how i use my notebooks | hobonichi avec, commonplace ✸

talking a bit fast in this one because i'm excited- hope it's not too bad!
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hobonichi a6 avec: www.1101.com/store/techo/en/2...
a6 notebook: www.1101.com/store/techo/en/2...
cover on cover: www.1101.com/store/techo/en/2...
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[@karolinakamoda]

This is all so simple, but this video gave me so much peace of mind - I'm autistic myself, and I have a lot of stupid guilt/struggle around notebooks and sketchbooks, and how I can't figure out a method that works for me, and I constantly go back and forth between "I need a separate notebook for everything I'm doing" and "I wanna minimise the amount of notebooks I use, I'll just put everything in one", and I love how relaxed and organised you are about your system! I guess it makes me feel better about not keeping up with a certain type of notes 100% of the time, and that it's fine to take notes in different ways depending on the phase you're in. Idk this is me RAMBLING, but the gist is: loved the video!

[@maisarahjefrizal4694]

I don’t journal but I enjoy seeing people’s ways of journaling and I really like yours ❤️ it’s very aesthetically pleasing (your voice is v soothing too gosh)

[@Bibble.Babbles]

ok I did NOT realize that the pen loops were meant to hold the book shut 🤣 I thought there were just 2 pen looks to ✨hold all the pens✨ LMAO

[@jennac.3173]

"Because I don't wanna support Amazon" THANK YOU. So hard to find people these days who not instantly go to amazon the instant they need something so I really appreciate hearing that!

[@nina_ms]

I've had the most horrendous week working nights for my dissertation submission and watching your video of you talking about your planner has made my day so so much better! Thank youu so much for taking the time to do this! 😭❤ I'm so so happy you're back on KZbin 💕

[@badpoetry33]

I am a writer and I have been journaling for a very long time, since my childhood. And have struggled a lot with how to organize everything, the different types of things I want to record, do I include calendar or not, etc. I must have cycled through dozens and dozens of trials of different notebooks. And felt discouraged and down on myself that I couldn’t stick to anything. I just found out a month ago at age 48 that I am autistic. I came across your channel, and am so so happy and inspired tonight. I feel like I have found my people, my tribe, and I am not alone! I care about everything you care about, from tones of color to the texture of paper and the smallest details like weight or thickness… I could never explain why it felt so hard to find my own system, but I feel so at home now. Watching you talk through your journals is so inspiring… and it gives me so many ideas and inspires me to start the journey again to find my system, now that I have more concrete goals I want to achieve. I love how you print out screens from things you are listening to, or photos from your phone. Tech has been helpful in some ways but not in others, and I’m learning a lot from watching you, how you externalise memories so they don’t disappear, as mine tend to do as well. Thank you so much again for your wonderful videos… a very grateful fellow woman on the spectrum ❤

[@jennyrm6070]

ahhhhh Megan! Why is it that you end up explaining my issues more than the professionals can? "If there's any pressure at all then it's harder to keep up with it" (I'm probably butchering your quote lol) It's exactly how it feels. I try to organize my life like neurotypicals and then end up getting frustrated and ashamed at myself. I had printed out little habit trackers and the pressure to actually remember to check them off and THEN look at all the empty days...its terrible. Thank you for being someone of comfort in the times where I feel unseen. THANKS A TON

[@gothicsprites]

what printer do you use to print off little pieces for your notebooks? do you recommend it?

[@TheLibraryofOddities]

This was beautiful! I would love to see how you use your passport size travelers notebook in a video sometime. Something about pocket notebooks that are taken out and about is so lovely. ❤️

[@Mauveink]

Love seeing how people use their Hobonichis! Re: index dot stickers, have you seen the pastel dot stickers from Paperchase? I absolutely love them!

[@timeflies985]

The hobonichi system is truly my holy grail of planners and journaling 🏆 I’ve been consistently using them for 2 years now

[@helgarodrigues8317]

Great video! This is the first time that a commonplace notebook made sense to me, never figured out where to write some things that didn't belong anywhere. I'm immediately adopting that system. THANK YOU!

[@doralilikovacs2898]

you uploading again is such a gift ♡

[@fairylayan]

i'm so glad you're posting again i've been watching your videos since 2017 and i love them they're so useful<3

[@tudibelle]

This is really interesting and useful, thank you.

[@GenWivern2]

Thank you Megan Rhiannon. Your notebooks are functional works of art.

[@kat_marie_b]

So happy to see the how’s and why’s of your current books - any time you have shared in the past I immediately want to switch my own set up to whatever you are using because it just looks so

[@honey_nettle_moon]

I really love the idea of margins! Definitely going to try this in my notebook.

[@stedoesstuff]

Thanks. You've motivated me to brush the dust off my hobonichi and actually write in it!

[@elisejournal-girl551]

absolutely loved watching this, it's such a fascinating system that you've come up with! :)