Why I’m Not Committing to a 2024 Planner
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Perhaps the issue is that most people are planning for the world and not themselves so they might make choices for what people want to see and not themselves or what pleases them
So right, what I find been a boy , there is nothing much for boys to use that can be creative. Have to invent it yourself.
Do you know why why never had these problems earlier? Because we just used what we had and were happy about them. We just never thought much about it. I have struggled hard just like you this year and had to stop and think hard about this because I have always loved planning but this year it basically turned into a problem instead. I realized that the problem wasn´t the planners it was my way of thinking. All this "maybe" ruined my planning. So I made a desicion, I decided to focus on actually planning instead of looking on what I can plan with! The only time I actually stepped outside that was when I had to make a desicion about what I was going to use for 2024...I finally decided I was going to use my beloved Hobonichi weeks. I honestly think you have the same problem, you focus too much on "what if I use this..." instead of making the best of what you have. Honestly you can never sucseed if you always look for something better.
I agree with you. I have been into “planners” for many years and when I start thinking of another system or planner instead of just working the one I’m in it all goes to crap for me. I hop around, spend money I shouldn’t, lose information all on the chase. For me I only watch 3 planner channels because most do not resonate with me so that helps. I think you made a very good point here.
This is my life right now!! 4 planners with all the same information
This is true 90% of the time. For me, I was so happy with the Common Planner in B6 from Sterling Ink and then my life changed. I am now working remote, my family is starting a side business and I have plans of my own to start a financial project plus a search for a new house. So, the Common Planner is just not working right now. I still love it to journal/memory keep, so I am using it to memory keep now, but I had to buy different planners for next year because I honestly don't know what will work for me. I also bought different sizes to try. I hope that I can find a system that works and be able to use it for a while. But, honestly, I don't know.
@@joannavaldez that’s definitely understandable. I believe that once we find our planning style and know our needs it’s easy to stick with our planners and just tweak how we use them in f we need to adapt or planning gets a little stale. But I also know that life changes and our planning needs change with those changes. And I believe we should definitely change our planners when our needs change or the planner is no longer doing it’s job. Sometimes that means we need a different size or style. Sometimes it means we have to add to our system and have more than one planner. I also don’t think any planner system (paper or digital) is 💯 perfect or will be everything we need unless we custom design our own planners to our lives and even then they aren’t perfect because our needs in different times of the year or even different weeks change. We have to learn to find the system that checks most of the boxes and adapt it to make it the perfect fit for us - and be ok with adapting if our needs change.
Use what’s makes you happy and is useful.
I don't think it's hobonichi... I think it's people. When you think about it hobonichi planners are very functional and that's what they are created for. I'm sure many people use them only in a functional way. It's people who add stickers and colors and covers and blah blah blah. The reason there are so many options now is because people are willing to spend all this money on so many things. Companies would be crazy not to use this opportunity to capitalize on it. I'm this way too ... I've just been more responsible with my spending and really paid attention to what I really use. I use my rings planner for pen to paper and I use those inserts to decide what I want to memory keep and I use a standard size book bound planner for that. I'm pretty happy with that. I don't want to spend so much time on a hobby that stresses me out. It's just not worth it for me anymore
I was overwhelmed so I went back to basics with an A6 Leuchterm and remembered the JOY of journaling and planning. It’s been amazing
I don't think it's any one brand's fault for the indecisiveness and FOMO tendencies of the planner world - Erin Condren, Happy Planner, Plum Paper, Day Designer etc. have all had their hand in creating scarcity mentalities, later summer/early fall releases, paper quality discussions etc. etc. for the last 8 years if not more (just maybe in smaller online corners) i think if youre looking at your planner in terms of "how many views will a video get" you'll constantly be setting yourself up for personal disappoint, but if you view your planner as "how will this fun piece of stationary help me organize my life? what are my must haves?" and stick with that, you won't fall victim to FOMO and what other folks are doing. i love ballpoint pens. i'm using less and less stickers. through trying various planner layouts and brands over the last two years i've really narrowed it down to what works, and i've ordered two planners to choose from, i'll pick one and then the other will either become a journal, or a backup for if the desire to do something else creeps up but i feel like ive made my bed and im going to just lie in it for 2024. obvi what works for me may not work for you but i think it really is a mental shift rather than trying to goldilocks it.
I would agree about just using the planner and that other brands have also caused the planner world to feel the need to decide too soon. I do want to mention that I don’t choose a planner for YT views, I use what I want in the moment. I was mentioning timing Hobonichi stuff for when people are searching, but not using that planner for views. I’ve had moments I want to throw it out, but it always comes back around and I want to use it again. 😅
@@samplans if it helps I'm always searching for random planner vids outside of planner season and get so bummed when they're all from like 6 months ago or whatever the timeframe is! I think a big issue is also all the sponsored reviews - it's hard to find someone's genuine first impressions these days, always feels little too positive so I appreciate your take whenever you get a new or new to you planner!
Totally agree, I do laugh at the brands that create the scarcity issue. Why lol
You can only control you and your choices. You can’t control business release dates or planner trend dates. Use what works for you. If it’s back to basics, then it’s back to basics for you. I’ve gone through a lot of planners myself: hobonichi cousin Avec, Erin condren, plum planner, etc. I’m back on a medium passion planner Monday start and it is basic and excellent quality and cost friendly. It’s is a balance.
What it really boils down to is this: What's more important? Making something pretty and showing it off on the internet? Or going with what works for YOU regardless of what anyone thinks or whether it's pretty? I personally choose the latter these days. I'm at the point where I've stopped caring about what's popular on social media because I've learned to keep tweaking what works for me so my system stays functional. I've also learned that trying to commit to one planner for any real length of time is a waste of my energy. I've come to embrace my natural tendency to planner-hop as part of my ADHD. It keeps things new and fresh for me, which makes me less likely to forget things. Is it perfect? No, of course not. But all that matters is it works for me in the present moment. When it stops working, that just means it's time to step back and figure out what will work for me going forward. Usually, that means going back to something that has worked for me before until that stops working again, then trying something else. It also means a lot of figuring out WHY something worked before and what I can do to make it work again. So, as of right now, I'm actively using up my stash of old Happy Planners at home and my stash of spiral notebooks and journals as EDCs. I haven't bought any new planners since the end of 2022, and I don't intend to buy any new ones for 2024. I have enough stickers, washi tape, and white-out to easily re-date anything that's outdated. I also like to use Frixion pens and markers because they make re-dating and re-purposing planners easy as well. Somewhere along the line, I may go back to a bullet journal or TN because I have plenty of those, too. I also have enough ring planners and inserts to last me several years if I decide to go that route. The point is, I'm determined to not buy any planner-related items until I run out of them. Then I plan to only get what I absolutely NEED. Best of luck to everyone on their planner journeys! 💖
That’s a great idea! I’m sitting here feeling bad about myself because I have two hobo weeks from this year that I never even used and it never occurred to me to just redate them and use them! I already have one for next year, but I’m going to put a note on them (I know I’ll totally forget ☺️) and use them for 2025 and 2026! I’m so glad I take the time to read comments ❤
So agree, my issue has been the themes, been a boy, it has been harder to get stuff that is more boyish to fit my age, and is not Disney or Happy Unicorns lol. All the best your pages, tweak it to perfection 😀
Give yourself a break; no one needs that much chaos.
My un-desisiveness with planners has turned into using a BUJO - perfect opportunity to not deside on committing to anything - I let myself do whatever I want there without any rules
I love this!!!
Same. I am using a blank notebook and just drawing or tipping in what I want or need.
I am currently using a pocket bujo as well. Waiting on a plotter planner to come, so we will see
I have plain notebooks as my plan next year too.
That’s what I did for about two years -it helped me find what I need and also ways to use preprinted planners and make them work for me. Now that I’m busier I take that and use my printed planner and it’s awesome 👏🏻
22:39 Sam, I specifically try to find a what I now call ‘ugly’ (of course they are not, it’s just a figure of speech :) planner flip throughs, my search box is filled with words ‘Filofax / hobonichi flipthrough no deco / no stickers / realistic / functional’. I love when the writing is all over the place, pages are crinkled, it’s all in one ink, instead of neat check boxes things are crossed out. These are the planners I personally aspire to, they intrigue me because they suggest that they are not the owner’s center of attention, something else in their life is, they are just support material, and it gives the planner and blogger more dimension, I feel! Such videos are so rare, I save whatever I can find in my favorites! I wonder if there’s a niche there too who you could be sharing your plain real Filofax pages with!
Although I’ve used Hobonichi on the past I’ve learned it’s not for me. So regardless of whether it would help me channel grow faster I didn’t get wrapped up in the buying. But one benefit of Hobonichi and others like W222 is that you don’t have to rush. You don’t have to buy in the summer. You can wait and buy at the end of the year. They remain available. Yes there’s some LE items that you can’t snag if they sell out. But there’s planners that will still be available from hobo and retailers so there’s no rush. Same with W222 and other planners as well. I actually didn’t know people setup their next year planners this early. I always saw that as a December thing. Guess I’m behind because as much as I’m excited for my 2024 planners I’m enjoying and focused on my 2023 so my setups won’t come for a while.
I’m joining your channel 😀
@@theplannerpincher1928 awe thank you 😊
Love hearing your thought process, Sam! Congrats on your new job.
I have come to the decision that I enjoy setting up my planners more than I enjoy using them. I DO use them, but since I am retired I am not as active as I was before (but I am still very busy!)😍. Which is really strange, because I did have different planners even when I was working. I actually think I could probably just get by with a Field Notes and a small calendar (not this year, of course, I’ve already purchased a Hobo Weeks and Wonderland222)! But that is ALL I am going to buy… I am tired of buying things I don’t use…
I bought second hand planners with the view to purchase new planners. I started cleaning and fixing the second hand planners, the new ones are still in the boxes. It’s been years lol
You've put into words exactly how I've been feeling about the planner season this year. I have so nany journal entries just stressing about what to use, and I'm still so unsure. Thann you for sharing!
I personally enjoy your channel no matter what and I admire the functional planning you do without all of the fluff! It's always nice to see a different perspective, so I'm always interested in your thoughts and system. I hope you're able to find something that works for you in the new year.
I would recommend buying the hobonichi notebooks. They are smaller, thin and will fit in the modern along with your weeks. They come in a pack of three. They would be easier to deal with then the little notebook you are using now.
I completely agree with everything you said. Great video! Thank you for your honesty.
I appreciate your videos and your honesty. I enjoy watching regardless what you use. 😊 I personally have had to come to the conclusion that there is no perfect planner for me. I mostly live in a HOBO but there are a handful of things I don’t like. I have found no matter how much I want that perfect setup it just doesn’t exist. I have to always remind myself that perfect is the enemy of good. I will say there is no harm in trying new things unless they cause stress and suck the joy out of planning which is exactly where I was stuck for several years and now I refuse to do that to myself anymore. Not easy to not obsess over another direction I could go but in the end it doesn’t help me use my planner which was the original goal, to be organized and work on goals.
Love your videos Sam! I totally get you and what you are feeling. I'm trying to think outside the box this year. I know i like ring planners, but A5 is too big for me to carry around, and personal is too small for space for me to write. I know i like the Wide TN/Cahier notebook size. So, I'm using a Cahier notebook that i cut down and i am placing rings in a Wide/Cahier sized TN. Bam! Its what I need for now! Have a beautiful 2024! ❤️
I do agree with you on most of your points. I feel this year, planner buying started really early! My FOMO is if the actual Hobonichi or Midori planner I want runs out (actually they have already too!) I do wish all the planners were available in December.
My biggest problem is I love all the notebooks, all the planners, all the styles. But I defs have some faves. I have to ask myself, “Why am I setting this up?” when I “set up” a new planner system or journal. I think sometimes it purely and simply scratches a creativity itch. Also, I think it is something in my life that is just for me, and I can choose what and how to use whatever it is. It’s something I can, well, control, as awful as that may sound. 🥴 I have to let those moments be a hobby-type pastime…like knitting or watching sports or whatever, and then get back to using what works best at the moment. There are worse things to do!!! 😂
It’s about control for me too!
The Weeks was my one and only since 2017 when I switched from the A6 -- and will be again after 2024. Going back to grad school gave me an excuse to add the A6 (and you know with the Original launching in English this year I can't resist that secret line!). A Weeks Mega could handle work/school/life but I decided on a separate planner for two reasons -- one, I wanted my notes and research separate, and two, I was terrified of losing those notes if I dropped or lost the Weeks which I take out of the office. I really appreciate you sharing your thought process.
I was in “planner peace” prior to retirement. Now I’ve been trying things last 2 years to figure out what I need now. I think you’ve already made your mind to go with Hobo & your cute notebook 💕😊
Retirement has totally changed my planner needs as well.
@@kloughman100 ya less to do and no so many appts and such. Now I have a relaxing planner journal.
I really wish moleskine did month on two pages. I feel like then I’d be so tempted to use that book as mine. I’ve been watching your videos for years and years and from an outside view, I really think hobo weeks works best for you. Is there a reason you’ve found that you can’t write dailies in the back of the hobo so you just carry the weeks? I can see you carrying hobo weeks and a small notebooks around and calling yourself done. I think a year of not giving yourself options would be good for you, help your brain relax a little and not have to worry about it all
I’m going to have to try this! Hobo weeks and the pen and gear notebook
One upside of buying Hobonichi so early is giving them as Christmas gifts if we decide we aren’t going to use them. 🎄
Yes! I bought several planners this year already because I know I will want to hop around. I know it’s coming so I did it already. But was thinking who I could give them to if I want to do presents 😂
@@denisetaylor8683 They are really hard to let go of!! 🧑🎄
Interesting seeing and hearing your process! I enjoyed watching!
Thank you!
everything about this is so true. definitely feeling some planner fatigue and i didn't even choose a new one for 2024! (making myself finish the 2 year one that i already have before buying a new one even though i REALLY want to move into a different planning and journaling system)
Love the launch and the unboxings in September, but I think December is the time for setups.
Regarding the paper and the pen, I've never liked ballpoint pens and I've longed for paper that didn't bleed through. I think that is the pull of the Japanese planners. So "ordinary" paper got shoved into the background. That being said, at some point this year, I also got tired of the perfect Tomoe River paper and went back to journalling /planning in a leuchtturm and using my Pigma micron. I mean, this was how I started years ago and here I am again. We are so fickle😂 😂 I'm sure this is just temporary 😂
I hear you about the FOMO. What actually holds me back and think it through are my budget and my needs.
The planner world is so expensive. My issue with the planners is space, where do I put the things. I tried happy planner, and the sticker books were a lot to collect. It meant I would have had to get rid of all the other planner, just to dedicate to one brand, and the inserts on there own a fortune in postage. I had to make a decision a few years ago to work with what you want to do, how you you want your pages to be or look. I found I was interested in the themes that the happy planner uses. I ended up sticking to the ring binders, as it made it easier to be more creative, and and make stuff that is more about my age and been a boy, have something that is not Disney or happy unicorns. Just a case of getting it right.
I’m on the fence with my journaling. But planner wise I’m sticking with the Hobonichi weeks and I’ve got an 18 month moleskine pocket weekly I chuck in my bag. It’s week on a page and I use the notes page on the right to capture to do or shopping list items I may need out and about. I do have a pocket moleskine slim notebook I can add to it if I need more space. Just ordered a jelly cover for it but want to keep it slim and light. My weeks has many covers, but I’m considering taking the zipped moterm in caramel I have for sale and using it now haha. 🙈
The one you got from "TJ max" is the type I used for years. It was the Exceed horizontal planner from Walmart. I loved it! However, I am enjoying my excursion into the realm of fancy paper, stickers, Hobonichi etc. but I know deep down, this will probably be a fad for me and I'll be back in my $5 planner. Just enjoying this time and visiting the planner community here on KZhead.
You make so many good points in this video. I feel like I’m also experiencing planner FOMO. I realized that this year I could spend on a hobonichi cousin and have my first official one… but then I realized I’ve enjoyed the Kinbor dupe and that there’s really no reason to be switching, unless it’s just to feel like I’m included or feel like my planner is of higher value than before. I ended up sticking with Kinbor. I got their Weeks book and an A6, and then I doubted the size of that A6 and got myself another A5 for only $17. While I was browsing, I saw that Kinbor did a bunch of Sanrio collabs last year that are really, really cute… you can have a whole Weeks book with a cover of your favorite Sanrio character. I can’t get over that, and I think I’ll buy one if they release more for 2024. I like what you’re saying about pre-Hobonichi. One of my favorite planners from school was a Michael’s brand Recollection planner that was a small, thick spiral book. The paper was nice enough, and it wasn’t tomoe river paper obviously. It was just cheap fun. I made it look like a million bucks lol. I miss that, too!
Ooh which kinbor did you get in a5? Is it similar to a cousin? Cousin too expensive but would like to try similar
@@laynagilbert4450 I highly recommend! I like the black Kinbor A5. It doesn’t have weekly spreads like you’d see in the Cousin, but since I would never block my time in that type of format, I don’t mind. It has daily pages that look the same as the Cousin. I love it and I hope you enjoy it if you try it out!
@@lizziedeerest thank you ❤️
🥰 I do the same with my personal planner - laying it open at work. So helpful. Though I get annoyed by my zip cover (it’s like it’s on a see-saw and I prefer how pens fit and stuff in a snap) but I also don’t have a strap closure issue bc I tuck it so it’s never in the way. Wish I liked the zip though - they are less bulky and I too don’t like a lot of bulk.
If I bend mine back it’s just fine!
@@samplans awesome 👏🏻
You're not alone in thinking it feels really early. I was just talking to my partner about this yesterday. It's October and people are already salivating and setting up their 2024 planners. Don't get me wrong, I'm excited for *cough* ALL *cough* the planners and systems I've already accumulated. 😆
For me it actually helps ease my stress to just look at planners now and get one long before the new year starts 😅 i just feel so well-prepared 😂
I've set my planner up for next year already. It's a Moleskine weekly pocket planner. Normally I'm in personal rings, two pages per day. Huge change. I think I've done it so early, because I can't wait for this dreadful year to be over. I need the hope of the new year.
You are SOOO right!!!!!
0:07 I will NOT be ready to commit to my 2024 planner the whole 2024 year, I'm sure 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
You summed up exactly how I’m feeling too! I thought weeks was going to work for me but I fell off the wagon and the year hasn’t even started!
Oh that is rough. Been there unfortunately. ☹️
This just hit home so bad, I made a big order at sterling ink, among stickers (hands down great) the notebooks were not, and I regret it so much, I reached out to Catherine and she offered some suggestions, the paper is great, the lines are faint, but the bounding/stiching is seriously bad and this was draw back, I am back to my B6 slim cafe note from nanami because it doesn't occupy a lot of space in my desk + computer and I am able to fit what I need it for -really stick to it and make it work... for EDC moterm + weeks as my wallet and everything else. For 2024 I went with green olive just like you BUT just bought moomin and doraemon, I will repurpose the green olive, moomin will be the one and Doraemon is intended to be a xmas gift. Thank you for a chatty video!
I’m going to try out the Nolty listie1 6501 this year. It’s a A5 slim with veritcal planning. There is a horizontal version like the weeks 6592 but I can’t find it anywhere. Not TRP but I heard the paper is comparable.
Just curious if you’ve looked at other planners that combine formats you love - like AuraEstelles B6 Essential or A6 Catchall - to have the weekly layout you like with some extra pages for notes and stuff.
What would you use if nobody was watching- that's the real question I always ask myself.
The more choices we have the more confusion sets in and it doesn't help all the people showing their purchases and all the oohs and ahhs. I was so there, so much money was spent looking for the golden system and of course planner cover. Before I went down the rabbit hole I did all my planning on either a Franklin Covey or Standard Travelers Notebook. Out of the 2 my TN is my system I sold off or gave away everything else I had purchased now I have found the elusive planner peace. I do have a Hobonichi weeks I had started using but that now it's used to swatch my fountain pen inks. Sometimes many choices is not too good of a thing. Thanks for sharing your planner journey.
I’m glad you’ve found “the one”. I’m hoping to share my new system after a lot of pondering and searching soon!
I love the Moterm hobo zip. I’ve been using it for months. Bought it in a A5 recently and hoping in the future they make it in a A6 and Standard Tn size.
I hear you Sam….I also buy a lot of options, then never stay in any one of them due to getting bored ; or just to busy with daily life to sit down and “plan” out what already happened…most appointments are in my phone on a calendar…so just moving it to paper seems silly sometimes! Uugghh….
I have not ordered my weeks yet. Delivery on my One Piece order said late December delivery. So, I pulled them out of the cart and shipped them to my parents place since I will not be at home. I always like your video, because it reminds me of my adhd and wanting to change things up, and it fights with my autistic self who wants to stick with the same thing year after year after year. I always fill up my cart with accessories to make it worth the shipping for me, from Hobonichi. I always have FOMO, but not so much this year. I was so busy trying to finish my thesis on time, that I could not be bothered too much. Just relaxing at night watching planner videos for layouts and unboxing, and falling asleep to them. It’s better than all the news channels throwing unwanted content at me.
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Thanks for sharing
Sam could you please share some details about your fitness journey? I’m trying to get healthier again too and would like to hear ideas, updates and struggles from some one who is more relatable to me.
Please!
2023 is pocket moleskin daily works really well for me. But for 2024 I went with kitty weeks. I’ve used weeks since 2015 and I love it. I only use 1 pen a frixion pen. As a side kick to weeks I’m using a passport lined notebook for junk stuff.
I love my pocket Moleskine for journaling, weather, etc. No special cover. Just me my pen and my sweet journal. And a few stickers, of course.
That’s why when I do order from Hobonichi I buy it on Amazon less hassle with shipping everything listed the covers all the products new and some older ones that went out of stock that they brought back sure you don’t get the freebies that people don’t normally use it’s just really pretty to have but I feel like you get a great piece of sound mind and that matters more than a pen or bag I’ll never use. Ordered from there website last year TWICE during the release I used nothing. Realistically I should only purchase A6 item because I’ll actually use them. I’m going to be in a Midori Hibino 2 pages on 1 day A6 and my pocket rings everything else will be specifically for commonplacing
I always rotate my cousin in the weekly section, and that way I have a horizontal section for the day instead - and split into 2 or 3 columns - might be worth playing with in case that makes it work better for you :) xx
Cool idea!
I recognized the 2 year monthly calendar from Walmart!
You need to do what works for you. It’s not a “we” situation. Everyone is different and everyone responds differently to the books/diaries/planners available. I think it’s great that there are so many choices so I can try new things and see what works for me. And the great thing is that I’m using my planners and my journals and I’m staying organised and I’m getting my thoughts out on (beautiful Tomoe River) paper.
I've been struggling with this as well. For 2024 - I've simplified to inserts I've made that have the month, a few different layouts for monthly notes/collections (1 lined page, 1 cornel notes page, 1 mind map page etc) followed by a week on two pages. It feels simple and right for the time being. I also am adding a half letter levenger notebook for braindumps where I want a bigger page. Hoping this works well for me as normally by March I am wanting something different.
I was a bullet journaler for many years - around whenever Ryder Carrol's first video came out, until 2022. I didn't even know that fancy/decorative spreads were a thing until recently! I started getting into Planner KZhead in January this year - and was surprised to find out I was way behind. Specifically, I realized pretty quickly that I wanted a Sterling Ink Common Planner but of course that ship had sailed. I pre-ordered for 2024 in July and it felt super weird! That and my 2024 Hobo Weeks are still in the packages and will stay there until it's time to start using them. I want that new excited feeling post-Christmas! I'm currently in a Cousin and a Weeks which are great. The main reasons I can't go back to cheap Target planners (which I otherwise was very happy with) are that I prefer Monday start and for weekend days to be the same size as weekdays. I am enjoying the quality paper and fun features of my Hobonichi planners though!
Hobonichi has the best quality in my opinion. Have fun setting up your planner. 😊
Say it sister! I'm almost ready to go back to a Trapper Keeper and a Hallmark store pocket monthly for my purse. Simpler times. Right now I think that for 2024 I'm going to use a Sterling Ink B6 monthly with a plain grid notebook for a running to-do list. While I do want a dated monthly to track events and things that are date-specific, I've learned time and time again I don't need a timed weekly, or much of a weekly at all, and I do a different amount of things on different days so I don't need a fixed dated daily. More than anything I need task lists and flexibility. What chores do I need to find time for in the coming week? What supplies will I need when I next go to Sam's Club? What do I need to pack when I visit my parents next weekend? I do think everyone should commit to not making ANY purchases until they assess what their needs are for the coming year. My need is lists and tasks. Notebook it is.
The SI is sanzen TRP (just like the Hobos are for 2024 (except weeks. It switches 2025). And same grid as cousin. I’ve been using their planners/notebooks all year with stickers and stuff and had no issues with them holding up. But they did change/improve their covers for 2024 and the issues a few had in 2023 shouldn’t be an issue in 2024. ❤
Ditto. When Sterling Ink did their launch a few months back i committed to the weeks for my only 2024 planner. Then the Hobo launch happened AND the new a6 original in English (currently have the techo planner English version) now i want one of them. THEN TN has their new line!!! Ugh, the fomo.
8:20 I thought you have decided already that the ring planner is the best for planning, and the bound planner is for memory planning?!? You mean you ate considering something else?!?!
I wish the daily moleskine was literally anything but lined! I see that as more of a journal setup. I need times and checklists 😩
Have you tried adding the Weeks Notebooks as your daily scratchpads? They come in a pack of 3, maybe 30 sheets each. Made of Tomoe River Paper, blank gridded. They slide into slde flaps and would easily last for a month. Alternatively, I've used a single one to manage all the details of a short term complex project. I use my A5 Filofax for lists, goals etc. Not an Everyday Carry.
For some reason, I just don’t like those thin notebooks. I have them, have tried to use them…just don’t like them.
So smart to wait! Even if it’s just a pen test - hold off!
Because this year has been such a mess for me, I've decided to just buy a pocket Moleskine weekly, and I'm going to make it work. I've been a Franklin Covey user since 2000, and I was Filofax for about 15 years before that. I have quite a few beautiful covers and of course, 14000 beautiful notebooks, many of which I'm saving for best.... What is that about, exactly?? I know this is weird, but my fear is....what if I die next year and I've lost my chance to use my beloved rings? As I say, it's been a difficult time, and it's left me a bit loopy til I get my equilibrium back.
Thirteen planners in a week 😂😂. I feel you!
I’m sure it’s an accurate number. 😂
Just a thought what about using one of the hobonichi week size notebooks that come in a three pack as your notebook in addition to your hobonichi weeks. That way you could keep the notebook with your weeks together in the zip cover and you wouldn't have to have a notebook with a coil.
I love the Hobonichi covers. BEAUTIFUL, but I could never regularly purchase their things for myself. Once or twice I thought about trying the weeks because I LOVE that format but that kind of price is debilitating for me. I just know that be too scared to use any of it for fear of ruining it all. Mind over matter for me. I'm glad that most of these styles are starting to be used by many other brands. OH, BUT THEIR COVERS ARE SO DANG CUTE 😭I'm a sucker for the embroidered ones and those patchwork ones.
I know JetPens are priced a little higher, as well as Amazon, but you could do free shipping with them usually.
21:24 They sell dated planners if you love the planner. But it’s the vertical you don’t really like/use so probably not a great fit. A different one like the Haroo horizontal might be a better fit.
Hi Sam and everyone. I started "planning" in 2014. I used a spiral notebook until I found happy planner. In 2018 I found hobinichi weeks and have bought one every year since then. I just ordered one over the weekend from Amazon. $30 only. I've been using a day free with it all of 2023 for the months and use the blank pages in the back for scripture writing. I have way too much of all the other things, so I'm not buying anything else. Thanks for your helpful thoughts!
I’m glad you’ve found your system!
SI will be my first weeks planner and first SI product. I'm still waiting for it to arrive.
I have decided after all the money spent this year. . I'm going to use what i have and bullet journal. Items gifted to me along with my over purchases. Took me a lot of control not to order a hobonichi avec for 2024 ❤
Yes! Planner life has gotten way too complicated. I've been going back and watching planner videos from 5 years ago. So fun to see the differences- people seemed to be having more fun and less stressed to make things "perfect". I try to ignore the pressure of buying into what's popular and just using what makes me happy. :)
I'm using the $.98 Pen&Gear monthly from Walmart, the $1.25 weekly from Dollar Tree and a Hobo Weeks clear cover I bought 3 or 4 years ago.
I was so good only buying on Etsy personal sized monthlies for my ring planner. Then, insert Jaws music, I was caught and bought a Monthlies Standard TN from Sterling Ink, and then the same but for the passport. AAAHHHH! Every year, well I figure I can make it work with three planners.😂
Goodness, yes. How simple it was just buying some premade inserts on Etsy!! 😅 Speaking of…my Sterling Ink order finally shipped. 😂
Have you ever thought of designing your own planner? You can bring it to a printer to make a bound book out of it? It’ll be a lot cheaper than what your spending on buying a new planner every 6-ish weeks?
That’s why I don’t buy a moleskine planner because the monthly squares are worthless. I need the monthly squares to be functional. Also I really like the graph pages in my planners. It’s one of the main things I don’t like about the weeks. I don’t care for the blank left hand side. I haven’t bought a weeks this year for an on the go planner - I went with an a6 instead. But then I miss the weekly pages. So I might add the weekly supplement but it’s vertical and smaller so I’m still thinking about that. Honestly sterling ink now makes almost anything you could want in almost any size and it’s all Tomoe River graph paper. She is really covering the whole planner schizoid world. I bought some of her new PU leather booklet planners in a few sizes as well as hobonichi day free in a couple of sizes. So I’m covered even though I miss those cute weeks covers. But can I justify buying the weeks just for the cute cover? Well we all know the answer to that - Right! Personally I think we are all crazy. But again a planner has to work and feel comfortable to the user. Good luck with the struggle. We know it’s real. HaHa.
Same with me haven’t used my Midori Hibino just in case I decide to donate it or give it away i basically opened it and placed it back in the originally packaging
I still am not 💯 which Weeks. I am using one, but now I have two to choose from. I need to decide soon though!!
@@samplans omg 2 which one do you like best if the two?
right now the only thing I am struggling with is deciding to use either my cousin daily pages as my journal or the A6.. it is very irritating
I’ve been so irregular this year in journaling that I will just be writing things down in the back of my regular weeks.
I had better luck using the cousin for daily planning and list making rather than journaling - it didn't bulk it up as much, removed the "pressure" to use every page and was easier to keep up with! I've learned I like having my journal separate from my planning.
And I feel like some shops are pushing for pre order so early which means you have to commit “or else”…
Yessss
Even earlier was Sterling Ink…and I missed the preorders so now what?
I was thinking as you were talking and I actually kind of agree with you about Hobonichi muddying the waters for planners. For me, it is true and it is totally a me thing. I get far too precious with how I use it. Layout has to look good, with my fountain pen, stickers, etc. Don't get me wrong, I adore my Cousin. 100% but I don't like how pretentious I can get with it. There are times I just want to go back to the simplicity of the bullet journal. I had a great system with my bujo and it was so simple (and not so pricey... a $14 book vs. $65... 😵). I love to look back through my Cousin, I guess I need to figure out how to not feel so precious with it. At the end of the day, it is a book with paper. I make it more than that and that is purely on me... I do have my Avec for 2024 and I have it ready to go, but sheesh, sometimes I wonder if going bujo would have been better.... good luck, friend. Your planner struggles has mirrored mine and quite a few others in the community. It isn't a unique situation and I think social media has so much to do with it...
I kinda Wish they had a A6 Mega ( I love extra pages ) it has some pages but as many compared the Mega Weeks …. Tried the weeks I stopped after 3 days couldn’t be consistent but I love watching people’s setups and how they use it …
I prefer the slimmer profile of the A6, but get that more pages would be useful!
@@samplans yes
21:20 doesn't H&O has dated planners too?
@@bean_5309😂
I’ve recently decided that I only want 1 planner for the entire year especially since I over buy i over spend and I’m left with a ton of empty planners worth hundred of dollars originally my plan was 1 Midori Hibino and my Small Rings Agenda which I also use a Wallet… now I’m thinking perhaps 1 MAIN planner for EVERYTHING and using my PM for literal only what I need on the go IE a Wallet with Monthly inserts the daily inserts and Blank Pages … I guess technically that’s 2 ….. the Midori Hibino is too small even with 2 page layout kind think I should’ve stayed with A6 Hobo oh well now I know however I started buy 2024 planner stuff in June specifically because if Pre-Orders …. So it’s totally on me the Midori will be best used as a Devotional Notebook or as a list keepers and I’ll use it as need be im definitely going to be heavier n my journals this year rather than Planners ….
I’m really hoping journals take more of a spotlight for me in 2024. Good luck with your 1 book system!
@@samplans thank you
I think there are just too many options. On one hand, I am thankful for the choices because some of those have put me close to my ideal planner, on the other hand, it is overwhelming the number of planners that have cropped up. I do think the market is saturated or close to it, because one shop has decided to hold off on offering anymore planners or notebooks next year, and I get that, as a shop you don’t want to invest money you may not get back. If we did not have so many choices I think we’d make what is available work. And, to your point, shops started their pre-sales in August, which pressures people to buy, and by the time they get those planners they’ve switched sizes 😂🤷♀️
Exactly this!
I have been in a state of planner unrest for three years. I can't settle, I'm leaping from one to another and I keep making the same mistakes over and over again. I keep buying Mokeskines, yet I don't like them. I don't like A5, I don't like their paper and I don't like the layouts. Yet... I keep trying and failing. Why do I do this? Exactly the same with Hobonichi Weeks. The same with bullet journals. But... I keep buying them and hoping for a different outcome even though I know this won't happen. I'm looking at your olive green Weeks and I really want one because it's beautiful, but I hate the paper. I have no idea what works for me any longer. I used to buy a planner, any planner, in years gone by, but now nothing works and I don't know how to fix it.
I feel this comment so much. I wish I had advice for you, maybe just go back to basics? It’s incredibly frustrating and I hope you get it figured out!
I don’t want to interfere with your pen+gear spiral notebook, but I like the Moleskine notebooks with lines that are the same size. 🙈 They’re very sturdy…. Sorry! Lol
Well…I already found those but the one I grabbed was from Marshall’s, and the spine started cracking before I ever got to use it. But I am going to try another one!
I don't remember -why don't you use a bujo? I consider to use my halfused A6 kinbor or the A6 unused hobonichi for my bujo next year
God bless you, I hope you can find some clarity in your decision making. I’m struggling too . I really love the weeks because of the blank page that comes with every week.
No more Commit30? I must've missed a video somewhere along the line!! Hope you are doing well!!!
I did forget to bring it to my desk. I’m not actively using it at the moment, but I have it.
I like
24:49 you could glue your own monthlies into the pocket moleskine (mo2p)
i'm still searching for that planner peace
You’ll find it!
26:58 yay! I finally saw your bujo version!!! 🤣🤣🤣
Yes, i do think recently the same thing: i want 2 different planners: one with the weekly view, and one with the dailies, do i could see both at the same time!!!
An A6 Hobo + Weekly supplement worked for me in the past
I did this with the passion planner a few years ago. Was contemplating doing the same for 2024.
Ivthinkyou should just tuck your weeks inside your personal rings. I know you hate chunky, but you would have your two favorites together.
17:20 why don't you want to use the sterling ink -i guess the b6-planner?
19:52 the big post it note will do it
I totally agree with everything that you said. It makes complete sense. But why does it all have to be so complicated? You don't have to buy Hobnichi when its first released, unless its because of the new covers, decorations Ect. And that means your getting away from the whole reason for planning. Hobnichi is sold on Amazon and practically everywhere all year round. Its really not a big deal. Its just a papper calendar. Keep it simple. Life is wayyy to short.