“Here, Bitch, here is a fitness planner!” Laughed out loud at 5:25 in the morning. Instant subscribe. This video is so real and rings so true for me. The hopes, the desire, the frustration, the anxieties, the shame. Thank you.
I think buying a planner is a hopeful act. One hopes that everything will be better with a cute fresh planner. But what we forget is that it is OUR job to then take the time and effort to fill it. Planner should have a warning label … “some assembly required”. Also - regarding planner flip throughs…. They only get flipped through if the are “worthy”. No one ever flips through a partial or empty planner. I a, betting there are way more empty ones that filled ones. 💕💕💕💕💕🥰🥰🥰🥰💕💕💕💕🥰🥰🥰
Yes, I completely agree, also I love watching flip throughs of completely filled out planners and journals haha they dont need to be cute, as long as they are complete, I love seeing peoples different styles haha
Also the planner flip throughs are often not 'planning' but recording. As in they might fill in another off camera planner that is their everyday planner (ie looks as messy as life actually is 🤪) then put it all into a 'camera' ready planner that is shown to the audience. Nothing wrong with that. But it is a bit defeating if you feel you have to always produce a pristine page everyday of the week.
@@rinl.6924 This is exactly why I went back to my ring planner in Personal size. No pretty planning required. At least it has always felt like pressure to make it look pretty after YT planner videos binge watching. 😊 In my chunky Moterm I can do functional planning and get more things done than before. For journaling I have rediscovered my Traveler's Notebooks.
“Because according to myself, I needed a…” I have never felt more seen in my life. 😂 Love your honesty, and I am right there with you. Trying to be mindful going into 2025, but we’ll see what goes down.
“And I use this planner to log my cat’s poop” …🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 … I laughed so hard at this. Bless your heart for being so perfectly honest. There is a certain… precious way some people have about their posh planners. They buy so many and get so envious of others who Get The One Special planner. Really - at the end of the day … aren’t we all just recording our cats poop? 💕💕💕💕💕 (I have a cat and now have the thought should I be doing this? 😂) 💕🇨🇦💕
hahahah I know how weird it is, but the vet really loved the system and she even told me she has a tutor of a patiend who shared a google doc file with her, where she logs all the food and poops of her elderly cat so i felt like I was not that far off the sanity line. 🤣
@@mgtogno so my cat ate half an elastic band and I am literally on poop watch to make sure it passes through her. One of many reasons why your comment struck a chord. 💕💕💕
I wasted as well in 2024 and I put myself in check for 2025. Planner hopping and FOMO isn't cute when it's rooted in fear and lack, and the next best planner/notebook is somehow going to transform myself! I admire your honesty and willingness to put yourself out there in the community because waste has gotten out of control and you're so right about how a lot of people missed out on certain planners or can't afford them and we should be cherishing what we have rather than overspending etc. When you said "Here Bitch use this planner" I Lmao 🤣 because I've literally said that myself. 🎉😂❤
My baby is taking a nap so I’m trying REALLY HARD not to laugh out loud because this whole video is also me this 2024 purchasing so many planners just because they were pretty and I fooled myself into thinking I had the time to use them all. Everybody in the planner community needs to watch this video!!!
I had a very similar thing this year. Bought all these planners and didn't hardly use them. Last month I finally started being consistent in one planner, and for next year, I only bought 2 planners as well. And, I'm also planning to re-purpose my unused planner pages. I wish us the best of luck!
same. I have several that didn't work for me. I realized that if I need extra pages for my personal rings, I can always cut the pages out of the weeks that didn't work for work It's at least something, right? You can always redate things, I'm doing it now in a 2023 commit30 that I got on Ebay (b/c the Passion Planner didn't work for me for personal, love it for work though). Felt really guilty about giving up on the PP, though. 2025 though, sigh. Trying to restrain myself.
yes! Maybe we should start a movement on using up and repourposing old planners!! I am thinking of making some kind of challenge for myself, every money I spend with stationery and planner in 2025 i will double and donate in school supplies, something productive and positive. Whenever I see peoples weeks all filled out I am filled with motivation to get one too...but i know as a fact weeks is too small for substantial planning and too big for just appointments for myself. I also am motivated to buy planners based on new covers, if i find a cute A5 cover, I need a new planner as an excuse to use the cute cover haha
Thank you so much for your honesty & such a powerful video. I feel like we all get so caught up in the giant unboxing videos every Hobonichi season that we feel obligated to follow suit. I can tell you that I have been in the same boat with other hobbies but now approach new ones with an air of caution. It’s amazing that you have acknowledged this habit in yourself & I’m sure 2025 will be a great year for you & journaling! Much ❤️ from 🇺🇸
“The people in my life don’t understand” 🤣 WE UNDERSTAND! 16:19 Omg, you had me cracking up when you told yourself “Here Bitch, this is the fitness planner” hahahaha, I need to tell myself the same thing! I agree that sometimes we just want all the planners even if we aren’t able to use them all😜 Loved this video, wishing you luck! New Subscriber!💖💖💖
I was not aware that others did the same!! Im completely shocked by the comments and I am laughing a lot. We are all cut from the same cloth hahahaha I confess Im strugling now, watching all unboxings and thinking "what if i get the blablabla planner? what if i try the etc planner?" but Im trying my best haha
@@mgtogno 😂🙌 In my head…I will eventually use all the planners that I have on my shelf ~they will all get their time to shine!💖 Sometimes the fun part is turning one planner into whatever I need by redating, adding stickers, etc, it makes it more special and personalized!😁🤩
i loved this video - your humor and candor, lol. i also came from bullet journaling, but i did that for several years and just got into a common planner in 2024, after copying the layout in a sterling ink notebook and using that for the 2nd half of 2023. i honestly think i don't planner hop or overconsume because i've never used a hobonichi, lol. and i don't mean this negatively! hobonichis are beautiful and if they work for someone, that is great! but i notice a lot of people fall in love with the covers so they buy more than they need. ...i buy NOTEBOOKS a lot, that's my problem 😅 i have a lot of sterling ink notebooks and i justify it because i'm a writer, lol. but i definitely plan on doing no-buys very often in 2025 to keep myself in check, or only buying notebooks as a reward for completing a big goal. good luck on your journey!! repurposing them for other things is a great idea. you can use whiteout and change the date or get date stickers from brands like Sterling Ink. good luck!
@@woofytron thanks for ur lovely comment, yes i also love notebooks, so because i have a lot of notebooks i justify buying many covers its a vicious cycle hahah but i think i have been good lately and i really want to be more mindful with my purchases moving forward.
I did this a few yrs back and said wtf am I doing? I stopped for three yrs then I saw a video of a tn and fell in love. I didn’t understand the sizes so 6 planner covers later I finally got what I wanted. I’m being very strict with myself this time and it’s so hard. I walked away from buying two notebooks the other day. I’m so proud of myself. I have also found out what I like and it’s cheaper. I am happy now and hope to stay that way. Loved the video. I hear ya girl. Tfs
I noticed that my instagram and the ppl I have been following in my planner journey all have shop are they are affiliate. I find my self buying planner and stickers I at one point had 7 stickers sub box coming to me …. Now after deleting my instagram I cancelled all but 1 sub box, and I don’t have a bunch of mail and I running balance on my credit cards… this video is one of the most honest video I have seen in years…. Thanks for sharing,
That is a really wise idea! For myself it's all the unboxings and seeing some who chase after all of the new stuff. It gets too tempting. I try to only watch channels that are not trying to get me to shop shop shop. ❤ It gets to be too much headaches.
Wow. There are so many of us that had the same experience this year. I bought many planners that I used for sometimes only a few days. I have recently gone back to my rings. It’s easier to try all the layouts without spending too much and losing dates transferring info. Thanks for sharing your journey.
Thank you for your comment, I wish there was a fail safe tecnique to find what works best for each of us, but i tried it all and in the end I am always back on the larger planners (mainly A5), I love the rings system, to me they r the most beautiful to look at, but its hard for me to use when I have to take things in and out, I am always to lazy to put it back on and in the and its a bunch of papers loose inside the planner cover hahaha I was thinking about getting a plotter planner (here I go again) but to use as a notebook, not a planner, the reviews said the rings are very small and u can write in it comfortably, so i am very curious.
I greatly appreciate the honesty here! I have never felt more seen until now! It's so easy to think that we need something and get it...and then later, have some buyer's remorse...
The most adorable and resonating video i’ve ever seen in 2024 😂😂❤❤ Girl, I am with you on the same page.. (looking at my UNUSED notebooks and planners) Lol I feel relieved that I’m not the only person who has the same obsession.
Repurposing barely used planners is such a smart move! Especially with the daily pages. You’re right in that it’s shifting your mentality about wanting it then beating yourself over not using it. Cheering for you from hawaii!! 🎉🌺
I have the same issue haha i hate myself to waste more planners/notebooks :( now i came to have peace w/ myself to repurpose unused planners, to be okay with my own "aesthetic/chaotic" planner. haha. i do really love that feeling of receiving new planners. Not gonna lie and its true, no regrets. But I think acknowledging this part of our planner journey is important as much as addressing it as well. After all our goal is to hopefully better ourselves w/ or w/o these tools. Goodluck to us!! 😊
I understand! I thought I had a handle on this year's... But I've realized that making a habit of actually planning is the biggest piece I'm missing. I set up 4 personal planners... And have used 2 of them fairly consistantly. The other two, I touched maybe twice in January and found them last week under a pile. 😂🤣 I think I'll take your advice and just re-date/re-purpose if I happen to need something outside the ONE main planner I bought for 2025. Here's hoping! Now if I could get my pen/marker habit under control, I'd be on fire! 😅
Same girl same 😅 for me it's for the dopamine rush when i got n open the happy mail. Now I only use one for all planner/memory keeping common placing n do low buy, only buy stationery stuff once every 3months, longest I done no buy is for 5months.
This year was my no buy year...u can see from my last video it was a total disaster, but i was a no buy for around 5 months too...but then the floodgates opened u know? hahah Dont get me started on unnused washi and stickers...at least they dont have a time stamp on them, i can still enjoy them years to come haha
Thank you for sharing your planning spending journey! I have felt the same way with bullet journals and Journaling supplies. Re dating is a great idea and I hear you have a plan for next year. I am not buying any dated planner for next year because I have 5 unused bullet journal notebooks sitting on my shelves.
Wow, this is so relatable. I haven't had quite so many planners but I live in that fear that I'll commit to too much and fail, again. Here's to being reasonable and knowing yourself!
This is what I needed to hear. 👍🏻Now I know that I will have to sell some of my pre-ordered planners. Otherwise, I will never reach planner peace as long as I have to decide between dozens of planners all the time. All of them look nice. My plans, so far, are: 1. Moterm Personal size: functional daily planning (no pretty planning needed) 2. Traveler's Notebook for journaling 3. Sterling Ink N1 full year or Hobonichi Weeks Mega for work I do hope this is going to work out until September 2025 and I truly hope that I will make it through the planner season. Gotta stay strong and avoid the Hobonichi website at all costs. Danger: beautiful Hobonichi Weeks colours
I laughed so much, every problem/dissatisfaction will be solved with a new planner! I’m the same way too, I have ordered 6 planners for 2025 😂 I ask myself in moments of honesty that all I really need are the booklets with the months and weekly spreads because I have enough notebooks to last forever but the designs and colors of the planners suck me in all the time 😂
The booklets + notebook is actually a great idea ngl. (oh no, here i go again😂) but I am with u, its kinda like, every midnight that I get a boost of motivation my imediate response is "lets set up a new planner! New planner new life" hahaha but the change is from within and not from the outside, ur routine creates the need of a planner and a new planner will not be able to change my routine or who I am.
😅😂😂 this is so me! Love it. I already purchased 3 planners 2025 that I’m not going to use (today arrived). The hobonichi weeks comes in this week I think, and also the Hibino (which I really going to use). And the last one is the traveler’s notebook ‘diner set’ which I’m in love with. Thank you for your honesty!❤
I use the weeks as a random things planner too. One year I got a weeks mega and abandoned it in May. Since it was “ruined” anyways, I started using the extra pages for random ugly junk. It was amazing for nearly every use case I tried and it was heavily used to entertain my kids with pages for drawing when they were bored. It turned out to be a great archive for the year and I realized that ugly is better than unused. now I always ruin something about my planner as soon as it comes. It works for me.
I really needed to see this! I’ve been stuck in this rut lately. It’s not the planner that’s the issue, I need to sort myself out 😅. Thanks for this video!! I’ve just finished watching it now and this was so funny and honest. I really loved this video
This was hilarious, and everytime you sang while introducing new planner, love it. You have a nice personality ❤ I think I am an outlier in the community cuz I keep few planners. Guess it's the Asian frugality in me 😂
Thanks for the honesty, I see all that in myself. With planners and handbags, YT and social media …makes me say I need that in my. Life. I had a come to Jesus with myself .. being wasteful , buying way to much stuff I don’t need or use. I’m doing better now , I just stop viewing some channels. It’s all about get it now u need it .. here is the link /code for a disc.. I blame no one but myself. I’m grateful for all I have, but I haven’t been a good steward with gods financial blessings. I pray 🙏 he helps me thru this. I know planners make me happy 😃 and playing with them /setting them up . Etc But now I say if I want 1 I have to sell one. Loved 🥰 the video. 📚📚📚📚
I am also addicted to handbags!! This is another thing I need to work on, in my case I love large bags and backpacks, if I dont buy it I keep thinking about it like that weird feeling that "im forgeting something" I found out that journaling about it helped a little, but its a constant strugle because unlike planners...bags dont have a date set up, so u can argue with urself "this is for many years...its great quality, i can resell (i never resell btw)" hahha
I can soo relate...been there with happy planner' then erin condren, tried plum paper planner didnt like, now just bought a hobonichi weeks...soo in love...will be changing to either hobonichi or sterling ink, but have no idea what one or what size
write them all on small papers, put it in a bag hahaha and the one u draw u stick to it hahahah I think its ok to experiment, but its a journey i think, so u might have a couple planners in ur future still i guess haha
It is hard to resist the temptation of new planners. Sounds like you have your system sorted out for 2025. I’m sure there are a lot of us who have jumped from planner to planner as we try to sort out what works for us. Good luck for 2025.
Thank you!! Im excited for the 2025 plans, I also feel, strangely enough, after getting this out of my chest, Im ever using my planners more, is like after letting it out, recognised the issue, I was no longer so lost in between several planners. That sterling Ink A5 changed a lot in the past few days, been writting a lot of notes and stuff, it feels good again.
oh nooo, not the planner graveyard...turns out i have one as well hahah if u think of how to repurpose them please share with me T.T i have enough planners for the next few years...so i might need tips on how to use them for other stuff as well, either take out the paper and hole punch for a common place book...a brain dump...idk
@@mgtogno yes, reusing them in common planners (or alike) works really well! I also literally started to use old Hobonichi Mega weeks (100 + empty pages) for particular projects this year. And I cut my Nolty pocket notebook into loose pieces. Love to use them for random notes much more than using the original planner. My inspiration was my great grandparents, whose papers I came across. Throughout 1940s-1970s they had used practically every available piece of paper for occasional notes (in addition to proper notebooks). Backs of the envelopes, bills, library cards and so on.
I am thinking a lot about it this week, and I am thinking of creating some tactics to keep me from doing that again, I will write them down and share if I ever come up with something solid, I am open to suggestions too, because saying "i will use only this one planner"is easy...but following through is a whole different thing sadly...the dopamine rush of a brand new planner is too good. hahaha
I'd luv to hear it! My plan is from now on, use my Hobonichi weeks for planning and finance, my Hobonichi techo original for journaling, I ignore the dates and my Filofax personal rings and pocket just when I feel like for whatever haha.
You were talking to me. I have spent too much on planners and stickers. I have one planner and paper (that will last forever) in a drawer. I have been in a no buy pledge to myself for ten months and counting.
you must be my sister lol!!...I did the same thing with different planners this year , however i am still hopeful and for 2025 i got from presale the aura estelle weeks daily pages.....which i believe will be the best one....always hopeful ....just one planner xxx thanks for sharing :)
I have been there for planner/notebook waste, and still in 2024 (waste 1 SI passport cuz it just doesn’t wk for me). Yes, self criticize is real, but I have since changed my perspective to think that It’s a journey to understand ourselves better, a self discovery, with planner system / this hobby that bring me not just joy - but more calm, more peace, in this chaotic world and mind. It’s a journey, a process to get to each of our uniquely planner peace. For 2025, I reflected what works for me in 2024, fine tunes and bring in what can help me in 2025.
Thats a great way to go about it. I kind of understand, Im feeling like this with the SI passport planner I got as well, I tried it, but its not a good size to me for planning specially for someone who never leaves the house...maybe if I had to carry it somwhere...but I keep looking at that cute little planner and think "yeah, ur not the one" hahahah
I started the other way around. Always been a single book planner, hopped once this year due to A6 too small, and switched to take a note B6. Next year I have a Hobonichi 5y, Muji A5 for money tracking and still can’t decide on my EDC😅
Larger planner gang 🖐I confess Im flirting with the idea of a Sterling Ink B5 right now hahah but i will wait till the 15th and see if its not just momentary.
Thats a great line up ngl. The cousin is large enough to do planning and journaling on the side and it looks very nice, that was how I first started my hobonichi cousin journey, but I felt constrained when it was a day that had more going on, be either on planning or thinking (journaling) now I only use as a journal and I like it a lot.
I like buying undated planners. But this year I haven’t gotten anything yet for 2025 because I’m still unsure about what I’m going to use next week. Some people go crazy with hauls, but I just think that it’s crazy.
This video is absolutely hilarious, because I have the same planner issues, however I purchased grid notebooks so that I could use them whenever I wanted for whatever I wanted. Well not only have i continued to purchased notebooks but i have so many that I forget I have them and purchase the latest and greatest must have tomoe river notebook. I can really relate to the HERE BITCH....SHOP YOUR STASH....planner life in reality, thanks for this video.
Algumas reflexões: Eu passei um bom tempo sem mexer no meu planner porque me sentia sobrecarregada com toda a estrutura que eu tinha montado para planejar. Não estava funcionando. De alguma forma, esse distanciamento me fez bem porque pude fazer uma reflexão e percebi que sempre focava no que não estava funcionando e na verdade o que pode fazer você ter uma boa relação com o seu planner é o contrário, focar no que funciona, mesmo que seja uma tarefa extremamente simples. Para quem gosta de planner, esse instrumento pode servir como uma extensão de nós mesmos e com isso lidamos com muita frustração e ansiedade, tentando lidar muitas vezes com o que não estamos dando conta naquele momento. Então, acredito que precisamos dar um passo pra atrás e tentar entender dentro da sua história o que funcionou, o que te fez bem, o que faz sentido de fato pra vc e manter isso. Muitas mudanças de planner às vezes piora mais a sua frustração do que ajuda, porque você não está focando nas suas necessidades e sim no planner. Um planner por si só não faz nada, são só papéis em branco. O que pode ajudar não é o planner, e sim o quanto que você conhece o que vc gosta e o que você precisa. Espero que essas reflexões te ajudem no seu processo🙏😘
Muito obrigada pela reflexao, eu acho que estou chegando nesse ponto mesmo. O que acabou tme prejudicando foi ver videos de "my planner system"e semelhantes, muitos inspiram, mas muitos meio que criam barulho...um exemplo que vou dar é trackers, de água por exemplo...eu comprei uma cartela de water tracker, alem de ficar feio no planner eu nunca lembro o tanto de agua q eu bebi hahaha ai eu só fiz foi criar uma demanda em vez de fazer algo que fascilita minha vida, aquele negocio de "eu estou servindo o planner ou ele está me servindo?" o planner tem q me servir e nao ser um fardo. Desde desse desabafo q eu fiz eu parei de impor essa pressao em mim, e adivinha? estou escrevendo pacas no meu planner hahaha, vai entender ne? Mas sim, acho q meu ideal é um planner A5 ou maior, decoraçao aleatória e sem muito haver com a rotina, só pra ficar bonitinho msm, e é isso hahahah
"Here bitch, heres the fitness planner" lol omg i so appreciate your candor and honesty in this video. You hit the nail on the head exactly. I spent way too much money in 2024 andvwasted so many things. It was depressing and i put myself in chevk for 2025... 1 planner, 1 journal, 1 reading journal... if i want anything else i need to use my notebook stash and create it. 2025 is the year to use and appreciate the things we have. Im cancelling my patreons and subs too... i cant use the stuff as fast as it shows up... the overconsumption in the stationery world is insane... good luck!!!
@@moniques.journal.corner so true!! I hope i follow up, we should hold each other accountable somehow hahah im going with 1 journal and 1 planner, then i will repurpose older planners or notebooks if i need any!!
VERY REFRESHING VIDEO!!! I was just discussing this with a friend of mine who works at a stationary store. OFTEN when you see the nice layouts and spreads online they are filling out the planner AFTER the tasks so its not actually planning but recording. AND some people who post and show their planners and bullet journals are paid / it is their job to show the ideas of planning SO they have more time and effort that they can put into it. I find more and more the planner community is just becoming about consumption. MAJORITY OF SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS CONSUMPTION and the idea you have to have or do something a certain way to have the best life. None of that is truth. There is nothing wrong with labeling / relabeling older planners for the new year. I have seen many people buying the deadstock 2024 planners for 2025 just so they can have the 'hobonichi' experience for half the price. OR you can keep your 2024 for the year 2052 (hahahaah). Personally, I only have two planners. One that is 'business' basically if it gets into the hands of someone at work there isn't anything too personal in it and the other is just like a diary that stays home or comes out to a coffee shop with me on quiet weekends, and has more personal stuff in it and more arty. I tried having one seperate for exercise and all that but I found myself just forgetting to fill out a seperate book for that so I just put it in my personal one.
I didn't quite go that far because shipping costs are a real deterrent but I'd be lying if I told you I didn't have all those planners in my cart at one point or another. I sincerely hate the hype and FOMO now. It's PLANNERS for heaven's sake! I mean, I get it, they're lovely. But think about it, if we get only one each year, we can still buy multiple dozens of them! I've found real purpose for the ones I've bought and filled them, because I write a lot by hand. But I'm very cognizant of the bad planner habits that I have developed.
Yes, its like we are stuck we feel bad if we dont get them, we feel bad if we do...no human being has the time to fill out 10 different planners in 1 year...And guess what, I missed out on take a note many years and felt bad, this year I finally got one...was unnused up untill march when I decided to back plan on it out of hate ahahaha "i will use this planner no matter what it takes"
Someone sent me to watch this video 😅. Let me tell you as a planner lover I understand your problem 💀 something that might help you is to stay away from social media. Because it is easy to see all the influencers that have tons of planners but the truth is that this is a job for them, they have tons of unused planners. I am very mindful of waisting money on something that I am not going to use but it is hard when the planners are cute. My tip for you is to find something that is comfortable and that you use all the time. Take the rest of the year to really think about it and process.
Thank you for your lovely comment. To me this is a real issue not just planners but with all sorts of things, pouches, bags, pens etc I am trying to stay away from social media and screens in general, and posting this on youtube and peoples support has really helped. I am dead set on only buying 2 planners this year, which I already bought. And thats it. I also separated old unnused planners and im trying to figure out a use for them, as a journal and give them new life.
Dear Marina, Thank you so much for being so honest. Your video has helped me to rethink carefully why I need to buy a planner like, How am I going to use the planner? Which aspect of my life am I going to log? Am going to have the discipline to log it diligently? Will I give up half way in the year? How much time do I have to invest in it inorder to get the value from the planner? Am I going to spend too much time in planning that I get carried away with decorating the planner instead of getting actions done, i.e. only planning with little or no action done and lament later on of being not productive? Are my productivity and my life going to improve for the better because of the planner? Am I buying the planner because it's so pretty and cute or because the others are buying it? Am I buying it because of the launch day offer discount? Do I really need it or is it because I fancy it? 💰💳⏱✏📚
Yes!! Great questions, your planner has to serve you, and not the other way around. We love planners so much we get caught up in decorating and making it look as best as possible but we should not lose the focus of the ultility of a planner =)
“Here, Bitch, here is a fitness planner!” Laughed out loud at 5:25 in the morning. Instant subscribe. This video is so real and rings so true for me. The hopes, the desire, the frustration, the anxieties, the shame. Thank you.
Hahahaha same! Instant subscribe 🖤
Me too 😂😂😂 I felt so attacked, it was like talking to myself
I think buying a planner is a hopeful act. One hopes that everything will be better with a cute fresh planner. But what we forget is that it is OUR job to then take the time and effort to fill it. Planner should have a warning label … “some assembly required”. Also - regarding planner flip throughs…. They only get flipped through if the are “worthy”. No one ever flips through a partial or empty planner. I a, betting there are way more empty ones that filled ones. 💕💕💕💕💕🥰🥰🥰🥰💕💕💕💕🥰🥰🥰
Yes, I completely agree, also I love watching flip throughs of completely filled out planners and journals haha they dont need to be cute, as long as they are complete, I love seeing peoples different styles haha
Also the planner flip throughs are often not 'planning' but recording. As in they might fill in another off camera planner that is their everyday planner (ie looks as messy as life actually is 🤪) then put it all into a 'camera' ready planner that is shown to the audience. Nothing wrong with that. But it is a bit defeating if you feel you have to always produce a pristine page everyday of the week.
@@rinl.6924 This is exactly why I went back to my ring planner in Personal size. No pretty planning required. At least it has always felt like pressure to make it look pretty after YT planner videos binge watching. 😊 In my chunky Moterm I can do functional planning and get more things done than before. For journaling I have rediscovered my Traveler's Notebooks.
This is the most honest "planner community" video I've ever seen.😊 For your candor, you have a new subscriber!❤
Thank you!! I am even motivated to get a better tripod hahaha mine is improvised!
“Because according to myself, I needed a…”
I have never felt more seen in my life. 😂 Love your honesty, and I am right there with you. Trying to be mindful going into 2025, but we’ll see what goes down.
“And I use this planner to log my cat’s poop” …🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 … I laughed so hard at this. Bless your heart for being so perfectly honest. There is a certain… precious way some people have about their posh planners. They buy so many and get so envious of others who Get The One Special planner. Really - at the end of the day … aren’t we all just recording our cats poop? 💕💕💕💕💕 (I have a cat and now have the thought should I be doing this? 😂) 💕🇨🇦💕
I looked for this comment! 🤭🤗 Her candor was so funny, relatable, and adorable. 😹🤣
@@mcstraviganza I love this video so much. It captures so much of everything 🥰🥰🥰🥰💕💕💕💕💕
hahahah I know how weird it is, but the vet really loved the system and she even told me she has a tutor of a patiend who shared a google doc file with her, where she logs all the food and poops of her elderly cat so i felt like I was not that far off the sanity line. 🤣
@@mgtogno so my cat ate half an elastic band and I am literally on poop watch to make sure it passes through her. One of many reasons why your comment struck a chord. 💕💕💕
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I wasted as well in 2024 and I put myself in check for 2025. Planner hopping and FOMO isn't cute when it's rooted in fear and lack, and the next best planner/notebook is somehow going to transform myself! I admire your honesty and willingness to put yourself out there in the community because waste has gotten out of control and you're so right about how a lot of people missed out on certain planners or can't afford them and we should be cherishing what we have rather than overspending etc. When you said "Here Bitch use this planner" I Lmao 🤣 because I've literally said that myself. 🎉😂❤
@@Saturdays.Script haha im glad it resonated, im trying to be strong! Even though Im binging the unboxing videos at the moment :×
@@mgtogno lol me too. I'm telling myself I can admire what other people are using without needing to buy the planner myself. Stay strong!
My baby is taking a nap so I’m trying REALLY HARD not to laugh out loud because this whole video is also me this 2024 purchasing so many planners just because they were pretty and I fooled myself into thinking I had the time to use them all. Everybody in the planner community needs to watch this video!!!
I had a very similar thing this year. Bought all these planners and didn't hardly use them. Last month I finally started being consistent in one planner, and for next year, I only bought 2 planners as well. And, I'm also planning to re-purpose my unused planner pages. I wish us the best of luck!
@@jaquelinemythril2602 we can do this!!
same. I have several that didn't work for me. I realized that if I need extra pages for my personal rings, I can always cut the pages out of the weeks that didn't work for work It's at least something, right? You can always redate things, I'm doing it now in a 2023 commit30 that I got on Ebay (b/c the Passion Planner didn't work for me for personal, love it for work though). Felt really guilty about giving up on the PP, though. 2025 though, sigh. Trying to restrain myself.
The honesty of this video is everything
yes! Maybe we should start a movement on using up and repourposing old planners!! I am thinking of making some kind of challenge for myself, every money I spend with stationery and planner in 2025 i will double and donate in school supplies, something productive and positive. Whenever I see peoples weeks all filled out I am filled with motivation to get one too...but i know as a fact weeks is too small for substantial planning and too big for just appointments for myself. I also am motivated to buy planners based on new covers, if i find a cute A5 cover, I need a new planner as an excuse to use the cute cover haha
Thank you so much for your honesty & such a powerful video. I feel like we all get so caught up in the giant unboxing videos every Hobonichi season that we feel obligated to follow suit. I can tell you that I have been in the same boat with other hobbies but now approach new ones with an air of caution. It’s amazing that you have acknowledged this habit in yourself & I’m sure 2025 will be a great year for you & journaling! Much ❤️ from 🇺🇸
2025 will be our year!!!
“The people in my life don’t understand” 🤣 WE UNDERSTAND! 16:19 Omg, you had me cracking up when you told yourself “Here Bitch, this is the fitness planner” hahahaha, I need to tell myself the same thing! I agree that sometimes we just want all the planners even if we aren’t able to use them all😜 Loved this video, wishing you luck! New Subscriber!💖💖💖
I was not aware that others did the same!! Im completely shocked by the comments and I am laughing a lot. We are all cut from the same cloth hahahaha I confess Im strugling now, watching all unboxings and thinking "what if i get the blablabla planner? what if i try the etc planner?" but Im trying my best haha
@@mgtogno 😂🙌 In my head…I will eventually use all the planners that I have on my shelf ~they will all get their time to shine!💖 Sometimes the fun part is turning one planner into whatever I need by redating, adding stickers, etc, it makes it more special and personalized!😁🤩
i loved this video - your humor and candor, lol.
i also came from bullet journaling, but i did that for several years and just got into a common planner in 2024, after copying the layout in a sterling ink notebook and using that for the 2nd half of 2023. i honestly think i don't planner hop or overconsume because i've never used a hobonichi, lol. and i don't mean this negatively! hobonichis are beautiful and if they work for someone, that is great! but i notice a lot of people fall in love with the covers so they buy more than they need.
...i buy NOTEBOOKS a lot, that's my problem 😅 i have a lot of sterling ink notebooks and i justify it because i'm a writer, lol. but i definitely plan on doing no-buys very often in 2025 to keep myself in check, or only buying notebooks as a reward for completing a big goal.
good luck on your journey!! repurposing them for other things is a great idea. you can use whiteout and change the date or get date stickers from brands like Sterling Ink. good luck!
@@woofytron thanks for ur lovely comment, yes i also love notebooks, so because i have a lot of notebooks i justify buying many covers its a vicious cycle hahah but i think i have been good lately and i really want to be more mindful with my purchases moving forward.
I did this a few yrs back and said wtf am I doing? I stopped for three yrs then I saw a video of a tn and fell in love. I didn’t understand the sizes so 6 planner covers later I finally got what I wanted. I’m being very strict with myself this time and it’s so hard. I walked away from buying two notebooks the other day. I’m so proud of myself. I have also found out what I like and it’s cheaper. I am happy now and hope to stay that way. Loved the video. I hear ya girl. Tfs
I noticed that my instagram and the ppl I have been following in my planner journey all have shop are they are affiliate. I find my self buying planner and stickers I at one point had 7 stickers sub box coming to me …. Now after deleting my instagram I cancelled all but 1 sub box, and I don’t have a bunch of mail and I running balance on my credit cards… this video is one of the most honest video I have seen in years…. Thanks for sharing,
@@triciacampbell974 thank u, i unsubscribed to a bunch of boxes, and still havent used everything. One of my goals is to use up everything i can!
That is a really wise idea! For myself it's all the unboxings and seeing some who chase after all of the new stuff. It gets too tempting. I try to only watch channels that are not trying to get me to shop shop shop. ❤ It gets to be too much headaches.
Wow. There are so many of us that had the same experience this year. I bought many planners that I used for sometimes only a few days. I have recently gone back to my rings. It’s easier to try all the layouts without spending too much and losing dates transferring info. Thanks for sharing your journey.
Thank you for your comment, I wish there was a fail safe tecnique to find what works best for each of us, but i tried it all and in the end I am always back on the larger planners (mainly A5), I love the rings system, to me they r the most beautiful to look at, but its hard for me to use when I have to take things in and out, I am always to lazy to put it back on and in the and its a bunch of papers loose inside the planner cover hahaha I was thinking about getting a plotter planner (here I go again) but to use as a notebook, not a planner, the reviews said the rings are very small and u can write in it comfortably, so i am very curious.
@@mgtogno 😆. Totally understand. Have an awesome week.
I greatly appreciate the honesty here! I have never felt more seen until now! It's so easy to think that we need something and get it...and then later, have some buyer's remorse...
The most adorable and resonating video i’ve ever seen in 2024 😂😂❤❤ Girl, I am with you on the same page.. (looking at my UNUSED notebooks and planners) Lol I feel relieved that I’m not the only person who has the same obsession.
Repurposing barely used planners is such a smart move! Especially with the daily pages.
You’re right in that it’s shifting your mentality about wanting it then beating yourself over not using it.
Cheering for you from hawaii!! 🎉🌺
@@pennypin6886 thanks for cheering me on🙏! I must confess im having a hard not buying more then i need hahah
I have the same issue haha i hate myself to waste more planners/notebooks :( now i came to have peace w/ myself to repurpose unused planners, to be okay with my own "aesthetic/chaotic" planner. haha. i do really love that feeling of receiving new planners. Not gonna lie and its true, no regrets. But I think acknowledging this part of our planner journey is important as much as addressing it as well. After all our goal is to hopefully better ourselves w/ or w/o these tools. Goodluck to us!! 😊
2025 will be our year!!
I understand! I thought I had a handle on this year's... But I've realized that making a habit of actually planning is the biggest piece I'm missing. I set up 4 personal planners... And have used 2 of them fairly consistantly. The other two, I touched maybe twice in January and found them last week under a pile. 😂🤣 I think I'll take your advice and just re-date/re-purpose if I happen to need something outside the ONE main planner I bought for 2025. Here's hoping! Now if I could get my pen/marker habit under control, I'd be on fire! 😅
Planning is a big part, and following your plan is another....thats how my fitness planner went untouched hhahahah I had a plan...but....
Same girl same 😅 for me it's for the dopamine rush when i got n open the happy mail. Now I only use one for all planner/memory keeping common placing n do low buy, only buy stationery stuff once every 3months, longest I done no buy is for 5months.
This year was my no buy year...u can see from my last video it was a total disaster, but i was a no buy for around 5 months too...but then the floodgates opened u know? hahah Dont get me started on unnused washi and stickers...at least they dont have a time stamp on them, i can still enjoy them years to come haha
@mgtogno I would love a video on the washi & stickers!
Thank you for your honesty. It’s a topic that does not get addressed often, but it’s an issue that myself and many others have! I subscribed! 😊
You are describing perfectly how consumerism works. That we are recognising it and changing how we behave is a good thing! Love your honesty xo
Im there with you. White out and repurpousing the unused pages. You was fun to watch 😂❤
Thank you for sharing your planning spending journey! I have felt the same way with bullet journals and Journaling supplies. Re dating is a great idea and I hear you have a plan for next year. I am not buying any dated planner for next year because I have 5 unused bullet journal notebooks sitting on my shelves.
Wow, this is so relatable. I haven't had quite so many planners but I live in that fear that I'll commit to too much and fail, again. Here's to being reasonable and knowing yourself!
This is what I needed to hear. 👍🏻Now I know that I will have to sell some of my pre-ordered planners. Otherwise, I will never reach planner peace as long as I have to decide between dozens of planners all the time. All of them look nice. My plans, so far, are:
1. Moterm Personal size: functional daily planning (no pretty planning needed)
2. Traveler's Notebook for journaling
3. Sterling Ink N1 full year or Hobonichi Weeks Mega for work
I do hope this is going to work out until September 2025 and I truly hope that I will make it through the planner season. Gotta stay strong and avoid the Hobonichi website at all costs. Danger: beautiful Hobonichi Weeks colours
I laughed so much, every problem/dissatisfaction will be solved with a new planner! I’m the same way too, I have ordered 6 planners for 2025 😂 I ask myself in moments of honesty that all I really need are the booklets with the months and weekly spreads because I have enough notebooks to last forever but the designs and colors of the planners suck me in all the time 😂
The booklets + notebook is actually a great idea ngl. (oh no, here i go again😂) but I am with u, its kinda like, every midnight that I get a boost of motivation my imediate response is "lets set up a new planner! New planner new life" hahaha but the change is from within and not from the outside, ur routine creates the need of a planner and a new planner will not be able to change my routine or who I am.
I admire your honesty and how you have said it . Few people say what they felt on the internet. Subscribed.
Thanks!! I want to be accountable for next year and I feel like youtube is being great for it.
😅😂😂 this is so me! Love it. I already purchased 3 planners 2025 that I’m not going to use (today arrived). The hobonichi weeks comes in this week I think, and also the Hibino (which I really going to use). And the last one is the traveler’s notebook ‘diner set’ which I’m in love with. Thank you for your honesty!❤
ooohh hibino and TN diner set? amazing, those are on my wish list for the longest time! great choices!
I love the honesty in this so much!! 🤣 Subscribed!
Thank you!! I hope I dont disappoint in future videos I tend to blab a lot hahaha
I use the weeks as a random things planner too. One year I got a weeks mega and abandoned it in May. Since it was “ruined” anyways, I started using the extra pages for random ugly junk. It was amazing for nearly every use case I tried and it was heavily used to entertain my kids with pages for drawing when they were bored. It turned out to be a great archive for the year and I realized that ugly is better than unused.
now I always ruin something about my planner as soon as it comes. It works for me.
@@melissabennett6571 ooh i have an abadoned weeks mega and that sounds like a great idea tbh, im going to steal ur idea hahahha
“Before and before and before pictures since there is no after” girl I hear you! Same for me. 😮
I legit held both pictures on my hand and had to see it on my phone which one was taken before T.T they were the sameeeee hahahahaha
I really needed to see this! I’ve been stuck in this rut lately. It’s not the planner that’s the issue, I need to sort myself out 😅. Thanks for this video!!
I’ve just finished watching it now and this was so funny and honest. I really loved this video
I appreciate how real you are AND funny😆
Thank You So Much for your honesty, I offer feel the same way about my planners/planning
I feel this! Whole heartedly!! 😂 Thanks for sharing. I felt every word!!
This was hilarious, and everytime you sang while introducing new planner, love it. You have a nice personality ❤
I think I am an outlier in the community cuz I keep few planners. Guess it's the Asian frugality in me 😂
Thanks for the honesty, I see all that in myself. With planners and handbags, YT and social media …makes me say I need that in my. Life. I had a come to Jesus with myself .. being wasteful , buying way to much stuff I don’t need or use. I’m doing better now , I just stop viewing some channels. It’s all about get it now u need it .. here is the link /code for a disc.. I blame no one but myself. I’m grateful for all I have, but I haven’t been a good steward with gods financial blessings. I pray 🙏 he helps me thru this.
I know planners make me happy 😃 and playing with them /setting them up . Etc
But now I say if I want 1 I have to sell one. Loved 🥰 the video. 📚📚📚📚
I am also addicted to handbags!! This is another thing I need to work on, in my case I love large bags and backpacks, if I dont buy it I keep thinking about it like that weird feeling that "im forgeting something" I found out that journaling about it helped a little, but its a constant strugle because unlike planners...bags dont have a date set up, so u can argue with urself "this is for many years...its great quality, i can resell (i never resell btw)" hahha
I can soo relate...been there with happy planner' then erin condren, tried plum paper planner didnt like, now just bought a hobonichi weeks...soo in love...will be changing to either hobonichi or sterling ink, but have no idea what one or what size
write them all on small papers, put it in a bag hahaha and the one u draw u stick to it hahahah I think its ok to experiment, but its a journey i think, so u might have a couple planners in ur future still i guess haha
You are hilarious, girl! Thank you for keeping it real! Want to see more of your content!
Hello😊My name is Nicole and I am a new subscriber to your channel! I enjoy planning and journaling😊I am excited to see more of your videos
thanks nicole!! U give me a lot of motivation to make more videos even though im a bit lazy hhhahahah
I relate to your words so much. I feel peace when I order. Another reason I end up with too much is I can’t decide….. so I buy too much.
So damn relatable 😅 definitely rethinking my 2025 lineup!
It is hard to resist the temptation of new planners. Sounds like you have your system sorted out for 2025. I’m sure there are a lot of us who have jumped from planner to planner as we try to sort out what works for us. Good luck for 2025.
Thank you!! Im excited for the 2025 plans, I also feel, strangely enough, after getting this out of my chest, Im ever using my planners more, is like after letting it out, recognised the issue, I was no longer so lost in between several planners. That sterling Ink A5 changed a lot in the past few days, been writting a lot of notes and stuff, it feels good again.
I have a box I call my planner graveyard. Full of planners I didn’t use. I am trying to figure out how to repurpose the paper.
oh nooo, not the planner graveyard...turns out i have one as well hahah if u think of how to repurpose them please share with me T.T i have enough planners for the next few years...so i might need tips on how to use them for other stuff as well, either take out the paper and hole punch for a common place book...a brain dump...idk
@@mgtogno yes, reusing them in common planners (or alike) works really well! I also literally started to use old Hobonichi Mega weeks (100 + empty pages) for particular projects this year. And I cut my Nolty pocket notebook into loose pieces. Love to use them for random notes much more than using the original planner. My inspiration was my great grandparents, whose papers I came across. Throughout 1940s-1970s they had used practically every available piece of paper for occasional notes (in addition to proper notebooks). Backs of the envelopes, bills, library cards and so on.
The heaven binder is adorable! Do you have a link for that?
@@WendyInMD search for heaver_ing on instagram, there whenever they will do a new release they announce and also has website on bio. :)
I've done the same. I finally found rollbahn notebooks and they are perfect.
Dont give me ideas girl, im a recovering planner hopper xD I love the rollbhan paper, the texture and the color, its so nice.
Love your honesty! Unfortunately I can totally relate. Trying to change it though.
I am thinking a lot about it this week, and I am thinking of creating some tactics to keep me from doing that again, I will write them down and share if I ever come up with something solid, I am open to suggestions too, because saying "i will use only this one planner"is easy...but following through is a whole different thing sadly...the dopamine rush of a brand new planner is too good. hahaha
I'd luv to hear it! My plan is from now on, use my Hobonichi weeks for planning and finance, my Hobonichi techo original for journaling, I ignore the dates and my Filofax personal rings and pocket just when I feel like for whatever haha.
You were talking to me. I have spent too much on planners and stickers. I have one planner and paper (that will last forever) in a drawer. I have been in a no buy pledge to myself for ten months and counting.
you must be my sister lol!!...I did the same thing with different planners this year , however i am still hopeful and for 2025 i got from presale the aura estelle weeks daily pages.....which i believe will be the best one....always hopeful ....just one planner xxx thanks for sharing :)
Well I hope our new planners a filled with good memories from cover to cover!!!
New viewer here. I enjoyed your honesty and subbed.
thank u, im excited to share my hobonichi haul soon hahaha
I have been there for planner/notebook waste, and still in 2024 (waste 1 SI passport cuz it just doesn’t wk for me). Yes, self criticize is real, but I have since changed my perspective to think that It’s a journey to understand ourselves better, a self discovery, with planner system / this hobby that bring me not just joy - but more calm, more peace, in this chaotic world and mind.
It’s a journey, a process to get to each of our uniquely planner peace.
For 2025, I reflected what works for me in 2024, fine tunes and bring in what can help me in 2025.
Thats a great way to go about it. I kind of understand, Im feeling like this with the SI passport planner I got as well, I tried it, but its not a good size to me for planning specially for someone who never leaves the house...maybe if I had to carry it somwhere...but I keep looking at that cute little planner and think "yeah, ur not the one" hahahah
Are you not giving it away? those are unused and I want it!! huhu. Gosh! I love your honesty in this video.
I started the other way around. Always been a single book planner, hopped once this year due to A6 too small, and switched to take a note B6. Next year I have a Hobonichi 5y, Muji A5 for money tracking and still can’t decide on my EDC😅
Larger planner gang 🖐I confess Im flirting with the idea of a Sterling Ink B5 right now hahah but i will wait till the 15th and see if its not just momentary.
I got only two a kinbor weeks and a hobonichi cousin for planning and some long form journaling. And a 5 year journal for little snippets of my days.
Thats a great line up ngl. The cousin is large enough to do planning and journaling on the side and it looks very nice, that was how I first started my hobonichi cousin journey, but I felt constrained when it was a day that had more going on, be either on planning or thinking (journaling) now I only use as a journal and I like it a lot.
Ahhh how well we I understand these feelings 😂😂😂 thanks for sharing!
You made me laugh! Thank you!
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I like buying undated planners. But this year I haven’t gotten anything yet for 2025 because I’m still unsure about what I’m going to use next week. Some people go crazy with hauls, but I just think that it’s crazy.
This video is absolutely hilarious, because I have the same planner issues, however I purchased grid notebooks so that I could use them whenever I wanted for whatever I wanted. Well not only have i continued to purchased notebooks but i have so many that I forget I have them and purchase the latest and greatest must have tomoe river notebook. I can really relate to the HERE BITCH....SHOP YOUR STASH....planner life in reality, thanks for this video.
@@theplannerbrat thats how I end up with 2 midori grid notebooks hahaha I understand u completely hahah
This is very true of me also, I could have recorded the same video! Inner peace is a thing, but it's not achieved through planner peace.
Im glad Im not alone in this, at least we recognise the issue hahaha
Algumas reflexões: Eu passei um bom tempo sem mexer no meu planner porque me sentia sobrecarregada com toda a estrutura que eu tinha montado para planejar. Não estava funcionando. De alguma forma, esse distanciamento me fez bem porque pude fazer uma reflexão e percebi que sempre focava no que não estava funcionando e na verdade o que pode fazer você ter uma boa relação com o seu planner é o contrário, focar no que funciona, mesmo que seja uma tarefa extremamente simples. Para quem gosta de planner, esse instrumento pode servir como uma extensão de nós mesmos e com isso lidamos com muita frustração e ansiedade, tentando lidar muitas vezes com o que não estamos dando conta naquele momento. Então, acredito que precisamos dar um passo pra atrás e tentar entender dentro da sua história o que funcionou, o que te fez bem, o que faz sentido de fato pra vc e manter isso. Muitas mudanças de planner às vezes piora mais a sua frustração do que ajuda, porque você não está focando nas suas necessidades e sim no planner. Um planner por si só não faz nada, são só papéis em branco. O que pode ajudar não é o planner, e sim o quanto que você conhece o que vc gosta e o que você precisa. Espero que essas reflexões te ajudem no seu processo🙏😘
Muito obrigada pela reflexao, eu acho que estou chegando nesse ponto mesmo. O que acabou tme prejudicando foi ver videos de "my planner system"e semelhantes, muitos inspiram, mas muitos meio que criam barulho...um exemplo que vou dar é trackers, de água por exemplo...eu comprei uma cartela de water tracker, alem de ficar feio no planner eu nunca lembro o tanto de agua q eu bebi hahaha ai eu só fiz foi criar uma demanda em vez de fazer algo que fascilita minha vida, aquele negocio de "eu estou servindo o planner ou ele está me servindo?" o planner tem q me servir e nao ser um fardo. Desde desse desabafo q eu fiz eu parei de impor essa pressao em mim, e adivinha? estou escrevendo pacas no meu planner hahaha, vai entender ne? Mas sim, acho q meu ideal é um planner A5 ou maior, decoraçao aleatória e sem muito haver com a rotina, só pra ficar bonitinho msm, e é isso hahahah
"Here bitch, heres the fitness planner" lol omg i so appreciate your candor and honesty in this video. You hit the nail on the head exactly. I spent way too much money in 2024 andvwasted so many things. It was depressing and i put myself in chevk for 2025... 1 planner, 1 journal, 1 reading journal... if i want anything else i need to use my notebook stash and create it. 2025 is the year to use and appreciate the things we have. Im cancelling my patreons and subs too... i cant use the stuff as fast as it shows up... the overconsumption in the stationery world is insane... good luck!!!
@@moniques.journal.corner so true!! I hope i follow up, we should hold each other accountable somehow hahah im going with 1 journal and 1 planner, then i will repurpose older planners or notebooks if i need any!!
@@mgtogno definitely! Be sure to update us!!
I feel really seen right now 😂. Just subscribed!
Yes! Haha, i am more and more motivated to follow through with my planner plans, if you know what I mean hahaha
@@mgtogno I totally get it!
This is so relatable I wonder if we're sharing a brain cell.
I unfortunately can completely relate to this video 😂
This is why I love undated planners. I can skip entire months using them when I have nothing going on lol
this was a powerful vid
I am not sure if you already know of the channel WashiandCoffee.
She also loves planners and cats. You might like her videos❤
idk her, i will check her out, thank you very much =3
VERY REFRESHING VIDEO!!!
I was just discussing this with a friend of mine who works at a stationary store. OFTEN when you see the nice layouts and spreads online they are filling out the planner AFTER the tasks so its not actually planning but recording. AND some people who post and show their planners and bullet journals are paid / it is their job to show the ideas of planning SO they have more time and effort that they can put into it. I find more and more the planner community is just becoming about consumption. MAJORITY OF SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS CONSUMPTION and the idea you have to have or do something a certain way to have the best life. None of that is truth.
There is nothing wrong with labeling / relabeling older planners for the new year. I have seen many people buying the deadstock 2024 planners for 2025 just so they can have the 'hobonichi' experience for half the price. OR you can keep your 2024 for the year 2052 (hahahaah).
Personally, I only have two planners. One that is 'business' basically if it gets into the hands of someone at work there isn't anything too personal in it and the other is just like a diary that stays home or comes out to a coffee shop with me on quiet weekends, and has more personal stuff in it and more arty. I tried having one seperate for exercise and all that but I found myself just forgetting to fill out a seperate book for that so I just put it in my personal one.
you are so right ! But I couldn't stop laughin
I didn't quite go that far because shipping costs are a real deterrent but I'd be lying if I told you I didn't have all those planners in my cart at one point or another. I sincerely hate the hype and FOMO now. It's PLANNERS for heaven's sake! I mean, I get it, they're lovely. But think about it, if we get only one each year, we can still buy multiple dozens of them! I've found real purpose for the ones I've bought and filled them, because I write a lot by hand. But I'm very cognizant of the bad planner habits that I have developed.
Yes, its like we are stuck we feel bad if we dont get them, we feel bad if we do...no human being has the time to fill out 10 different planners in 1 year...And guess what, I missed out on take a note many years and felt bad, this year I finally got one...was unnused up untill march when I decided to back plan on it out of hate ahahaha "i will use this planner no matter what it takes"
Oh no! It does become addictive doesn’t it.
The dates will work again in 2052. If you want to hold on any of them.
Someone sent me to watch this video 😅. Let me tell you as a planner lover I understand your problem 💀 something that might help you is to stay away from social media. Because it is easy to see all the influencers that have tons of planners but the truth is that this is a job for them, they have tons of unused planners. I am very mindful of waisting money on something that I am not going to use but it is hard when the planners are cute. My tip for you is to find something that is comfortable and that you use all the time. Take the rest of the year to really think about it and process.
Thank you for your lovely comment. To me this is a real issue not just planners but with all sorts of things, pouches, bags, pens etc I am trying to stay away from social media and screens in general, and posting this on youtube and peoples support has really helped. I am dead set on only buying 2 planners this year, which I already bought. And thats it. I also separated old unnused planners and im trying to figure out a use for them, as a journal and give them new life.
So much truth in this video 😂😢😅😊
Dear Marina, Thank you so much for being so honest. Your video has helped me to rethink carefully why I need to buy a planner like, How am I going to use the planner? Which aspect of my life am I going to log? Am going to have the discipline to log it diligently? Will I give up half way in the year? How much time do I have to invest in it inorder to get the value from the planner? Am I going to spend too much time in planning that I get carried away with decorating the planner instead of getting actions done, i.e. only planning with little or no action done and lament later on of being not productive? Are my productivity and my life going to improve for the better because of the planner? Am I buying the planner because it's so pretty and cute or because the others are buying it? Am I buying it because of the launch day offer discount? Do I really need it or is it because I fancy it? 💰💳⏱✏📚
Yes!! Great questions, your planner has to serve you, and not the other way around. We love planners so much we get caught up in decorating and making it look as best as possible but we should not lose the focus of the ultility of a planner =)
The most quoted (in the replies) planner chat video I’ve seen. 😅🤣🫶🏻 THANK you for not hiding behind filters.