My biggest pet peeve has to be the cliques or groups. I’m a grown ass mama just trying to get my side hustle on. No time for drama or fitting in. I left that mess in high school!
Preach! I work at a high school, and seeing the type of drama my students have in an "adult" community is just UGHHH (for the lack of a better word :P )
I think my biggest pet peeve is NOT tagging the sticker shops at all and then not answering when people ask. And using hashtags inappropriately .... like hashtagging happy planner when you’re clearly using an EC or the other way around.
Jessica Villalpando omg yes! The first thing I did when I switched from hourly to vertical was change my hashtags lol I know if it bothers me, I wouldn’t want to do it to others!
I so feel this. There's nothing worse than looking through a tag like #bulletjournalmonthlylog and getting a whole bunch of pictures that are weeklies, or collections, or whatever else 😒 I just want some damn monthly inspo!
Also- where is all the actual planning? It’s become so much about what it looks like, how it’s staged, what new thing people have and I rarely see the actual words on paper. I don’t get it.
My pet peeve is when planners don’t update on how a spread worked out. A lot of them will put the blanket excuse that they want their privacy and ask it to be respected. It’s ok to not show it, but say “I was excited about this idea, but I just didn’t keep up with it.” Many planners will view that as a failure, but it’s you learning what works for you.
I dislike the girl boss/planner babe/girltrepreneur stuff because it solidifies male as the default. It makes it so that people qualify the state of being a boss/entrepreneur because on their own they are either societally or inherently masculine labels, so it needs to be re-gendered to apply to people. It’s very binary icky for me lol
I feel this way about the girl boss title, but I like the planner babe tag. Simply because it's a term of endearment that I don't feel is gender-specific. I also call myself and others planner nerds, or planner geeks so 🤷🏾♀️
Ok ladies, I know this is an old video but I just found it and have laughed so much! I'm in the UK so mercifully most of the planner Stuff like EC, HP etc isn't available over here, but here's my own pet peeves! Disc planners - don't understand how anyone tolerates the clatter. Vertical planners - how does anyone have space to write anything in them? Stickers... don't get me started. Die-cuts... what are they about?? They're just bits of paper with no function. Huge decorated paperclips - nope, damage to your expensive leather planner awaits. Vellum, dashboards etc - just use your dividers! Don't complain your planner is over-full when you have to flip through additional sheets of useless paper products just to get to your sections. And finally... highlighters. The clue is in the name. They are for highlighting! How can you use them for crossing things out? What is wrong with you people?? 🤣 Ok, rant over. I'm English.... and old.... get over it! 😁
Literally my FB post from 1/9 after watching "planner porn": RUclips Bullet Journal Chicks: "I've decided that 2019 will be a year of simplicity and minimalism." Also RUclips Bullet Journal Chicks: Pan across multiple fading focus shots of $20 pens, paper made from the tears of deforested Amazon bamboo fields, dried flowers artfully arranged around the journal by Martha Stewart, whimsical heartfelt soundtrack written by hidden Austrian enclave of long-lost descendants of Mozart, lighting by Oscar winning cinematographer from "The Shape of Water," and craft services imported from Paris.
the reselling and “boss babe” thing really get to me too. “Boss babe” reminds me of MLM “entrepreneurs,” so my immediate response is always some form of “ew”
I know I am really, really wading into controversial territory here, but I feel like there may be a fair amount of overlap between the etsy "boss babes" and MLM "entrepreneurs." In terms of a real, hard analysis on the return on investment for these people. And even, the way there is social pressure to support shops because you know the owner (even if you know you won't really use their product). It is no where near as overt as the MLM squad, but I see it there.
My pet peeve is filming a shit ton of PWM in multiple planners and pretending you use them all. But the next PWM in that planner, you flip back and there's nothing in the last 5 spreads except the stickers you originally put down in the PWM. WT-actual-F???
The reason I watch PWM is to see how everyone else manages to fit all the stuff that needs to be done into a day, week, month. I hate when they are just part of a design team or the sticker company and just throw down all the stickers with no actual planning. They're stickers we know how they work; peel and stick!
I actually just watched a no white space PWM and just...was fascinated. Like, what would actually get written, or where? I watched it in a kind of trance, lol
I do NWS on weeks I have nothing planned besides work, or when I know I’m going away for the weekend. But my EC is my “decorating” planner and my Bullet Planner is my journal/planner planner. So Ill do more NWS planning to “use my shit.”
@@JaimeHeath I never thought to do that, Interesting! I may have to do something like this too cause I always feel that my planner looks so empty on the weeks that I don't have anything going on except work.
Hi! I’m from Laken’s channel - y’all are so fun together! I don’t follow many planner FB groups because of all the defensiveness etc - just wasn’t bringing me joy anymore. Watching this video though - brought me joy :)
Damn, can I return the wheat I got? LOL JK! I totally relate to all these peeves. My current planner pet peeve is the whole gotta-buy-them-all-and-hoard, using a million foiled stickers (specially one in top of another), and the unrealistic/perfect looking planner that is really a scrapbook of stickers.
Loved this! We share a lot of the same pet peeves. My biggest is probably the lack of planning. Let me rephrase that. I am not interested in stickered scrapbooking. I am a homeschooling mom of 4 with a little side hustle and a lot of stuff going on. I use my planners and live in them. My handwriting isn't perfect and I am not fancy (hopefully nice but not fancy;). I want to follow people who are using their planners so I can learn something!!! Or at least celebrate when we all do things that actually work. But that is part of the reason that I watch the 2 of you.
I literally saw a lady and her daughter buying over 20 HP planners, I was wondering what they were were doing... now I know. Ugh, does make me mad cuz I want one and want a selection to choose from. Loved the video and how you two banter :)
I agree. I live on Vancouver Island and the closest Michaels is 90 mi away and now I have a better understanding why they're happy planner section is usually depleted. I don't mind ordering online for a $15 shipping fee but it's nice to go and actually look at some stuff if in stock
Great video. That's why I love your videos Cindy! Your reviews are fair and thorough. I know I can get an honest review because you aren't afraid to say how you feel. I really appreciate that!! Been watching you for a while now, I'm one of your quiet subbies, but this topic really resonated with me and I had to comment. Thanks for sharing!
Came from Laken’s channel! These two videos are hilarious and I think it is awesome that you are putting your opinion out there and talking about all these things!
My biggest pet peeve is when a shop owner or popular planner post something on IG and people leave comments with questions they are totally ignored with the exception of their planner “buddies”. I don’t understand 😬
To be fair it is sometimes really hard to see all of the questions if you get a lot of questions and notifications. IG only shows you your last 40 interactions in the app, so if you're getting hundreds a day it can get quite overwhelming. I only have 600 followers and I sometimes miss comments even though I try to respond to all of them. Also, people have lives, and especially shop owners are spending lots of time on their actual money-generating business and just physically can't respond to the hundreds/thousands of questions and comments that come in every hour. So I totally get it.
Kitsura Blooms I totally get that, and I’m not blaming people for not responding. My point was that I also see people responding to friends, and skipping comments from others. I always go through comments on previous posts, regardless of notifications, but appreciate that not everyone has the time.
Kitsura Blooms Like Mrs Planner Addict, I totally get it and understand that people have lives and can’t answer every question I really do but when I scroll back and see a particular person ask the same question and it gets answered it’s not right. I also have seen where shops or planners post an item that planners goes wild over only to leave them hanging with questions not answered. It’s like they post to get likes or whatever. I’m learning that it’s a lot of favoritism in this community and have learn to know when or who to comment to.
@@kpcplans3538 That's true. But I guess they also probably get tired answering the same questions over and over again? I dunno. The community definitely isn't perfect, that's for sure. I always actually wonder if the IG algorithm has something to do with which messages people see as well...
I'm over the over the top plan with me videos. Grocery lists are getting stickerfied! I got a planner to keep me organized. When I first started watching plan with mes, they were very helpful and inspirational. Now some of the videos use so many stickers and products, I find it overwhelming. I appreciate the hobby and my planning makes me happy, but I'd like more function and less...let's make an over the top, decorated list of my car maintenance checklist. I don't have 5 hours to devote to a checklist!
Great point! I think for me, I make my lists look "pretty" so that I'm more likely to go back and look at them, but I definitely try to keep it practical!
Great video! I 💯 agree with your comment about providing constructive feedback to a brand and those that are loyal to said brand attack you. I experienced this when I gave feedback to a brand about not being diverse enough in their models to better reflect their customer base. Holy cow the number of people that bashed me was ridiculous. I love the product just didn’t agree with their marketing strategy.
Life's Organized Chaos That’s horrible I’m not a RUclipsr buy I am a functional planner that prefers honest videos and reviews. Before I spend my hard earned money .... honestly these 2 videos are the only honest videos I have ever watched in the year I been planning .... the groups I join ELSP be lying and ganging up on me the Facebook gangsters and keyboard bangers 🙄 while the cheerleading twitter fingers cheer them on ..... they have no idea I’m em from the hood and changing my life or it will go left fast 🤣
So I watched Laken's video thinking, man they laid some truth the planner community did not want to hear or see. But I watch this 😂😂😂 and witness the murder and funeral 😂 😂😂 of the planner community
Three things: 1) I am seeing a big trend of whining about shipping on the different FB groups I am in. I don't know how people survived before the days of online tracking 😐 Heaven forbid your package stays at one facility for more than 24 hours! 2) coming into a sticker shop's group and announcing "I have a full cart, is there a sale or a PR code I can use?" And not just a regular post, it's usually one of those big colorful ones to grab attention. It's very easy to search the group for codes or sales. To me it feels kind of rude, especially if the shop owner runs the group or is very active. "oh hey I want to buy a bunch of stuff from you, but ONLY if I can get it on sale." 3) this one will get me some hate, but I am tired of seeing people pleading/demanding that shop owners make extremely specific stickers to suit their needs. If the shop previews stickers of 6 different dog breeds, you can count on 75 people coming out of the woodwork to tell the owner what breeds they "should" make because then it would match their dog, etc. There is a difference between adding things to the suggestion thread and TELLING shop owners what they "need to" or "should" come out with.
That is where I disagree a little. I think it is fine to ask for specific designs... just be prepared to pay a bespoke price;). That isn't going to be a bargain bin sticker;). And that is not what is happening right now. People want to have bespoke service at a bulk price.
@@NerdMomsLife I do agree; nothing wrong with suggesting and being willing to pay for customization. Many etsy shops I buy from will do custom stickers - for instance, I do not drink coffee; I'm a soda girl. I go through a couple of shops that actually provide coke can/bottle stickers for me. The cost is not much more and, since I may be the only person buying them, I totally understand the additional work and cost. :)
On #1, there are more productive ways to work through your shipping issues than moaning about it on FB. That said, I'm in Canada, and it is to the point where I won't order from US shops anymore because the shipping is ridiculous. Both cost wise and time wise. But It's USPS's fault, not shop owners.
I’m also really over sticker books unless I see something way different than what I have. These generic ass quotes of “you go girl!” “But first coffee!” “You can do it!” It’s in every book and I’m sooo over it
I love that you guys shared this. I totally got some tips out of it! I will not add wheat to my insta photos and try to explain more why I do things. And I love constructive criticism cause dang it, how else will we grow and learn?!
Thank you for this video. Sometimes I don't want to give constructive criticism, because of the fear of the pile of hate posts that you didn't ask for. There is also a fear of asking a question, or the "wrong" question, and getting a heap of bad posts piled on you too. Safe travels home!
Loved this video! While I’m guilty of using “girl boss” and “boss lady” it is more of a tongue in cheek and just when I’m talking about myself or a group of women who are truly working their asses off and don’t need a man/men to help them rise to their success, not because “boss” is defaulted to men. For me it is an empowering word, but then I turn around, and like you, don’t like the use of planner babe as it’s not empowering and more childish. Thank you very much for putting this out in the planner world because some of these are things that need to just stop and because of this I can’t wait to check out Laken’s video as well!
I have short hair too - can’t stand that phrase! The “messy bun” thing just puts an image of a lazy person actually getting off their butt and moving a paper clip into a drawer or something.
@@amalexander7711 hahaha i actually have long hair that sometimes goes in a bun (more often a ponytail) but there's something about the cadence that bugs me.
The simply gilded mark up pisses me off especially when you know they’re doing it for profit, or like Laken said they buy rolls and rolls not for their use but to sell. Also advent calendars or planner related boxes that put a hand made jewellery piece or a candle.. tell me how is that planner related? If I buy a planner advent calendar it Mystery Box I want to have planner related products.
Vicky_ Plans_ Erin Condren did that!! A mug and a candle and HUGE stickers that won’t fit in my planner. I was so disappointed! Mentioned that on Twitter and they asked what I would like to see in the next one. Gave my feedback, but don’t know if I’ll get one next time.
Jaime Heath I was so relieved I didn’t get that box. I did like the mug but a candle? I mean that had me scratching my head. I hope they take the feedback on board and create great boxes 😊
I enjoyed this video a lot. Even though some of the things mentioned, I definitely do - it just comes off as a difference of opinion. The only thing in the planner community that stands out to me is the popular planners with larger followings that don’t disclose when something they’re ‘sharing’ has been given to them at a discount or for free. The planner community is so much about trends and purchasing. I think people need to honest when promoting for friends or brands because it may be filtering their review or opinions.
Good point. I PR for a couple shops, granted it’s not at full price, it’s discounted sale. Is there a phrase you’d like to see regarding this? Genuinely inquiring. I know on RUclips there’s a phrase of some sort to make the person aware that they received it at a discounted price but the opinion is there own.
@@Khanslady here is a blog post that explains the legal requirements: www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/ftcs-endorsement-guides-what-people-are-asking#ftcactapply I think people (influencers & businesses) with smaller followings go under the radar with this but it is something that's required if you are getting any type of compensation (free product, discount, product credit, or money) for sharing your opinion of a product.
Hello, You ladies need to make more videos together. I enjoyed them and I agree with the things that you two were talking about. Thank you and keep up the good work.
My biggest pet peeve is "rewind plan with me" !!! I mean, planning implies future, not what happened the week before! in that case call it scrapbooking or journaling!!! you cannot plan last week today!!!! ok I feel better!
I have a planner. It helps me keep up with my day. I don't decorate it, or do lovely calligraphy on it. It just keeps me on track. I have watched so many planner videos that decorate everything, do lovely watercolors , and beautiful calligraphy on each day. That is great for them but not for me. If I had time to do that much decorating, I wouldn't have a need for a planner.
Hi Cindy! I came over from Laken's channel. I am SO WITH YOU on the multiple tagging on IG photos to the point where you can't tell the difference between then. And I REALLY don't care where your table/mug came from. PLANNER STUFF PLEASE!! Also, love you guys for doing this. Thanks!!
Cindy, you truly are a kindred spirit :) One thing that kinda bugged me a lot recently was, not necessarily the actual choosing of one's word of the year, but all the "But is it okay if I do this...????" Or people asking "if it's okay" that they do their bullet journal a certain way, as if there are rules and if you break them, a sharp blade will come hurtling at your head? Like, for all the motivational quotes and stickers you see around the planner community about doing your thing and BE-YOU-TIFUL, people sure do feel a need to conform and seek approval for stuff that really should be personal and really affects only you. I just wanted to copy-paste "It's YOUR planner, do what works for YOU" on so many posts.
I agree so much with this one! I started Bullet Journaling before it really caught on with the planner community. Back then is what super simple, which was its goal. Now, I've had friends say they don't want to try it because they don't have the time or art skills. It makes me kind of sad that the original message has been so lost.
One of my pet peeves is the roll of washi staged in the background, but it wasn’t used in the spread. I guess I prefer the more realistic stagings, I want to see what’s actually used. I don’t mind the fake backgrounds, but I want to see the useful stuff.
I don’t watch hauls at all. I can’t stand them and will swipe on IG stories to skip them. Something like Cindy’s Favorites videos I can get behind. But a close up of just your stickers? No thanks.
Hi, Cindy. I'm here from Laken's channel, however, I am new to you both. I love the two videos I watched with you bot and am now subscribed. I am going to spend the rest of my day binge watching both you and Laken's videos. Love this video. Touched up on a lot of my pet peeves; so glad I am not alone. :)
Yes! I totally agree about the constructive criticism point! I think kindness and openness on both sides is necessary. I think criticism is easier to swallow when it’s delivered in a respectful way. Well. As I’m typing you totally took my words out of my mouth! Don’t be antagonistic! You’re awesome. Loved this video and Collab!
I don't consider myself necessarily part of the planner community (I only follow you and I think one other "planner" type person who, incidentally, does love her wheat and fairy lights XD), but what you said about the fangirls, especially, can be applied to any type of fandom. I see it all the time with what I love (kpop, crafting, etc). All that said, I love this video and you and your opinions. Thank you for being brave and sharing them. Whatever sh!t you'll get, you have my support
I’m crying. I just came across your channel. I’m new to the planner community. But can I say I’m just laughing because you’re the first planner I’ve heard swearing and I love it. 😂😂😂😂😭 loved this video, ladies.
I share a few of the ones you named. The Happy Planner merchandise buyout to resell I really dislike because typically my experience is some of the purchasers are income restricted or don’t drive due to medical issues. Buying on sale and the selling at a premium plus shipping and adding in your cost to drive and inconvenience 🙄. I have found transparency and honesty so far. It’s only been a year. Thank you for sharing
I'm the OP of the "Girl Boss" post in PGW. I want to thank everyone again for their honest and constructive opinions. I learned a lot. I'm still a bit cringy about the terms, but respect others opinions.
I fucking love you Cindy. All of you things were so valid. Deff heading over to Lakins channel now. One of my personal pet peeves is "plan with me's" for back planning. That's documenting/memory keeping not freaking planning. Because I also watch plan with me's to learn, I learn NOTHING from that! (edited: please note I am specifically talking about plan with me videos that are only back planning but give no disclaimer of it either at all or until the end of the video. I have nothing against back planning it can be useful and is awesome as memory keeping. I just don't appreciate the false advertising).
I have to admit, I do go back to my planner and add things. It is usually in my work planner, bec I may need the information in the future and it's just handier knowing it's in my planner. I keep notes while working and don't always get to write everything in my planner at the time it's happening. For instance, going to meetings I usually take a note pad vs my planner, bec when I'm taking notes they're usually all over the place. When I go back to my planner, (which may not be on the same day of the meeting), I clean up my notes and just put in the pertinent information. I use this information for reference @ a later date. Does this count as back planning?
@@donnamartinez6201 I reckon that's back-planning and very practical too. You give exactly the sort of explanation planner people want when watching RUclips videos about planning. The REASONING behind your planning/recording of information and how it works for you. For example you must have NOT done it and at some point realised how USEFUL noting past events/info would have been (eg what WAS that bulb I bought for the living room lamp last time? I wish I wrote it down...) and solved it by back-planning.
@@ruths694 Thank you. It isn't practical for me to bring in my planner to meetings, bec there isn't enough room to write notes, (and I don't use filler paper for note-taking, but rather task lists.) A pad is smaller and since my notes are all over the place, no matter when I put them in my planner, it's a very much cleaned up version of my notes, re-written into a "task" oriented version. My weekly set-up is usually what I know is coming up and what needs to be done; then there are the tasks that come up while working - those go into my planner immediately. It's only those things that happen spontaneously and are jotted down on the run and taken care of in a "messy" disorganized way, yet I know I will have to go back to them. Things that are one and done do not go into my planner if they are not already there. If I don't need a "history" of the task, to move forward, it doesn't go into my planner. :)
Thank you for sharing ladies. I should have clarified. I have nothing against back planning itself. As a journaler I totally understand and will back plan as well. I was specifically talking about Plan with Me Videos where people share the entire spread of their week with anything filled in and don't mention until the end or at all that what they filmed and shared was all back planning so the entire week already happened and they were documenting it. Again all for back planning just would really appreciate the disclaimer on videos
I live in Australia and am actually so thankful for people that resell. There are so many items that I just wouldn't be able to get here if it wasn't for people reselling on Facebook or Etsy.
Happy Friday night watching your two videos... good points all, and it was fun to watch! Great idea to team up this way. I can't think of any planner community pet peeves at the moment. Just wanted to say hey, and I like your sweaters! Especially on this cold night... you look warm! Have a good weekend!
It drives me insane how many times in one video either a planner gal or a makeup guru with say "if that makes sence". My God, they say it half the time just to say. Yes, we get it. We're not stupid!!!
Yes! They should just call those videos "sticker with me", because there is no actual planning going on as far as I can tell, except for WHERE they're sticking stickers, and I just wasted 15 minutes of my life waiting to hear some good ideas and just got a layout stuffed with stickers for no reason I can understand! 😂
I completely agree about the wheat and the sticker vomit. But my biggest peeve is actually people drawing "pretty" calendars and calling it a bullet journal. And I intensely dislike the term "bujo". P.S. - I'm not a native speaker, so imagine my surprise when I realised you said "wheat" and not "weed". Weed made total sense to me... ;)
Great video. I can’t stand it when a PWM video is released with only background music. Why someone would think not talking or recording a voiceover that helps the viewer to understand their planning and thought process is beyond me. Another pet peeve is planners who share their budgets and debt repayment strategy while decorating with full kits each time - I’m talking about the ones who continually go on and on (complain) about how much debt they’re in. If these people are so focused on getting out of debt and getting an ‘emergency fund’ saved, then why are they, in my opinion, wasting money on making the budget look pretty?! I just don’t get it.
Ok this is going to sound bitchy but I don't get the uber fans who hang on a planner creator's word ON EVERY SINGLE THING. I get that they made a great planner but to have goals to emulate a planner owner's life, ask where they got every outfit, ask non-planner advice on childrearing and home management, and basically live vicariously thru this person is just crazy to me. One planner creator is quite forthcoming about how she doesn't know everything, and I appreciate her honesty, but the way her uber fans glorify everything she does is beyond me. Thanks, ladies, for bringing up this topic. I love both of your channels. :)
i think this happens in any genre here on RUclips - but it may be a little more insidious in the planner community because of how much of our lives we share. I wouldn't want anyone to try and be me - that makes me think of putting the lotion on the skin or else getting the hose again. haha
Thank you for touching on the HP sticker books. I'm a casual sticker user and my stores are always cleaned out. I then see people in photos and videos that have multiple copies of one book and some stickers are "never use" stickers.
So I’ve been thinking about how to be more intentional with my stickers and I’ve come to realize that if you plan in a “vertical style” it’s hard to do that with full boxes. There are usually 8! You almost have to have a pattern or specific placement method in order to use what you have. When you plan as you do Cindy, i feel its easier to place stickers in a deliberate, meaningful way. I plan in an hourly, but I use it like a vertical, and I usually put my full Boxes at the top for decoration and then I use other stickers for my plans. I could see using them to denote large blocks of time, but I don’t always have a huge time consuming task every day, other than work. But, I use checklists for my work tasks, so a full box would not be functional there. So many variables! I did enjoy the conversation though.
Just came across this video; you two ladies are great and I respect that you tell it like it is. My greatest pet peeve is when, during a PWM, the host makes a clicking noise with her mouth (while she's thinking). Ugggggghhhhhhh!!!!! It drives me nuts. Another pet peeve (a small one) is also during a PWM - when the host can't find something and doesn't stop the video while she looks for it - just pause the video and go get it, for Pete's sake!
I haaaaaate when people sell things at a huge markup. Maybe I just got shocked by it when I first entered the community because all the BST groups I’m in for running clothes/gear have strict rules against markups or selling it for more than you bought it for (before shipping) and those tend to have a more positive/less cutthroat vibe than planner BSTs. Getting your money back is understandable, but the markups make me feel bad about the consumerism and greed in the planner community as a whole.
Exactly!! I hated seeing all the Go Wild SG Washi posted on all the sell sites (Ebay, Merci, etc) for $200, $300! So ridiculous! Greed, greed, greed....
My pet peeve is incessant nail tapping on the planner and table during a PWM. It's great that the planner has lovely nails, but I don't need to hear them-nothing makes me exit a video quicker!
I straight up fucking agree. I watch these videos because it helps me focus and keep track of my own planner and sometimes I cannot even finish the video. Fans get crazy and I just sit over here shaking my head.
I have a hard time with the to do list stickers. I guess it's a small pet peeve, but why not just draw out a normal to do list in your planner? Why does every to do list have to be on a sticker? It's such a small box and what if you need two lines or sub lists? O.o
My pet peeve s the PWM that are just really decorate with me videos. We can all put stickers, Washington and maybe some doodles on our spreads but then you actually need to write down your plans 🤪
I am not even two minutes into this video and I am busting out laughing, the wheat.. OH MY...yep I'm subscribing. I saw Laken's video first with your collab about planner trends.
Oh man... I did a video where I didn’t love a planner I had bought (bought with my money). I wasn’t awful I was critical but I learned how to critique a long time ago so I know how to find the positive or say how it could be better, all that. It’s been months and I still get fan comments on it... now I just shake my head.
I love a good photo but the furry blankets and trinkets all over get to me. I’m also baffled by people who never show any writing in their planner spreads. Great colab video.
Anita LeBeau Yesss the trinkets and 85 decorations in and on the planner make no sense to me. The planners must just sit on their desk looking pretty full-time because there’s no way you’re actually using the planner with all of those charms a die-cuts precariously placed throughout.
YAS GIR L! I hATE "planner babe" "boss babe" "girl boss" and all those icky sounding labels that other planners seem to love. They make me cringe and want to gag. I would NEVER refer to myself as a "babe" because that just seems conceited and sexist at the same time.
I just want to say, as a brand (it's my company and we're small, but still a brand) I LOVE getting tagged on Instagram. I want our people to do it EVERY TIME - it lets me then share those planner spreads or convention journals in my story and also see how people are using our stuff.
I do wish people would tag their wheat. Lol.
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My biggest pet peeve has to be the cliques or groups. I’m a grown ass mama just trying to get my side hustle on. No time for drama or fitting in. I left that mess in high school!
Preach! I work at a high school, and seeing the type of drama my students have in an "adult" community is just UGHHH (for the lack of a better word :P )
Creating in Chaos 100% agree that the community is pretty cliquey
When did planning get so cutthroat!? Open your planner, plan, close your planner. The end.
Cindy - Perhaps you could put some arugula (or the other Veg of the Month) on your planners now
I want to do a series of stickers for Cindy of just the veggies she is trying to incorporate into her diet. Haha.
this is the best idea i've ever heard
I think my biggest pet peeve is NOT tagging the sticker shops at all and then not answering when people ask.
And using hashtags inappropriately .... like hashtagging happy planner when you’re clearly using an EC or the other way around.
Inappropriate hash tagging is THE WORST!! I am looking for Essie nail polish, not some random polish I can only buy from Russia. Ugh.
I was going to say the hashtag thing! Now that you can follow hashtags it bothers me even more when someone does that.
I get SO annoyed when I search a specific hashtag (like for EC vertical) and see a bunch of hourly planners!! 😒
Jessica Villalpando omg yes! The first thing I did when I switched from hourly to vertical was change my hashtags lol I know if it bothers me, I wouldn’t want to do it to others!
I so feel this. There's nothing worse than looking through a tag like #bulletjournalmonthlylog and getting a whole bunch of pictures that are weeklies, or collections, or whatever else 😒 I just want some damn monthly inspo!
Also- where is all the actual planning? It’s become so much about what it looks like, how it’s staged, what new thing people have and I rarely see the actual words on paper. I don’t get it.
because actual planning is messy AF and that's not insta-friendly? ;-)
@@CindyGuentertBaldo wise words!
SO true!
#messyplanner needs to be the next " it" thing!
@@qwertyzxcvb9 Or #realplanning
"Are you trying to tell us your journals aren't gluten free?" I'm dead! 😂😂😂 Love you and all of your pet peeves are legit!
My pet peeve is when planners don’t update on how a spread worked out. A lot of them will put the blanket excuse that they want their privacy and ask it to be respected. It’s ok to not show it, but say “I was excited about this idea, but I just didn’t keep up with it.” Many planners will view that as a failure, but it’s you learning what works for you.
Brittany Fisher I agree!
I also agree! You can use sticky notes to cover details or a blur app to post a photo!
I dislike the girl boss/planner babe/girltrepreneur stuff because it solidifies male as the default. It makes it so that people qualify the state of being a boss/entrepreneur because on their own they are either societally or inherently masculine labels, so it needs to be re-gendered to apply to people. It’s very binary icky for me lol
faabyy21 that is a big part of it for me as well ❤️
Exactly!
That is a huge part of it for me too!!! I am as much an anything as a man!
The saddest part for me is the fact that it's women themselves who put that "second class" label on them :(
I feel this way about the girl boss title, but I like the planner babe tag. Simply because it's a term of endearment that I don't feel is gender-specific. I also call myself and others planner nerds, or planner geeks so 🤷🏾♀️
Ok ladies, I know this is an old video but I just found it and have laughed so much!
I'm in the UK so mercifully most of the planner Stuff like EC, HP etc isn't available over here, but here's my own pet peeves!
Disc planners - don't understand how anyone tolerates the clatter.
Vertical planners - how does anyone have space to write anything in them?
Stickers... don't get me started.
Die-cuts... what are they about?? They're just bits of paper with no function.
Huge decorated paperclips - nope, damage to your expensive leather planner awaits.
Vellum, dashboards etc - just use your dividers! Don't complain your planner is over-full when you have to flip through additional sheets of useless paper products just to get to your sections.
And finally... highlighters. The clue is in the name. They are for highlighting! How can you use them for crossing things out? What is wrong with you people?? 🤣
Ok, rant over. I'm English.... and old.... get over it! 😁
Literally my FB post from 1/9 after watching "planner porn":
RUclips Bullet Journal Chicks: "I've decided that 2019 will be a year of simplicity and minimalism."
Also RUclips Bullet Journal Chicks: Pan across multiple fading focus shots of $20 pens, paper made from the tears of deforested Amazon bamboo fields, dried flowers artfully arranged around the journal by Martha Stewart, whimsical heartfelt soundtrack written by hidden Austrian enclave of long-lost descendants of Mozart, lighting by Oscar winning cinematographer from "The Shape of Water," and craft services imported from Paris.
OMG.
I literally just chortled. I freaking scared the cat.
This comment gives me life!!! LOL
LOL This is amazing!!!!
This may be the most perfect comment ever🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
My pet peeve is that female is the default for a lot of planner companies, I'm male and I use a planner and they all come with that
I am a woman but no I don't want all pink everything.
Try Japanese planner brands, most are gender neutral and some have "masculine" look to it.
moleskine
the reselling and “boss babe” thing really get to me too. “Boss babe” reminds me of MLM “entrepreneurs,” so my immediate response is always some form of “ew”
I know I am really, really wading into controversial territory here, but I feel like there may be a fair amount of overlap between the etsy "boss babes" and MLM "entrepreneurs." In terms of a real, hard analysis on the return on investment for these people. And even, the way there is social pressure to support shops because you know the owner (even if you know you won't really use their product). It is no where near as overt as the MLM squad, but I see it there.
Julie Anne St. Cyr i am sooo far outside these circles, that i don't know what MLM is 🤷♀️🙈😂
@@Andi.Plans2 multi-level marketing, formerly known as pyramid schemes.
My pet peeve is filming a shit ton of PWM in multiple planners and pretending you use them all. But the next PWM in that planner, you flip back and there's nothing in the last 5 spreads except the stickers you originally put down in the PWM. WT-actual-F???
Dana Desmond I get it when shop owners do this to demonstrate their stickers, but when it is just for the sake of a video I’m like 🤔
That's when I quit watching :(
I was thinking the same thing!!!!
Omg I agree so hard with this!
The reason I watch PWM is to see how everyone else manages to fit all the stuff that needs to be done into a day, week, month. I hate when they are just part of a design team or the sticker company and just throw down all the stickers with no actual planning. They're stickers we know how they work; peel and stick!
LOL we know how they work
Lee-Anne RMT Amen!
Exactly!!!! I didn’t “plan” with you. You played with stickers and I watched.
No white space is a special kind of annoying
I actually just watched a no white space PWM and just...was fascinated. Like, what would actually get written, or where? I watched it in a kind of trance, lol
@@aragona199 I just can't. It makes my brain feel cluttered. There are times during stress I won't use stickers at all I just color code.
No white space spreads stress me out. It’s overstimulating
I do NWS on weeks I have nothing planned besides work, or when I know I’m going away for the weekend.
But my EC is my “decorating” planner and my Bullet Planner is my journal/planner planner. So Ill do more NWS planning to “use my shit.”
@@JaimeHeath I never thought to do that, Interesting! I may have to do something like this too cause I always feel that my planner looks so empty on the weeks that I don't have anything going on except work.
Hi! I’m from Laken’s channel - y’all are so fun together! I don’t follow many planner FB groups because of all the defensiveness etc - just wasn’t bringing me joy anymore. Watching this video though - brought me joy :)
Yay! I hope you love Cindy's channel as much as I do!
Damn, can I return the wheat I got? LOL JK! I totally relate to all these peeves. My current planner pet peeve is the whole gotta-buy-them-all-and-hoard, using a million foiled stickers (specially one in top of another), and the unrealistic/perfect looking planner that is really a scrapbook of stickers.
Loved this! We share a lot of the same pet peeves. My biggest is probably the lack of planning. Let me rephrase that. I am not interested in stickered scrapbooking. I am a homeschooling mom of 4 with a little side hustle and a lot of stuff going on. I use my planners and live in them. My handwriting isn't perfect and I am not fancy (hopefully nice but not fancy;). I want to follow people who are using their planners so I can learn something!!! Or at least celebrate when we all do things that actually work. But that is part of the reason that I watch the 2 of you.
I much prefer “plannerd “ over planner babe.
I literally saw a lady and her daughter buying over 20 HP planners, I was wondering what they were were doing... now I know. Ugh, does make me mad cuz I want one and want a selection to choose from. Loved the video and how you two banter :)
I agree. I live on Vancouver Island and the closest Michaels is 90 mi away and now I have a better understanding why they're happy planner section is usually depleted. I don't mind ordering online for a $15 shipping fee but it's nice to go and actually look at some stuff if in stock
Great video. That's why I love your videos Cindy! Your reviews are fair and thorough. I know I can get an honest review because you aren't afraid to say how you feel. I really appreciate that!! Been watching you for a while now, I'm one of your quiet subbies, but this topic really resonated with me and I had to comment. Thanks for sharing!
Came from Laken’s channel! These two videos are hilarious and I think it is awesome that you are putting your opinion out there and talking about all these things!
Yay! I hope you love Cindy's channel as much as I do!
PlanwithLaken She cracks me up! And I love her honesty, and I love that both of you do videos other than just plan with me’s
My biggest pet peeve is when a shop owner or popular planner post something on IG and people leave comments with questions they are totally ignored with the exception of their planner “buddies”. I don’t understand 😬
Kim Craig I agree, I see it all the time. Never understood it
To be fair it is sometimes really hard to see all of the questions if you get a lot of questions and notifications. IG only shows you your last 40 interactions in the app, so if you're getting hundreds a day it can get quite overwhelming. I only have 600 followers and I sometimes miss comments even though I try to respond to all of them. Also, people have lives, and especially shop owners are spending lots of time on their actual money-generating business and just physically can't respond to the hundreds/thousands of questions and comments that come in every hour. So I totally get it.
Kitsura Blooms I totally get that, and I’m not blaming people for not responding. My point was that I also see people responding to friends, and skipping comments from others. I always go through comments on previous posts, regardless of notifications, but appreciate that not everyone has the time.
Kitsura Blooms Like Mrs Planner Addict, I totally get it and understand that people have lives and can’t answer every question I really do but when I scroll back and see a particular person ask the same question and it gets answered it’s not right. I also have seen where shops or planners post an item that planners goes wild over only to leave them hanging with questions not answered. It’s like they post to get likes or whatever. I’m learning that it’s a lot of favoritism in this community and have learn to know when or who to comment to.
@@kpcplans3538 That's true. But I guess they also probably get tired answering the same questions over and over again? I dunno. The community definitely isn't perfect, that's for sure. I always actually wonder if the IG algorithm has something to do with which messages people see as well...
I never noticed the whole wheat on a planner stuff, but now I see it everywhere and it’s driving me insane......so thanks for that 😉
LOL I feel the same way!!!
I'm over the over the top plan with me videos. Grocery lists are getting stickerfied! I got a planner to keep me organized. When I first started watching plan with mes, they were very helpful and inspirational. Now some of the videos use so many stickers and products, I find it overwhelming. I appreciate the hobby and my planning makes me happy, but I'd like more function and less...let's make an over the top, decorated list of my car maintenance checklist. I don't have 5 hours to devote to a checklist!
Great point! I think for me, I make my lists look "pretty" so that I'm more likely to go back and look at them, but I definitely try to keep it practical!
Great video! I 💯 agree with your comment about providing constructive feedback to a brand and those that are loyal to said brand attack you. I experienced this when I gave feedback to a brand about not being diverse enough in their models to better reflect their customer base. Holy cow the number of people that bashed me was ridiculous. I love the product just didn’t agree with their marketing strategy.
i'm sorry that happened to you! It's really obnoxious.
Life's Organized Chaos That’s horrible I’m not a RUclipsr buy I am a functional planner that prefers honest videos and reviews. Before I spend my hard earned money .... honestly these 2 videos are the only honest videos I have ever watched in the year I been planning .... the groups I join ELSP be lying and ganging up on me the Facebook gangsters and keyboard bangers 🙄 while the cheerleading twitter fingers cheer them on ..... they have no idea I’m em from the hood and changing my life or it will go left fast 🤣
So I watched Laken's video thinking, man they laid some truth the planner community did not want to hear or see. But I watch this 😂😂😂 and witness the murder and funeral 😂 😂😂 of the planner community
LOL This video does have a little bit more tea! :)
😂
Three things:
1) I am seeing a big trend of whining about shipping on the different FB groups I am in. I don't know how people survived before the days of online tracking 😐 Heaven forbid your package stays at one facility for more than 24 hours!
2) coming into a sticker shop's group and announcing "I have a full cart, is there a sale or a PR code I can use?" And not just a regular post, it's usually one of those big colorful ones to grab attention. It's very easy to search the group for codes or sales. To me it feels kind of rude, especially if the shop owner runs the group or is very active. "oh hey I want to buy a bunch of stuff from you, but ONLY if I can get it on sale."
3) this one will get me some hate, but I am tired of seeing people pleading/demanding that shop owners make extremely specific stickers to suit their needs. If the shop previews stickers of 6 different dog breeds, you can count on 75 people coming out of the woodwork to tell the owner what breeds they "should" make because then it would match their dog, etc. There is a difference between adding things to the suggestion thread and TELLING shop owners what they "need to" or "should" come out with.
That is where I disagree a little. I think it is fine to ask for specific designs... just be prepared to pay a bespoke price;). That isn't going to be a bargain bin sticker;). And that is not what is happening right now. People want to have bespoke service at a bulk price.
@@NerdMomsLife I do agree; nothing wrong with suggesting and being willing to pay for customization. Many etsy shops I buy from will do custom stickers - for instance, I do not drink coffee; I'm a soda girl. I go through a couple of shops that actually provide coke can/bottle stickers for me. The cost is not much more and, since I may be the only person buying them, I totally understand the additional work and cost. :)
On #1, there are more productive ways to work through your shipping issues than moaning about it on FB. That said, I'm in Canada, and it is to the point where I won't order from US shops anymore because the shipping is ridiculous. Both cost wise and time wise. But It's USPS's fault, not shop owners.
Holy shit...ALL OF THIS
I’m also really over sticker books unless I see something way different than what I have. These generic ass quotes of “you go girl!” “But first coffee!” “You can do it!” It’s in every book and I’m sooo over it
I love that you guys shared this. I totally got some tips out of it! I will not add wheat to my insta photos and try to explain more why I do things. And I love constructive criticism cause dang it, how else will we grow and learn?!
Thank you for this video. Sometimes I don't want to give constructive criticism, because of the fear of the pile of hate posts that you didn't ask for. There is also a fear of asking a question, or the "wrong" question, and getting a heap of bad posts piled on you too. Safe travels home!
Loved this video!
While I’m guilty of using “girl boss” and “boss lady” it is more of a tongue in cheek and just when I’m talking about myself or a group of women who are truly working their asses off and don’t need a man/men to help them rise to their success, not because “boss” is defaulted to men. For me it is an empowering word, but then I turn around, and like you, don’t like the use of planner babe as it’s not empowering and more childish.
Thank you very much for putting this out in the planner world because some of these are things that need to just stop and because of this I can’t wait to check out Laken’s video as well!
A phrase that bugs me so much is "messy bun and gettin stuff done" idk why...but it makes me cringe
like, what does a messy bun have to do with it? Go you, get shit done.
Yup...especially because I have REALLY short hair!
Where's the "Not much hair, don't care, imma do this shit anyway"!!!???!?!? 👀🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️
I have short hair too - can’t stand that phrase! The “messy bun” thing just puts an image of a lazy person actually getting off their butt and moving a paper clip into a drawer or something.
@@amalexander7711 hahaha i actually have long hair that sometimes goes in a bun (more often a ponytail) but there's something about the cadence that bugs me.
I hate that one too!!!
Ikea: the Velveeta of wood 🤣🤣
LOVED this! I’ve been thinking for a long time that many “planners” are just sticker books for grown-ups. Ain’t no planning going on.
I saw a video recently of a sticker book and that person literally read every sticker to us. Girl, we can read. I couldn’t take it
The simply gilded mark up pisses me off especially when you know they’re doing it for profit, or like Laken said they buy rolls and rolls not for their use but to sell.
Also advent calendars or planner related boxes that put a hand made jewellery piece or a candle.. tell me how is that planner related? If I buy a planner advent calendar it Mystery Box I want to have planner related products.
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Erin Condren did that!! A mug and a candle and HUGE stickers that won’t fit in my planner. I was so disappointed! Mentioned that on Twitter and they asked what I would like to see in the next one. Gave my feedback, but don’t know if I’ll get one next time.
Jaime Heath I was so relieved I didn’t get that box. I did like the mug but a candle? I mean that had me scratching my head. I hope they take the feedback on board and create great boxes 😊
I enjoyed this video a lot. Even though some of the things mentioned, I definitely do - it just comes off as a difference of opinion. The only thing in the planner community that stands out to me is the popular planners with larger followings that don’t disclose when something they’re ‘sharing’ has been given to them at a discount or for free. The planner community is so much about trends and purchasing. I think people need to honest when promoting for friends or brands because it may be filtering their review or opinions.
agreed!
Good point. I PR for a couple shops, granted it’s not at full price, it’s discounted sale. Is there a phrase you’d like to see regarding this? Genuinely inquiring. I know on RUclips there’s a phrase of some sort to make the person aware that they received it at a discounted price but the opinion is there own.
@@Khanslady here is a blog post that explains the legal requirements: www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/ftcs-endorsement-guides-what-people-are-asking#ftcactapply
I think people (influencers & businesses) with smaller followings go under the radar with this but it is something that's required if you are getting any type of compensation (free product, discount, product credit, or money) for sharing your opinion of a product.
OMG #plannerasshole has GOT to become a thing. I LOVE IT!!!
Hello, You ladies need to make more videos together. I enjoyed them and I agree with the things that you two were talking about. Thank you and keep up the good work.
My biggest pet peeve is "rewind plan with me" !!! I mean, planning implies future, not what happened the week before! in that case call it scrapbooking or journaling!!! you cannot plan last week today!!!! ok I feel better!
My biggest pet peeve is calling raised paper braille. That's not braille. Braille is a language that people use to communicate.
That is a great point! I think I have made the mistake of calling it that in the past and will be better about it!
😂😂😂 that’s funny
If you're going to get technical, yes, Braille is a form of embossing but by no means is all embossing Braille. FFS...
Can we start a new hashtag of #plannerasshole? Maybe #plannergoblin ?
#plannergoblin !!!
#plannergoblin I soooo want to do it!!
#plannergoblin is officially my new favorite tag 😂
#plannergoblin I might steal that...
I have a planner. It helps me keep up with my day. I don't decorate it, or do lovely calligraphy on it. It just keeps me on track. I have watched so many planner videos that decorate everything, do lovely watercolors , and beautiful calligraphy on each day. That is great for them but not for me. If I had time to do that much decorating, I wouldn't have a need for a planner.
My pet peeve is people whose first item in their daily planner is 'get up'. Do they seriously have to write that down to remember to do it? 😂
I found both of y’alls channels at about the same time and I just love you both!! I’m loving this collab!!❤️🖤
Hi Cindy! I came over from Laken's channel. I am SO WITH YOU on the multiple tagging on IG photos to the point where you can't tell the difference between then. And I REALLY don't care where your table/mug came from. PLANNER STUFF PLEASE!! Also, love you guys for doing this. Thanks!!
Cindy, you truly are a kindred spirit :)
One thing that kinda bugged me a lot recently was, not necessarily the actual choosing of one's word of the year, but all the "But is it okay if I do this...????" Or people asking "if it's okay" that they do their bullet journal a certain way, as if there are rules and if you break them, a sharp blade will come hurtling at your head? Like, for all the motivational quotes and stickers you see around the planner community about doing your thing and BE-YOU-TIFUL, people sure do feel a need to conform and seek approval for stuff that really should be personal and really affects only you. I just wanted to copy-paste "It's YOUR planner, do what works for YOU" on so many posts.
I agree so much with this one! I started Bullet Journaling before it really caught on with the planner community. Back then is what super simple, which was its goal. Now, I've had friends say they don't want to try it because they don't have the time or art skills. It makes me kind of sad that the original message has been so lost.
What about picking a “word” of the year but it is multiple words...why don’t they just say phrase of the year?
One of my pet peeves is the roll of washi staged in the background, but it wasn’t used in the spread. I guess I prefer the more realistic stagings, I want to see what’s actually used. I don’t mind the fake backgrounds, but I want to see the useful stuff.
My biggest pet peeve is hour(s) long hauls. It feels like such a weird flex.
I don’t watch hauls at all. I can’t stand them and will swipe on IG stories to skip them.
Something like Cindy’s Favorites videos I can get behind. But a close up of just your stickers? No thanks.
Hi, Cindy. I'm here from Laken's channel, however, I am new to you both. I love the two videos I watched with you bot and am now subscribed. I am going to spend the rest of my day binge watching both you and Laken's videos. Love this video. Touched up on a lot of my pet peeves; so glad I am not alone. :)
Yes! I totally agree about the constructive criticism point! I think kindness and openness on both sides is necessary. I think criticism is easier to swallow when it’s delivered in a respectful way. Well. As I’m typing you totally took my words out of my mouth! Don’t be antagonistic! You’re awesome. Loved this video and Collab!
Omg the wheat 🤣
I don't consider myself necessarily part of the planner community (I only follow you and I think one other "planner" type person who, incidentally, does love her wheat and fairy lights XD), but what you said about the fangirls, especially, can be applied to any type of fandom. I see it all the time with what I love (kpop, crafting, etc). All that said, I love this video and you and your opinions. Thank you for being brave and sharing them. Whatever sh!t you'll get, you have my support
I’m crying. I just came across your channel. I’m new to the planner community. But can I say I’m just laughing because you’re the first planner I’ve heard swearing and I love it. 😂😂😂😂😭 loved this video, ladies.
*HEAVY BREATHING* hi laken! Hi Cindy!
Tierra Maria hi Tierra!
Hi Tierra!!!
Thank you for voicing these pet peeves... I couldn't agree more! :)
I share a few of the ones you named. The Happy Planner merchandise buyout to resell I really dislike because typically my experience is some of the purchasers are income restricted or don’t drive due to medical issues. Buying on sale and the selling at a premium plus shipping and adding in your cost to drive and inconvenience 🙄.
I have found transparency and honesty so far. It’s only been a year.
Thank you for sharing
I'm the OP of the "Girl Boss" post in PGW. I want to thank everyone again for their honest and constructive opinions. I learned a lot. I'm still a bit cringy about the terms, but respect others opinions.
Dana Desmond yes! Thank you for that post - it didn’t change my mind but I found it enlightening.
Planner babe has also irked me too and I’ve never understood what about it I didn’t like. You verbalized my thought wonderfully lol
I fucking love you Cindy. All of you things were so valid. Deff heading over to Lakins channel now. One of my personal pet peeves is "plan with me's" for back planning. That's documenting/memory keeping not freaking planning. Because I also watch plan with me's to learn, I learn NOTHING from that! (edited: please note I am specifically talking about plan with me videos that are only back planning but give no disclaimer of it either at all or until the end of the video. I have nothing against back planning it can be useful and is awesome as memory keeping. I just don't appreciate the false advertising).
I totally understand people who like to back plan, but I agree they that they should note that it is memory keeping/back planning!
I have to admit, I do go back to my planner and add things. It is usually in my work planner, bec I may need the information in the future and it's just handier knowing it's in my planner. I keep notes while working and don't always get to write everything in my planner at the time it's happening. For instance, going to meetings I usually take a note pad vs my planner, bec when I'm taking notes they're usually all over the place. When I go back to my planner, (which may not be on the same day of the meeting), I clean up my notes and just put in the pertinent information. I use this information for reference @ a later date. Does this count as back planning?
@@donnamartinez6201 I reckon that's back-planning and very practical too. You give exactly the sort of explanation planner people want when watching RUclips videos about planning. The REASONING behind your planning/recording of information and how it works for you. For example you must have NOT done it and at some point realised how USEFUL noting past events/info would have been (eg what WAS that bulb I bought for the living room lamp last time? I wish I wrote it down...) and solved it by back-planning.
@@ruths694 Thank you. It isn't practical for me to bring in my planner to meetings, bec there isn't enough room to write notes, (and I don't use filler paper for note-taking, but rather task lists.) A pad is smaller and since my notes are all over the place, no matter when I put them in my planner, it's a very much cleaned up version of my notes, re-written into a "task" oriented version. My weekly set-up is usually what I know is coming up and what needs to be done; then there are the tasks that come up while working - those go into my planner immediately. It's only those things that happen spontaneously and are jotted down on the run and taken care of in a "messy" disorganized way, yet I know I will have to go back to them. Things that are one and done do not go into my planner if they are not already there. If I don't need a "history" of the task, to move forward, it doesn't go into my planner. :)
Thank you for sharing ladies. I should have clarified. I have nothing against back planning itself. As a journaler I totally understand and will back plan as well. I was specifically talking about Plan with Me Videos where people share the entire spread of their week with anything filled in and don't mention until the end or at all that what they filmed and shared was all back planning so the entire week already happened and they were documenting it. Again all for back planning just would really appreciate the disclaimer on videos
I live in Australia and am actually so thankful for people that resell. There are so many items that I just wouldn't be able to get here if it wasn't for people reselling on Facebook or Etsy.
Happy Friday night watching your two videos... good points all, and it was fun to watch! Great idea to team up this way. I can't think of any planner community pet peeves at the moment. Just wanted to say hey, and I like your sweaters! Especially on this cold night... you look warm! Have a good weekend!
It drives me insane how many times in one video either a planner gal or a makeup guru with say "if that makes sence". My God, they say it half the time just to say. Yes, we get it. We're not stupid!!!
#guilty ;-)
It’s the millennial “um” haha
Thank you! Every time someone says that I'm tempted to comment "No, you have to explain it better", just to see what their reaction would be. :D
Yes! They should just call those videos "sticker with me", because there is no actual planning going on as far as I can tell, except for WHERE they're sticking stickers, and I just wasted 15 minutes of my life waiting to hear some good ideas and just got a layout stuffed with stickers for no reason I can understand! 😂
I completely agree about the wheat and the sticker vomit. But my biggest peeve is actually people drawing "pretty" calendars and calling it a bullet journal. And I intensely dislike the term "bujo".
P.S. - I'm not a native speaker, so imagine my surprise when I realised you said "wheat" and not "weed". Weed made total sense to me... ;)
Great video. I can’t stand it when a PWM video is released with only background music. Why someone would think not talking or recording a voiceover that helps the viewer to understand their planning and thought process is beyond me. Another pet peeve is planners who share their budgets and debt repayment strategy while decorating with full kits each time - I’m talking about the ones who continually go on and on (complain) about how much debt they’re in. If these people are so focused on getting out of debt and getting an ‘emergency fund’ saved, then why are they, in my opinion, wasting money on making the budget look pretty?! I just don’t get it.
Yes, I've never understood budget planning with a $55 plus stickers while you're in debt.
I hate this too! I immediately turn off videos that I see will only be music. So boring. I need context, etc.
Ok this is going to sound bitchy but I don't get the uber fans who hang on a planner creator's word ON EVERY SINGLE THING. I get that they made a great planner but to have goals to emulate a planner owner's life, ask where they got every outfit, ask non-planner advice on childrearing and home management, and basically live vicariously thru this person is just crazy to me. One planner creator is quite forthcoming about how she doesn't know everything, and I appreciate her honesty, but the way her uber fans glorify everything she does is beyond me. Thanks, ladies, for bringing up this topic. I love both of your channels. :)
i think this happens in any genre here on RUclips - but it may be a little more insidious in the planner community because of how much of our lives we share. I wouldn't want anyone to try and be me - that makes me think of putting the lotion on the skin or else getting the hose again. haha
S Hartman yes and the outfit be ugly 😂
Thank you for touching on the HP sticker books. I'm a casual sticker user and my stores are always cleaned out. I then see people in photos and videos that have multiple copies of one book and some stickers are "never use" stickers.
I appreciate this video. There are some things in here I could work myself. Thanks for the honesty lady!
So I’ve been thinking about how to be more intentional with my stickers and I’ve come to realize that if you plan in a “vertical style” it’s hard to do that with full boxes. There are usually 8! You almost have to have a pattern or specific placement method in order to use what you have. When you plan as you do Cindy, i feel its easier to place stickers in a deliberate, meaningful way. I plan in an hourly, but I use it like a vertical, and I usually put my full
Boxes at the top for decoration and then I use other stickers for my plans. I could see using them to denote large blocks of time, but I don’t always have a huge time consuming task every day, other than work. But, I use checklists for my work tasks, so a full box would not be functional there. So many variables! I did enjoy the conversation though.
My pet peeve is when (no specific person) a people in their plan with me videos state that every......single....sticker is "SUPER CUTE".
Just came across this video; you two ladies are great and I respect that you tell it like it is. My greatest pet peeve is when, during a PWM, the host makes a clicking noise with her mouth (while she's thinking). Ugggggghhhhhhh!!!!! It drives me nuts. Another pet peeve (a small one) is also during a PWM - when the host can't find something and doesn't stop the video while she looks for it - just pause the video and go get it, for Pete's sake!
You ladies are hilarious!! I watched both ur collab videos...great idea 🤗
I’ve been waiting for a video like this from you Cindy!!
The fan you are talking about are called "knights." They will fight to the death with blind devotion.
All this time I've been calling them crazy groupies...
Lol, I call the zealots or nuts!!! 😆
I haaaaaate when people sell things at a huge markup. Maybe I just got shocked by it when I first entered the community because all the BST groups I’m in for running clothes/gear have strict rules against markups or selling it for more than you bought it for (before shipping) and those tend to have a more positive/less cutthroat vibe than planner BSTs. Getting your money back is understandable, but the markups make me feel bad about the consumerism and greed in the planner community as a whole.
dude, you nailed it. consumerism and greed.
Any planner groups with similar rules? I was just talking about this with a friend. It’s ridiculous!
Staci Parker I wish! Haven’t encountered any yet, but if I had more “pull” or friends in the planner community I’d make my own.
Exactly!! I hated seeing all the Go Wild SG Washi posted on all the sell sites (Ebay, Merci, etc) for $200, $300! So ridiculous! Greed, greed, greed....
Yes!!! Yes!!! You both are my favorite planner people!! I liked this before I saw it all.
My pet peeve is incessant nail tapping on the planner and table during a PWM. It's great that the planner has lovely nails, but I don't need to hear them-nothing makes me exit a video quicker!
But...but...they painted their nails to match that spread! >< :D
Omg yes! The other thing is people (trying to) singing in the video. Cringe!
What are your feelings about Cream of Wheat as a photo prop? Acceptable? Lol.
I only have oatmeal. Will that work?
I’m not sure I’ve been around long enough to have any pet peeves but I enjoyed hearing y’alls.
Velveeta wood and overstaging haaaaaaa😜👍😍
LOL, "what are you trying to say, that your planner is gluten free".... omg I'm dying.
I straight up fucking agree. I watch these videos because it helps me focus and keep track of my own planner and sometimes I cannot even finish the video. Fans get crazy and I just sit over here shaking my head.
I have a hard time with the to do list stickers. I guess it's a small pet peeve, but why not just draw out a normal to do list in your planner? Why does every to do list have to be on a sticker? It's such a small box and what if you need two lines or sub lists? O.o
New subscriber from Laken’s channel and kicking myself for not watching you sooner!
Yay! I hope you love her channel as much as I do!
My pet peeve s the PWM that are just really decorate with me videos. We can all put stickers, Washington and maybe some doodles on our spreads but then you actually need to write down your plans 🤪
I fell off the bujo train the last few months so I haven’t been watching as much but I love your personality and had to click 😂 Not one regret.
#noragrets
Yep, I went back to rings but I couldn't bring myself to unsubscribe to her yt... I like her realness and humor
New subscriber here from Laken's channel! So happy to have found you!
Yay! I hope you love Cindy's channel as much as I do!
OMG I was nodding to myself the entire time I was watching this. Now subscribing to both of you.
Plannerbabe, Bossbabe, etc make my toenails curl up!
I am not even two minutes into this video and I am busting out laughing, the wheat.. OH MY...yep I'm subscribing. I saw Laken's video first with your collab about planner trends.
Oh man... I did a video where I didn’t love a planner I had bought (bought with my money). I wasn’t awful I was critical but I learned how to critique a long time ago so I know how to find the positive or say how it could be better, all that. It’s been months and I still get fan comments on it... now I just shake my head.
I have a pen review I did like two years ago that TO THIS DAY I still get people bitching at me. lol
What's the link to your video? I promise I won't troll you! Just looking for planner channels to follow
@@Mamooshka220 If you click on my screen name it will take you to my channel.
I love a good photo but the furry blankets and trinkets all over get to me. I’m also baffled by people who never show any writing in their planner spreads. Great colab video.
Anita LeBeau Yesss the trinkets and 85 decorations in and on the planner make no sense to me. The planners must just sit on their desk looking pretty full-time because there’s no way you’re actually using the planner with all of those charms a die-cuts precariously placed throughout.
I am so excited for this collab!!!!!
HappilyAHousewife 🙌🙌
Next time you need to come up to NYC too!!
Everything y’all discussed is right on the money! 👍🏽
YAS GIR L! I hATE "planner babe" "boss babe" "girl boss" and all those icky sounding labels that other planners seem to love. They make me cringe and want to gag. I would NEVER refer to myself as a "babe" because that just seems conceited and sexist at the same time.
All of those and “planner/sticker addict.”
I lost my brother to addiction. Making light of it isn’t ok. I won’t like a post if it uses “addict.”
Wheat??? am I missing something? I haven't seen any of those yet
I’m so glad I don’t get instagram, Cindy, I love that your always so feisty, xx great vlog! All just amuses me lol
I just want to say, as a brand (it's my company and we're small, but still a brand) I LOVE getting tagged on Instagram. I want our people to do it EVERY TIME - it lets me then share those planner spreads or convention journals in my story and also see how people are using our stuff.