Heart Breathings I’ve added a newbie to my little stack of planners, the Inkwell Press Goal inserts. Very thorough and succinct in detailing with great prompts (specific questions) regarding mind mapping, and getting focused on what changed from 2019, and what needs to change, if anything for 2020. So excited
I’ve been doing a 5-year journal with questions about motherhood and my kids each day. I’m on year 4 and it’s really cool to see my thoughts on these first years of being Mom :)
Ive always loved stationary and planning but I could never use that many planners, I’ve tried it and t’s too stressful, I use one planner for everything and I have one for on the go only and one for at home only, that’s it and it works just fine for me, I don’t know how you multiple planner girls do it but to each their own
I'm a multiple planner because I do a lot of different things. My daily planner is the only one I carry with me on a daily basis It's an overall planner. I produce vendor events and I am a direct sales consultant. I use a separate planner whenever I have an event scheduled. I dont carry it with me unless I do. I also have a social media planner and home binder that stays home. :) Using multiple planners allows me to be more specific and detailed when needed. :)
@@MsCynflo I agree. I actually use an old trapper keeper or I'll decorate a binder. I also cut out arts from old magazines and create a scrapbook effect. I like personalizing everything.
@@Layniacsofficial I've been using binders for a long time. One, if I caught using a personal planner at work I get scolded. I can disguise a binder as an "office manual" lol
I am NOT a planner, which is why I love watching these videos so much. It's as if Sarah comes alongside me and helps me do the heavy lifting in an area where I am weak. Thanks Sarah. :)
I have been planning for years, but just found the planning community a year ago. I thought I was strange until I found my people!! Thank you for sharing all your tools. Your A5 main planner is beautiful, and I love seeing your creative spreads. I chose to simplify this year. For 2020, I am using a big happy planner for pretty much our entire lives for my family of 9. I use the Budget Mom's budget by paycheck workbook. I also use just a standard binder for my meal planner, with hole punched printer paper inside. I use this one on a rotating basis to track what we ate for the year, what we liked, what we hated, etc. Makes meal planning simple when life gets chaotic. I also just got a Rocketbook Everlast, which I absolutely love!!! I back up all those pages to my Evernote app. And my goal for 2020 is to journal! I have been gifted some beautiful journals and want to fill them.
I like your videos about planners. A lot. I'm not criticizing. I've seen many youtubers planning to use all kinds of planners and they are finishing the year with waaaaaaayyyy less. I would like to see what planners you used this year (in 2019), what planners worked and what didn't.
I bought 2 planners this year because I couldn’t decide which one I wanted. Then a friend gave me 1 for Christmas, and then I got another free one as a gift promotion, and then I am trying to use a digital planner on my iPad with GoodNotes (then there’s google calendar....). I’ve never really thought about using them for different purposes and not sure I’ll have the time to be able to do that, but this has inspired me to reevaluate how I look at planning and using my planners. Thank you!
So excited you are back into Hobonichi - I found you because I did a search on RUclips on 2018 Hobonichi's when I got my first one - and it was down three rabbit holes after that - planner obsession, getting back into my writing, and fangirling everything Heart Breathings! Now I have a new Hobonichi for 2020 AND the HB90
A dedicated gaming planner? You are speaking my language. My heart was so happy to hear someone in the planner talking casually about alts, crafting, and WoW. I’m not an MMO girl myself, but I enjoy decompressing with video games and sharing them with my family. I played through all of It Takes Two with my 5yo daughter. I swap game recs with my husband. It drives me bonkers when others PTA parents speak in broad terms about how bad video games supposedly are for our kids. That’s just not the case for families who make it a family activity. Thanks for sharing your whole self on here. I feel very seen.
I can't tell you how many times I swooned while watching this video! So many beautiful planners and such innovative and interesting ways to use them. I must say that I almost LOST MY MIND when I saw your Hello Kitty cover!!! ❤❤❤ I was simultaneously Happy for you and jealous for me!! 😁 I'm just happy to have had to chance to see it! Thank you so much for sharing! You inspire me in so many different ways. ¡Muchas Gracias!
Good lord I'm such a sap for planners lol ... I have many, but use a few main ones. I loved watching your video ... it feels nice to know there are others out there like me hahaha. Anything that has to do with paper or writing instruments .... I'm on it ;) Watching this video had really got me motivated to get started on my 2020 set up ... thanks, always inspiring !!! hugs Donna
As always, a delightful video where you share your life authentically and also share practical info that I can consider how to apply to my own situation. I appreciate your giving attention to how you are using notebooks + planners together to take care of different aspects of your life.
I've just discovered your channel yesterday. I love the series video about how you sell your series of books. I loved it. It definitely gave me a great idea for my own books. Thank you! I love the 5 year planner. There are several Japanese stores in Vancouver, Canada. I love shopping for their paper products, blue glasses, and bowls. I'm 62 and trying to write my book. I am terribly disorganized, with papers everywhere. Thanks for showing how you organize all of your stuff. It's a huge help for me. Thank you.
Squeeeeee!!! Two thumbs UP!! My 2020 planner stack is growing like gangbusters, too. Including my beloved #HB90 planner, of course. :) Thanks for sharing your planners, notebooks and their wonderful purposes! Here's to an amazing 2020 for us all.
I love this video so much. For 2020 my main planner is a Filofax Malden in kingfisher blue, personal size. I also have a lined Leuchtturn as a diary and another notebook that’s like a bullet journal/ scrapbook/journal that I use on trips instead of taking the other two.
I'm using a planet I made myself. I printed for grid paper, punched and disk bound the pages and custom covers and then created the monthly, weekly and daily pages. I can't wait to start using it!
Wow! So many beautiful notebooks and planners! Your plans are super inspiring and it’s amazing how much you accomplish while also kicking butt with motherhood (I always say motherhood kicks my butt daily 😅) So cool how you are able to compartmentalize the different things you want to track into different journals. I love the idea but I always find it hard to follow-through personally... I have tried. I have way too many notebooks that need to be used 😬 But I like the idea of making routines to see if that might be better to build habits and integrate each notebook into my life... So I’m starting to feel like my old old school days and having a notebook for each subject 👍🏻 but way more fun and pretty nowadays 😜
You are the only other person I know that uses multiple planners. I love the look of all your planners. I am still deciding on what planners I want to use but this for sure helps to give me some ideas. I am getting the 5 year journal for sure
I’m a multiple planner user also. My planning system sky rocketed in the last 6 months from 6 planners to, idk, double that? (I stopped counting at 6). I love seeing your different planners and what you use them for.
I actually really appreciate you sharing that you use so many planners, and use them for different parts of your life and your projects! I am the same way but I always feel this pressure to "fit it all in" to a single planner...so it is very helpful for me to see someone else who has 10+ planners and notebooks, and is succeeding so beautifully with them! Thank you for sharing
I would have loved a two hour video. Found your channel not too long ago and been enjoying it a lot. Actually got inspired by you into buying 6-ring binder planners in many colors. I have an ivory Carpe Diem and just bought a navy Websters Pages. I'm on the look out for the big sales. Thanks for your hard work.
I am glad that I stayed to the end! I started your video at breakfast. I continued during my lunch break from writing. I have finished my writing today and continued watching and I am so pleased I did - that 'family fun planner' and a planner of what I get done so that I don't forget to celebrate what I am actually achieving! I teared up. That was very meaningful to me.
Wow! That's a LOT of planners. I love love love stationary, but I think I would feel overwhelmed with all of those. So far this year I was just using a little A6 DIYFish planner and a spiraldex in my Traveller's Notebook folio, but during this lockdown I've been looking into Bullet Journalling again. I tried Bujo a few years ago but got overwhelmed from making it too complicated, so this time I've been looking at minimalist Bujo's and Kanban boards...which I how I ended up on your channel!! I think I'm going to combine the 2 systems but keep it really really simple. I procrastinate an awful lot and I don't want this new system to become ANOTHER reason to procrastinate. I've got some dot grid A5 notebooks and I'm planning on having seperate bujo's for my Life/Crafting/Business/Social Media stuff. I had planned on starting my own sewing business before the lockdown happened, but procrastination + lockdown = unemployment. However, now I've seen Kanban stuff I have a bunch of good ideas to actually make my business more successful. Finger's crossed that I still have motivation and energy once the lockdown is lifted here in the UK. Thanks for all the inspiration here on this channel!
Great lineup for 2020 - my husband and I met through World of Warcraft so I love how you have a planner with gaming information in. Love all your planners!
I don't think you are off the rocker at all! I love how you have organised your planners, and I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who uses many types of planners. Keep up the great work and I can't wait to see what 2020 brings for all of us!
I think on your budget planner the greatest spend will be on planners and accessories .You will need to manage that but your planners are very tempting
I was just like how are ppl using soooo many planners?! They’re insane! Then I just realized, ppl who use all these planners is basically doing the paper representation of what we all do with technology...having all these social media platform log ins, apps, streaming svcs and e-mails 😂🤣 Guess we’re all a lil insane 🙃
I love that you use so many different planners that all have specialized focuses! I’m doing a similar thing... I too have all the hobonichis, each with its own purpose, plus a bullet journal. Also have a faith TN with inserts, plus a personal wide rings for keeping track of passwords, appointments, etc. I’m also trying the Hobonichi A5 5-year planner for the first time too, and I just wanted to share - in case you haven’t found a cover yet - I have it in my A5 Chic Sparrow TN, and it fits beautifully 😊 And I love that you use so many TCMC stickers!!! I’m addicted to Helen’s designs lol Happy planning for 2020, and thanks for sharing all of your planners!!
Lol I have so much planners too. I make them myself though. Oh yeah, I have a similar shirt. Mine says "Too Cute to Stress. Too Bless to be Depress." 😂😂😂
I love your ideas for your A5 cousin! I just took a deep breath and sent you a burst of happiness and light. It filled me so much gratitude to find a kindred soul like yours - you’ve definitely inspired me to track my own synchronicities. Thanks for sharing !
2020 is going to be a functional low-key planner year for me. I'm doing my take on a bullet journal using an A6 notebook so it's an EDC. I actually started with this month and so far so good.
I hope you love the DONE planner! I started one beginning of 2019, just a notebook where I can divide up pages for writing, marketing, rewriting/editing, and DONE and put a "Celebrate Small Victories" sticker on the cover. It makes me happy. Your planners are awe-inspiring. Can't wait for 2020!
I am using 5 planners. One is my general Planner which also tracks mood which is great with my anxiety. One I'll be using to plan out when I'll write my fanfiction story. One for Budgeting and the last for my TAFE course I will be doing. So excited for 2020!!
Gaming planner~ wow! That's the first time I've seen anything like that! I've been keeping track of games i've completed/games I need to finish in the back of my hobonichi weeks but I might start something like that. Great idea! Btw - if you're not turned off by older MMOs, Guild Wars 2 is f2p and the community is still really active, so that one might be worth a shot :) Great video! Happy 2020
This was so much fun to see! I love that you keep everything separate. I have to do that to keep my mind clear. I have a rainbow bullet journal collection that covers each aspect of my life/work: Marketing (red), Design (orange), Audio/Visual (yellow), Writing (green), Revisions/edits (blue), Life/Health (purple). My regular bullet journals are black. I use it, a micro happy notes, a mini happy notes, and a skinny (half sheet) happy notes to keep track of my quarterly and weekly planning. I also have custom printables that I use to keep my meal tracking, health tracking, and self-care in check. Plotting for my novels will depend on the project. Sometimes I want a good composition notebook, other times I want an index card flipbook. I have no idea what I'll want to use until I'm working on it.
Omg!! I’m so excited you’re Spiritual and you read the Tarot in your business and promote it in a positive way! I’m a Tarot teacher and promote the healthy positive benefits of Tarot in traditional business.. thank you for bring authentic and professional in your approach!
I loved seeing all your planners and the different purposes for each one.My two favorites were the Hello Kitty one from 2016, and your purple spiritual planner with the beautiful charm on it. I-Love Hello Kitty also.
Hey Sara, I love hearing how you are using the planners/notebooks, especially in your morning and night time routines. I would love to watch a video on your morning and night time routine along with your weekly planning session on Sunday. I couldn't find a video of the daily routines, if you have one and I missed it, could you direct me to it? Thanks for such great content!
I found a cute notebook at Five Below for my planner this year. I also have a notebook for my Jewish religious study which I try to do about once a week to keep me connected to my Jewish faith.
I too love having “separate” planners for everything but I also love having everything in one place! A total paradox! But my current solution is to use digital planners for everything! I create my own custom PDF planners for everything and I keep them all in GoodNotes on my iPad-paradox solved! Loved the video!
Im jealous of all these beautiful planners! Love the thought of the 5 year planner and having a shelf with a bunch of them! I'd be the same way about starting in 2019 lmao
I have always admired how ambitious you are, and even more so now with a 3-month-old in tow! I have trouble keeping up with ONE planner, much less your amazing stack. Of course, I also have two kiddos 2 and under, and am almost out of the first trimester with my 3rd, so exhaustion MIGHT have a role to play in that (haha). I'm using a dashboard layout Happy Planner as my main planner with a wellness extension pack to try and keep myself accountable for my pregnancy exercises and water intake (we'll see how that goes). One way I plan to use those calendar pages at the beginning of my Happy Planner is to track my daily word counts. Even if I can't do anything but journal, my soul NEEDS to write, so I want to encourage myself by looking back and seeing how much I really did accomplish through the year.
This will most likely get buried but as a journal and stationery fanatic, I'm really happy for you! You have a vast collection of planners and journals at your disposal, and I couldn't be more jealous haha! This is my first video that I've encountered from you, and I wanted to ask some questions that I'm really curious about. I hope you don't find them too intrusive or offensive! Q: When would you have time to update these planners? Do you update certain journals during the night or morning? Do you ever get burnt out or really stressed with having so many planners? What do you do with planners and journals that aren't used as frequently? From my own personal experience, I prefer journaling at night and planning my day between breaks before/during/after my classes. I love that you have so many different journals and I feel like you would use them at different frequencies, but does it get overwhelming sometimes? I love writing into my journals, but sometimes there's so much I can do before it feels like an obligation, a chore. I can't imagine how hectic and busy your life is with writing a book, caring for a child, and maintaining your journals on top of everything! Since you shared your lineup, I wanted to share my own journal/planner lineup for 2020! - Midori MD (Grid), A5: personal omni journal containing dreams, thoughts, and anything else under the moon that I feel like including (kinda like a scrapbook) - Midori MD 2020 Diary: health tracker logging my hours of sleep and food consumption - Midori MD 1D1P: a scrapbook and/or creative journal - Traveler's Notebook: a scrapbook and/or creative journal - Spirited Away Planner: used for school and work, essentially a to-do list - Brunch Brother Study Planner: school-based planning Can you tell I love Midori haha? I originally planned to have a Hobonichi Techo as a planner for 2020 but seeing how ineffective and neglected my 2019 Hobonichi turned out to be for me and my needs (my bad habits also come to play), I ended up gifting it to a good friend who had never tried it before. I really, really want to try the Hobonichi Weeks but I feel like it'll end up being neglected too, seeing as I already have two planners. This is a loooong comment, but thank you for sharing everything!
You are AWESOME! I'll be using 3-4 planners as of right now. A bullet journal for most of my author business. An EC quarterly for promo and social media planning. I've been using the same At a Glance Weekly/Monthly planner for personal tasks and family life since high school! And I'm teaching a writing class and I might grab a Happy Planner for Teachers... we'll see...
My husband and I met playing wow, you gave me a great idea for a planner for our gaming nights. Thank you for the inspiration! Family that games together stays together ;)
I absolutely adore when you pull out and gush about your planners. I love that you’re moving back to Hobonichi. I am using a cousin as my main planner this year. I also appreciate you sharing a piece of your spiritual journey with us. The newness of this time of year always excites me. Happy holidays and happy new year! PS _ I would love to see an update of your plotting planner.
Was so excited for this video!! Second time watching it.haha I was trying so hard to combine my planning and trying to use less planners but this has inspired me to just go with it and use as many as I want/need!! I really like how you keep a lot of things separate and in their own planner or notebook!!! Going to give that a shot.
I keep a gaming Planner/notebook by my gaming pc as well where I log when, how much, and any tidbits about the gaming session going on. And that's a great idea for a meal planner. I just track our meal planning on a dry erase calendar put up near our kitchen. I might look into an actual planner for that, too. I'd love to see your plotting notebook when you get it cleaned out and updated. I've started this year using an actual planner for my budget. I was just using a regular spiral notebook. I like using a monthly planner spread much better. I do wish it had a spot for notes. I've really come to love my Carpe Diem 6 ring A5 binder. I like to use monthly, weekly, daily, and hourly spreads. I use the monthly as a "at-a-glance" for any appointments, packages, etc coming up. I use the weekly as a memory keeper, the daily I use to plan my day and the hourly I use for my writing schedule. And I love having it all in one binder. Though, I do intend to buy the undated HB90 by Jan 2020. Then I keep a school calendar for my daughters school, to track any field trips, lunch menu, lunch funds, days off, testing days, etc.
Oooh, I've been waiting for this! I'm using the Hobonichi Cousin for my main planner and using it with the HB90 Method. I'm using an EC lifeplanner for my family events and meal planning, an EC deluxe monthly for health and wellness, the Amy Tangerine Be Happy Box planner for memory keeping, plus assorted ec petite planners and coiled notebooks, and a Fabriano notebook for a bullet journal. I've been using an Archer and Olive for journaling but it gets really dirty with lint and pet hair. I see yours does the same, so I don't feel so bad. I thought it was just my poor housekeeping, lol!
Great video! I’m trying to decide if I want to use many planners separately or frankenplan everything together into one. I found I just didn’t use all the planners as much as I wanted to this past year so I’m either going to stick that out or try something new. I love seeing how people use multiple planners!
I have grown really found of your channel. I admire that fact that use so many planners. I have plenty to do and would love to get all of these planners, I brought a lot last year and I never really completed them. I do wish however in addition to getting my Plum planner, I wish I would have gotten that Deluxe planner. 2020 I will be using up one notebook at a time, I want to complete one from front to back
Great video. I was looking forward to seeing your 2020 lineup. I’m using 5 planners next year, and now realize I’m an amateur! Very inspiring and helpful.
I love to see how your actually get use out of your planners. I do not have my routine down to such a degree to even use two. I mean, seriously. This year is had 2 hobonichi weeks and a cousin avec and I left most of my hobo weeks empty for the second half of the year and the cousin for the first half. I guess I just don't have the habit of keeping track of stuff or writing things down.
I would recommend putting a Matte screen protector on your ipad. I use my iPad to do illustrations and the screen protector gives a bit of resistance, like paper. I use the Tech Armor brand.
WOW you are using a lot of planners! I use a composition notebook for all my stuff - monthly, weekly, daily planner as well as spiritual wellness and journaling. I was curious about the EMDR program you mentioned - is it an online program? Has it helped you? What's it like? I really need help getting over some major childhood issues and conventional therapy didn't help. Thanks for the help Sarra!
Fabulous line up!!!!!! I currently have 10 in my line up. Likely going to 12 with starting my author journey through this session of HB90. Could go up even more after I saw a few of yours that are sparking joy at that thought of adding them to my lineup.
This was very interesting and helpful. Question: In the Deluxe Monthly planner, the first one you showed, did you order extra covers and use those for your section dividers? Thank you.
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Yay for 2020 Planners! I can't wait to hear what planners you're using next year!
🎉Happy 10th year anniversary!🎉
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@@pinkskiestoday Thank you so much!!! Hard to believe it's been 10 years already!
Heart Breathings I’ve added a newbie to my little stack of planners, the Inkwell Press Goal inserts. Very thorough and succinct in detailing with great prompts (specific questions) regarding mind mapping, and getting focused on what changed from 2019, and what needs to change, if anything for 2020. So excited
You inspire. Have just as many note books I stead but love love love your style.
I'm locked out of my house so this 46min video is a blessing in more ways than one 😂
Oh my gosh!! Hope you got back in fast!
I’ve been doing a 5-year journal with questions about motherhood and my kids each day. I’m on year 4 and it’s really cool to see my thoughts on these first years of being Mom :)
Ive always loved stationary and planning but I could never use that many planners, I’ve tried it and t’s too stressful, I use one planner for everything and I have one for on the go only and one for at home only, that’s it and it works just fine for me, I don’t know how you multiple planner girls do it but to each their own
I'm a multiple planner because I do a lot of different things. My daily planner is the only one I carry with me on a daily basis It's an overall planner. I produce vendor events and I am a direct sales consultant. I use a separate planner whenever I have an event scheduled. I dont carry it with me unless I do. I also have a social media planner and home binder that stays home. :) Using multiple planners allows me to be more specific and detailed when needed. :)
I try not to do too many planners but I jot so many things down that I end up creating extra pages, pulled from other planners lol
@@Layniacsofficial Right? Traditional planners are just to small for me 🙋♀️
@@MsCynflo I agree. I actually use an old trapper keeper or I'll decorate a binder. I also cut out arts from old magazines and create a scrapbook effect. I like personalizing everything.
@@Layniacsofficial I've been using binders for a long time. One, if I caught using a personal planner at work I get scolded. I can disguise a binder as an "office manual" lol
Goals
To actually use my planners
To have one planner that is for school, household finances and life.
Thanks for the inspiration
Have a blessed week
I'm so glad I'm not alone in the multiple planner/bujo/notebook person, love this 🥰🥰
I am NOT a planner, which is why I love watching these videos so much. It's as if Sarah comes alongside me and helps me do the heavy lifting in an area where I am weak. Thanks Sarah. :)
Rewatching this is so weird. How different 2020 is from the way we thought it would be. But I still like this video. So many pretty planners.
I love looking at a full planner ( filled with writing or stickers/deco) that is so satisfying to me
OMGosh the hobonichi cousin sounds PERFECT! Monthly, weekly vertical and daily spreads? Yesss
I have been planning for years, but just found the planning community a year ago. I thought I was strange until I found my people!! Thank you for sharing all your tools. Your A5 main planner is beautiful, and I love seeing your creative spreads. I chose to simplify this year. For 2020, I am using a big happy planner for pretty much our entire lives for my family of 9. I use the Budget Mom's budget by paycheck workbook. I also use just a standard binder for my meal planner, with hole punched printer paper inside. I use this one on a rotating basis to track what we ate for the year, what we liked, what we hated, etc. Makes meal planning simple when life gets chaotic. I also just got a Rocketbook Everlast, which I absolutely love!!! I back up all those pages to my Evernote app. And my goal for 2020 is to journal! I have been gifted some beautiful journals and want to fill them.
It's 2021 and I've been binge watching the 2020 planner line ups and cackling at all these people's dreams and ambitions for the new year.
I like your videos about planners. A lot. I'm not criticizing. I've seen many youtubers planning to use all kinds of planners and they are finishing the year with waaaaaaayyyy less. I would like to see what planners you used this year (in 2019), what planners worked and what didn't.
I bought 2 planners this year because I couldn’t decide which one I wanted. Then a friend gave me 1 for Christmas, and then I got another free one as a gift promotion, and then I am trying to use a digital planner on my iPad with GoodNotes (then there’s google calendar....). I’ve never really thought about using them for different purposes and not sure I’ll have the time to be able to do that, but this has inspired me to reevaluate how I look at planning and using my planners. Thank you!
I love the mindfulness you have crafted into your daily routine. It is inspiring!
So excited you are back into Hobonichi - I found you because I did a search on RUclips on 2018 Hobonichi's when I got my first one - and it was down three rabbit holes after that - planner obsession, getting back into my writing, and fangirling everything Heart Breathings! Now I have a new Hobonichi for 2020 AND the HB90
So happy to see this! My first time making popcorn to watch a video on RUclips. 🍿
A dedicated gaming planner? You are speaking my language. My heart was so happy to hear someone in the planner talking casually about alts, crafting, and WoW.
I’m not an MMO girl myself, but I enjoy decompressing with video games and sharing them with my family. I played through all of It Takes Two with my 5yo daughter. I swap game recs with my husband. It drives me bonkers when others PTA parents speak in broad terms about how bad video games supposedly are for our kids. That’s just not the case for families who make it a family activity.
Thanks for sharing your whole self on here. I feel very seen.
I can't tell you how many times I swooned while watching this video! So many beautiful planners and such innovative and interesting ways to use them.
I must say that I almost LOST MY MIND when I saw your Hello Kitty cover!!! ❤❤❤ I was simultaneously Happy for you and jealous for me!! 😁 I'm just happy to have had to chance to see it!
Thank you so much for sharing! You inspire me in so many different ways. ¡Muchas Gracias!
#hellokittyforever haha. I am giddy about having it in my hands!
Good lord I'm such a sap for planners lol ... I have many, but use a few main ones. I loved watching your video ... it feels nice to know there are others out there like me hahaha. Anything that has to do with paper or writing instruments .... I'm on it ;) Watching this video had really got me motivated to get started on my 2020 set up ... thanks, always inspiring !!! hugs Donna
As always, a delightful video where you share your life authentically and also share practical info that I can consider how to apply to my own situation. I appreciate your giving attention to how you are using notebooks + planners together to take care of different aspects of your life.
I've just discovered your channel yesterday. I love the series video about how you sell your series of books. I loved it. It definitely gave me a great idea for my own books. Thank you!
I love the 5 year planner. There are several Japanese stores in Vancouver, Canada. I love shopping for their paper products, blue glasses, and bowls.
I'm 62 and trying to write my book. I am terribly disorganized, with papers everywhere. Thanks for showing how you organize all of your stuff. It's a huge help for me. Thank you.
Squeeeeee!!! Two thumbs UP!! My 2020 planner stack is growing like gangbusters, too. Including my beloved #HB90 planner, of course. :) Thanks for sharing your planners, notebooks and their wonderful purposes! Here's to an amazing 2020 for us all.
I love this video so much. For 2020 my main planner is a Filofax Malden in kingfisher blue, personal size. I also have a lined Leuchtturn as a diary and another notebook that’s like a bullet journal/ scrapbook/journal that I use on trips instead of taking the other two.
I'm using a planet I made myself. I printed for grid paper, punched and disk bound the pages and custom covers and then created the monthly, weekly and daily pages. I can't wait to start using it!
Oh my gosh...YES...best time of the year for planning! I actually watched your last year's planner lineup SEVERAL TIMES throughout 2019. 💜💖💜
Wow! So many beautiful notebooks and planners! Your plans are super inspiring and it’s amazing how much you accomplish while also kicking butt with motherhood (I always say motherhood kicks my butt daily 😅) So cool how you are able to compartmentalize the different things you want to track into different journals. I love the idea but I always find it hard to follow-through personally... I have tried. I have way too many notebooks that need to be used 😬 But I like the idea of making routines to see if that might be better to build habits and integrate each notebook into my life... So I’m starting to feel like my old old school days and having a notebook for each subject 👍🏻 but way more fun and pretty nowadays 😜
OMG so cute y’all game together... the research says how amazingly positive it is to play games together 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
You are the only other person I know that uses multiple planners. I love the look of all your planners. I am still deciding on what planners I want to use but this for sure helps to give me some ideas. I am getting the 5 year journal for sure
I LOVE that 5 year but have not found one in stock. Post here if you find one please.
I was having issues with this as well. I found it on amazon though just ordered mine
Hobonichi 5-Year Techo (2020-2024) www.amazon.com/dp/B07VPTCLRN/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_eujaEbJVKJ3F6
I’m a multiple planner user also. My planning system sky rocketed in the last 6 months from 6 planners to, idk, double that? (I stopped counting at 6). I love seeing your different planners and what you use them for.
I actually really appreciate you sharing that you use so many planners, and use them for different parts of your life and your projects! I am the same way but I always feel this pressure to "fit it all in" to a single planner...so it is very helpful for me to see someone else who has 10+ planners and notebooks, and is succeeding so beautifully with them! Thank you for sharing
I would have loved a two hour video. Found your channel not too long ago and been enjoying it a lot. Actually got inspired by you into buying 6-ring binder planners in many colors. I have an ivory Carpe Diem and just bought a navy Websters Pages. I'm on the look out for the big sales. Thanks for your hard work.
Thank you Maria! That is so nice to hear!
I am glad that I stayed to the end! I started your video at breakfast. I continued during my lunch break from writing. I have finished my writing today and continued watching and I am so pleased I did - that 'family fun planner' and a planner of what I get done so that I don't forget to celebrate what I am actually achieving! I teared up. That was very meaningful to me.
OMG. I am such a fangirl, I was so excited for this one.
Yesss. Me too, haha.
Wow! That's a LOT of planners. I love love love stationary, but I think I would feel overwhelmed with all of those. So far this year I was just using a little A6 DIYFish planner and a spiraldex in my Traveller's Notebook folio, but during this lockdown I've been looking into Bullet Journalling again. I tried Bujo a few years ago but got overwhelmed from making it too complicated, so this time I've been looking at minimalist Bujo's and Kanban boards...which I how I ended up on your channel!! I think I'm going to combine the 2 systems but keep it really really simple. I procrastinate an awful lot and I don't want this new system to become ANOTHER reason to procrastinate. I've got some dot grid A5 notebooks and I'm planning on having seperate bujo's for my Life/Crafting/Business/Social Media stuff. I had planned on starting my own sewing business before the lockdown happened, but procrastination + lockdown = unemployment. However, now I've seen Kanban stuff I have a bunch of good ideas to actually make my business more successful. Finger's crossed that I still have motivation and energy once the lockdown is lifted here in the UK. Thanks for all the inspiration here on this channel!
Great lineup for 2020 - my husband and I met through World of Warcraft so I love how you have a planner with gaming information in. Love all your planners!
Oh man, kudos! EMDR *is* intense but it freaking ROCKS! Keep at it, Sarra! Worth every moment ...
I tracked my daughter's bfeeding habits, but also when she started eating solids I found it helpful to track what she liked and didnt like.
Oh, that's a really good point! I might add a journal to the On the go folio to keep track of that when she starts solids.
I don't think you are off the rocker at all! I love how you have organised your planners, and I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who uses many types of planners. Keep up the great work and I can't wait to see what 2020 brings for all of us!
I love that giant ring you’re wearing!
So many beautiful planners!!! Is really nice to see all the variety of planners one can use for different aspects of ones life...
"I'm so excited for what 2020 is going to bring"
Me watching this a year later: 😐😥☠️
I can’t believe you have so many planners yet all your reasons for them make perfect sense. I was thinking you were going to be weird
I think on your budget planner the greatest spend will be on planners and accessories .You will need to manage that but your planners are very tempting
I did your whole HB90 planning system for Q2 using GoodNotes and the Apple Pencil. Worked like a charm!
I was just like how are ppl using soooo many planners?! They’re insane! Then I just realized, ppl who use all these planners is basically doing the paper representation of what we all do with technology...having all these social media platform log ins, apps, streaming svcs and e-mails 😂🤣
Guess we’re all a lil insane 🙃
I love that you use so many different planners that all have specialized focuses! I’m doing a similar thing... I too have all the hobonichis, each with its own purpose, plus a bullet journal. Also have a faith TN with inserts, plus a personal wide rings for keeping track of passwords, appointments, etc.
I’m also trying the Hobonichi A5 5-year planner for the first time too, and I just wanted to share - in case you haven’t found a cover yet - I have it in my A5 Chic Sparrow TN, and it fits beautifully 😊
And I love that you use so many TCMC stickers!!! I’m addicted to Helen’s designs lol
Happy planning for 2020, and thanks for sharing all of your planners!!
Wow! I could never keep up with this many planners. I can barely do one! Ive decided this year I’m only going to do a fitness planner.
Lol I have so much planners too. I make them myself though.
Oh yeah, I have a similar shirt. Mine says "Too Cute to Stress. Too Bless to be Depress." 😂😂😂
I love your ideas for your A5 cousin! I just took a deep breath and sent you a burst of happiness and light. It filled me so much gratitude to find a kindred soul like yours - you’ve definitely inspired me to track my own synchronicities. Thanks for sharing !
Omg im just in 6 mins im already swooning lol i love planners aswell i have a whole shelf full of them thanks for sharing this video 💛
2020 is going to be a functional low-key planner year for me. I'm doing my take on a bullet journal using an A6 notebook so it's an EDC. I actually started with this month and so far so good.
I’ve been so looking forward to seeing your lineup for the year! As always, you’ve given me some great ideas - thanks 😊
I hope you love the DONE planner! I started one beginning of 2019, just a notebook where I can divide up pages for writing, marketing, rewriting/editing, and DONE and put a "Celebrate Small Victories" sticker on the cover. It makes me happy. Your planners are awe-inspiring. Can't wait for 2020!
That Five Year planner would be a great journal to write for/about a little one as they grow!
I love waching movie from planing 2020. Now when this year ending and I know how word change.
I am using 5 planners. One is my general Planner which also tracks mood which is great with my anxiety. One I'll be using to plan out when I'll write my fanfiction story. One for Budgeting and the last for my TAFE course I will be doing. So excited for 2020!!
Gaming planner~ wow! That's the first time I've seen anything like that! I've been keeping track of games i've completed/games I need to finish in the back of my hobonichi weeks but I might start something like that. Great idea! Btw - if you're not turned off by older MMOs, Guild Wars 2 is f2p and the community is still really active, so that one might be worth a shot :) Great video! Happy 2020
This was so much fun to see! I love that you keep everything separate. I have to do that to keep my mind clear. I have a rainbow bullet journal collection that covers each aspect of my life/work: Marketing (red), Design (orange), Audio/Visual (yellow), Writing (green), Revisions/edits (blue), Life/Health (purple). My regular bullet journals are black. I use it, a micro happy notes, a mini happy notes, and a skinny (half sheet) happy notes to keep track of my quarterly and weekly planning. I also have custom printables that I use to keep my meal tracking, health tracking, and self-care in check. Plotting for my novels will depend on the project. Sometimes I want a good composition notebook, other times I want an index card flipbook. I have no idea what I'll want to use until I'm working on it.
I just found your channel and love what you are doing in this video. I look forward to seeing more detail in these planners as you are using them!
Omg!! I’m so excited you’re Spiritual and you read the Tarot in your business and promote it in a positive way! I’m a Tarot teacher and promote the healthy positive benefits of Tarot in traditional business.. thank you for bring authentic and professional in your approach!
You know I've been waiting for this video from you!!!
Woohoo!! I've been dying to record it as an excuse to pull them all out and start setting them up!!
I loved seeing all your planners and the different purposes for each one.My two favorites were the Hello Kitty one from 2016, and your purple spiritual planner with the beautiful charm on it. I-Love Hello Kitty also.
Hey Sara, I love hearing how you are using the planners/notebooks, especially in your morning and night time routines. I would love to watch a video on your morning and night time routine along with your weekly planning session on Sunday. I couldn't find a video of the daily routines, if you have one and I missed it, could you direct me to it? Thanks for such great content!
I found a cute notebook at Five Below for my planner this year. I also have a notebook for my Jewish religious study which I try to do about once a week to keep me connected to my Jewish faith.
I too love having “separate” planners for everything but I also love having everything in one place! A total paradox! But my current solution is to use digital planners for everything! I create my own custom PDF planners for everything and I keep them all in GoodNotes on my iPad-paradox solved! Loved the video!
OMG using a hobo weeks to track spending is genius!
Im jealous of all these beautiful planners! Love the thought of the 5 year planner and having a shelf with a bunch of them! I'd be the same way about starting in 2019 lmao
I have always admired how ambitious you are, and even more so now with a 3-month-old in tow! I have trouble keeping up with ONE planner, much less your amazing stack. Of course, I also have two kiddos 2 and under, and am almost out of the first trimester with my 3rd, so exhaustion MIGHT have a role to play in that (haha). I'm using a dashboard layout Happy Planner as my main planner with a wellness extension pack to try and keep myself accountable for my pregnancy exercises and water intake (we'll see how that goes). One way I plan to use those calendar pages at the beginning of my Happy Planner is to track my daily word counts. Even if I can't do anything but journal, my soul NEEDS to write, so I want to encourage myself by looking back and seeing how much I really did accomplish through the year.
This author, clearly, loves writing.
This will most likely get buried but as a journal and stationery fanatic, I'm really happy for you! You have a vast collection of planners and journals at your disposal, and I couldn't be more jealous haha!
This is my first video that I've encountered from you, and I wanted to ask some questions that I'm really curious about. I hope you don't find them too intrusive or offensive!
Q: When would you have time to update these planners? Do you update certain journals during the night or morning? Do you ever get burnt out or really stressed with having so many planners? What do you do with planners and journals that aren't used as frequently?
From my own personal experience, I prefer journaling at night and planning my day between breaks before/during/after my classes. I love that you have so many different journals and I feel like you would use them at different frequencies, but does it get overwhelming sometimes? I love writing into my journals, but sometimes there's so much I can do before it feels like an obligation, a chore. I can't imagine how hectic and busy your life is with writing a book, caring for a child, and maintaining your journals on top of everything!
Since you shared your lineup, I wanted to share my own journal/planner lineup for 2020!
- Midori MD (Grid), A5: personal omni journal containing dreams, thoughts, and anything else under the moon that I feel like including (kinda like a scrapbook)
- Midori MD 2020 Diary: health tracker logging my hours of sleep and food consumption
- Midori MD 1D1P: a scrapbook and/or creative journal
- Traveler's Notebook: a scrapbook and/or creative journal
- Spirited Away Planner: used for school and work, essentially a to-do list
- Brunch Brother Study Planner: school-based planning
Can you tell I love Midori haha? I originally planned to have a Hobonichi Techo as a planner for 2020 but seeing how ineffective and neglected my 2019 Hobonichi turned out to be for me and my needs (my bad habits also come to play), I ended up gifting it to a good friend who had never tried it before. I really, really want to try the Hobonichi Weeks but I feel like it'll end up being neglected too, seeing as I already have two planners.
This is a loooong comment, but thank you for sharing everything!
You are AWESOME! I'll be using 3-4 planners as of right now. A bullet journal for most of my author business. An EC quarterly for promo and social media planning. I've been using the same At a Glance Weekly/Monthly planner for personal tasks and family life since high school! And I'm teaching a writing class and I might grab a Happy Planner for Teachers... we'll see...
My husband and I met playing wow, you gave me a great idea for a planner for our gaming nights. Thank you for the inspiration! Family that games together stays together ;)
I absolutely adore when you pull out and gush about your planners. I love that you’re moving back to Hobonichi. I am using a cousin as my main planner this year. I also appreciate you sharing a piece of your spiritual journey with us. The newness of this time of year always excites me. Happy holidays and happy new year!
PS _ I would love to see an update of your plotting planner.
Was so excited for this video!! Second time watching it.haha I was trying so hard to combine my planning and trying to use less planners but this has inspired me to just go with it and use as many as I want/need!! I really like how you keep a lot of things separate and in their own planner or notebook!!! Going to give that a shot.
I love your lineup!! You’ve given me some really good ideas for this coming up year!! Can’t wait to see update on your planners/notebooks!! :)
Loved watching your 2020 set up! I use different planners/notebooks too. Happy holidays.
So glad you told me that hou can print at 84%! I have been trying to figure out the best way to print @ the correct size.
I keep a gaming Planner/notebook by my gaming pc as well where I log when, how much, and any tidbits about the gaming session going on. And that's a great idea for a meal planner. I just track our meal planning on a dry erase calendar put up near our kitchen. I might look into an actual planner for that, too. I'd love to see your plotting notebook when you get it cleaned out and updated.
I've started this year using an actual planner for my budget. I was just using a regular spiral notebook. I like using a monthly planner spread much better. I do wish it had a spot for notes.
I've really come to love my Carpe Diem 6 ring A5 binder. I like to use monthly, weekly, daily, and hourly spreads. I use the monthly as a "at-a-glance" for any appointments, packages, etc coming up. I use the weekly as a memory keeper, the daily I use to plan my day and the hourly I use for my writing schedule. And I love having it all in one binder. Though, I do intend to buy the undated HB90 by Jan 2020.
Then I keep a school calendar for my daughters school, to track any field trips, lunch menu, lunch funds, days off, testing days, etc.
I love watching your planner videos. This brings me joy! I am still working on my line up for 2020. I hope to get it together by next week.
Your video is so very helpful! Thank you and great work!!!
Oooh, I've been waiting for this! I'm using the Hobonichi Cousin for my main planner and using it with the HB90 Method. I'm using an EC lifeplanner for my family events and meal planning, an EC deluxe monthly for health and wellness, the Amy Tangerine Be Happy Box planner for memory keeping, plus assorted ec petite planners and coiled notebooks, and a Fabriano notebook for a bullet journal. I've been using an Archer and Olive for journaling but it gets really dirty with lint and pet hair. I see yours does the same, so I don't feel so bad. I thought it was just my poor housekeeping, lol!
I agree about the dirtiness of that A&O cover. It kind of drives me nuts!
Great video! I’m trying to decide if I want to use many planners separately or frankenplan everything together into one.
I found I just didn’t use all the planners as much as I wanted to this past year so I’m either going to stick that out or try something new. I love seeing how people use multiple planners!
I have grown really found of your channel. I admire that fact that use so many planners. I have plenty to do and would love to get all of these planners, I brought a lot last year and I never really completed them. I do wish however in addition to getting my Plum planner, I wish I would have gotten that Deluxe planner. 2020 I will be using up one notebook at a time, I want to complete one from front to back
All love all things paper, but I don't think I could use that many planners. It works for you, that's great and you get a variety :) .
I start watching your video, commenting your shirt.... love it!
Congratulations on writing 25 novels! What a huge accomplishment!
Great video and i really enjoy your personality, looking forward to watching your channel😊
Great video. I was looking forward to seeing your 2020 lineup. I’m using 5 planners next year, and now realize I’m an amateur! Very inspiring and helpful.
So many Ideas that I have picked up from watching how you plan. Thanks...
Loved all your planners and seeing how you use them all!
Hey!!! Great video!!!! You have given me so many ideas! How do you print the pics so small
to fit in your memory planner?
Omg my baby just turned one. I have no idea how you are going to be able to keep up with this many planners. I even failed to keep one regularly.
happy anniversary. Phew, you are one busy lady. best wishes in the new year.
I love to see how your actually get use out of your planners. I do not have my routine down to such a degree to even use two. I mean, seriously. This year is had 2 hobonichi weeks and a cousin avec and I left most of my hobo weeks empty for the second half of the year and the cousin for the first half. I guess I just don't have the habit of keeping track of stuff or writing things down.
I would recommend putting a Matte screen protector on your ipad. I use my iPad to do illustrations and the screen protector gives a bit of resistance, like paper. I use the Tech Armor brand.
WOW you are using a lot of planners! I use a composition notebook for all my stuff - monthly, weekly, daily planner as well as spiritual wellness and journaling. I was curious about the EMDR program you mentioned - is it an online program? Has it helped you? What's it like? I really need help getting over some major childhood issues and conventional therapy didn't help. Thanks for the help Sarra!
Fabulous line up!!!!!! I currently have 10 in my line up. Likely going to 12 with starting my author journey through this session of HB90. Could go up even more after I saw a few of yours that are sparking joy at that thought of adding them to my lineup.
i love seeing all your planners! x x
I absolutely love your shirt 😍😁
This was very interesting and helpful. Question: In the Deluxe Monthly planner, the first one you showed, did you order extra covers and use those for your section dividers? Thank you.