*Part 1* Planning out my 2025 Hobonichi Planner Set Ups

[@THEOWNLIGHT]

About 2 weeks ago I started daily journal entry. I bought my first hobonichi weeks. I have been consistent spending time after work filling up the daily left side with gratitude and the right blank page for the highlight of the week. I’m loving this soooo much. I do have a regular A5 notebook that I’m almost finished. I do have a Hobonichi cousin 2025 waiting for me to become my new journal for next year and a new weeks mega for my daily gratitude and week highlight. I have never implemented memory keeping but now I am. I bought a mini photo printer and my current 2024 hobonichi weeks is getting fat 😂and I love it. Ughhhh hobonichi does it so perfect for us journal fans.

[@mydandeliondiaries]

💖💖 I love your set up 💖💖 I'm so glad you are having such a lovely time in your journals too!

[@TheAnnapavlova]

for the 365 page, I am aiming to de-clutter 365 things over the year 🙂

[@mydandeliondiaries]

That is a fantastic idea!

[@Chaos_and_Creativity]

Ok as someone who has always been a boardline hoarder, same for generations of my family due to being poor most of our lives, this is AMAZING. ive held onto things from middle school knowing damn well ill never be able to wear it again...having to live with my inlaws right now as we work things out but ive only had a couple of items and i realized i dont need that other mess that takes up TWO storage units and $350 each months. Its absolutely insane. I was using it to mark the daye i journaled but got behind so next year im definitely doing it for decluttering. I think it would be an amazing motivator! Thank you for posting your idea!

[@TheAnnapavlova]

@@Chaos_and_Creativity Yay, so glad it is helpful for you too!

[@andylanegra-thoughtsfromth7451]

With the joy journal and not making it into a chore is real. I hope setting it up sets the foundation for joy. I turned the weekly blank slots into music staffs for my theory practice and suddenly I'm excited to work on music at least once a week. Even if I'm not playing my horn, I'm practicing my music theory. Looking forward to your set up!

[@mydandeliondiaries]

I love the idea of using the weekly slots for music. That is SO creative 💝💝💝 Thank you so much for sharing!!

[@AlongfortheThrill]

So glad you're expanding your reading journal! My reading bujo is 100% my most consistently used. I write basic info author, when read, etc. But then I copy the synopsis so I can remember what it was about, then talk about the strengths and weakness of the book. I've watched over 300 of Korean and Chinese dramas, and this year you've inspired me to get a separate journal just for them to also be more present. They blend together lmao

[@mydandeliondiaries]

Wow! I don't think I have seen a Korean or Chinese drama before. They must be fantastic! I love the idea of copying the synopsis of the book, that would be a great way to remember it in a short form.

[@AlongfortheThrill]

@mydandeliondiaries girlllll you need to start with K dramas. They are short, most of the time one season 16 ish episodes. Actors 11/10. I'd reccomend Crash Landing on You or a Business Proposal for your first one!! I have a feeling you'd love it. They have all types, not just romance.

[@mydandeliondiaries]

@@AlongfortheThrill Hahaha okay I will check them out :) I do love Novellas (basically spanish soap operas) So I imagine K drama will be right up my alley XD

[@AlongfortheThrill]

@@mydandeliondiaries yay I'm so excited!!🥰

[@paperbutterfli]

I'm excited to see what you do with the cleaning tracker! I've been struggling with fine tuning my system for that (and actually DOING it lolol)

[@mydandeliondiaries]

Getting it done is always the struggle haha! I am hoping having a tracker helps me feel more motivated to check things off.

[@AllTheArtsy]

you dont need to check the pages if Japanese or English. Japanese techo have dark grey writing in the cover, English is yellow

[@DieselDollarBudgets]

I love this video, it’s really given me some great inspiration for setting up my own planners for the year. I was especially stuck on what to do for a health journal myself, but I think instead, I might turn it into a journal of joy like you have with the weeks. Thank you for sharing your brainstorming process and inspiring a fellow multi-book planner :)

[@mydandeliondiaries]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Best of luck with your planners next year 💛

[@taranickoledesigns3340]

Soooo excited to see alllll the set ups!

[@mydandeliondiaries]

Thank you Tara!!! I'm so excited too 💝💝💝

[@lfernander1980ify]

Ooohhh thanks for giving me an idea of what to do with some of my sticky notes. I have about a million of them left but this is a start. I have actually downsized this year and will only be using two Weeks. This year I used a HON for journaling but I didn’t journal everyday so no more dated pages for journaling. Happy planning!

[@mydandeliondiaries]

Glad it was helpful! Happy Planning 💝

[@luc_is_here]

I love videos like this, it's so calming to watch you work your system so methodically! I've been resisting doing the same for my books but this is mighty tempting.

[@mydandeliondiaries]

Thank you! There is no harm in just playing around with what you have :) The beauty of sticky notes is then can be changed and removed!

[@InteriorLookbook]

I intended to get an MD clear cover for my Cousin planner but mistakenly got a Codex cover, and I’ve been grieving about it. Now, seeing how you’re using it for future planning, I feel relieved.

[@mydandeliondiaries]

I find the Codex fits great (over time). Initially when you put it on it will be a little loose, but as you use the planner (especially if you paste stuff in) it will hold everything beautifully :) The classic Midori A5 clear cover fits also, but sometimes it is too tight. I personally prefer the looser fit because I can always heat it up a little to get it to fit better if I want.

[@rachelskirts]

I love that the pen coordinates with your planner covers 💚

[@mydandeliondiaries]

Hehe thank you!

[@endlessly4everafter]

I just started the video, but the thought alone of having to keep up with five different planners stresses me out haha I have one physical planner, google calendar and one calendar shared with coworkers and that is already enough to make me panic 😅 But I love watching what types of planning work for other people!!

[@mydandeliondiaries]

It is definitely a lot! I think we all have our own limits and it's okay to find what works for you. :)

[@The_Planner_Diva]

I am using 14 planners this year. 2 diskbound 3 a5, 3 b6, 1 a6, 3 passport and I a5 wide

[@mydandeliondiaries]

Wow that is a lot of planners! I hope you love them all! 💝🥰

[@The_Planner_Diva]

@@mydandeliondiaries yes this will be the first year I stay in the same planners all year. I might not use them all everyday or every week but you know

[@tricotmiss]

For the garden journal - would you include a planting map on one of the extra pages/spreads? Could be just basic shapes, but give you a visual of where everything went & what you might want to move in future seasons?

[@mydandeliondiaries]

This is a good idea! For my 2024 current garden journal, I did a sketch of what i wanted where in the garden. I may do something similar!

[@passiveincomewithstaciek]

You're habit trackers pages are awesome. I have been looking for a great habit tracker idea. I've been using it for this year, and it just works so great. Thank you for sharing. I have already set up my 2025 weeks mega habit trackers.😁

[@mydandeliondiaries]

Thank you!! Habit trackers are so fun :) I'm so glad you love them!

[@Chaos_and_Creativity]

And for your work planner, the my favorites, or my 100 you can add your favorite shops or keep a collection of your pen collection/inks.

[@mydandeliondiaries]

Another great idea :) I have too many inks...but I'm not to 100 pens...yet! hahahaha

[@jaquelinemythril2602]

Idea for joy journal's calendex: pg # for any daily entry at the back pgs?

[@jaquelinemythril2602]

Ooh, or make different color lines for when you read certain books?

[@mydandeliondiaries]

Both of these are great ideas!! Thank you for sharing them :)

[@missiontohome]

Love your videos. I’ll have to pick your brain on your video setup one day. Why didn’t you go for Sterling Ink this year?

[@mydandeliondiaries]

I loved the sterling ink books, but I found that the A5 blank pages have been too much of a hassle for me. Since I do my best to journal every day, I found that having to set up and date the page everyday has been getting really tiresome. However, her N2 was AMAZING, but I wanted more than 120 notes pages but less than 370 notes pages. The Hobonichi Weeks Mega books have 213 which was a nice middle ground :) I also played costs into my choice, and the shipping/timing that I thought would work best for me. Hobonichi won overall!

[@pamelasmith7120]

For your work techo, you could use the favourites section for the most watched videos? Trends in interest from followers

[@mydandeliondiaries]

That is a great idea! Thank you so much for sharing!

[@teaforthesoul]

This year I had 2 planners (uni in an A6 Hobonichi English planner, everything else in the other, an A5 TAN) and it actually worked great for me, like I think I stumbled on Planner peace first go 😅. I'm getting both again for 2025 but have given myself permission to explore and try a cousin and some other formats with no pressure, literally to play around and see. (I got lucky with a windfall or it wouldn't be an option). Going to try a sterling ink pocket for EDC stuff, health and on the go jotting. Also doing a reading journal, a creative writing journal, and career/ job hunting journal. What I don't use in the long run will end up as junk and art journals, regardless of dates. It's helpful to see what people do!

[@mydandeliondiaries]

I'm so glad you found planner peace so early!! That is amazing :) I think you'll have a lot of fun experimenting in the new books!!

[@Chaos_and_Creativity]

Would love to know how and what you're using for a career planner as im about to start back studying to take an exam to prepare me for employment at home. Would love to find a way to best keep up with that info!

[@teaforthesoul]

@@Chaos_and_Creativity I got a lovely A5 travellers style leather cover off Amazon (from newestor) that has 4 bands AND space to slide a book in the covers. I grabbed some sterling ink booklets to fill out the bands (including a monthly, that would be the only one that I would potentially switch out, but I'm graduating after December so having a dated element for my job hunting as a speech therapist plus the initial and compulsory new graduate supervision is going to help me) and the booklets will all be for different things, plus a thicker sterling ink lined notebook slotted in the back. I plan to use it for professional development and as a resource for myself, track important meetings, memberships to relevant organisations.... honestly excited to experiment! There are some great KZbin vids about the concept. Multiple booklets compiled together and added to over time felt like the way to go for me over a single journal.

[@teaforthesoul]

@@mydandeliondiaries I'm excited about it, just have to remind myself not to feel guilty about the spending! Haha! That's the only not so peaceful part of opening myself up to experimenting

[@libby9119]

If you’re looking for ideas for the favorites page, it could be a place for business wins? That’s something I’m considering for my planner

[@mydandeliondiaries]

What a good idea!

[@ShamelesslyCreative]

On the hobby/joy journal maybe on first year calendar pages- just a color dot if you simply had Joy that day or laughed? on the calendex pages you could use it for one word what hobby you did each day?( only bad part lets say you knit and did art and read how to code each day then?) It would be kind of fun at the end of month or year to see which hobbies you actually spend time on the most that year? My planners this year is the Take a note planner for my spiritual and joy( i think), the Hon for my daily life planner/ daily journal entry and the weeks purple night for a health journal though because it is so cute I am struggling if I want to use it for health but I love the weeks for health because it is easy to take to dr and it doesnt have my journal notes or personal info etc. I almost had a entry a day in my Hon in 2024 and I love looking through it and remembering my year! You are such an inspiration how you lay out your journals! Thanks always for the videos!

[@mydandeliondiaries]

LOVE these ideas thank you so much! 🥰 I'm so glad you have such a great system and that you are enjoying looking back on your year 💝 One of my favorite things about keeping a journal!

[@michelleherald9619]

I write "One Good Thing" everyday.

[@kristinanovak3715]

Have you considered writing down favorite quotes from movies or shows or even songs? I frequently am throwing out quotes throughout my day😂

[@mydandeliondiaries]

Ooooo this is a fun idea! 💝

[@stempel.stift.papier]

Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts... so much inspiration...

[@mydandeliondiaries]

You are so welcome! I'm excited to see how you set your books up 💝

[@anggieb.2936]

Great idea to pre plan what you are going to be using your different sections for! I use 5 journals (could go up to 10 probably😅 ) and hate putting stuff down then realizing I would have preferred it elsewhere! This will give me time to contemplate exactly what I want.

[@mydandeliondiaries]

I find sticky notes are the best when figuring out what I want to do haha 😅

[@lilfrost3507]

I’m gonna do sterling ink for 2025. I was thinking of doing a compact for then buying one of her blank notebooks for my journaling bc I’m nearing the end of my full year. Its so chunky and heavy.

[@mydandeliondiaries]

That is a great idea. I think she has really small notebooks too that are great companions to the compact planners.

[@Genxjanna]

I need your thoughts on the paper!! 😅 Paper comparisons.

[@mydandeliondiaries]

I find the paper in my Hobonichi books to be fine this year. I know there were several books affected though.

[@EdelweisSusie]

I bought Hobonichi Cousin and Weeks 3 years ago. Haven’t used either.

[@mydandeliondiaries]

There is a market for reselling them if you'd want to :)

[@syd379]

I have a green sneaker mega too for 2025! I love her

[@mydandeliondiaries]

She's so floppy! I adore a floppy book :)

[@Adventuresover40]

Once I get all my planners in and other set up stuff, I will have to do this with the sticky notes.

[@mydandeliondiaries]

I find its a great exercise to get through my sticky note stash too hahaha 😂😂

[@Adventuresover40]

@@mydandeliondiaries haha bonus.

[@izabeladab7254]

Hi, monthly calendar is good for meeting and appointments, birthdays, social media content, I hope will be used full for you :)

[@mydandeliondiaries]

Yes! Thank you!

[@PaganPlanning]

Very happy to hear about all your plans! Kinds sad not to see an astrology journal, will you be continuing with that?

[@PaganPlanning]

I should finish a video before I comment 😂

[@mydandeliondiaries]

Hehe no worries! I am waiting for my Take a Note A5 to be delivered, and then I will share how I hope to use it again as an Astrology Journal. I can't wait to see how the rest of the year goes. Pluto going direct this past weekend was WILD to say the least haha

[@PaganPlanning]

@@mydandeliondiaries Completely agree it's been wild. I had my take a notes delivered about a week ago. Your beautiful astrology journal has inspired me to keep my own for the upcoming year ☺

[@ohohohoh9279]

Thanks a lot for this vidéo , I really enjoy it and I will do the same with my planners

[@mydandeliondiaries]

You are so welcome!

[@jonahisjournaling]

for the back pages (favorites, my 100) it could be fun to do a sort of catalog/inventory of what you put up in the shop!

[@mydandeliondiaries]

Great idea! Thank you for sharing!

[@erbtui]

How do I fully convert the weeks into Sunday Start? The hobonichi techo original Japanese has a fully Sunday start, but I wish they also made the weeks in Sunday start..

[@mydandeliondiaries]

My best suggestion is to use a cream white-out tape and washi stickers if you can find them. Or maybe write your own dates over the cream white out tape. Here is the cream tape I like: www.jetpens.com/Plus-Whiper-Petit-Correction-Tape-Cream-Tape-Color-4-mm-x-6-m/pd/36231 It is showing out of stock at the moment. Midori cream correction tape is also really good. I think Hobonichi has a survey on their website where you can suggest things. Maybe give that a try?

[@Chaos_and_Creativity]

White out, or stickers.

[@juuree_]

this year was my first year in the planner community. had a weeks & hon cousin. for 2025 i picked up the n1 horizontal compact & i'm so glad she added the new yearly index that was not in the 2024 version, phew! loved hearing your Weeks setup ideas!! i was just setting up my N1 for health & fitness while listening along to your setup and it was so nice :)

[@mydandeliondiaries]

I agree! I am a big fan of her new layout addition too. Happy planner set up season!!

[@chloemeier1622]

Hey, I really enjoy this video ! Do you have a flip of your last/current cousin ? I would love to see how its looking when its full if it make sence 😂 thanks a lot

[@mydandeliondiaries]

My 2024 HON I am not making videos on this year as it has a lot of really personal things. But I did share my 2023 book! Here is the full year flip through of it :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3OoY5t7fJlmeMk

[@chloemeier1622]

Thanks ! ​@@mydandeliondiaries

[@Chaos_and_Creativity]

For your garden planner on the months you wont use in 2026... Maybe you can take a picture of your garden and chickens and dogs to have sort of a memory planner for them.

[@mydandeliondiaries]

That is a great idea! Thank you for sharing :)

[@Serasred108]

Which pen are you using in the video?

[@mydandeliondiaries]

It is an Energel Clena :) I think it is called the kawaii model? I'm not sure..I got it from Stationery Pal years ago.

[@amymaiden4990]

Love your pen!! Where is that one from? I need it haha

[@mydandeliondiaries]

It is a special edition Energel Clena! I got it from Stationery Pal years ago, I think it is called "Kawaii Floral?" Not super sure sorry!

[@amymaiden4990]

@@mydandeliondiaries thank you!!

[@samantha1136]

Are you still going to continue your five year?

[@mydandeliondiaries]

Yes! I am a little behind on the current year, but I really want to continue it next year.

[@marydetray6776]

I like to write in my monthly what day my perennials peek through the ground and return

[@mydandeliondiaries]

That is a great idea!!

[@melissasnyder5268]

I hope your Hobonichi paper is better than mine was -my ink bled through ☹️

[@mydandeliondiaries]

I pen tested every one of my planners with a few pens and had no issues. I'm sorry your planner had bleed through :( Definitely reach out to hobonichi and see if they can replace it!

[@melissasnyder5268]

@@mydandeliondiaries I just went with the Common Planner

[@Mygurlist]

Sorry to ask, are you not using a Common Planner in 2025?

[@mydandeliondiaries]

No need to apologize 💖 I am not going to be using a Common Planner for 2025. I really enjoyed my 2024 books though!!

[@Mygurlist]

@@mydandeliondiaries thanks for replying! And in that case, I wanted to thank you because I started using a common planner this year and just got one for 2025 thanks to all the amazing videos you uploaded on the matter, which were really inspiring personally for me ❣️ I will keep being inspired by all your planning videos next year as well 🥰 Thanks for all that you do

[@mydandeliondiaries]

@@Mygurlist The Common Planner is great 💓I'm so glad you're going to enjoy them for 2025!

[@cassieb1588]

You can do a favorite quote a month instead of a word?

[@mydandeliondiaries]

I've never thought of that, but that's a great idea! 💖

[@RachelWrites]

I can't even keep up with 2 planners. I have no idea how you can do this.

[@mydandeliondiaries]

Best I can describe it is I love writing/books/organization and I spend my time on the things I love :)

[@geslinam9703]

Going back to the Weeks. Had been using the A6 Techo the past few years, then the Cousin last year, and the Cousin was the worst, I stopped using it by April. Just too much space. Even the A6 was too much space.

[@mydandeliondiaries]

Glad you have found a size that will work for you!

[@kyre6722]

What books are you planning to use for your ink 'stuff' in 2025?

[@mydandeliondiaries]

I am going to finish the current A5 Sterling Ink Notebook I have, and then plan to go into one of the new blank Hobonichi A5 notebooks!!

[@cindyplansherlife]

Are you worried about the paper problem?

[@mydandeliondiaries]

I am not! I tested out all my hobonichi books and didn't have any issues. The only other Sanzen paper planner I have is the Take A Note which I will test once I get it :)

[@paperbutterfli]

Podcast idea: Critical Role D&D 😁

[@mydandeliondiaries]

Oh 100% this has been a staple podcast for me haha