that, I decided to get a A5 Cousin to use for work/routine/life, and a A6 to use as a sort of diary... Either a reading journal or, like you, a recipe book or perhaps a combination of both. Hopefully, seeing your video will help me figure out how to produce a more polished A6 Techo. Looking forward to your next update!
OMG, Helen. So much awesome content in this video. I LOVE the repurposed A6 techo @7:25. 😍 Soooo clever and so cute! I’m still using my perpetual/running to do list in my $5 hardcover journal from Amazon, and it’s working out for me so well. I was inspired to start the list/journal from one of your videos. 🥰
Happy Cozy Planner Sunday! I've been so busy lately that I didn't get to my monthly planner setup until today. Watched and listened to this. Made for cozy times, that and my vegan pumpkin spice tea latte. ❤
Helen, you are always an inspiration. I love your Hobonichi. You make it look so cheerful and fun! I too write in my Hobonichi every single day. It centers me for the day to write in the morning. Thank you for a great video! ❤❤❤
I LOVED! THIS!!! SO MUCH! I freaking love that you are so genuine when you make mistakes or dont do a page. I'm getting better at it but its hard! Thank you for helping. I am VERY excited about the Wonderpen washis coming to the shop. I got so many good ideas watching this flip! Thank you for sharing xoxo
I have a sample of the Mountain washi. My friend Sam sent it to me. Her husband bought it for her in Japan. It feels like cloth. ❤ There is so much going on in November! I'm trying to focus on the Nov. 9th sale and ignore the news. Worrying and stressing about the election made me physically ill. Your Sunday videos are calming. I needed it. ❤
Ordering from new to me restaurants is difficult for me. I'm always looking up menus online and deciding what to order ahead of time. I can totally relate to your deli counter story. I'm happy you did it. Anxiety sucks so much. ❤
@@TheCoffeeMonsterzCo I don't know if they still do. I can send you my unused one if you would like it. BTW, Moleskine paper isn't fountain pen friendly, despite the fact that it's been around for ages and many writers and artists used it. That said, the company closed and was bought by someone else, so maybe they changed the paper.
Always love seeing your pages! A few thoughts: 1. I had such a wonderful time at your workshop and seeing you again!! 2. I also get book recommendations from Lauren 😄 3. I LOVE my sunlight alarm clock!! A much gentler way to wake up (though I always set my phone as a backup still 🤫😴)
Oooh I have so much to say! First, I am SOOO loving the b&w spreads using the black Stabilo!!! Definitely going try it! Second, I'm loving everything you posted, all of the spreads😊 Third, OMG!!! The Recipe Organizer!!!! I'm so in love with it!!!! So perfect in that planner! Lastly, how was the roasted dandelion tea??? Sounds intriguing! Dandelion is good for pain among other things, and it might help my fibro. I might have to look for it, if you liked it. Much love!! TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF!!!❤
Still in disbelief that we met.... best day ever! Hearing you mention me and seeing my name in your planner... I'm seriously SO honoured. Cannot wait to see you again ❤ tentative coffee date sometime in 2025, right? 👀
I had to pause when I saw your entry about the New Yorker Article ("The Itch"), because I read the article like two months ago, and then I told my partner about it like a month ago, and now a month later, it's showing up in my life again?? LOL!
I just finished reading Feminism Is for Everybody. I second Lauren! It is an excellent introduction to feminist theory. I hope you find it insightful, and share your thoughts on it in the future. 😇
@@TheCoffeeMonsterzCo Happy Sunday to you too! I also rehearse my small talk, in fact I was rehearsing this comment, so yeah. Most often I rehearse what I am going to say at the Deli counter, especially as I have to do that in my second language and I have to rehearse it with them saying different phrases back to me 😆 Anyway, love your spreads and cannot wait for the weekly tracker and quote stickers next week!
Could you tell us more about the markers you swatched with your friend on the 25th? I noticed when you flipped that there was no bleed through, so would be interested to know more about what they were.
Bwahaha…love love your little recipe book. Thinking of getting my mom’s recipes translated and into an updated one. A project for my retirement. Maybe get your mom & dad’s help and we put together a recipe book to publish! A pipe dream or not?! And the “rotting in bed” doodle really resonated with me! 😅need a vinyl Baby Bear.
Another great video! You’ve inspired me to compile my recipes too! About the swimming..do they offer adult swimming lessons where you go to swim? I took a few to work on my technique because i wanted to do mini triathlons. It helped a lot. Have a great week Helen! 🧡 🧡🧡
Love your doodles. Do you consider doing a practice book for people who think can't draw? Me included on that group. I feel blocked to even start trying. ^^'
Another fantastic sunday video! Thank you for taking your time to share these with us. Quick question, the m-s dot stickers (washi) that you are going to be selling on the 9th.. are those in a strip all attached or is it each an individual dot so you can place whichever dot you want wherever you want?
Hi Helen, I just wanted to share a few books I enjoyed that have somewhat similar subject matter to a few books you read. I too have sisters, and two books I enjoyed are The Poisonwood Bible by Barbra Kingsglover and The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennet. In my opinion, they are both about how, biological siblings make different choices etched by social, religious and political constraints/advantages. My recent feminist favorite is Bad Feminist by Roxanne Gay. I do believe Lauren likes and recommends Bad Feminist as well.
Seeing that you used a Stabilo marker I wanted to ask; are you not bothered by the bleed through the that marker? I'm currently testing out all my pens, finelines and markers in my first Hobonichi (moved from a bullet journal with 160gsm paper to here and I'm not used to ghosting let alone bleedthrough)
There's a UA-cam video exploring the royal Hasburg family, which the Hasburg Jaw is named after. I found it fascinating in a rather grotesque way 😅 kinda of a random comment, but I noticed your doodle in your reading journal.
On the page of October 9 you had a sticker/ label LÄMPÖ - now I’m interested, where did that come from? It’s a Finnish word (I’m a Finn) and means warmth.
if you wawnna get informed aboput feminisim, i suggest you read the books and ideas from feminist theoricists and activists, from Simone de Beauvoir to Sheila Jeffreys, passing through Andrea Dworkin and even Virginia Woolf. I strongly recommend you read Kate Millett's "Sexual Politics" for a really view-changing experience
Good place to announce that it is with great sadness I’m going to stop forcing myself to use the Cousin. I’ve faithfully bought one for 10 years and stop/start all year long. Every year I use it less. I love the layout and paper but hate the grid size. I’m 61 so we were taught cursive and it just doesn’t fit and it looks really sloppy. It makes me very sad to part ways but enough is enough. I’m looking at a lot of options from the good old Franklin I used in the late 80’s to bullet journaling. I may even get one of the new Plotter systems and do a bujo type system in there. One thing I do know? Stickers and washi tape can go anywhere even in an old school office planner
My 9-year-old son and I on marketing/branding: “Mama, are you listening to the Coffee Monsterz UA-camr again?” “Yes, baby” … pause … “She makes stationery things?” … “Yes.”… “I think she should call her channel Sleepytime Tea Monsterz Co.” … “Why?!” “Her voice is so comfy. It’d be more on brand.” 😂
xox Bettina
That is so cute
Omg you made my day-thank you Bettina!!!! And thank you to your little one 😁
I COMPLETELY AGREE! Helen’s voice calms me
Yeup. I've been stress playing Fallout the past week and needed to unplug from it. So I immediately turned on a Helen video. Instant relaxation. ❤
Yep it's very soothing, I like it too, but she shouldn't be talking like this for long periods of time, because whispering strains the vocal chords and in the long run can cause damage. So please be mindful of that, and take care of yourself. Apples are very good for the throat health.
I love the idea of the three levels of routines. With a chronic illness, I either do 100% or none at all. I will have to challenge myself into creating something similar to help.
That black highlighter & white pen combo is so cool!
I feel the same way! I hope you give this a try. It has been helpful having routines I can default to, even when I'm feeling low!
Yes, I agree with the three levels of routine benefiting me, too. I have several chronic illnesses and use to be so strong and independent. Last year and in the spring this year, I almost died. Was in the hospital several weeks and then had to go to a rehab center for another month or longer. Not back to normal energy level or endurance. 60 + years old and it’s going to take a long time to recover back to some normalcy. Love your posts, Helen Wang and hope to start journaling again soon. Thanks so much! ❤
That recipe book is genius! And I love the little stars for the days you weren't able to hit your step goals (you were working your butt off!). Very mindful, very self-kind. 😘
I love the idea for using the A6 for recipes and how to keep track of them. Maybe more food illustrations needed for those of us less arty😂😂
Thank you so much Nina!!! I agree
Right.... I started Friday night watching Tiktoks of recipe journal planners. I was looking for inspiration.
Love the planner update. While watching this, it made me think of another sticker suggestion. Kinda like the No time to write sticker, but it would say I can't remember what happened on this day. Sometimes, I struggle to write on my planner and when I try to remember what happened so I can back plan, I've forgotten what happened on that day so it's blank LOL. Can't wait for the new stickers coming out next week.
I love this suggestion!! Thank you Gwen
Love this! A thought cloud with a tumbleweed in it 😂
Big brains ideia right here!! Or should I say blank brains ideia... 😂😂 just kidding. It happens to me more than often, that's why I try and take small breaks during the day to take notes.
I’m always amazed at how you manage to clock 30k steps so consistently every day!! We need your routine, Helen!
Love you morning routine list base on how you feel. I need to make one too~ the feeling affect me so much
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using an A6 hobonichi as a recipe book is so genius
Thank youuu!!!
I'm excited to see how you set up the A6 Techo! I'm currently on my fouth one and so far I've been using it for EVERYTHING and.... it's been pretty chaotic... Because of that, I decided to get a A5 Cousin to use for work/routine/life, and a A6 to use as a sort of diary... Either a reading journal or, like you, a recipe book or perhaps a combination of both. Hopefully, seeing your video will help me figure out how to produce a more polished A6 Techo. Looking forward to your next update!
Great video ❤❤ thank you for inspiring me. I can't wait for the whole pocket journal flipthrough ❤❤
OMG, Helen. So much awesome content in this video. I LOVE the repurposed A6 techo @7:25. 😍 Soooo clever and so cute! I’m still using my perpetual/running to do list in my $5 hardcover journal from Amazon, and it’s working out for me so well. I was inspired to start the list/journal from one of your videos. 🥰
Thank you so much Wendy!!
Yay I'm so glad
Recipe book is genius!
Hehe thanks Vanessa!!
Happy Cozy Planner Sunday! I've been so busy lately that I didn't get to my monthly planner setup until today. Watched and listened to this. Made for cozy times, that and my vegan pumpkin spice tea latte. ❤
Happy Sunday! I hope you got some relaxing planning time
Happy November, Happy Sunday :) excited for the two in one update :)
I love the idea of a recipe planner, I might do this too! I have notes scattered everwhere and think this would help me use stay organized
Helen, you are always an inspiration. I love your Hobonichi. You make it look so cheerful and fun! I too write in my Hobonichi every single day. It centers me for the day to write in the morning. Thank you for a great video! ❤❤❤
Loved the flip throughs! I really wish my Hobonichi looked as pretty and nice as yours. I just have lists everywhere but that is what works for me.
In love with the recipe book 🥺
Hehe thanks Aline!!!
loved the variety of journals and how you use them! So cool!
Thank you so much!
I LOVED! THIS!!! SO MUCH! I freaking love that you are so genuine when you make mistakes or dont do a page. I'm getting better at it but its hard! Thank you for helping. I am VERY excited about the Wonderpen washis coming to the shop. I got so many good ideas watching this flip! Thank you for sharing xoxo
I can't wait to buy your 2025 holiday stickers. I have already done "planner switch" so now I have a desire to lean into my love of stickers.
Yay I’m glad!!! Thank you Avivia 😁😁
Hubman and chubgirl have sushi stickers that would match your recipe book cover. Really beautiful layouts by the way, I love your style.
I have a sample of the Mountain washi. My friend Sam sent it to me. Her husband bought it for her in Japan. It feels like cloth. ❤
There is so much going on in November! I'm trying to focus on the Nov. 9th sale and ignore the news. Worrying and stressing about the election made me physically ill.
Your Sunday videos are calming. I needed it. ❤
Ordering from new to me restaurants is difficult for me. I'm always looking up menus online and deciding what to order ahead of time. I can totally relate to your deli counter story. I'm happy you did it. Anxiety sucks so much. ❤
I do the same thing!!! I rehearse all of my... well, everything I say haha. Thank you Cheryl!!
Yey! Always a good day when you post. Much love from the Philippines Helen!❤
Hellooo hello Diina!!
New subscriber here, recently sucked into the planner world and already completely addicted 👋 LOVE your designs! 😊
Thank you for another sweet video. Your completed journal months are really interesting. Thank you for sharing! ❤️🌹
Thank you so much Michelle!!!
I really love the A6 recipe book! Can’t wait for the new releases! Thank you for another great video!
I’m combining my recipe/meal planning with my health and wellness journal ❤ I couldn’t give up my weeks
Ooo I love that idea!
I love your reading journal, especially the first page log. And the recipe book! I once got a Moleskin recipe book, but I've never used it.
Thank you so much Sherry!! Ooo I didn't know Moleskine made recipe books!
@@TheCoffeeMonsterzCo I don't know if they still do. I can send you my unused one if you would like it. BTW, Moleskine paper isn't fountain pen friendly, despite the fact that it's been around for ages and many writers and artists used it. That said, the company closed and was bought by someone else, so maybe they changed the paper.
Here for you putting Invasion Day down on your list for Australia Day, Helen. 😚👌🏼
Always love seeing your pages! A few thoughts:
1. I had such a wonderful time at your workshop and seeing you again!!
2. I also get book recommendations from Lauren 😄
3. I LOVE my sunlight alarm clock!! A much gentler way to wake up (though I always set my phone as a backup still 🤫😴)
Oooh I have so much to say! First, I am SOOO loving the b&w spreads using the black Stabilo!!! Definitely going try it! Second, I'm loving everything you posted, all of the spreads😊 Third, OMG!!! The Recipe Organizer!!!! I'm so in love with it!!!! So perfect in that planner! Lastly, how was the roasted dandelion tea??? Sounds intriguing! Dandelion is good for pain among other things, and it might help my fibro. I might have to look for it, if you liked it. Much love!! TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF!!!❤
Thank you for your lovely comment!!
Thank you so much for watching ^_^ The tea is delicious! A strong nutty flavour~
Dying to see the pocket journal flip through!!!
Love the tiny washi strips! Would you consider making whole sheets of just tiny washi strips/doodles?!?!
I really like the "half-october" spread. it makes me consider doing some kind of monthly spread that is shorter and only views 2-3 weeks at a time.
I've been loving Only Murders in the Building! Can't wait for season 5 next year 🙂
Oh wow, S5 already!! I have a lot of catching up to do then!
Agreed! It's so well done. My family is still partway through this current season.
I have been spending so much on your stickers and stuff! Lol I will be getting more too! Love it!
Ahh thank you so much 😭💕
Still in disbelief that we met.... best day ever! Hearing you mention me and seeing my name in your planner... I'm seriously SO honoured. Cannot wait to see you again ❤ tentative coffee date sometime in 2025, right? 👀
YES!!! 2025 will be our year
@@TheCoffeeMonsterzCo miss you too
I love the quotation mark stickers!
Thank youuu Kimberly!!
Love this 2025 Holidays spread so much
Thank you 😁😁😁
Happy Sunday Helen!
Happyyy Sunday Mariah!!! 💕💕
I had to pause when I saw your entry about the New Yorker Article ("The Itch"), because I read the article like two months ago, and then I told my partner about it like a month ago, and now a month later, it's showing up in my life again?? LOL!
Omg that's kinda crazy hahaha. Hopefully no more itch for you...
I just finished reading Feminism Is for Everybody. I second Lauren! It is an excellent introduction to feminist theory. I hope you find it insightful, and share your thoughts on it in the future. 😇
Omg take me back to September 30th pleaaaaseeeeee. Always love your flippy flips 🤍
Hehehe happy Sunday Lauren!!!!
Great video and thanks for sharing with great patience and care. Where do you find your daily prompts?
I clicked this so fast.
Hehehe hi Anna! Happy Sunday 🥰
@@TheCoffeeMonsterzCo Happy Sunday to you too! I also rehearse my small talk, in fact I was rehearsing this comment, so yeah. Most often I rehearse what I am going to say at the Deli counter, especially as I have to do that in my second language and I have to rehearse it with them saying different phrases back to me 😆 Anyway, love your spreads and cannot wait for the weekly tracker and quote stickers next week!
Could you tell us more about the markers you swatched with your friend on the 25th? I noticed when you flipped that there was no bleed through, so would be interested to know more about what they were.
Love it!! Where are the evermore stickers from?
Bwahaha…love love your little recipe book. Thinking of getting my mom’s recipes translated and into an updated one. A project for my retirement. Maybe get your mom & dad’s help and we put together a recipe book to publish! A pipe dream or not?! And the “rotting in bed” doodle really resonated with me! 😅need a vinyl Baby Bear.
Thank you Helen!! You should for sure do that!!
Hahaha that would be epic!!
would lovee the rotting in bed doodle as a vinyl sticker!!
Another great video! You’ve inspired me to compile my recipes too! About the swimming..do they offer adult swimming lessons where you go to swim? I took a few to work on my technique because i wanted to do mini triathlons. It helped a lot. Have a great week Helen! 🧡 🧡🧡
Thank you so much & I'm glad!!
Haha I was considering that! A good skill to have. Good luck with your triathlons!
Love your doodles. Do you consider doing a practice book for people who think can't draw? Me included on that group. I feel blocked to even start trying. ^^'
Happy Sunday Helen❤
Happy Sunday Kimikooo
Hi, I felt the same way about the book "Blue Sisters". I had high hopes but it was just meh for me too. (Hi from Newfoundland, Canada!) 🙂
Hi hi from the West!! Glad I’m not the only one 😅
Please make the 2025 April Washi Strip into a full size washi tap. It’s so cute!
I will consider it!!! 💙🌱 A shame to let it go to waste 😟
@@TheCoffeeMonsterzCothank you ❤enjoy your day!
Another fantastic sunday video! Thank you for taking your time to share these with us. Quick question, the m-s dot stickers (washi) that you are going to be selling on the 9th.. are those in a strip all attached or is it each an individual dot so you can place whichever dot you want wherever you want?
Thank you sos muchhh!!!
They will be released on November 9th, and they are on 1 strip!
Would be possible to restock the Halloween washi tape shown in 1:13??? It's so beautiful and I would love to buy one
Be careful with the roasted dandelion: It will give you terrible breath! 😮💨 I learned that the hard way
Hi Helen. What brand are your pocket journals?
Hi! This is a Leuchtturm ^_^
Hi Helen,
I just wanted to share a few books I enjoyed that have somewhat similar subject matter to a few books you read.
I too have sisters, and two books I enjoyed are The Poisonwood Bible by Barbra Kingsglover and The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennet. In my opinion, they are both about how, biological siblings make different choices etched by social, religious and political constraints/advantages.
My recent feminist favorite is Bad Feminist by Roxanne Gay. I do believe Lauren likes and recommends Bad Feminist as well.
Hi hi!! Thank you so much for these suggestions; added to my TBR!
@ you are welcome and thank you for responding! It’s so gracious considering your demanding business and large viewership.
Helen for the ink stain on the yellow Hon, since its a sushi 🍣 cover, you can pretend the ink is some soy sauce 😋
Oooo I love this take!!
Seeing that you used a Stabilo marker I wanted to ask; are you not bothered by the bleed through the that marker? I'm currently testing out all my pens, finelines and markers in my first Hobonichi (moved from a bullet journal with 160gsm paper to here and I'm not used to ghosting let alone bleedthrough)
Hi!! I only experience a bit of bleeding on the very end where it pools. But I love these colours so much that I'm willing to put up with it haha
@TheCoffeeMonsterzCo Then I simply have to get used to it, thank you for responding ♡
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I feel like Liam's death was the definite proof that a time period (that we all semi-fondly remember because it was "better" than now) has ended.
There's a UA-cam video exploring the royal Hasburg family, which the Hasburg Jaw is named after. I found it fascinating in a rather grotesque way 😅 kinda of a random comment, but I noticed your doodle in your reading journal.
Bahaha thank you for this!!! I will go searching~
What journal do you use for your books you have read?
Hello! So sorry to ask you this here…does your shop ships to México? I love your videos and stationery. 🖤🤘🏼
Thank you Belial!! Yes 🥰
Did you mention a shop called paper planner? I can’t find it so maybe I misheard.
I'm not sure! What was a I referring to?
@@TheCoffeeMonsterzCoa brown package tag on the bottom left side of a daily page.
16:13 oh you said paper diaries! My bad sorry.
On the page of October 9 you had a sticker/ label LÄMPÖ - now I’m interested, where did that come from? It’s a Finnish word (I’m a Finn) and means warmth.
Love (and really appreciate) that you noted 'Australia Day' as Invasion Day also ♥
Do you have a twitch sticker page! That’d be amazing mt
Kids make me twitch allllll the time
hahaha you're right!! I will do that~
I'm always so inspired by your thirst for knowledge. You'll love reading Bell Hooks. Lauren is a great resource.❤
Thank you so much Ms Joni!! 🫂💕
Hello from Singapore!
Hello hello Melanie!!!! 🥰
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if you wawnna get informed aboput feminisim, i suggest you read the books and ideas from feminist theoricists and activists, from Simone de Beauvoir to Sheila Jeffreys, passing through Andrea Dworkin and even Virginia Woolf. I strongly recommend you read Kate Millett's "Sexual Politics" for a really view-changing experience
Thank you so much for these recommendations!!
@TheCoffeeMonsterzCo you are very welcome 🤗
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Hello!!!
Good place to announce that it is with great sadness I’m going to stop forcing myself to use the Cousin. I’ve faithfully bought one for 10 years and stop/start all year long. Every year I use it less. I love the layout and paper but hate the grid size. I’m 61 so we were taught cursive and it just doesn’t fit and it looks really sloppy. It makes me very sad to part ways but enough is enough. I’m looking at a lot of options from the good old Franklin I used in the late 80’s to bullet journaling. I may even get one of the new Plotter systems and do a bujo type system in there. One thing I do know? Stickers and washi tape can go anywhere even in an old school office planner
update your planner .
No ADHD planner? 😢
There's nothing really to show! It's just a to-do list like before 😅
How do you get an average of 24k steps DAILY?? 🫨 i only average 6k 😭 idk if I’m unfit or people are very active or both
6k is awesome!! See if you an fit in an extra walk after dinner and bump it up toe 7 or 8k