Loved this chatty walk through and seeing what worked and will carry over for you! Good luck on the Kinbor! Your photo a day is just lovely and filled with so much fun pics and life ❤❤ I realized I used to journal a lot lot more last year and I think it became less and less as I got bored in my books and also went off the path of what worked the year prior. Hoping to get back on track for next year 🎉
I have no questions, but I just want to commend you for acknowledging what didn’t work for you and use that assessment to your advantage, going into 2025.🤗
I used a Kinbor 2-book system this year as my main planner. I loved it! The paper quality is fantastic with my fountain pens, and the spine held up to a lot of chunk from stickers and a lot of tip-ins at the spine. I have to admit that the sticker bumps were an issue for me because I tended to put them in the same places to cover up information that I never use. (This only became a problem later in the books.) But if you vary placement, I could see the Kinbor holding up quite nicely. I took mine everywhere with me, including throwing it in my purse with only a clear cover on it all year. I have Kinbor notebooks that I am able to mess around with the spine like you were showing with your Hobonichi, and they are holding up nicely, too. I use them daily. I will probably be sticking with Kinbor for the foreseeable future because they have proven themselves to me in quality as well as price. I hope that helps you out!
Thank you so much for sharing!!! That gives me so much relief! I am hopeful for my kinbor. If this works out I can see myself continuing to use kinbor over hobonichi when it comes to A5 size.
Thank you for sharing your journal experiences. I got into this in May so used undated TRC inserts. I will try dated in 2025. So far I’m sticking to one format. Fingers crossed for everyone in 2025.
I used TRC monthly and weekly inserts and it almost send me to depression because of how many pages I left unwritten. So I switch to Hobonichi Weeks in the middle of September. It have Month and Weeks and just enough section for journaling. And I'm happy. So I'll be using Hobonichi Weeks for next year too. Just for the sake of my mental health.
I 100% understand the journaling standstill caused by pregnancy, mine completely got shoved aside and I have been missing it but also not feeling good enough to daily journal
After much planner and journal hopping, I've finally committed to a personal 6 ring binder but seeing all the cute journals here and there is a real temptation XD Just so I know, can you tell me where you have found the witch stickers at 17:06? The ones you used for the entries of october 1st and october fifth. They're sooooooooo cute T_T
I really connected with what you said about journaling in your 5 year and suddenly getting too personal and realizing that is not the place to do it. That is why I have multiple journals, I feel like the purpose or audience for the notebook changes what I would write. But I agree that dated books add a lot of pressure. We have to figure out the load our lifestyle can handle. I have used the a5 kinbor for photos and it held up. I just got tired of it too chunky and only used it for 6 months 😅
Loved this chatty walk through and seeing what worked and will carry over for you! Good luck on the Kinbor! Your photo a day is just lovely and filled with so much fun pics and life ❤❤ I realized I used to journal a lot lot more last year and I think it became less and less as I got bored in my books and also went off the path of what worked the year prior. Hoping to get back on track for next year 🎉
I have no questions, but I just want to commend you for acknowledging what didn’t work for you and use that assessment to your advantage, going into 2025.🤗
I used a Kinbor 2-book system this year as my main planner. I loved it! The paper quality is fantastic with my fountain pens, and the spine held up to a lot of chunk from stickers and a lot of tip-ins at the spine. I have to admit that the sticker bumps were an issue for me because I tended to put them in the same places to cover up information that I never use. (This only became a problem later in the books.) But if you vary placement, I could see the Kinbor holding up quite nicely. I took mine everywhere with me, including throwing it in my purse with only a clear cover on it all year. I have Kinbor notebooks that I am able to mess around with the spine like you were showing with your Hobonichi, and they are holding up nicely, too. I use them daily. I will probably be sticking with Kinbor for the foreseeable future because they have proven themselves to me in quality as well as price. I hope that helps you out!
Thank you so much for sharing!!! That gives me so much relief! I am hopeful for my kinbor. If this works out I can see myself continuing to use kinbor over hobonichi when it comes to A5 size.
I used TN monthly for eating out and reviews, it worked well and was easy to backtrack!
Thank you for sharing your journal experiences. I got into this in May so used undated TRC inserts. I will try dated in 2025. So far I’m sticking to one format. Fingers crossed for everyone in 2025.
I personally enjoy dated! It keeps me accountable. Good luck with your 2025 planners 😊
@ Thank you! I want to make it work.
I used TRC monthly and weekly inserts and it almost send me to depression because of how many pages I left unwritten. So I switch to Hobonichi Weeks in the middle of September. It have Month and Weeks and just enough section for journaling. And I'm happy. So I'll be using Hobonichi Weeks for next year too. Just for the sake of my mental health.
I 100% understand the journaling standstill caused by pregnancy, mine completely got shoved aside and I have been missing it but also not feeling good enough to daily journal
After much planner and journal hopping, I've finally committed to a personal 6 ring binder but seeing all the cute journals here and there is a real temptation XD Just so I know, can you tell me where you have found the witch stickers at 17:06? The ones you used for the entries of october 1st and october fifth. They're sooooooooo cute T_T
I really connected with what you said about journaling in your 5 year and suddenly getting too personal and realizing that is not the place to do it. That is why I have multiple journals, I feel like the purpose or audience for the notebook changes what I would write. But I agree that dated books add a lot of pressure. We have to figure out the load our lifestyle can handle.
I have used the a5 kinbor for photos and it held up. I just got tired of it too chunky and only used it for 6 months 😅
Your video really helped me to just go for it and use the A5 Kinbor!
@ glad I could help 👍
Who makes the cover for your common place book?