Hobonichi 2025: talking myself out of buying everything | cozy night time planner chat

[@tortagialla]

I love how you printed the options all out because it makes it even more ‘real-life’ when making decisions. Cool idea!

[@LittleCocoStudio]

Thank you! Whenever I start to feel overstimulated with screens, I always find printing or writing things out helps to ground me! Plus, now I've unintentionally created a tetris-like game on my desk with the print-outs. I've been playing with different combinations to see if any appeal to me more than what I landed with in this video. 😂

[@ligli500]

I love hearing you talk through your thought process with these! It feels very realistic and down-to-earth, like grabbing a coffee with a friend and calmly chatting in a haul + anti-haul way without overemphasizing or adding to the "gotta-catch-em-all" excitement OR pretending to be above it all either. Thank you for this video! (:

[@LittleCocoStudio]

Thank you for hanging out with me. ☕️☺️ Sometimes I’m better at showing discipline with my hobbies, but it’s a much bigger struggle with Hobonichi. I completely fall for all the hype. 😂

[@northernvault2247]

I ordered the Bow Tie Mega in Sushi. I love the bright yellow colour. I will be using it for a Health and Wellness Tracker. I agree, if you buy the planners from different companies you gotta factor in the shipping cost. And if you decide not to keep it then the re sale value decreases even if you paid the shipping cost. Thanks so much for sharing. So interesting to watch. ❤

[@LittleCocoStudio]

The Sushi Bow & Tie cover is so cute!!!! After seeing it in the Hobonichi livestream, I like it even more now! I think if I were certain that I'd be keeping a standalone meal planner, I'd get that one for sure. The shipping realization was a sad, but necessary reality check for me. You're right about the resale value as well; I didn't think of that, either!

[@mydandeliondiaries]

I enjoyed this so much 🥰 Now I want to go print and cut out all the designs I want hehe

[@LittleCocoStudio]

Yes, it was so fun to play around with them! I can’t wait to see what you end up ordering!! 😍

[@JustScribble]

Some folks got invited to the Hobonichi previews and shared on IG with real video feeds to see the covers and planners better. You might check that to see if you can see what you want better than photos. But honestly I think the Pistachio is a great choice and I think it looks good with your cover without being match so you won't get tired of it...and it's a little funky which is a nice twist on the A6 cover you have. I think with the florals and pastels it would get to be too much for a whole year.

[@LittleCocoStudio]

Thank you! I appreciate you sharing your feedback - it makes me feel more confident in sticking with the pistachio as one of my options. 🥰 It was the first Weeks that caught my eye during the previews, so at least it’s a consistent “like” for me. I think you’re right about the florals.

[@HannaChoe]

I initially planned to get the Hiroko Kubota A6 HON but ended up ordering the Unsodo because that rainbow just charmed the heck out of me. I also got the Liberty Fabrics weeks for the first time. I'm a little worried I'll get tired of it, but I'm also excited to have a non-neutral colored lineup for 2025! Really looking forward to the A6 + supplement combo and hoping I find some consistency. Thanks for your recent videos on this setup, it encouraged me to reconsider the supplement!

[@LittleCocoStudio]

I’m so excited about your choices! Everything I see that unsodo rainbow cover, I wonder if I should have gotten it 😅 I hope the A6 + weekly supplement works out for you in 2024! 🥰

[@knottyneedle]

In texting back and forth with my oldest daughter, who recently had a baby, about the Hobonichi release, she decided she needed a Weeks. No - two weeks - one for work and one for the baby! Not only is she now into journaling and understands my lifelong practice of journaling and planners, I have led her down the Hobonichi rabbit hole (she is also a fan of all things Japanese). So we are awaiting our shipment.

[@LittleCocoStudio]

Ahhh, that’s so exciting that your daughter will be using two Weeks next year! Have you received your shipment yet? I’m still waiting for mine to be shipped!

[@helenaliu]

I’ve been going through this decision process this past week as well! It’s so helpful listening to you talk through your impressions of the designs. I’ve been using a Cousin since April that I picked up in Japan and it’s just too big and tricky for me to keep up with. I realised I needed to commit 60-90mins each day to keep it updated. Your videos have been a great resource and inspiration to me these past few months. I’m planning to order the Unisodo Weeks for work and the Yumi Kitagashi Weeks for health, and get an A6 for memory keeping about my baby. Thank you for sharing your planning ideas and experience with us! ❤

[@LittleCocoStudio]

I resonate so much with what you’re saying. I think unless I use the Cousin for long-form notes, I wouldn’t be able to use up a whole page. That doesn’t stop me from wanting to try using it for memory keeping, even though I’m sure it would take me 60-90 min per day to update it as well! Your line up for next year sounds so sweet 🥹

[@helenaliu]

@@LittleCocoStudio I’ve been thinking of you since Hobonichi Day. I hope you weren’t caught up in the launch kerfuffle! 🙂

[@LittleCocoStudio]

@@helenaliu thank you for thinking of me! 🥰 I was caught up in it 😅, but it’s all good now! How was your experience?

[@helenaliu]

@@LittleCocoStudio Awww no, I just saw you posted a video about it. I’ll watch it and comment on our experiences there 🥲.

[@loriray3680]

I got the Tone of Illumination. I can’t wait to see it in person.

[@LittleCocoStudio]

Such a great choice!!! I’ve been catching glimpses of it in other people’s hauls and it looks even better than the website’s photos. 😍🥹

[@christinemcgregor9970]

I wish I could be this disciplined in making my purchases in general. It's been fun watching everyone go from wanting some much and whitling it down to more realistic goals. I can't wait to see the final decisions.

[@LittleCocoStudio]

I struggle with being disciplined in certain areas - Hobonichi being one of them. It’s difficult, especially with their amazing marketing! 😅 I’m excited to see everyone’s final decisions, too!

[@joyofstationery]

Yay I *love* this video, Alison!! 🥰It was so clarifying and helpful and also inspiring to hear you talk through your decisions in this way, and there's so much that you said that resonated with me ~ I am totally guilty of debating whether to get individual items that I like best vs. ones that might 'match' better with my core items, color-wise or aesthetically! I do love the mina perhonen piece cover that I was able to get a couple of years ago, so I completely understand that being on your list ~ it's definitely a pricier option, but I've really cherished mine now for years so I found that it had a kind of staying power for me at least. thanks so much for sharing and I'm excited to see what your final order ends up being!! 💖

[@LittleCocoStudio]

Thank you! I’m glad I’m not alone with this challenging (and fun) debate! I’ve seen your mina perhonen cover on your channel and it is so pretty 🥹 Will you be making an order this Fall? If so, I can’t wait to see what you end up with! 😍

[@darkensys]

I bought the weeks from Hiroko Kubota in 2024, but I agree with you, I wish the design of the HON in 2025 was the same in the weeks, so I will get only the HON A6 and the A5 cover.

[@LittleCocoStudio]

I keep looking at the cover and wondering if I should get that instead of the A6 cover. I loved using my Hiroko Kubota weeks cover this year!

[@sarahcannon5319]

You’ve inspired me to try this method of narrowing down options! I had a hard time but did narrow down to my choices finally, right at the last minute since launch is tomorrow haha. Wonderful video, love the chill chat! (I’m doing a cousin for my personal main life / memory journal, using my 2024 hollyhocks liberty fabrics cover because I’m obsessed with it still. Then 3 weeks - health, work, and EDC!)

[@LittleCocoStudio]

Yay! I hope you find this exercise helpful if you try it! The liberty fabrics hollyhocks is so pretty! 🌸🌺🌼 I would love to hear which three Weeks you end up choosing! 😍

[@kaelascuriosity]

ugh this was just the type of video I needed rn!! 💜💜

[@LittleCocoStudio]

Yay! I hope you find it helpful! 💗

[@AvivaHadas]

I'm doing day free - this year I allowed my journalling to go beyond the day... After the monthly, I don't use the dailies as dailies a lot. I may get a dater... I'm getting a weeks for meal planning - probably cherries or sushi. Or maybe a solid - unsure color so that I can put stickers on it. (Both of those being home bound.) I got a stappo last year - I keep my A6 in it, I will probably get the smaller Liberty Stappo. I had my passport TN turned into a wallet by Baum Kuchen, so I will probably get weekly horizontal insert for my on the go. (unsure, I use my phone too.)

[@LittleCocoStudio]

The sushi weeks is so good for meal planning. 🍣 I liked it even more after seeing on the Hobonichi livestream that it’s a bright, but not too bright yellow background. What do you think of the Stappo? I like the liberty fabrics one, but I think I may hold off until another year since my main budget will be going towards that MP piece cover (if I can get it!).

[@AvivaHadas]

@@LittleCocoStudio I use the stappo daily. I went cover free with my A6 Techo. The Techo fits perfectly. It holds all that I want it to hold. Isn't dirty (& I'm not careful) with regular touching.

[@chou8220]

Great video! I need to do this! I was already planing to print some out to make a journal entry but deciding like this would be helpful for me too! I'm waiting for the one piece release, but still really debating. 😣 The biggest decision is if i want to get the one piece a6 hon again. This year, I use it as my media log and it's already pretty fat. I'm already planning to get cousin avec so I thought about getting a6 avec but I really like the one piece a5 hon this year! I love the color red 🤔🤔 and then yesterday, I just decided to add a weeks as my budget log so I'm between the one piece one or the purple nights 🙈

[@LittleCocoStudio]

The one piece releases are always so nice! This year’s one piece hon is so nice and it would be perfect as a media log 🥹 I’m very intrigued by the idea of incorporating more budgeting into my system, so that’s something I’m thinking about, too!

[@AuntieAlexandra]

This is so fun! And I’m definitely trying to talk myself out of many of these pretties. Not to be an enabler, but the Café au Lait Plad covers are from the “Taut” line and they are much less bulky and more streamlined than the usual zipper covers. In the body of the description on Hobonichi’s site, they show a side by side comparison with one of their regular zip covers.

[@LittleCocoStudio]

😳 oh, that is very important information to consider! I’m going to take a second look. Thank you!! 😍

[@planwithelan]

Loved hearing about your choices! 🤩 I just discovered your channel (and just in time for the 2025 release!). And you’re Canadian too 😊😊 This was a great video!

[@LittleCocoStudio]

Yay! Always nice to meet a fellow Canadian! If you’re making a Hobonichi order, what’s on your list? 😍

[@planwithelan]

@@LittleCocoStudio Likewise! And I ended up getting an A5 Cousin & a Weeks! :)

[@dbgoldbach9947]

The title of this video :) I finally decided on the Crescent Moon A6 HON (but still like the rainbow design). For the Weeks, I’m still deciding between Paddington, Fish Scale Crest, and Through the Purple Night. They’re all sooo beautiful.

[@LittleCocoStudio]

That A6 cover is so pretty! 🥹 I would love to hear which one you choose in the end! They’re all great choices! 😍

[@obie_G]

I also wanted to buy everything when the full line was revealed! I really like the wallpaper weeks and the snake bow and tie made me laugh as well! I think im going with an A5 hon in the liberty fabrics, that pastel weeks, the snake mega and the wallpaper one as a bonus bc I can't not get it lol. I also need more space for my wellness journal, so I was pleasantly surprised to see the weeks mega with the fun covers!

[@LittleCocoStudio]

I love your choices!!!! What will you be using the pastel and snake toy mega weeks for? I'm still torn between the Snake Toy and Pistachio Mega! Even if you don't use the wallpaper one this year, you can always keep it for next year (is what I'm telling myself as well 😅😂)

[@obie_G]

@@LittleCocoStudio I use a weeks for my "work log", so I think I'm going to use that pastel one for that. The snake mega will be my wellness journal. this year I used two weeks one for health trackers and one as a workout journal. but with the snake mega, I think I can combine them! also, I love the A6 size, but I started putting my food log in my A5 cousin along side my daily tasks and am really liking it. so I have no problem filling up the whole A5 page now. I think we may have talked about our affinity for tracking our meals LOL

[@ligli500]

I know you mentioned getting some Sterling Ink notebooks so I thought I'd add that Hobonichi have actually added either lined or plain A5 and A6 notebooks to their lineup this year! Which has me pretty excited because I'm used to them only having grid notebooks.

[@LittleCocoStudio]

Oh yes - you’re right!! Thank you! I’ll have to check them out! 🤩

[@Elslein]

I’m using an A6 One Piece planner and loving it, so I will probably get a red One Piece again for 2025. The pattern is not as pretty as the 2024 one - I wish it had at least a pirate ship! - but the colors are good, and I love the paper!

[@LittleCocoStudio]

I loved the pirate shop design! I still haven’t watched the series, but seeing how much care they put into the One Piece planner made me wish I did.

[@onemorerow520]

Excellent video, I love the way you walk your way through what you need vs want. I dipped my toes into Hobonichi for the first time last year with two Weeks and was diligent with both. This year I will also invest in an Original (no cover) to fulfill other needs which aren't met through the Traveler's Company TN. I don't know how many times I've been caught reworking or talking about my favourites list at work. My co-workers are so patient with me 😂

[@LittleCocoStudio]

I mean, is it not Hobonichi season if you’re not thinking about your line up at least once a day? 😅😂 I’m excited for you to add the original for your line up next year! How will you be using it? 🤩

[@onemorerow520]

​@@LittleCocoStudio Oh, I wish I could say it was for something exciting, but it will be specifically for work. The size is perfect for scheduling and just enough room for notes. I'm not getting a cover, though. Maybe next year!

[@LittleCocoStudio]

@@onemorerow520 I’m using mine for the same reason! It’s been a perfect companion for scheduling and work notes! 😍

[@frizzlefry176]

This is adorable!

[@LittleCocoStudio]

Thank you! 🥰

[@decompcore4780]

Watching your videos has really helped me clarify what I need in my system next year. I'm definitely getting the Black Gingham Hon because I regretted not buying that one this year, and then I'm getting a Smoke Gray Weeks Mega. I desperately want one of the Cafe au Lait covers for the hon, but it's so expensive I don't know if I can justify it. For budgeting I'm just getting some Traveler's inserts, the horizontal weeks and a lined notebook. And for my writing planner, I'm going to get a Sterling Ink compact horizontal weeks specifically because of the goals spread.

[@LittleCocoStudio]

The black gingham HON is so pretty! 😍 It’ll go so nicely with the Smoke Gray weeks mega. 🖤🩶 Budgeting is something I’d really like to get better at. How are you using your TN inserts for that purpose?

[@decompcore4780]

@@LittleCocoStudio I use the day sections in the horizontal weekly to track my spending as I go, and then the lined insert to write up my budget per pay period and take notes on budgeting advice.

[@MandaPandaPlans]

I didnt print mine out but i have screenshotted on my phone and made collages and price totals for several potential orders and have redesigned it probably 5 times now. My husband doesnt understand the struggle but he has looked it over with me several times over this past week and a half 😂

[@LittleCocoStudio]

The struggle this week is so real! Anytime I need a break from work, I’m checking out my line up 😂😂😂

[@purlsandpolish]

I’ve narrowed it down to a Cousin for my knitting planner/creative writing, a 5 year for memory keeping, and a Weeks for health. And maybe a couple pencil boards 🤣

[@LittleCocoStudio]

Knitting planner! I love that! I got a Life Noble notebook with the tiniest grids part year. I think it might be too difficult for me to write with, but I’ve heard some like to use it as a pattern planner for knitting/crochet projects! Which pencil boards are you thinking about picking up? :)

[@AllTheArtsy]

my favorites is my biggest possible order yet lol

[@LittleCocoStudio]

Yay! I’m excited for you!

[@fannyku614]

Very useful decision making techniques 😂

[@LittleCocoStudio]

Thank you! 😊

[@annachoi100]

where would you get the paddington ones!! I haven't seen them in any US websites :o

[@bubblefrog1965]

Hi, the paddington ones are Hobonichi exclusive, so you have to buy from their site to get one.

[@PlanYourOneLife]

You have to get them from the Hobonichi website. They are exclusive to them only.

[@JustScribble]

Catherine sent out pricing in the email to subscribers...but notebooks should be readily available and restocked regularly so no rush on them in my experience. Other than an A6 colors cover and a pencil board - both of which I'll get state-side no Hobos for me.

[@LittleCocoStudio]

Oh - that makes sense! Perhaps I should join her email list! Which A6 colour cover are you going to get? I’m excited to see how you use your planners next year!

[@JustScribble]

@@LittleCocoStudio I ordered two because I don't always like the colors so that way if I don't like them next year I've got one for 2026 LOL. I got the Charcoal Fairy and I got the Sunny Beach. I thought about Water Candle too but I was drawn to the other too more.

[@quinn.leftyplans]

Sterling ink is offering flat rate shipping of $6 usd for orders over $35 for Canada , which is really easy to achieve.

[@LittleCocoStudio]

$6 is very reasonable! I am thinking about getting some B5 notebooks or booklets. I’m excited for all that space! 😍