For archive memory keeping, going with weeks for the quality. Kinbor is practical and economical for other uses but there can be quality issues and sometimes they have spelling mistakes. The different designs might have slightly different texture covers, there are variations. I think you get what you pay for. If anything is wrong with your hobonichi they have customer service and would replace it!

I love my Kinbors! I made a video showing mine from 2022-2025. I hope you enjoy yours, too!

Thank you so much, wish I would have known this before ordered my weeks. But I'll order this also.

I got the Kinbor weeks with the pink bows!

I got the Geese. Someone tried to correct me and tell me it was a chicken! Everyone is interpreting the bird differently.

Let me know what you think! Will you get a Kinbor? Would you give up your Hobonichi? I want to know! Also, I say "duck" a lot -- apparently they are geese. I didn't pay a lot of attention in duck school. Probably why I got hit in the face a lot when playing softball (haha).

N1 travelers notebook size, N2 Hobonichi Weeks size :) compact vs full means more notebook pages in the back but still a full year. Then you sometimes have a choice of the full year in two halves….. lol I hope I didn’t make things worse….

11:58 Week numbers are useful for long term projects, goals, and interational logistics/planning. As far as I understand it, it's more of a thing in other countries, especially parts of Europe, and the week numbers can be found on their calendars. Denmark use week numbers a whole lot, and even use it for holiday weeks if I remember correctly. For the US though, I do not remember seeing any planner with a week number until I got a pdf planner for my e-ink device. As someone who plans by weeks, the week numbers are helpful in the long term goals that don't have a concrete day of that week. Take week 36, it tends to land around the first week of Sept, sometimes the last couple days of August every 5 years or so. I could say the first week of September (tend to do it for people who do not know week numbers), but for me I mark it down as a turning point from late summer to fall for my weekly future planning in the years to come (and since it lands on the same week number year after year, I do not have to explain the date range like the first full week of September or last partial week of August). Cannot really say if it can help you personally though, you may want to look up some other use cases online if you are interested, but if you have a system that works for you, no need to shake the boat. I say definitely give it a look if you primarily structure your planning around weeks instead of months or days.

Do you write first then decorate/sketch or sketch first then write or a bit of each? Love it!

N1 is TN size and N2 is Weeks size!

This was my first time finding you on KZbin! I loved your video and yes we like to know about life too… what color did you paint the door?

The tweed really is beautiful

As a lover of paper and fabrics, essentially textiles, it made me smile when you showed the fabric of your dress! I can so relate!😊. I also prefer that the weekly section in the horizontal is graph as well. I don’t hate the quotes in Hobonichi (even though many don’t translate well) but they rob me of space, especially in the weeks size.

I prefer the SI much better. I use the annual calendar to keep track of birthdays. The lack of quotas and the other extras in Hobonichi planners allow so much more usable space. I love to insert quotes that I happen upon and as an SLP love writing definitions and word origins - I can use the space for what I want

I personally like to know the number of the week, I am a speech pathologist and work on cognitive skills, orientation. Etc with stroke, post surgical, post long hospitalization and dementia/ Alzheimer’s patients etc. just provides an overall awareness (orientation of how far you are into the year

I have the vertical in both the N1 & N2 for SI. It is extremely easy to create a horizontal layout in these! I absolutely love that I leave a small section on the top for appointments but the rest can be divided easily into horizontal boxes, or squares similar to the HP dashboard. I really like to keep a clear cover from Lauren Phelps on my SI, gives some storage place to me but I also love using a cover like Moterm or from WHP, especially for the planners that I use at work

Very good video!

also, you know how you can meet someone for the first time, and be like, oh this is a super cool person? but then you can meet someone for the first time, and you just feel like, wow I understand this person so well? you are definitely both

" i have tea, which i probably won't drink, because I'll forget." me every time i drink tea

Love seeing what you do. I love mine, and use it much more functionally. But for 2025 I bought 2. One for memory keeping and one for planning. Can't wait to start!!

I am working a lot with weeks Numbers in my Job as architect for forward planning deadlines on Building sites for contractors. Very Common in Germany.

I've been using the B6 since the planner launched, and it's my perfect size. Initially I ordered the B6 horizontal for this year, but I do like using the vertical weeks to track what I did that day (retrospective entries), so I may switch to vertical. As for covers, I'm treating myself to a VDS cover for my birthday (in December). I also ordered a less fancy one from Etsy. This year I just have their clear cover on it, and sometimes I cut some of their vellum and layer that on. On my work planner, I stuck a sticker on it with removable glue tape and put a cover over it

I gave up weeks because I didn’t like the yellow paper. Maybe I should try this one

Best comparison video ❤ Thank you 🥰

Anyone working on multiple levels of shipping in business, knowing the week number really helps because you have to plan for wiggle room.

Great video! Great inspiration - love your style, quotes and thoughts! ❤

Love all your thoughts and sentiments about just enjoying yourself and using the paper! It’s hard not to want that ‘perfect’ layout or use of these beautiful books 😅 I think it’s amazing your wrote a book as well - how cool!!! I love all kinds of stationery and it’s just for the fun of it!

That 5year set is soooo gorgeous! Loved your haul and commentary so much!! 🤣💚💚💚

I didn't know there's a 5 year gift set! It's absolutely stunning. I really enjoyed learning how you use everything, especially the list/calendar pages. I want to start using those too. Thanks for some lovely ideas!

Excellent haul! Your mind is like mine normally- lol! James Burke has a A6 5 year that he flips and is divine! Mel

I also fell in love with the 5 year gift set this year! I filmed my unboxing yesterday so hope to have a video out in the next few days. I am sooooo excited!

You could use Google translate for everything that you want to know what it says. Thank you for sharing your wonderful haul from Hobonichi with us. I'm sure you'll enjoy all your wonderful new books. Try Lauren Phelps Designs for acrylic pencil boards for making straight lines. She use roake and sell them, I haven't been to her sight in awhile so I don't know if she still does. Have a wonderful rest of your day.

Omg! Such an amazing haul!l have the gift set coming my way soon as well. Looking forward to seeing what you'll do with it.

Oooh what a beautiful haul! Love it all❤🎉

Love ur style. Truely inspirational.

First day your video came across my KZbin feed, definitely going to go back and binge watch some of ur past videos.!! Subscribed right away.!! Loved ur choices, thank you for you.! Blessings.

Coming from an educator, that was a very mature and respectable decision from your son.

What a beautiful haul, especially the linen cover.

That cover is truly beautiful!

Be careful with a CoC on the white 5-year cover. Someone on Reddit said they put one on a linen cover and mold grew. YMMV

I only discovered your channel yesterday with your Hobonichi Haul - I didn’t even know what that was until all these videos popped up on my homepage!! I watched lots of hauls but loved yours ❤ Your warmth shone through and I subscribed! This is the 2nd video I’ve watched and I just want to send healing hugs and wishes to your sister and you. Thank you for sharing your stories and the strength you both show - even if you don’t feel it, you shine 🌟 Very best wishes 💕❤️💕

Is your ring James Avery? I have one that I wear every day! Great haul.

You got the freebie I really wanted! I really wanted that green flower/leaves one ❤

I just ❤ everything about this! I’m inspired… possibly even inspired to start my own sharing channel!

Thank you for sharing! 😊

I use the pencil board for lines no problem. I change pencil boards up as well as covers to keep me interested 😂

My order is coming in today! Didn’t get a planner, just a cover but the 5 year Techo is gorgeous I’ve always planned on getting one or something similar to document the first years when I have children *^