Defeat Your Notebook Hoarding Addiction: Try This 2024 Notebook Challenge! Ep1

[@FranM6179]

Not only do I have stacks of notebooks, I keep buying more! So I’m using what I have and NOT buying more. One thing I do is jump around sizes to try then I buy notebooks in the new size and end up with more than I can use for years! I’m in!

[@PlanYourOneLife]

Same here! ❤️

[@ajc7295]

Another idea is to resell any unused notebooks. I love this challenge, such great motivation to make use of what we have 😄

[@PlanYourOneLife]

I've considered doing that. But I think that I'll be able to use up most of them by the end of this challenge. If I had 20 or more notebooks, then I would sell some of them.

[@gwenjks-1272]

Heart Breathings has a monthly notebook challenge she started for the same reason. There are a lot of great ideas for using up notebooks. I’m excited to see someone else doing this. It’s great to get ideas. Thank you!

[@KPApothecary]

OMG, So many of them still are in the original wrapping paper!! My problem is as soon as I get it I'm so excited I tear it open and start writing in it; so I have a whole bunch of books with one or two pages written on it LOL

[@PlanYourOneLife]

😳😂

[@vina.w]

Me too!! And after writing for less than 10 pages I just started to thinking about buying another notebooks.. Omg! 😅

[@PreciousPamphile]

I have realized that I don’t like most of the planners! And there is no almost perfect planner for me! I will be creating my own so I can do everything I need.

[@dakotagrey260]

I have been using one notebook per month journaling since July 2022 lol. Now I’m using one notebook per month and usuing a big catch all notebook per quarter, plus a study notebook with hella notes lol. I will partake in this challenge because November means black Friday which means stationery deals lol

[@PlanYourOneLife]

😅😃Wow! You've done a wonderful job using up your stationery thus far! ☺️

[@pointeplusplus]

For me it’s not about trying to use up what I have as much as it’s about trying to shop my stash when I find that I do have a need. I like the idea of a notebook no buy though!

[@theresabonnano5480]

Yes! I thought it was just me.

[@emmaythegray]

Oh wow good to know I am not alone. Time to take inventory and start using what I have. Thanks for the reminder/challenge. 📓 📓📓📓📓📓📓📓

[@coryk1592]

You are not alone with this! Great idea on the notebook challenge!

[@PlanYourOneLife]

Good to hear

[@carrienoyes2785]

OMG. I feel seen. 👀 I’ve been trying to talk myself out of getting a new notebook for my goals in 2024. When my desk has a lot of half-used notebooks already. I use small notepads (a6 size or so) for my to-go mess of notes that would otherwise get lost on my phone. Books to look up, appts to transfer to my calendar, shopping lists, gift ideas. Anything that I want to write while I’m not at home. Then I’ll either transfer the info later when I can or just wonder why I wrote it in the first place - and move on. I plan on using an a5 for goals - monthly goals, broken down to weekly to dos to accomplish it. Weekly and/or monthly reflections. What worked - what didn’t. Why didn’t it? Why did I procrastinate and how can I improve? I also do a common place. If it’s a major topic for me then it may have its own notebook that I’ll put my notes and thoughts on it. Self-study to help broaden my mind.

[@silynthiabudgets18]

You are not alone 😊

[@PlanYourOneLife]

🙌

[@tanjagardner285]

At the end of 2022, I was so embarrassed to discover that I'd somehow built up a stash of 70 (!!!!) unused notebooks, so I've been trying to use a bunch of them up over the year. I do journal a LOT, and sometimes go through multiple notebooks in a month. So even though I've had a couple of moments of weakness over the year where I've tripped, fallen and bought a couple more, I've used up far more than I've acquired, which means the overall number is less than it was this time last year. But my plan is to keep doing the same thing this year (and maybe look at gifting a few of them on as well)

[@PlanYourOneLife]

Wow, that's a lot. Hopefully, I can give you some additional ideas on how you can use your notebooks.

[@tanjagardner285]

I think I've probably used somewhere between 12-15 up this year, but there are still a bunch to go, so I'm always open to ideas 🙂@@PlanYourOneLife

[@LilacJream]

LOL. this doesn't even touch what my collection looks like. And I got rid of some earlier in the year. I realized I just don't work fast enough for my eyes. Good luck on your challenege!

[@PreciousPamphile]

Girl friend yes it’s definitely a problem! I have so many it would be embarrassing to tell you but between planner and notebooks more then 25 it’s bad… but moving forward I already plan to use my stash, destash and giveaway!!! 3years of cloth and paper subscription, did 2-3 getting simply gilded, I have 6 sterling inks for 2024 only and take a note plus other undated… so every couple of years I will go on a no buy unless necessary to save it has helped me save but not using the notebooks!!! It’s crazy but using my notebooks and stationary is my challenge for the next / year or few depending on how it goes!!! I will only get dated for journal, homeschool, home management and faith monthly only… I will be using and seeing what I like and don’t. Plus I can start using them

[@divatemple2245]

I have a TON of notebooks and I need a therapist to help me figure out what my problem is....because I just ordered two more today. LOL! As I come across different styles I am curious about them, so I buy buy buy. And now I have more than I can probably use in a lifetime. LOL. I'm destashing now but I definitely I'm looking for more ways to use them.

[@uhhhlana]

I needed this video!! I have a notebook obsession and so many I haven’t used, and I’m always looking at more when I’m out shopping

[@Cosmos0000]

I love this. This year is the first time I'm about to finish a notebook/journal since I used to bullet journal. I prefer to buy my planners now, but I definitely have a good dozen notebooks I want to find a use for. I look forward to seeing your ideas on how to do that! 💜

[@jenkooper8647]

#nonotebookhoarding24 is such a great idea! I’m in 👍🏼

[@kerrym1979]

Wow - that's a lot of notebooks! Looking forward to seeing how you decide to use them over the coming year. I know I definitely have one that I'd like to find a use for!

[@mrandisg]

I've been following Heart Breathings' Notebook Challenges ever since she started them. Count me in on this one too! This was already one of my goals for 2024! #nonotebookhoarding24

[@PlanYourOneLife]

🙌

[@jennifermiller7986]

I love Triomphe paper 😍

[@susanbeckett9347]

NO NOTEBOOK HOARDING 24! I also, need to get a handle on notebook purchasing. Thank you for the great idea.

[@PlanYourOneLife]

🙌Let's do this!

[@christinapolhemus2723]

I'm not alone! #nonotebookhoarding24

[@PlanYourOneLife]

❤️

[@PaperJoyPH]

Wow!!! So many notebooks 😍

[@taniah1549]

Not sure if I can join this challenge as I have my line up already sorted but I’m a notebook hoarder as well. Not alone 😊

[@mybibliofiles]

Me with 2 notebooks in my jetpens cart: 😳 Hahah I am a paper lover and have this same problem. I will hold off on ordering and use what I have first!

[@terrystephenson8253]

Great idea! I'm in

[@rohinibhat4955]

Oh that sounds so familiar. HA HA ... Glad others have the same issue.

[@PamEla-tz9wc]

We need to start a support group! lol

[@PlanYourOneLife]

That’s what this challenge is! 😅

[@amiegarrettgrayson5729]

I’m not sure I have enough to write about in order to fill all the ones I have 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@theresabonnano5480]

I love notebooks! I must always have more. 🤣

[@PlanYourOneLife]

😂😂

[@theresar9522]

Great challenge. I’m in but have way more notebooks than you. 😢

[@techplannerbabe]

Oh I also got the birch field notes but it bleeds with fountain pens so I'm ditching

[@conniephillips840]

Your stack is SMALL compared to mine.. In the process of moving and packing, I found I had a box full of them. My husband suggested taking the entire box to goodwill... What! I don't think so!

[@CSMHarleyQuinn]

I buy beautiful notebooks to do all the things I want to get done, but i dont want to mess them up and make them ugly, so i buy more. Its a vicious cycle 😅

[@annelyle5474]

That's not a notebook hoard... (uncovers vast collection) THIS is a notebook hoard! 😂 (With apologies to Crocodile Dundee). I am trying to use up some of my notebooks, but then my artistic brain just wants the perfect notebook for a new project and I fall down the rabbit hole again...

[@PlanYourOneLife]

😂

[@ilanabennett0369]

I hoard notebooks, pens AND sticky notes! 🤣🤦🏽‍♀️

[@pbnjezly404]

Add pen pouches and we could be twins!!!

[@PlanYourOneLife]

I have a lot of those, too! 🤫😭 I’ve gotten better at buying less of those. I’ve also been using my sticky notes up, because I realized that I like to hold on to the pretty ones, FOREVER! 😩😂 I to stop doing that.

[@ilanabennett0369]

@@pbnjezly404 I do love a good pen pouch! #twinsies

[@ilanabennett0369]

@@PlanYourOneLife I just remind myself I bought these things to use and if I never use them it’s like wasting money!

[@lynum40]

Hello my name is Tracy, and I am a notebook hoarder. 😢😅

[@PlanYourOneLife]

😂 Welcome to Notebook Hoarders Anonymous. 😉😅

[@techplannerbabe]

So in my defense I'm not a hoarder but like this year I bought like 3 monthly planners and I'm a daily planner. I botched up now I need to repurpose 😢

[@PlanYourOneLife]

😢

[@kellil4050]

I’m in #nonotebookhoarding24

[@cls3282]

30s into this video and I feel so seen lmao

[@erickamakesplans]

Nkonye (@ndinaija) hoards notebooks too. But I ain't one to gossip, so you ain't heard that from me 🤣

[@PlanYourOneLife]

👀🤣

[@NdiNaija]

LMAO, what kind of slander is this?

[@PlanYourOneLife]

😂😂😂

[@erickamakesplans]

@@NdiNaija It's only slander if it's not true 😒I'm out here trying to get you the help you need 🤗

[@pbnjezly404]

I’m in! Is gifting them ok? Does that count?#nonotebookhoarding2024

[@PlanYourOneLife]

Sure that’s ok!