Planner Problems: To Change or Not to Change?

[@TheMennomilist]

I always appreciate that you are sharing your own personal journal with us like this. Just putting that out there...

[@amytangerine]

Thank you so much! Just shared another personal video

[@miric3242]

We need Archer and Olive to bring back your planner!!!! ❤😊

[@amytangerine]

YESSSSS

[@jennmable]

Thank you for sharing! You always inspire me to use journaling/creating as a way to heal and have fun! ❤

[@amytangerine]

YES - love that!

[@user-yg7dx8ev2x]

When I started scrapbooking years ago, stickers were a thing. I bought stickers all the time. And never used them. So I got rid of all them. Now the stickers are adorable. I find myself buying stickers all the time. But I'm using them all the time in new ways.

[@amytangerine]

That's a great idea!

[@Amyduckie]

The best planner is the one you want to use. As long as you’re getting use out of it, that’s the right choice.

[@amytangerine]

TRUTH!

[@blackgirlhappyplanner3482]

Yes, I'm having the same struggle right now especially over what I want to use as a memory keeping tool. I'm very much considering a Hobonichi Cousin or Sterling Ink Common Planner. We'll see.

[@amytangerine]

I am looking into the Sterling Ink too!!

[@zoemejias]

Thank you for the duck AMY!!!

[@amytangerine]

You are so welcome! You are so creative and a delight to be around :)

[@janecullen4125]

Love your videos. Always an inspiration ❤️

[@amytangerine]

Thank you!!

[@CathyVongnaraj]

I love it and I love that you had good intentions, but you are so right! That hobonichi is becoming a CHUNKY MONKEY!!! And it doesn't help that your AO is soooooo cute! Go with where your heart takes you!

[@amytangerine]

Yes! Thank you for your support!! HAHA! But yes, great advice about going where your heart takes you!!

[@BecScribbles]

I bought your planner from Archer & Olive. And I LOVE it. I too feel so torn though. I keep going back and forth between the thought of that and a happy planner. I’m trying to do a memory keeper planner. Then I can look back and smile about the times and memories I’ve had.

[@amytangerine]

Awww yay!! I love both of those planners and formats. Let me know what you decide!

[@BecScribbles]

@@amytangerine after awhile of working in my current Archer & Olive planner, I’ll be using yours for next year too. It’s got enough room to write a little bit about each day. 🥰

[@brandiepoulin1771]

I change my planners and scrapbooking sizes whenever I get bored with my current use. It’s ok! ❤Sometimes we just need a different view/style to feel creative and plan! 😍🥰

[@amytangerine]

So true!

[@chiaotan5151]

Wow! So amazing love it❤️😘❤️

[@amytangerine]

Thank you!!

[@gmt5664]

as a business owner, I would think it's a no brainer to use your own planner. Very cheery spread.

[@amytangerine]

thanks!

[@VeganOrganizer]

I'm using one of your A&O collab planners as my Pretty Planner, which is full of stickers and has a kawaii theme. It's chef's kiss! I use an A5 HON as my work planner, so I have the best of both worlds ❤ Love your A&O collab planners - I hope you keep making one every year!

[@amytangerine]

That is awesome!

[@Amyduckie]

The best planner is the one you want to use. As long as you’re getting use out of it, that’s the right choice. Also, I tend to think that if people read the negative feelings I write down and get upset, that they deserve what they get reading my private thoughts. That being said I don’t have small ones I need to worry about hurting accidentally.

[@amytangerine]

You're so right!! I think this needs to be addressed in a future video :)

[@meghan9436]

I think it’s important to use our planners with intention. I just switched out my TN inserts last night because I hated what I had. I think it’s okay to dislike your notebook or planner. It’s good to have spaces where you can create freely. We can’t discover new things if we don’t! I changed my insert to the Tokyo edition one, and it feels so much cleaner and a great chance to start over. I will be posting a new techo kaigi about this hopefully by tomorrow morning.

[@amytangerine]

Very well said! Thank you!!

[@sharoncrouchman4348]

I still use a Leuchtturm1917 that I bought at Whimsodoodle when I took one of your classes. I also remember you sharing your hummingbird story with me. ❤

[@amytangerine]

Awwwww... love that! And I just saw 2 hummingbirds in the backyard about an hour ago :)

[@sharoncrouchman4348]

@@amytangerine I just received my sticker book and I’m loving them!!

[@Yoda0419]

Ugh! Please Archer and Olive make Amy's planner available again. Your planner and that size is my favorite memory planner. I planned in a hobonichi once and I did not love it. I did get an archer and olive this year and had to go with a larger size.

[@beautifullife4662]

This is a major problem! I support you!

[@amytangerine]

Haha, I appreciate you so much!!

[@Kathycamps]

I feel ya! I have the same problem. I always come back to the Hobonichi though

[@amytangerine]

Haha, Hobonichi is pretty magical

[@crafty_campbell_scraps]

I'll be interested to watch a discussion about journalling the hard times, bad/sad things, etc. I do sometimes find that tough - example, there was a big fire on the farmland around our house one night over the summer. Thankfully the fire brigade handled it, nobody was hurt, and there was no damage to the houses (there are 4 houses with the farm wrapped around us) but it was too close for comfort, I'd got our son asleep upstairs, n my husband was still on his way home when it happened - it was all pretty scary! I couldn't face journalling about it at the time because it felt too over-awing. I did go back n do it later but I needed a few weeks space first. When our son was in the NICU (he was extremely premature; he's 6 now n absolutely fine, thankfully), one of the nurses made these little paper booklets for parents to journal in while they sat by the incubators/cots as she thought it'd help with processing it all. This was before I picked up scrapping n journalling/memory planning and I did write in it but it's very factual about his status that day, procedures, etc not about my feelings (it is still a special keepsake from the time; we kept it in his drawer n his nurses added to it too). I often wonder whether if back then I'd been into memory keeping the way I am now, would I have been able to use it more effectively to help me process rather than getting stuck in survival shutdown mode for so long? (I did eventually process with therapy but he was nearly 2 by the time I was ready to do that - that was a long time in survival mode!) Or would I have still found it too much n shied away from putting it paper? We'll never know but its a hypothetical I still ponder sometimes.

[@amytangerine]

Oh wow - thank you for sharing this. I feel like we can learn so much from how others heal from grief (or at least are on the healing journey through creativity and journaling).

[@ceevee963]

I used one of your planners when I first started memory keeping. It was probably my most enjoyable journal if that makes sense 😂 I would love to get back into one at some point

[@amytangerine]

YAYYYY! I love hearing that :)

[@KatiesNestingSpot]

I wish this was still available, I didn't know there had been a preorder!

[@amytangerine]

So sorry! Are you on our email list?

[@michespapernook]

The struggle is real - don’t get me started on 2025 😅 but you made a good point about giving yourself grace and you going back to the other plan anytime you want

[@amytangerine]

Haha, right?! What are your top choices for 2025?

[@michespapernook]

@@amytangerine a B6 size common place planner - I went to plan and memory keep

[@mycraftdiaryy]

That’s really normal to be ‘tired’ of something you’re using. Thanks for being honest about the guilt, even though we logically know there’s nothing to be guilty for, it’s hard to get past that too. I most definitely did abandon my hobonichi last year because it got too bulky and I didn’t like to work in it anymore, and it’s okay to give yourself permission to close the chapter on something that don’t give you joy anymore (I learnt this from you!!!) I will suggest that if you plan to go back to Hobonichi to consider the avec version, which splits into 2 books for the year. I’m using that this year for my memory planner and it’s much easier to work with and doesn’t bulk up too much because you start anew for July. It is Japanese only though, if you don’t mind having it in Japanese, I mostly just cover them up with something else😅

[@amytangerine]

Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom!!

[@Amy75652]

Your planners are always such a riot of colour inside and u love seeing them. I’ve got one of your new A&O planners, Amy, and I don’t know where exactly I’m fitting it in as I also have a Hobonichi as well, but I know I will because it’s gorgeous!! It was interesting/helpful to see you expressing the same kind of dilemma over planners that it seems so many of us have, so thanks for sharing. 😊 Amy, I’m on your mailing list and wanted to pre-order your new sticker book so badly but you don’t ship to the U.K. Will it be available here at all do you know? Thanks! Edit: I tried your online store again and was able to get it shipped here. Yay!

[@amytangerine]

Thank you so much!

[@crafty_campbell_scraps]

I don't tend to feel the itch to switch books before they're done, but I've been using blank pages so it's easy enough to mix it up format-wise within the same book if I get bored or find a format's not working for me right now, so maybe that's what helps me. I do however have a bit of problem with buying books I like to save them for future use (I only buy plain or dot grid so there's no time restriction) and I also make my own (using Happy Planner rings n making covers out of patterned cardstock or even gift bags); I could probably keep going for like 5 years on the stash I've got without needing to buy/make more (but I probably still will 😆)

[@amytangerine]

Love this freedom you've created intentionally for yourself!! YAYYYY

[@Mintpapergf]

I absolutely felt the need to start your new undated planner collaboration with A&O and I decided I didn’t want to wait until January so I just went ahead and started in September 🎉 feels fabulous to give myself permission to start or stop whenever feels good 😊 following your advice and inspiration! ✨ you should do some joint virtual sessions to work on the planner, that would be great!

[@amytangerine]

I'm so glad! We are planner twinsies. And yes, would be so fun!!

[@darkgirl222]

My daddy was the other creative one in our family and he passed away in April so while my scrapbook got a bit behind because of that ❤ I’m working my way to being caught up

[@amytangerine]

Awwww, I am sorry. Have you listened to any podcasts with Laura Lynne Jackson? I highly recommend her work

[@darkgirl222]

@@amytangerine no but I will have to check it out! Thank you ❤️‍🩹

[@ji7635]

Your planner from Archer and olive is undated so you could finish the hobonichi first and start with your planner in Januari. But... I totally understand you. When you have something new you just want to use it 😂😂

[@amytangerine]

I'm committed to September and so far so good!

[@8randomprettysecret8]

How about the one you made? Would that layout work? Any one would be good. Your handwriting is pretty lovely 🥰

[@amytangerine]

Yes, I am using it and it's going well!

[@authenticallyapril67]

I feel like every Aug/September, I start looking for new journals and/or planners! Maybe I need to start mine in August instead of at the beginning of the year? Leftover memories of new school supplies maybe makes me feel this way. Lol!

[@amytangerine]

Totally! I think it's a school year mentality for me too. I thought about waiting until October 5 for my birthday so then it could be based on that, but I could not wait ;)

[@designingliefde]

I switched to Steling Ink for 2025, but I feel sad not using the Hobonichi 🙈😭 but I love the Sterling Ink as its so minimalist..bit also love Hobonichi because of the "personality" Help meeee 😅😂 Love your chunky-monkey !! X

[@amytangerine]

Good luck!! And now you are making me want to try Sterling Ink!! Should I do that? Help me and maybe we can try it together for 2025?! Is it undated? Tell me all the things, as I have heard of them but never experienced one in person!

[@designingliefde]

@@amytangerine It is gorgeous... honestly! There are so many options for 2025, dated and undated and different sizes 🥰 She has videos explaining all of them in detail. It is like Hobonichi, but more "high end" feeling due to the fonts and minimalist feeling and freedom! Not saying Hobonichi is bad at all ❤️ You won't regret trying 🫢😂 but it might make you feel like me now...like I like it so much more, but feel I am cheating in Hobonichi 🤫😂😂😂😂

[@nicolassanchez6329]

Can you pls pls come back to miss Andersons classs

[@amytangerine]

I sure hope to! Thanks for your enthusiasm, Nicolas!

[@BelowAverageMinecrafter]

I was just about to splurge on a Hobonichi for 2025! Do you think it’s entirely not worth it?

[@amytangerine]

I do think it's worth it. I loved it, but it's just time for me to switch it up. I think 8 months of it is still a success.

[@susanweber6861]

So frustrating that your planner is always sold out on archer & olive!

[@Amelia-ce3ge]

I am having a 2025 planner crisis. I want to change from a weeks to a b6 or an a5, but finding kits for them that actually fit is becoming too annoying. I was considering a HP mini dashboard but their options here in australia are honestly so so ugly, i could change the cover but the insert dashboards are gross. I was considering a W222 A5, but standard sticker kits would be 1 or 2 squares too small for the stacked version, so there would be space between columns, and the unstacked the standard stickers are 1 square too big. Honestly thinking about it is exhausting and ive considered just giving up planning and selling everything, sigh 🥲

[@amytangerine]

Oh man... well don't give up! I think you would miss it and feel like a big part of your life is missing as well. Stay open and allow yourself to change your mind! Try things and see how it works :) and have fun!!