my journal system (2025 edition) 📓✨ hobonichi cousin + A5 notebook

[@strilinga]

I'm so excited for this video yay ❤

[@ellesbooks]

Ahhhh thank you, appreciate you! ❤️

[@cryptidhobbit]

my middle name is denali (that's what happens when you're born and raised in alaska lmao), and i use hobonichi weeks', so of course i got the denali planner in the hobonichi weeks :')

[@ellesbooks]

That's such a beautiful name!!!! And this Hobonichi drop must have felt made for you 😅

[@alexthomascreative]

I liked seeing how you're going to approach the cousin in 2025. I wad in a6 this year and I'm moving back to a5. Fully relate to the motor movements struggle. My deco is almost always wonky. These days I tend to lean in and do things jaunty on purpose haha. Very high compliment that my sticker is front and centre on your memo book 😊

[@ellesbooks]

I hope you enjoy being back in an A5!!! I find the extra space really handy. Glad to know it's not just me with the fine motor struggles haha... I need to embrace the wonk too, I think 😅 And of course! Your art is so beautiful, it deserved pride of place 🥰

[@theoryof.lauren]

oh my gosh SOOOOO happy to see you back in a couisn!!!!!!!! glad to hear you are slowly starting feeling better! i can totally relate as november has been a hard month 🫠 so pumped for your system!

[@ellesbooks]

Ahhhhh thank you Lauren! The Cousin truly feels like home at this point 🥺❤️ Hope December is better for both of us!

[@dezs-diary]

Ooh I love the system! And your commonplace is lovely ❤

[@ellesbooks]

Thank you so much! 🥰

[@torionpaper]

So happy to see you back! (But also glad you were taking time for yourself and waiting until you were ready). I hope December treats you kindly 💗💗

[@ellesbooks]

Thank you so much!! 🥰 Hope December is a great month for both of us!

[@bearinmind247]

Hey I hope that you feel better soon! Your journal looks amazing and you inspire me to journal more 🫶

[@ellesbooks]

Thank you so much! And that's so lovely to hear, I'm so glad 🥺❤️

[@home.sick27]

it's good to see you back! i've got a hobonichi for 2025 for the first time so i'm kinda looking for inspo on how to use it, so it was handy for me you returned to it heheh

[@ellesbooks]

@@home.sick27thank you!! ’m excited for you, entering the Hobonichi world for the first time - I hope you enjoy using it 🥰

[@OktoberJournal2]

Glad to see you back

[@ellesbooks]

Thank you so much! Appreciate you always 🥰

[@pushniqa]

I like the notebook idea a lot! Cause I also bought the same denali notebook ❤ and am struggling with ideas of what to write there

[@ellesbooks]

I'm so glad you like the idea! It's a really beautiful notebook 🥰

[@dandelionss_dream]

Okay using the yearly to track the days rating… genius. Honestly that sound so satisfying! also what i do to get myself to do my morning routine is to stagger things that are slightly easier with things that are harder. So i’ll brew coffee, and then take a shower / get dressed, then i’ll get my coffee and sit and read or go on my phone, then i tidy up etc (though it’s not always consistent but i do stagger them a lot)

[@ellesbooks]

I'm looking forward to the day rating page so much - might make it into a graph of some kind 😍 and I love the staggering idea! Definitely going to give that a try!

[@autisticbucky]

glad to hear you’re feeling a bit better Elle! so nice to see a video from you :) this is such a well thought out system! so excited to see what you do with them! 💛 i’m using a weeks as a planner, a standard tn for my journal and pocket rings for my health log :3

[@ellesbooks]

Thank you so much Bucky!!! Really excited to keep using this system 🥰 And excited to see yours too - that sounds like such a wonderful collection of books!

[@PayneWaterStudio]

My head can’t wrap itself around the Techo/weekly because I also feel pressured to write in each page. Making a bujo just works for me. I’ve been using a Midori A5 grid as my bujo journal but the botanical A6 Hobonichi notebook to use as my bujo. I already use the A5 hobo notebooks for ink swatches so I’m excited to use TR paper for my bujo

[@ellesbooks]

I'm glad you've found a system that works for you! The pressure of filling out every page in the Hobonichi is real, it definitely got to me for a while so I totally get it!

[@zellaxace]

great video quality!

[@ellesbooks]

Thank you so much! 🥰