🪄techo kaigi - or the art of buying 8 planners to realize you only want to use one✨

Yes, I bought too many planners. No, I'm not using them all.
Let's all hope I'll be more consistent in my chosen planner and won't EVER buy this many planners for one year again...
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Illustration/Art: @studio_tinton

[@ayanarandolph5778]

I’m using a a6 ring binder and the sterling ink a6 common planner and notebook that I cut up in punched to put in my binder. It gives me the flexibility of rings with trp. And I can’t add and take away pages as I like. I enjoyed you going through your thought process. It is so easy to get caught up in buying and buying and not just figuring out what you need.

[@studio_tinton]

Thank you so much for your lovely comment, Ayana! The common planner also tempted me very much, it's definitely in the race for 2025 already 🤣Love that your using both A6 planners. The idea of cutting up a notebook to give you the all the advantages is very smart, I wouldn't have ever thought of this 🤯

[@deniseyeaisaidit]

I would love to see what you’re a6 sterling Inc. looks like in a ring binder. Great idea..

[@cygnetofthesea8074]

I love, love your spreads! They're so pretty and all have a lovely theme. For the images on your calendar pages, are you drawing them or are they stickers? I couldn't tell lol. For 2024, I have two primary books that I'm using. One is the Papier Undated Planner which is great for someone like me who can be very detailed for a stretch of time but then when I get burned out, I might not jot things down as much or I'll do it after the fact so, so far, it's really working for me as far as day-to-day tasks, appointments, habit tracking, etc although I really hate that it doesn't have a blank calendar. And then for my information/brain dump, I'm using the A6 Hobinichi Techo Day-free notebook. I'm a big note-taker and the A6 notebook is becoming a really great place for me to take my notes for my 2024 goals like Wellness, my workout regiments are logged there, other notes to prevent muscle damage, supplements, pre-workout routines, post-workout routines, etc. It's been really helpful and bc of the small size, I literally bring the notebook with me when I go to the treadmill as a reminder of the tasks to complete beforehand and it works very well for me. I totally get the concern about over consumption bc I want to leave behind the habit of notebook buying just bc they're pretty lol thank you for sharing your spreads!

[@studio_tinton]

Thank you so much for your lovely comment! They are mainly stickers, I meant to share that but totally forgot bc I got super nervous, lol. I use a looooot of TheCoffeeMonsterzCo Emotis, I'll add in the occasional doodle here and there. Oh wow, using an undated planner is a very smart way of managing planner burnout! I just took a look at the Papier one and it really IS detailed. I also love the hobonichi day-free, and yes to carrying it everywhere, even in the gym. 😊 I'm happy your setup is working for you! Fingers crossed we both don't get tempted by any pretty planners and notebook this year 🤣

[@thejournalingpotato]

I so relate to your dilemma of which planner to pick! But half the fun of journaling, I've concluded, is trying to find the best one! Hope you're enjoying your chosen one(s)!

[@JennyTheFemale]

Lovely spreads 😊

[@studio_tinton]

Thank you! 😊

[@elinmor89]

I bought 5 planners for 2024🤭 Only two of them I use as planners. I'm more a journaling girl 😄 So I use three of them as journals. Love your video❤ I using take a note a6 and hobonichi weeks as planners, used them for some years now. I also bought sterling ink standard size, hobonichi cousin and another weeks. They are my reading journal, daily journal and movie/ tv journal.

[@studio_tinton]

That sounds amazing! Whenever I tried keeping up with several journals, chaos ensued. 🤣 But I will forever be left in admiration for people like you, who are this organzied and disciplined! Thank you for commenting ❤️

[@Book_on_the_brightside]

This video is so relatable!! It takes some trial and error to figure out what really works. And there are so many gorgeous planners to choose from. For 2024, I’m using the hobonichi cousin avec and the hobo weeks. I loveee the cousin avec sm. But I admit that I’m also already thinking about the planners I’ll buy in 2025.

[@ashleyacri8988]

I'm doing a really good job sticking with my sterling ink common planner A5 full year but my other planners have been kind of on rotation. Thankfully I love to commonplace so even if I don't consistently use one of my books as a planner I can repurpose it and still fill it.

[@thisiskatedee]

Love the creativity in how you changed/re-used the weeks spread. Can I also ask, where is that pink washi tape from? 😍

[@studio_tinton]

Thanks for your comment! I believe you mean the roll that's chilling about at the top left corner? This one (and the other one aswell) is from Marigona Suli, her handle on Instagram is @marigonasuliart , she has her own shop. I believe this specific roll was called "Curiosoties". ☺️

[@thisiskatedee]

@@studio_tinton Yes, exactly! Thank you so much for sharing 😊

[@studio_tinton]

@@thisiskatedee You‘re very welcome!

[@YuliDnevnik]

I saw the kinbor from the thumbnail and I had to click and watch it. Part of me wish that I bought the dragon A5 daily 🥲

[@studio_tinton]

Yes, the cover is stunning. I wish they'd make a version with a weekly overview, like the Cousin. That would be perfection!