it’s such a great video!!! so sad that there isn’t the weekly supplement 😢

I love your tips and the set-up suggestions! Thanks! Super helpful! I told myself that I was not going to fail at this because of “analyze/paralyze” or the constant overthinking of how to begin this… I like that you emphasized that there is no wrong or right way. I love the covers BTW. On a separate note - can you pack my carry-on for Japan? 😁

5:20 I laughed so hard when you ended that beautiful quote with "that quote is quite anxiety inducing". 😂❤ I plan to use this notebook as a mini gratitude journal because the little "today" on each page reminds me to be grateful of the present moment. I'm not a big gratitude journaller (sorry I'm inventing words here) but I do find that if I'm having a tough time it can help to write down a few sentences to remind myself of all the things I love in life.

you're so funny!! this is my first year with the a6 and weeks so its helpful to see options with it. thanks for a great video!

Thank you! This video was incredible and kept me smiling the whole way through. Keep the awesome videos coming!

So enjoyed your unboxing video! You truly made me “laugh out loud” several times. 😂 Great haul and thanks for showing us different notebooks in the A6 covers. Very helpful!! BUT, you made me start another HOBO Wish List! 🩵

Informative & entertaining. Thoroughly enjoyed this, and your quirky humor was the best.

Don’t worry, my cream cover doesn’t look nearly as clean as your pouch, and that after only 1 year 😂

Girl. I have been binge watching your videos and have subscribed. You are such a refreshing person in this community!!!

I clicked on this video because I got curious with your name - and the intro got me immediately hooked! Haha. Watching all the way to the end!!!

I found this video in the Messy Hobonichi FB group and I’m so glad I clicked through. It is so refreshing to see someone talk about their planner challenges and issues so honestly. Your sense of humor is so relatable. Hang in there.

It's okay to use Hobonichi and make a mess of it. - Ha! Perfect! :) ...and we'll go back to our regular chaos. Words to live by! Thank you, Yes but also no.

Thank you for this educational and fun video! ❤ Although I came here for the Hobonichi content, I'm really interested in how you use the Jibun Techo. I've been thinking of using the Jibun Techo Lite and was so pleased to see it here.

What a great video and thank you for keeping it real and fun - I also have “regular chaos” so I am glad we are in that together and not alone. I definitely am the sort to experiment how many notebooks would fit in a cover - the standard covers are designed for the thickness of 1 book or two Avecs, I imagine you could fit 3 notebooks into the 5-year covers as they are designed for bigger/fatter books. I was very impressed with your Weeks in the Small Draw Pouch - I’m gonna have to try that myself now as I thought I would have to get an Áne Pouch but with a pen and some stickers on the inside and more pens outside - you are fabulous!! 🎉 If you don’t like the “dirty” you can put the pouch in a mesh laundry bag and wash the pouch on a delicates/wool cycle with your silks and woollens but if you are not bothered by the wear and use - loved-marks then you don’t need to worry about washing it. 🫶🏽 Varsha.

“Dont worry the fear is part of it” loooveeee it 😂😂

I love your channel name

Yes! Love out of the box setups!

Have you tried buying an inexpensive large zippered travel wallet? I've been checking the dimensions and they'd definitely fit a weeks, maybe even an a5, at a fraction of the price. Not as pretty ofc but for practical purposes it could work and design-wise they're almost identical to the zipper pouches.

5:34 😂😂😂😂😂 agree!

fun video to watch 🙂 I love your personality

What a great idea for a video! You don't normally see videos like this and it's refreshing. Seems like it would be helpful for someone who like to research before they buy

Also, how much you can fit in any size drawer pouch depends a lot on the material it was made from. I have some of the bow and tie material ones, and they have zero stretch, no matter how long I’ve owned and used them. I can get way more into the regular cloth ones, and the nylon ones are in between.

The Sneaker does fit inside the small drawer pouch, but then you can’t fit much else.

“Prepare your heart” has me cracking up! Thanks for the very useful video!

What an awesome video, very informative and not issues that people normally address in their videos. And also so funny! Thanks for the giggles at 26:34 🤣🤣

Great video

Fun video!

This was such a great idea for a video. Thank you!

I got an A5 Cousin, a Denali pencil board, and a snow globe weeks. Thanks for you kind words about lack of money.

Thanks for sharing. I had to open my Cousin too.

Such a useful video! Thank you!

Im impressed with how much stuff you were able to fit in that drawer pouch! I have one, but Im very precious about it, so Im not gonna push the limits that much, but if I ever get a simpler design, the world seems to be my oyster 😂

*List of Setup Experiments* 🔸 Welcome & Words on Perfectionism 01:13 🔸A6 Cover - Avec & Grid Notebook 2:45 - Avec Only 03:26 - 3 notebooks (Avec + 2 Notebooks) 04:33 - Hon 07:08 🔸Flat Pen Case - What fits inside 11:04 - Flat Pen Case with different planners 14:03 🔸Small Pouch - Can it fit the weeks? 15:40 Hon? 21:01 Avec? 21:32 - Avec & Weeks together? 23:16 🔸Extra - Weeks & A5 cover 23:32

I got my blue box today yay! 😺💙☀️

Honestly, the best thing I've ever done for myself was cutting planner hopping in the bud. Like yeah, I buy a journal, a work planner and a personal one each year, but I refuse to switch my catch-all EDC during the year. I can try different layouts in the back pages, I can make plans for next year's planners, I can change the cover, but I am bot allowed to hop out of it. And guess what, that just makes it work, because I have no other option. 🤷🏼‍♀️ I'm trying sg new in 2025 because life is constantly changing anyway, and I got a backup Weeks in case the new system is a giant fail. But even then, I can use one or the other as a journal or for work, and I still haven't bought more than the 3 I am allowed. And then there's next year to try sg else. Unless we die. 😂

Been loving your videos so much I had to subscribe. Your sense of humor is priceless.

love your free form no scirpt rambling because that's how im usually thinking about my planners and stationery for the next year lmaoo hopefully you're able to have the set up and consistency you want <3 gl

lol. i had no idea the two loops went together like that!

This is such a ... sweet video! There's no better way to describe it. Me too, I've watched countless hauls this year but yours really made me smile. Loved the way you shared your thoughts. Thank you very much for this.

"There's always a next year, unless we die" OMG this made my day. Hitting subscribe 😂🤣🥰 Thanks for sharing, love this relatable video 🥰

I’ve watched so many hauls now and yours is by far my favorite. I love your chaotic nature 😂😂

You're so funny, i love how your smelled all your notebooks, i would do the same 😂

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Lol 😂! Greatest video ever! You are so real and this was so relatable and transparent 😢! Thanks so much, Arlene

I felt the same way when I got my Hobonichi order….a few moments of euphoria 😍

omg bestie we got the same exact planner / planner cover! 😂 the Have a nice day cover and the starry night ahh love that cover 😊❤

Lovely haul. Wishing you lots of fun with your baby old and covers for 2025. I also bought the Yumi Kitagishi Travel cover and the Keiko Shibata cat A6 notebook to use together. Thank you for putting the Avec and notebook in one cover, I was wondering lambing to do the same. Tip for the free pen in the butterfly closure (if you want to) I slide the pen UP from the bottom, pop the clip out and then back down, it feels backwards but is easier than sliding the pen down from the top with the too wide rubber grip. Best wishes Varsha.

I’ve been thinking of getting the floating cats as well! I’ve watched several videos now and no one ordered it, so thank you for sharing your great haul Also the mountains, I definitely am having an internal struggle because I’d like to get it in A6. I’d also really like to get the Bear with the dandelions cover in the Cousin size, even though I don’t use a Cousin. Ahh, help! 😅

I solved the flipping issue between more than 2 sections in my weeks and HON by using a simple Oli clip to clip say the weekly section and the blank pages together or the monthly’s and weeklies together.

You used all your luck on getting that notebook 😂😂 that’s something I would say!! Great items you selected!