STOP BUYING PLANNERS AND WATCH THIS || Planner lineup Qtr 2

[@user-KK812]

One thing I’ve noticed is I feel a lot more in love with my system if I only watch few KZbinrs who use similar planners or have a similar style . I now only watch 3-4 planner KZbinrs regularly and I’ve been a lot more in love with my planner

[@the_leah_way]

Same for me. I'm in hobonichi weeks and cousin and I find ring planner youtube hard to get in to. I have a channel too that is those planners and it's like finding your tribe

[@melaniesmalling5968]

Same!

[@ilanabennett0369]

I completely agree! The more I see, the more I want.

[@kwilliamson47]

I agree I can’t be all over the place with my planner it’s just way too much

[@arlenet.1520]

Hi everyone! I agree with you, you need to find people who have similar planning style, mine is functional. So I watch only a few now too…being happy with your planner and planner system will help you achieve your planning goals. And you will be happier! now I just need to figure out this sticker planning thing and hide my money from myself and not over buy stickers…lol! Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

[@jennifersullivan7909]

For many of us, setting up the planner itself is 90 percent of the fun! Then steam starts getting lost in April. I'll give Hobonichi credit, the April start Cousin and Weeks are a brilliant marketing strategy for us setter-uppers. 😂 I have a January start Cousin that I'm staying in all year, a January Weeks, and a Stalogy. I went from standard size back to B6 for my May start in my Stalogy. For myself, I've found changing my Stalogy size throughout the year scratches that wanting something new to setup itch. My Stalogy's are in quarters of four months, so three full books for the year. As always, thanks for taking the time to make videos like this!

[@PlannersPursesBooksAndSuch]

Yessss. I just realized I love setting up planners 🤦🏽‍♀️yet I always end up back in my personal rings. So now I have a nice collection of personal rings and I “play in my stash of other planners.

[@jennifersullivan7909]

@@PlannersPursesBooksAndSuch exactly!

[@JustScribble]

When I’m in a stalogy I use the half year and use 2-4 a year depending on how wordy I am so I can get multiple setups. Definitely scratches that itch.

[@raer7907]

Too many planners makes me overwhelmed! I learned that with just one planner and then a a separate notebook for my reading journal, crochet projects, and financial planning. That’s pretty much it. Day to day stuff is in my SI Common Planner (lucky enough to not had the falling apart issues others have had and I’m rough on it), then updating my reading journal as I read! Everything else is based off of what I have going on! I bought two weeks and never use them 😔 last year I bought a half year cousin and didn’t use that😅.. decided maybe that size doesn’t work for me. B6 for planning and Standard TN for everything (I can stack the books in one cover) is perfect for me!

[@joannemilner9527]

I find it is, I have bought so many that I get overwhelmed when I'm not using them all......first world problem right there hey.

[@realestatesolutionby]

Love 💕 watching your videos. First of all, your honesty and transparency of what you go through with your planners make us feel better. Thank you. I just bought a stalogy for a catch all Emergency type House planner. I am working on adding contact lists, important dates, cleaning schedules, home maintenance, health stuff, and so much more. I put an index at the beginning. I think having that one go with me every year will help me feel I have a section for everything I want. So far I have 21 sections 😆 with subsections.

[@joannavaldez]

It's encouraging to see you cultivate such a healthy mindset. I also struggle so much with starting a new use of an used planner and always want the new and shiny stuff. I have so much stuff already and haven't used it at all... I eventually want to use up all the old planners I have collected that are collecting dust. But, first, I have to get in the mindset of letting go of the thrill of the new toy and then losing steam because I didn't need it at all. Love to see your process in finding what works for you. I need to do that. thanks for sharing!

[@joannemilner9527]

I agree it is really hard with the mental health medication. Take care of your self. It's not easy.

[@mrsdudeandkids]

I have myself only using 1 planner ($20), 1 monthly purse calendar ($.50), and a notebook ($3) of choice - but now I don't know what to buy because I want something different for the next academic year planner, but also don't want to veer off from what has worked for 18 months. And after using a $20 planner all year, the idea of spending more feels too wasteful.

[@missytrent2153]

I felt the same way about the Sterling Ink planner! I regret buying it! It felt flimsy to me. Love my Hobonichis!

[@Shirley61581]

My Common Planner started coming apart & the gold foil on edges started falling off leaving a mess on my desk…. I’m back in a Cousin.

[@margobruchu8925]

@@Shirley61581 Oh my, I thought I was the only one! My Sterling Ink Planner came apart after only two to three weeks. I was so disappointed.

[@JustScribble]

So sorry y’all’s fell apart. Mine have not and that issue. Did you buy the black linen by chance?

[@margobruchu8925]

@@JustScribble Yes it was the black linen cover B6. I believe it was more the binding process that made the notebook fall apart though if that makes sense. It was as if there was no glue or anything holding the book together.

[@JustScribble]

@@margobruchu8925 could be. In my experience and in what I’ve seen the black linen covers had way more issues than the mauve. They did not hold up the same way. Not all had issue and some have black linen covers that are hugely chunked. Like 3 times the original size but the mauve did far better. I personally didn’t have issues with either but I can tell my mauve is more stable. The paper covers though just aren’t as good to stick to the binding and not pull apart.

[@CozyCabbit]

An April start Mega Weeks was actually the first Hobonichi planner I ever bought! I absolutely love it for the size and portability! I also have a Spring Weekly Supplement to use for time logging and getting a better view of each day. So far it's a lovely duo to work with. 🥰 I also have a Spring start Techo that I've started using for undated journaling and fleshing out ideas I've jotted down in my Weeks. I thought I'd use it as an actual planner, but that got overwhelming. So now I use the Weeks for my actual planning.

[@Elisa_Plans_NYC]

This was so helpful, thank you! 😊 I’ve fallen off of my planning routine as well and appreciate your insights about how to start fresh and get back on track 🥰

[@moniques.journal.corner]

This is lovely. I've gone through a similiar discovery with my planners and journals lately and it's slowly coming together for me. Thanks for sharing!

[@lisaw8791]

I have changed planners multiple times this year. Now in a Planner Perfect B6 Slim TN, and believe I’ve finally figured something that will work for the year. Love your video content!

[@embr9723]

you read my mind…thank you for encouraging me to use what I have!

[@arliafrink3043]

Oh man, that mindset of progression in place of guilt hits HARD. Thank you so much for this!!!

[@arlenet.1520]

Hi Becky! You sound great and more upbeat. Hope all things are going well! Totally agree with you…end of 2023 I got frustrated because all planners I wanted were sold out. And I was new to sticker planning and bought a lot of stuff from watching all videos. I totally agree with you…but what you need that you think works best for your everyday functions of you and your family. Do not follow everyone’s style completely…make the planner work for you! But it’s my first year in Hobonichi Weeks and the Cousin in English version and I love them I use them together…and I find a new use for my Hobo. Weeks as this year is an experiment of planners in bookbound system. It’s April and I am already planning my 2024 lineup because Hobonichi is perfect for me. Life is stressful enough! Don’t let juggling multiple planner systems aggravate you, find something that works. As we get busier your planner style may change we need to adapt. But remember everyone just have fun with your planners…I am more of a functional planner my whole life so this sticker planning is new to me. My Hobonichi Cousin looks like a mountain in the middle…lol! But what I love in this planner community is everyone shares their experience and I am learning new sticker layouts but most of all enjoy meeting new people on here. We’re here to help each other and to learn from one another. And there is no perfect planner and I do believe there is such a thing as “planner burnout” and I have seen it this past year in many other channels. Have fun with your planner ls and remember each day is a brand new start! Have a good one everybody!

[@tanyajones354]

Oh, you’re good! Kept listening for more. Gave me some great ideas 💡

[@Alexandra.Morganthaler]

Agree with the Sterling Ink Common Planner, not only the cover but the binding is also subpar quality. 😢 Incredibly disappointed that Catherine skimped on the quality, would rather have paid a few dollars more for good quality. My planner came apart after a few weeks so I’m back in my Weeks and Cousin. Absolutely LOVE your channel btw, keep the videos coming please, they bring me joy and peace. 🥰

[@JustScribble]

So sorry yours fell apart. I’ve not had that issue. I actually saw on the other day and it was like one of Daksinas stalogies and it held up. So I wonder if there were a few bunk ones from the manufacturer. I don’t think that Catherine skimped. I think she shouldn’t have used a paper cover because if doesn’t hold up and caused the issues. But that wasn’t to save cost it was for health reasons. But she realized the PU makes for a stable binding and now for 2024 they will be changed which is good. But I don’t think at all she was skimping.

[@apriltriggs2737]

Hi Becky, Thankyou for this video it was so helpful I appreciate your honesty about how your planners work for you. I'm so bummed I've wasted so much money on planners. I thought I would really love the stirling ink common planner.😢 I ended up purchasing a full year common planner and 2 half years. I also pre-ordered stirling ink a6 x2 gold edge 520 page grid notebooks. They are actually on there way and now I don't know what to do with all these planners. The cover and the pages just don't hold up. I do love a6 stalogy so when I found out stirling ink was coming out with an 520 a6 size notebook I wanted it badly because of the 520 pages but sadly it probably wouldn't hold up and a stuffed 520 page notebook would get very chunky. I feel stupid I didn't think about it before purchasing. I do love stirling ink I just wish it was similar in quality to the stalogy or hobonichi.

[@ladyshar42]

this is me atm. i've done the first part of the year for my memory planning/daily journaling in the B6 Sterling 1/2 year, but lately something just doesn't seem right. I keep trying to stop myself from buying an A5 Hobo Cousin. Like I use an EC vertical for just keeping track of what happened/planning, I have an EC A5 for to dos. i really ended up loving my Weeks Mega for tracking health things and lists in the back. I had an a6 kinbor that originally was a "wellness" journal that just didn't work out. Last few days i've just been doodling and writing random thoughts in it, and I think i like that. All that said, I keep wanting an A5 Cousin. i think it would have to take over for the B6 (which I usually love that size). That leads to guilt of not using the second Common Planner book :P. Sigh. Planner Peace has left me. Do i replace the B6 for memory planning? Do I try to use the Cousin for actual planning on top of all the others? blarg. I think part of it is I want to do the pretty layouts with all the stickers and not much "words' but in my vertical EC, there's too much to write down that most days, I fill the whole column up.

[@maddutchess5312]

I love all your content. Keep it coming. Thanks. :)

[@Katiedora122]

I agree with your mindset of making things work even if plans change, but apparently 2023 is the first year I'm really letting myself go wild with trying planners 🤣 I have been regularly using the original black A5 Bullet Journal since 2016, and I only ever mixed in a Passion Planner for a while during that time when I was in grad school because it gave me the visual cues I needed for projects. But for this year, I was only able to get the 2nd Edition BuJo...and I'm over it. Like I don't mind the spacing or the paper thickness or some of the additions, but all of it together is too much, and for the first time the one notebook might not last me through the next year. So now I've got a Hobonichi Weeks for my tarot journal, a Nanami Cafe note A6 for more long form journaling, and I've just started a Traveler's Notebook for tracking mental/physical health and my reading journal 🙃 I'm not even mad, I just never thought I'd be a multi-planner person! But, I'm feeling good about everything I'm trying and I haven't quit any of it yet, so I'll be happy to streamline things again next year.

[@AuntieAlexandra]

Thanks so much for all your videos. It’s comforting to know I’m not the only one going down a long journey of seeking planner peace! And I love your aesthetic, although it sometimes leads me down the rabbit hole of buying yet more cute stickers and washi. 🥰

[@Mommahuddy]

I end up buying 5+ planners every year and EVERY YEAR I never use them and end up in my coil Plum Paper blank paper notebook for my main planner because I can use the stickers I want, add in anything I want, the paper is white and I can easily rip pages out. I use weekly stickers from Planner Envy and non coiled planners get too thick half way through the year and I am anal about the whole year fitting in one book lol

[@the_leah_way]

Hi Becky! I was the same. Instead of dieting and tracking which is much more unhealthy for my mental health i decided to slowly change habits. Small changes are the best way. I lost 1 stone in 1 year so far but its not going up. And i feel good. Also, i also want a new weeks... i have one but i really want a new one. Which one would you get? 😂

[@Whoopsididitagainco]

I’m in love with the Yamazakura spring start it’s taking my all not to get it

[@the_leah_way]

@Whoops I did it again CO I have that one. I really want a plain one for work.

[@maggiehearts7142]

Where did you get this planner?🎉❤

[@kdramakimi]

Is that a B6 slim? The first one you have open.

[@Whoopsididitagainco]

No its an a5 stalogy i cut down to a standard size

[@plan.withlisa]

Hey Becky hope you're good loving the planners but please could I put in a request I am sort of new to planning this will be my second full year planning and using stickers and I have brought some journalling kits from Harriet right and I am scared to use them in my hobonichi cousin weekly pages so could you possibly do one in a video so I could get some inspiration thank you so much xx

[@Whoopsididitagainco]

I also have some journaling kits from her so I will def be doing a weekly spread in my cousin with them soon.

[@plan.withlisa]

That would be amazing thank you x

[@AuntieAlexandra]

Mental health medication is just like any other medication that treats a medical condition. Sometimes someone needs cholesterol medication because their diet is high is saturated fats, and if they are able to change the diet, they can stop the medication without a problem. Other people have high cholesterol because it’s genetic, so even with a healthy diet, they will still need the medication. Stopping cholesterol medication when you still need it can cause heart attacks, strokes, and death. It’s not stopping the medication that’s causing that, it’s the underlying condition, be it high cholesterol or mental illness, that becomes untreated again when one stops medication. Some folks are lucky and only need mental health medication because they’re going through a rough patch, and when it passes, or if they learn coping mechanisms, they can stop taking it. For many of us, however, the mental illness is lifelong and staying on medication is the best way to stay healthy.

[@Whoopsididitagainco]

Your 100% right. I think this is what is going to end up happening as soon if the meds are for specific diagnosis. I’m just trying to come if the ones that I can.

[@melmyselfandI72]

Can I ask where you got your trigger list from please 🙃 x

[@melmyselfandI72]

@Stephanie S thank you for the info. Sadly I've not got a printer 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@wonderwonder30]

@@melmyselfandI72 Well you can at least download it and have it on your phone as a reference. That’s what I do when I don’t want to print something out.

[@melmyselfandI72]

@@wonderwonder30 mind blown that's a great 💡 thankyou

[@wonderwonder30]

@@melmyselfandI72 Lol, you’re cute and you’re welcome ♥️

[@Realtalkwithrere]

Where is the list from? I

[@plannininmypjs7869]

WOW 😮your planners are so small I could never fit my stuff in one of them I write to big !!!!

[@SC-hd7et]

LOVE ALL YOU DO BUT SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO WALK AWAY TO COME BACK FOR A BETTER VIEW OF NOT ONLY YOUR PLANNERS BUT YOUR LIFE, if you have anything you dont need or want bless me with it i have 4 kids and i wan to make my planners as beautiful as you have maybe my outlook will change thank you enjoy your life ,,,God Bless