2021 Hobonichi Cousin Setup | LindseyScribbles

Hey everyone, here's my current plan for my 2021 Hobonichi Cousin. 2021 will be my third full year in this planner and I'm excited to see how it will all unfold. Thanks for watching!
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PLANNER:
Hobonichi cousin (planner only)
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PENS:
Tombow Fudenosuke Brush Pen (hard)
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Uni Jetstream 0.5 (black body style)
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Tomobow Mono Drawing Pen 01
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Tombow Mono Drawing Pen 03
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Kuretake ZIG Clean Color Dot (Platinum)
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Zebra Mildliners & Tombow Dual Brush Pens are my go to highlighters!
SHOPS MENTIONED:
@VirgoandPaper
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[@samanthaanderson1281]

This is one of the most useful Hobonichi videos I've seen! I love the indexing idea. Thanks for sharing!!

[@lindseyscribbles]

Thanks for watching!

[@indeeuniverse]

The 100 marriage moments/memories is such a cute and fun idea. Like the setup ideas. TFS

[@stareenafraser]

I agree, this idea is too cute

[@lindseyscribbles]

Thanks 💕💕

[@chandlerainsley]

yessss i've been waiting for this! you convinced me to get a hobo cousin for this year

[@lindseyscribbles]

💕 yay! Welcome to the cousin fam

[@SunshineIzDivine]

I love watching your hobonichi videos. I decided to review what I did this year with my planner and evaluate what worked and what didn't. I also decided to read the bullet journal book to get some ideas. Love your channel!

[@lindseyscribbles]

Thanks for watching 🥰

[@Cocobird5]

That was helpful. I've always wondered how people used all the parts of the Cousin, and you've given me some excellent ideas.

[@lindseyscribbles]

Thanks for watching 🥰🥰

[@sistergoldenhair0727]

Love your index the best! I never use habit trackers and figured out they only work for me on a weekly spread. Really looking forward to having an index for my daily entries next year!

[@meghanjackson7494]

I have been trying to resist a Cousin for months. You’ve pushed me over the edge - your book is lovely and perfect and useful. I can’t wait until mine comes - I think it represents everything I need in one book and I’m excited to get started. Thank you for the inspiration.

[@lindseyscribbles]

It’s really a great book to get a whole year in one place!

[@VictoriaGlasel]

I'm on my 3rd year of Hobonichi Cousin too! Im hoping this will be my most consistent year yet! Thanks for sharing your plans, I love seeing how people use the same tool so differently than I think to.

[@lindseyscribbles]

Thanks for watching! Hobonichi “classmate” buddies?

[@lemondayplanning]

I'm considering the Hobonichi Cousin for my next planner (2022), and I found this video extremely helpful in considering how I would use it. Thank you for your thoughtful explanations!

[@lindseyscribbles]

Thank you for watching 💕

[@leahfischer5264]

I bought the hobo and your style is similar to mine! Thanks for the example..love it!!💞

[@lindseyscribbles]

Thanks for watching!

[@hopezhang8278]

This is super helpful. I just bought my first first hobonichi this year, and you inspired me such to use it in a more functional way. Thanks for sharing!

[@lindseyscribbles]

Thanks for watching! 💕

[@taylerhayes660]

Thank you. I’ve been thinking about one of these for several years...needing to rock out nursing school and wedding planning.

[@lindseyscribbles]

I planned my wedding in my first cousin and it was handy to flip back and find all the info later when my sister got married!

[@elliescorner2019]

Love this video! I always appreciate how intentional you are with your systems and choices. I’ll be in my first ever Cousin for 2021 and I’m getting so much inspiration from you. 💛

[@lindseyscribbles]

I’m so excited to see how you’ll use the cousin and hopefully you’ll do some videos too!

[@starbucksmocha88]

Same here! First ever Cousin and Lindsey's videos have been a huge inspiration! 😁

[@jeriannmahnich]

I, too, will be using the Hobonichi Cousin planner for the first time in 2021, and I'll use my A6 Techno for my office life... I love your videos! Thank you so much for sharing; I'm a visual person, have my hands in all kinds of projects and tasks, and your structure and disciplines are extremely helpful, Lindsey. 🥰

[@kiahammond6769]

Living for this! Was inspired to get a cousin for 2021 months thanks to you ❤️

[@lindseyscribbles]

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[@giuliaplans27]

Lovely! Thank you for sharing your Cousin setup in such detail!

[@lindseyscribbles]

💕💕

[@ChristinaPlans]

I am going to have to come back to this video when I have my planner. There are some good ideas here.

[@lindseyscribbles]

💕💕

[@sonja2477]

got myself an a6 avec for 2021 partly thanks to you. this was such a good, throughout video and definitely gave me some inspiration... now i wish mine wasn’t packed away as a christmas present so i could already get to planning 😩 can’t wait to see how you fill this up ! ☺️

[@lindseyscribbles]

I’m always tempted to do an avec to keep things light. Sounds like a fantastic gift for yourself 😉

[@starbucksmocha88]

Thanks for sharing Lindsey, this is hugely helpful! I admit I had a moment of "what!? " when you said you weren't going to be using the future log as an index anymore, I thought you meant you weren't indexing at all! 😭😂 I was relieved to hear you're continuing that, I love your system for finding things later and it sounds like you're going to be making it even better! Hmm now I'm kinda tempted to use that "new year" 2 page spread as an index. I don't have any other ideas for that spread yet so we'll see. Also I LOVE the mind map on the blank monthly page, I'm thinking of trying that too, to keep it more little bullet points I can actually see & keep in mind during the month. And the favourites at the back too! I love tracking my fave music during the year. All your ideas for this planner are so awesome! 😍🤩👍

[@lindseyscribbles]

😂 yeah I don’t think I could function without an index at this point. There are so many pages in this planner to keep track of! Thanks for watching 💕

[@All.things.grandish]

Great ideas! Thanks so much for sharing. Now I’m off to make little notes in my cousin.

[@lindseyscribbles]

👏👏

[@mandydreams]

So, so deeply inspired with your Hobo Cousins! Thank you for sharing :)

[@lindseyscribbles]

Thanks Mandy 🙏🏻💕

[@ashtonwomack]

You’ve inspired me to actually use the favorites page this year! Never used any of the back pages 🙃

[@lindseyscribbles]

Can’t wait to hear what you’ll use it for!

[@Raeleen]

This was sooooo helpful! Omg thank you for sharing your planning ethic !

[@lindseyscribbles]

Thanks for watching 💕💕

[@MominTX]

Would love to see a video on how you use your mind map. Thanks for all the tips, my hobonichi is getting delivered today!

[@Papershire]

😍😍😍😍 i got hobo inserts because of you 😆 love your planning system so much!

[@lindseyscribbles]

💕💕💕

[@MinimyoCaly]

Your weekly spread inspired mine and I LOVE that set up, so I thank you!

[@lindseyscribbles]

Thanks for watching!

[@MinimyoCaly]

@@lindseyscribbles always! PS: I think you’re in my state.

[@Addicted2Planning]

Loved this.... you’re making me want a Cousin!! Love the 100 Marriage Moments also. Didn’t know what I was going to do with mine (weeks), might need to steal that one. Thank you for sharing! 😀

[@lindseyscribbles]

Thanks!! 💕

[@aprilchaney250]

I'm here in August 2021 having just ordered a july start avec to find out if I want to use a cousin for 2022 and writing down all of these ideas!

[@lizzbd4527]

I wasn’t sure how I was going to use my cousin this year and this was so helpful. Thank you.

[@lindseyscribbles]

Thanks for watching!

[@sylviechatillon7655]

Thanks for this video! So interesting! Was looking for a planner and I found it with your video! My Hobonichi is on his way and I can't wait to start using it :-)

[@lindseyscribbles]

💕 thanks for watching!

[@dearlydeciduous]

Awesome 😍 And I really love the marriage moments!

[@lindseyscribbles]

💕💕

[@inksplat]

thanks for this! I used my cousin off and on this year (hello, 2020), but there are actually a lot of pages in the planner I don't utilize that I want to make a point of using in 2021. I like the idea of the "index" pages as a habit tracker for the year, and I really need to be better about utilitzing my weekly pages. I love having the week overview, especially coming from Erin Condren a couple years ago, but I never seem to make myself use those pages as much as i'd like. thanks for the inspiration!

[@lindseyscribbles]

Thanks for watching! I’m also a lover of a good weekly overview! My brain works best with vertical

[@LeaverWild]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!! 🥰😍🥰😍 I was waiting for this video. Based on your IG, I thought the Cousin maybe wouldn’t make it into your lineup this year!

[@lindseyscribbles]

😂 I’m considering my weeks a great experiment. But my cousin is my tried and true

[@purpl3lina]

I’ve been trying to decide what to do with the yr overview. A habit tracker sounds fantastic!

[@lindseyscribbles]

This will be my first attempt 🤞🏻

[@jeriannmahnich]

@@lindseyscribbles I'd love to know what your categories for tracking with be in your new layout. EX: Your Workout tracker I've seen in your 6-ring has space for listing different WOs (walk, run, etc) that a tracker won't have (trackers used for X'g out completed tasks). My head 🤯 when I try to organize my trackers! 😂

[@starlightpaperstudio]

love this lindsey! i'm using a cousin for next year and you've definitely inspired me!!

[@lindseyscribbles]

Yay! Welcome to team Cousin

[@shelly-bell]

I really like the idea of writing down when I pay bills. I'm always wondering if I paid something and have to scroll through my email or log in to my accounts to find out. This will help me so much!

[@ernestalang999]

So very helpful. I am considering many of your ideas

[@ernestalang999]

…for 2022. I am new to Hobonichi. Thank you, for sharing. Happy New Year!

[@starbucksmocha88]

Oh and I meant to say how much I LOVE that idea of 100 marriage moments... So cute! ( I definitely think you should go back and fill in 2020's!) I'd be unable to resist doing that 😂 also, I've just realized I can still use that spread idea even though I'm not married or dating currently, I'm going to use it for 100 moments with my best friend!! I'm so excited for this now!! 🤩 thanks again for your great ideas, my first experience in a Cousin is going to be so much better because of the ideas from your videos! 😍

[@lindseyscribbles]

That’s a fantastic idea!

[@starbucksmocha88]

@@lindseyscribbles thanks 😊 I wouldn't have thought of it without your marriage moments idea, so I'm really looking forward to seeing how you'll fill out the list - I'm bad at being concise and it's a pretty small space to write in!

[@InkDiaries]

Thanks for the ideas! I just bought my first Hobonichi A6 (English) and I can’t wait to use it in the new year. Do you buy covers for your Hobonichi? I didn’t buy a cover for mine and I hope it’s sturdy enough to last all year. 😬 lol

[@EmEmJee89]

I've been waiting for thisss

[@lindseyscribbles]

💕💕💕

[@rovettebaltierra5318]

So many great ideas

[@lindseyscribbles]

💕💕💕

[@sokmarllyta7947]

awesome video! thank you for all the ideas. so far I think you are the only one that i follow that still use the standard cousin instead of the avec. I figure its because it keeps the entire year in one book for reference whenever?

[@lindseyscribbles]

The cousin is the only book I've managed to comfortably get a whole year in, so that's the main pull for me!

[@Eversew139]

So many good ideas. Thanks

[@lindseyscribbles]

💕💕

[@Stormbrise]

Yeah I have a no buy from Christmas until February when Hobonichi releases their spring lineup, 🤣 . Like you, I am trying to avoid putting down a lot of stickers and washi.

[@lindseyscribbles]

It’s so tempting to go sticker crazy 😂

[@jcasulla3777]

I'm using keys for my tracker on monthly log. I have included budget tracker on the same page

[@lindseyscribbles]

Cool!

[@planningwithquinn8410]

Oh man now I seriously want a hobo cousins 😫so pretty

[@lindseyscribbles]

🙈🙈🙈

[@TheDkelley]

Lots of great ideas thanks for Sharing

[@lindseyscribbles]

Thanks! 💕💕

[@jizhouluo9429]

I like your sticky notes idea，😂.

[@Purseonality]

Can you please share what you use for tabs? Do they adhere to one side of the page only, and if so, do you stick them to the front or back? I'm trying to find the best combo of adhesive strength + not ripping the page. Thanks!

[@lindseyscribbles]

I use post it brand tabs from target / amazon / Walmart and stick them on the back of the page. They’re reposition able and I haven’t had an issue with them tearing the pages or leaving a residue

[@dianebrock1999]

Love your videos. Do you carry this with you all the time? Are you purposely going to keep it thin this year? I’m debating on this or avec! I love stickers and such but just wonder what it would be like to just plan in a book. Just pen and highlighter???? Lol

[@lindseyscribbles]

Thanks for watching! My cousin primarily stays at home, but I used to take it everywhere my first year. Not necessarily trying to keep it thinner I’ve just found myself slowly using less stickers from year to year. But I do make a conscious effort to keep it thin enough to protect the spine since I plan to keep them around for awhile!

[@belle_bookworm2533]

Just bought my very first Hobonichi today from Jet Pens

[@lindseyscribbles]

Yay!

[@wonderwonder30]

Can you do a list or video on your favorite KZbin channels for the hobonichi? I seem to have trouble finding channels that are specifically for the a5 but I can find so many for the weeks lol

[@starbucksmocha88]

Yeah I'd love to know this too! You're right, the Weeks seems way more popular (even for sticker kits too, the Cousin size is harder to find.)

[@wonderwonder30]

@@starbucksmocha88 oh yeah, stickers too...printable stickers would be awesome. I read on a post that someone was shrinking down their normal EC kits to 83% to have them fit in their hobonichi, haven’t tried it out but it almost seems to much effort. But anyhoo, you’re right a sticker list or video would be a nice addition to her hobonichi videos.

[@starbucksmocha88]

@@wonderwonder30 oh that's an interesting idea about printing the kits at 83%. But you're right, sounds like extra work I'm not keen to do I'd rather just buy pre made sticker kits for the Cousin. I have some hope that Helen from TCMC will start making kits for the Cousin since she's gonna be using one for 2021. I'm sure it'll appear in her PWM videos too so I'm looking forward to that! :)

[@lindseyscribbles]

I don’t have a large list, but the first two that come to mind are @sterlingink and @theoryoflauren but I know some of my favorite planner people have mentioned that they’re trying the cousin this year so I’m hoping we’ll see more on KZbin soon! My favorite cousin kits are from @virgoandpaper 💕

[@starbucksmocha88]

@@lindseyscribbles ooh thanks for the info Lindsey! It does seem like more planner people are starting with a cousin in 2021, I don't think it's just my imagination because I'm hoping for that 😂 I just did my first order from Virgo and Paper over the Black Friday sale, I'm excited to see the kits when they arrive - I got the 2021 die cut too, inspired by how awesome it always looks on your Cousin! It's crazy how much your planning videos have helped me figure out what I want to change for 2021! Looking forward to getting closer to planner peace 👍💕

[@heidihollands741]

Very inspirational. I have a techo for 2021 so will try any adapt to my needs, without the weekly pages. Not sure I will have so much to put in it, but I’m sure 2021 will be more productive than 2020. Please can you tell me what pen you mainly use? Thank you

[@lindseyscribbles]

the Uni Jetstream in 0.5 or 0.7 it's linked in the description box!

[@heidihollands741]

@@lindseyscribbles thanks. Realised that as the video continued 😀

[@katinawilliams6052]

I really want to try the Cousin but it's so expensive. I got a cute planner at TJ Maxx, so we'll see how that goes. Haven't started it yet 🙄

[@lindseyscribbles]

Sometimes those are the best planners though!

[@ThisIsAlexphil]

Pretty and functional! Great planner ideas you got there 😉 How did you fit your Midori A5 clear cover over the Hobonichi Cousin? Did you have to stretch the Midori cover first before slipping in the Cousin? Thank you 🙏 😊

[@lindseyscribbles]

I used a blow dryer to apply some heat and stretch mine out. I did this back in 2019 and I’ve been using the same cover since. I’m not sure if Midori makes them smaller now? But it didn’t take a whole lot of stretching if I remember correctly. Thanks for watching!

[@ThisIsAlexphil]

@@lindseyscribbles Cool! Will do just that. Thank you very much for the tip 😉 I appreciate it. I’m subscribing 🥂

[@sometimeswrite239]

Love your plan. Can you share your color coding? I use too many colors which makes it less useful

[@lindseyscribbles]

I adjust from year to year so I’ll try to do a video with my tracker setup!

[@Kawaii_Rockie]

Oh wow! Is that Kakashi -Sensei in ur journal?! 🥰

[@lindseyscribbles]

😂 yes!

[@mshwetanaidu7762]

Can u plz do a flip through of your 2020 planner?😬

[@lindseyscribbles]

I’ll do some sort of final flip in January!

[@ssd1453]

Lindsey how do you not have any crossing out? Plans change and I hate crossing things out.

[@lindseyscribbles]

There’s plenty in there trust me! My rings hold most of my future events so things are pretty concrete by the time I plan it out in my cousin. I also don’t keep track of work meeting etc anymore since outlook does that for me which would be most of my canceled / rescheduled events. My weeklies are sort of a running to do list. So if I don’t get it done on the day it’s written, but I do get it done that week I don’t worry about it too much and just check it off. Hope that makes sense.

[@robynkahle7240]

Okay if there is such a thing as a “rockstar” planner, that is you.

[@lindseyscribbles]

🙈🙈🙈 thank you!

[@wonderlandstudio8092]

Do you have a link of where you get your stickers?

[@mariamigchelbrink-spinola9031]

I love your Hobonichi Cousin, but I also love the weeks and the rings. I was wondering, can you show me how you use them? I have the Cousin, which is exclusive for work, I have rings, where I reference pages, and I have the weeks which I am not sure how to use it. I think I would like to use it as you use yours :). Really been enjoying your videos and Insta post :).

[@lindseyscribbles]

Thanks for watching! My latest planner system update was my previous video which explains how I use rings and the cousin at the same time. The cousin had morphed into more of a journal / archive / memory keeper for me over the years. While the rings is more of my task based planner. The weeks is a giant experiment and still deciding how it fits in 😅

[@butacrafts]

Thanks for the ideas and pointing out the changes you’ll be making based on your learnings thru 2019-2020. Very helpful to get that perspective! Since you’re switching from calendex back to index, will you still keep to the same color coding? Did you use the color coding anywhere else in the planner other than calendex? Examples?

[@lindseyscribbles]

Historically I’ve only color coded the entries in my index and not the spreads themselves and I plan on continuing that into next year!

[@karlavaldivia2058]

Do you know where to get translations of the quotes at the bottom of the daily pages?

[@lindseyscribbles]

I’ve never looked, I think I heard somewhere that there’s a Hobonichi Facebook page where someone’s helped translate?

[@aaawww]

just want to tell you, if you think the my 100 list is not enough to use, hobonichi’s japan website have PDF version that you can download in a5 size, may be you can add it in if you finish the one in the planner 😉

[@lindseyscribbles]

Thanks for sharing! I’ll have to check it out

[@aaawww]

@@lindseyscribbles just to remind you that is only available in the Japanese website page

[@quiltknit]

Thank-You

[@lindseyscribbles]

💕💕

[@janeo14]

does the ink seen through from the back bother you?

[@lindseyscribbles]

It doesn’t really. I’ve used Hobonichi planners for a few years now and to be honest I don’t notice it

[@floridalife4]

What do you use for your tabs?

[@lindseyscribbles]

Post It repositionable tabs. I've purchased them from Target and amazon in the past.

[@nanostar7660]

4:16-indexing

[@allyleech]

What pen do you use?

[@lindseyscribbles]

Uni jetstream, it’s linked in the description box too if you’re looking for the one I use specifically!

[@VidiViciVlog]

Is this book a whole year

[@lindseyscribbles]

Yes

[@iriss3460]

I’d honestly love to get one of these but the paper is so thin!!! Huge no no 😔😔😔

[@lindseyscribbles]

It took my awhile to get used to for sure!

[@belle_bookworm2533]

Tomoe River is one of the best papers around! Then again, I'm heavily involved in the fountain pen/ink world

[@nsbhater]

Sooooo, I don't need a Hobonichi 😅 I've never had one...and def I don't need one 🙈

[@lindseyscribbles]

🙈🙈

[@iriss3460]

It’ll be good for the economy 🤭 so.....

[@StephanieRamirezlove]

Which stickers do you use ?

[@lindseyscribbles]

My favorite shops are TheCoffeeMonsterzCo, SterlingInk, HappyDAYA, caffeineandpaperco, and virgoandpaper

[@roxanna3779]

I consider it a win just to write the date and add a journal entry.

[@lindseyscribbles]

Sometimes that’s me too 😂

[@Stormbrise]

However, the index you have created will probably be very valuable for your children would find interesting in the future.

[@lindseyscribbles]

💕