Love, love, love the HBNC! It's always so fun to see how you're using your notebooks and planners, and it gives me so many ideas for using my own! Over the weekend, my bestie hooked me up with a ton of scrapbook paper/cardstock, TN inserts, other notebooks, pens, washi tape, and sticky notes! Neither of us will have to buy ANY stationery for probably the next century! LOL I turned the biggest notebook (a full-sized TUL notebook on metal HP discs!) into my writing notebook. For one section, I reprinted the Writer Reset workbook and filled it in again. The other sections are To Do (project planning and to-do list pages), RTW (Refilling the Well--anything related to that), and Notes (for everything else). I love it! I know I've set up other writing notebooks before, but there's something different about this one. Setting it up and redoing the Writer Reset helped me figure out why I haven't been writing for so long. Long story short, I discovered I was still under an old mindset that I thought I'd changed. Now I actually HAVE changed it, and I feel a lot better about my writing in general. Thanks again, Sarra! 💖💖💖💖
Love how you've added the diverse reads section ❤ These videos inspired me to start journalling once a week. I've turned it into a little routine where I remind myself of what I've accomplished over the last week, and what I'm grateful for. A year ago, I would never have dreamed of using such a fancy notebook for anything. But you've been such a positive influence on me. We need to use our nice things, we deserve it! 🎉
Re: drinking water... I drink barely enough to keep a cactus alive. So I track my coffee and tea too. That way there's 6 cups per day checked off, instead of one or two. There's more of a feeling of accomplishment, instead of shame or failure. Once I get to the point where I'm getting more than 8 cups per day on most days, I plan to add a third column to my little table to show water on column #2 and beverages in column #3. Again, to feel accomplished. This is how I currently mark it in my planner, I have a little 2 column table with 8 rows. The first column lists 1-8 (for the 8 cups of fluid I'm supposed to drink). The second column is where I write coffee, tea, juice, water, etc. Because my cup is 16 ounces, I bracket two boxes together. For me there's a fine line in cup size. If it's too small, I procrastinate refills (except for tea pots, I love refilling my tea cup if the pot is on my desk with me). If a cup is too big, I get overwhelmed and won't reach for it. Besides, I like drinking from a pretty cup or delicate glass... Like they always say, enjoy the journey as well as the destination! 💖🌞🌵😷
Hi Sarra! It's been a while since I commented under your videos, as I haven't really had the time (especially the energy) to watch them since I started my new job. But this year, I've decided to organize my time better in the evenings, to find a routine that allows me to relax after a long day under pressure, and the playlist containing the notebook challenge videos is currently one of them. Every evening for several weeks now, I've been watching a video and it's been doing me a world of good. They're clearly comfort videos for me, in the same way that Friends is my refuge TV show. It's always great to see all these notebooks, the way you use them and as I've said in the past, to feel less alone with this "problem" of having tons of notebooks and not wanting to use them for fear of ruining them. So I'm taking advantage of this new video to thank you, because it helps me enormously to relax and feel better when the day hasn't been very good.
I love these videos. They're some of my favorites to watch, and I've been trying to find others who do these kind of videos so I can see what they're using and how... An idea for your B6 plotting notebook after you've completd and published the novel, if you want to fill up more pages, is to add quotes from people who've read it, whether to you personally or in reviews (if you're someone who reads reviews). That way, you can look back through it and see how all the work you've done in the notebook has correlated in how readers connect with it. I think that would be really cool.
I wouldn't consider these comfort videos necessarily, but I love "spending time" with you with something that clearly brings you so much joy. I'm a bullet journaler myself, although I am trying to include bits of planner-style things this year - partially because you love them so much! My favorite part of these videos, though, is the diversity read section. This year I'm challenging myself to buy a book every month from the author you spotlight and they've been lovely thus far! Thank you for making videos that you enjoy, the happiness is contagious
Love the Make the Days Count notebook! And I love the notebook challenge videos. They have motivated me to use all my notebooks. I enjoy having separate notebooks for separate things.
These are my favorite videos. They've absolutely allowed me to start using more of my notebooks with more joy and less "I'm going to mess it up!" My first Hobonichi Techo Cousin was 2019. I love the paper but the format didn't work for me. I kept trying so random pages are used. Now I've got all the chunks of blank pages marked and it's my plotting notebook and I love it. The Erin Condren Make the Days Count I used as a 2-year diary to fill out at night with just a list of what goals I'd worked on during the day so I revisited them daily. A string of "Nothing" entries was a clue to get back to my passions.
I love the monthly norebook videos. They help me stay on track with my notebooks. I find them so relaxing and a break in my week. I sit down with a cuppa and watch and just take some time for me. The black notebook would become a treasured part of my collection, I would use it as my story book. ❤
I live your frankenplanner notebooks! I just started a work reference notebook and it has changed my life. I'm mostly a digital girl, but sometimes an analog system is a game changer.❤
Thanks so much Sarra! Excited to plan yet another HB90 quarter - saved my life, for sure. Grins. Love watching your notebook challenges. It always gets me back into my journal/planner life. Love the book/world recco too!
The monthly notebook challenge videos are my favorite! I love the reminder to use what you have instead of being too precious with them or feeling like you can't repurpose old things. Even though I don't use spiral notebooks, I love seeing what you do with yours!
Notebook Challenge videos are my comfort videos too! I’m always on the lookout for new ideas of ways to use them, or new notebooks I may want to buy. Lately I’ve been reading How to Take Smart Notes by Sonke Ahrens and gravitating more toward notecards for planning and keeping track of my ideas and stories. We’ll see how it goes. I may be back in my notebooks within the week 😁
This is definitely my comfort video!!! I just spent all morning working on a newsletter and Constant Contact went down. I have no idea how much I've lost yet. So I'm going to have lunch and watch your soothing video instead of doing work :)
Hello 👋, I just found your video. I really enjoyed it and appreciate seeing how you set up your note books. I really appreciate the river paper that I just using last year it’s very luxurious. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and spreads.
Love the notebook challenge videos to give me ideas for some of my favorite but unused notebooks. Now, to pick a notebook for the upcoming HB90 Bootcamp!
I love love love your videos n your vibe. Thanks for sharing n being you 🥰 when I heard you say you’ve been through 2 total loss housefires my mind was blown. You are one resilient human. 🍒
aw! I love the orange! I feel that way about blue and sometimes green though. It's beautiful that we all resonate with different things. You are definitely one of my go-to comfort video channels. I would LOVE the 'Make The Days Count' journal. XO- Sheila
Love the notebook challenge! I have been writing every day in my notebook and have been so inspired to do so by adding a few stickers or washi. It's just another challenge to use what I have and to use up some of the older stuff I have been hoarding . I will share soon
I am always so grateful for the Notebook Challenge videos. These make me so happy not only because of the inspiration but because it is just a wonderful video to decompress with after a long day of life. Thanknyou. ❤❤
You popped up on my feed! My first time here.I love the notebook by Erin, i went online and ordered a monthly planner because of the size of it. My current one is too tiny to write ✍🏽 details in. Thank you! Love from Europe
Love this so much!! I've just moved into my first house and am going to have a huge notebook/system rethink and this is the perfect inspiration :D thank you for everything you do!
Hi, Sarra! I totally agree with you about these HBNC videos being a comfort! I've been looking forward to this one because you have inspired me to start 90-Day planning, so I'm looking at this like, a transition month into Q2. Financially I can't swing HB90 this time around, but if all my plans go well, I'll be there next time! I have 3 main notebooks I'm challenging myself to start and keep up with this month: 1.) EC A5 Ring Binder - I bought the Colorblends binder a couple of years ago and unfortunately never made good use of it. I still had the planner inserts for March-June 2023 so I used correction tape to convert them to 2024! I had purchased extra notes pages, so those are in there, and I also plan on purchasing a hole punch so that I can use other notebooks around that size and keep them inside, too. Journal pages, to-do lists, brainstorming, story notes, whatever I want! 2.) RocketBook Fusion Notebook - Another tool I've had for a year of so and haven't made full use of. This reusable notebook has monthly and weekly spreads, project planning, idea tracking, and mulitple dot grid and lined notebook pages. I started using it as a novel brainstorming/plotting notebook and I want to keep using it for that, but I also realized that I can set it up for multiple uses, so I'm hoping to make this my main portable notebook that I have with me whenever I want to take notes - then I can scan them to the appropriate locations, erase the pages, and reuse them! 3.) Hobonichi Techo 2024 Planner (One Piece Edition) - I have been soooooo scared to use this that it has remained blank this whole year so far, but that's okay because I was mainly planning to use it as a story study notebook on One Piece where I read the manga for the first time and re-watch the anime from the beginning concurrently and document my thoughts on plot, characters, adaptation, etc. Might re-watch the live action and include that as well. I think I'm finally ready to start that project, so March is the month! Whew! That was long, and I'm sure you won't have time to read it all, but it was super helpful to type it all out for myself! Thank you so much for all that you do. Your openness and honesty about your struggles and accomplishments, your passions and goals, is so very inspiring in so many ways! Good luck wiht your challenge this month!
these are definitely a comfort watch for me. i’ve gone back to 2020 watching your notebook challenges! and you’ve inspired me to upload my own monthly challenge video.
I love the notebook challenge, it is my comfort place also. Looking forward to going through the HB90 course again, if you haven't been through it it is a must!!
Love the notebook challenge videos! These have inspired me to enjoy my notebooks and not hoard them for a "better purpose". I loved all your creative uses for your notebooks.
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Notebook challenge video's are some of my favorite. I like to watch them multiple times and I firmly believe you can never have too many notebooks.
yes these are my comfort videos too! i keep looking for other people making similar videos but nothing is quite the same as your notebook challenges 😍
Thank you! ♥️😍
Comfort video for sure!! I look forward to it every month and rewatch old ones all the time 😅
Love, love, love the HBNC! It's always so fun to see how you're using your notebooks and planners, and it gives me so many ideas for using my own!
Over the weekend, my bestie hooked me up with a ton of scrapbook paper/cardstock, TN inserts, other notebooks, pens, washi tape, and sticky notes! Neither of us will have to buy ANY stationery for probably the next century! LOL
I turned the biggest notebook (a full-sized TUL notebook on metal HP discs!) into my writing notebook. For one section, I reprinted the Writer Reset workbook and filled it in again. The other sections are To Do (project planning and to-do list pages), RTW (Refilling the Well--anything related to that), and Notes (for everything else). I love it! I know I've set up other writing notebooks before, but there's something different about this one. Setting it up and redoing the Writer Reset helped me figure out why I haven't been writing for so long. Long story short, I discovered I was still under an old mindset that I thought I'd changed. Now I actually HAVE changed it, and I feel a lot better about my writing in general. Thanks again, Sarra! 💖💖💖💖
Love how you've added the diverse reads section ❤ These videos inspired me to start journalling once a week. I've turned it into a little routine where I remind myself of what I've accomplished over the last week, and what I'm grateful for. A year ago, I would never have dreamed of using such a fancy notebook for anything. But you've been such a positive influence on me. We need to use our nice things, we deserve it! 🎉
Definitely my comfort videos...I love seeing how you use all your notebooks!
Re: drinking water... I drink barely enough to keep a cactus alive. So I track my coffee and tea too. That way there's 6 cups per day checked off, instead of one or two. There's more of a feeling of accomplishment, instead of shame or failure. Once I get to the point where I'm getting more than 8 cups per day on most days, I plan to add a third column to my little table to show water on column #2 and beverages in column #3. Again, to feel accomplished.
This is how I currently mark it in my planner, I have a little 2 column table with 8 rows. The first column lists 1-8 (for the 8 cups of fluid I'm supposed to drink). The second column is where I write coffee, tea, juice, water, etc. Because my cup is 16 ounces, I bracket two boxes together.
For me there's a fine line in cup size. If it's too small, I procrastinate refills (except for tea pots, I love refilling my tea cup if the pot is on my desk with me). If a cup is too big, I get overwhelmed and won't reach for it. Besides, I like drinking from a pretty cup or delicate glass... Like they always say, enjoy the journey as well as the destination! 💖🌞🌵😷
I’m loving he longer videos
Oh my goodness I’m glad someone think like me about all there notebooks. We can’t wreck them or write messy in the lol
Hi Sarra! It's been a while since I commented under your videos, as I haven't really had the time (especially the energy) to watch them since I started my new job. But this year, I've decided to organize my time better in the evenings, to find a routine that allows me to relax after a long day under pressure, and the playlist containing the notebook challenge videos is currently one of them. Every evening for several weeks now, I've been watching a video and it's been doing me a world of good. They're clearly comfort videos for me, in the same way that Friends is my refuge TV show. It's always great to see all these notebooks, the way you use them and as I've said in the past, to feel less alone with this "problem" of having tons of notebooks and not wanting to use them for fear of ruining them. So I'm taking advantage of this new video to thank you, because it helps me enormously to relax and feel better when the day hasn't been very good.
Love the notebook challenge videos, I look forward to them every month
My favorite video every month!
I love these videos. They're some of my favorites to watch, and I've been trying to find others who do these kind of videos so I can see what they're using and how...
An idea for your B6 plotting notebook after you've completd and published the novel, if you want to fill up more pages, is to add quotes from people who've read it, whether to you personally or in reviews (if you're someone who reads reviews). That way, you can look back through it and see how all the work you've done in the notebook has correlated in how readers connect with it. I think that would be really cool.
That’s a great idea!
I wouldn't consider these comfort videos necessarily, but I love "spending time" with you with something that clearly brings you so much joy. I'm a bullet journaler myself, although I am trying to include bits of planner-style things this year - partially because you love them so much! My favorite part of these videos, though, is the diversity read section. This year I'm challenging myself to buy a book every month from the author you spotlight and they've been lovely thus far! Thank you for making videos that you enjoy, the happiness is contagious
I love how you mentioned that we don’t have to buy something new - an old notebook can be spruced up with the supplies on hand! ❤
I'm always really interested to see how people are using their notebooks. These are really fun videos.
Love the Make the Days Count notebook! And I love the notebook challenge videos. They have motivated me to use all my notebooks. I enjoy having separate notebooks for separate things.
The colorful Erin Condren notebooks look so much fun! They look so nice next to each other.
I love your notebook challenge videos and watched them since the beginning 😇. always love to see how you are using your notebooks.
These are my favorite videos. They've absolutely allowed me to start using more of my notebooks with more joy and less "I'm going to mess it up!" My first Hobonichi Techo Cousin was 2019. I love the paper but the format didn't work for me. I kept trying so random pages are used. Now I've got all the chunks of blank pages marked and it's my plotting notebook and I love it. The Erin Condren Make the Days Count I used as a 2-year diary to fill out at night with just a list of what goals I'd worked on during the day so I revisited them daily. A string of "Nothing" entries was a clue to get back to my passions.
I love the monthly norebook videos. They help me stay on track with my notebooks. I find them so relaxing and a break in my week. I sit down with a cuppa and watch and just take some time for me. The black notebook would become a treasured part of my collection, I would use it as my story book. ❤
Totally helpful! Helps me keep on track
Notebook challenge videos are my favorite ❤️
LOVE!!! You have enabled my notebook and sticker obsessions SO HARD. You’re amazing!
These are also my comfort videos! I even think of filming one myself!
Love your Notebook Challenge videos! ❤❤❤ That black notebook with TR paper is stunning!
HBNC are the video equivalent of a soft blanket, hot cuppa, and a purring kitty.❤❤❤
I'm always here for the notebook videos!! ❤❤❤
These are definitely my comfort videos as well!
🙋♀️😂🍒
I love these notebook challenges!! Im working on health goals so that daily trackers looks great 😃
The story journal is so satisfying to see filled up 😊☀️
I look forward to this video every month!! 🩷🩷🩷
I thought of you when I pulled a really cool notebook out to track the important information about my new aquarium I just set up!
I live your frankenplanner notebooks! I just started a work reference notebook and it has changed my life. I'm mostly a digital girl, but sometimes an analog system is a game changer.❤
Thanks so much Sarra! Excited to plan yet another HB90 quarter - saved my life, for sure. Grins. Love watching your notebook challenges. It always gets me back into my journal/planner life. Love the book/world recco too!
The monthly notebook challenge videos are my favorite! I love the reminder to use what you have instead of being too precious with them or feeling like you can't repurpose old things. Even though I don't use spiral notebooks, I love seeing what you do with yours!
Notebook Challenge videos are my comfort videos too! I’m always on the lookout for new ideas of ways to use them, or new notebooks I may want to buy.
Lately I’ve been reading How to Take Smart Notes by Sonke Ahrens and gravitating more toward notecards for planning and keeping track of my ideas and stories. We’ll see how it goes. I may be back in my notebooks within the week 😁
Ooh, that sounds like a cool book!
Me too Weird feeling if using them especially if That’s Why I Bought it. I hear you
This is definitely my comfort video!!! I just spent all morning working on a newsletter and Constant Contact went down. I have no idea how much I've lost yet. So I'm going to have lunch and watch your soothing video instead of doing work :)
your videos give me so much peace
Starting my writing journey!!!! Officially!!!! hope for the best!!!
You totally inspired me to pull out all my notebooks that were just sitting there and DO something with them!
Yay!!!
Hello 👋, I just found your video. I really enjoyed it and appreciate seeing how you set up your note books. I really appreciate the river paper that I just using last year it’s very luxurious. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and spreads.
Thank you sharing…love seeing all your planners ❤
Love the notebook challenge videos to give me ideas for some of my favorite but unused notebooks. Now, to pick a notebook for the upcoming HB90 Bootcamp!
A constant every month that I love! And you push me to use the nice notebooks, and it works! Thanks!
Love watching your notebook challenge videos
Love your notebook challenge videos and eagerly wait for them! 😊
Love this longer Notebook challenge video! I can listen/watch to them all day long! 💜
❤❤❤ These are always so fun to watch, Sara!! And so inspiring.
I love love love your videos n your vibe. Thanks for sharing n being you 🥰 when I heard you say you’ve been through 2 total loss housefires my mind was blown. You are one resilient human. 🍒
Love these videos - look forward to them every month 🙂
These are some of my favorite videos. They are like a calm beacon in the messy storm of life (especially life with littles).
I really love these videos!
I love the notebook challenges. I get great ideas on all the different ways I can use them.
aw! I love the orange! I feel that way about blue and sometimes green though. It's beautiful that we all resonate with different things. You are definitely one of my go-to comfort video channels. I would LOVE the 'Make The Days Count' journal. XO- Sheila
"Notebook challenge" or "notebook hoarding support group"? Either way, I love these videos! I always walk away with new inspiration.
I love how you use the notebooks. I try to watch these videos every month.
Love the notebook challenge! I have been writing every day in my notebook and have been so inspired to do so by adding a few stickers or washi. It's just another challenge to use what I have and to use up some of the older stuff I have been hoarding . I will share soon
I set up my Kanban board today for the first time in a couple of years. So excited to start moving those sticky notes
I am always so grateful for the Notebook Challenge videos. These make me so happy not only because of the inspiration but because it is just a wonderful video to decompress with after a long day of life. Thanknyou. ❤❤
I love watching these videos, I get my notebook fix without buying anything!
I went through all your notebook challenge videos, even going back to the first ones, and binged them. They are my favorite. ❤
You popped up on my feed! My first time here.I love the notebook by Erin, i went online and ordered a monthly planner because of the size of it. My current one is too tiny to write ✍🏽 details in. Thank you! Love from Europe
So happy you're here. Welcome!!
So excited for the HB90 course to start on March 17th! 🙂
Me too!!!
"Weekend" is one of my favorite Christopher Pike books!
Day job has been so stressful, and your videos are just so inspiring and comforting. I feel good watching them, and I'm hopeful for the future.
Loved getting my notebook fix with you today!!💜💜💜
I love the longer videos, I’d love the black notebook it’s beautiful. Thanks for always inspiring us 😊
I always learn so much and get inspired by your videos. Thank you for sharing.
As always, inspiring and encouraging ❤ Have always loved this challenge 🎉
I agree with everyone saying that these are a comfort video for them. I especially love when they're long.
Yay HBNC! Trying to keep up with my 4 planners has been a fun challenge so far this year.
Ooh, that TRP notebook would be so luxurious 😍
I look forward to these Notebook Challenges every month! I love notebooks. ❤
Love your line up. I always get so many ideas! I just signed up for HB90. I'm excited to get better at planning!
Love this so much!! I've just moved into my first house and am going to have a huge notebook/system rethink and this is the perfect inspiration :D thank you for everything you do!
I love thick notebooks, lol! I am in love with that orange A5 notebook! 😮
Mal is amazing! So glad to see her featured here. I love her talks.
We had so much fun together!
A friend of mine did a 21-day challenge with prompts each day to write in a fancy notebook that you've been hoarding. It was great!
Ooh!!! Great idea!!!
Yay ! Notebook challenge time ❤ , a great way not to feel bad about buying Notebooks!
I love all your notebooks so much. They always (nearly) tempt to set up my own frankenplanner xx
Love your Notebook Challenge videos! I can’t wait for HB90 to start.
I love your creativity with how to use notebooks in so many different ways!
I enjoyed going through and fixing my notebooks while watching these!
I love the notebook challenges. Would love a video about longer projects. Thank you for all you do. ❤
Love your notebook challenges every month! Can't believe Q2 is almost here 🤯 Lots of ideas from this video, can't wait to get stuck in 🤔🤗
Hi, Sarra! I totally agree with you about these HBNC videos being a comfort! I've been looking forward to this one because you have inspired me to start 90-Day planning, so I'm looking at this like, a transition month into Q2. Financially I can't swing HB90 this time around, but if all my plans go well, I'll be there next time!
I have 3 main notebooks I'm challenging myself to start and keep up with this month:
1.) EC A5 Ring Binder - I bought the Colorblends binder a couple of years ago and unfortunately never made good use of it. I still had the planner inserts for March-June 2023 so I used correction tape to convert them to 2024! I had purchased extra notes pages, so those are in there, and I also plan on purchasing a hole punch so that I can use other notebooks around that size and keep them inside, too. Journal pages, to-do lists, brainstorming, story notes, whatever I want!
2.) RocketBook Fusion Notebook - Another tool I've had for a year of so and haven't made full use of. This reusable notebook has monthly and weekly spreads, project planning, idea tracking, and mulitple dot grid and lined notebook pages. I started using it as a novel brainstorming/plotting notebook and I want to keep using it for that, but I also realized that I can set it up for multiple uses, so I'm hoping to make this my main portable notebook that I have with me whenever I want to take notes - then I can scan them to the appropriate locations, erase the pages, and reuse them!
3.) Hobonichi Techo 2024 Planner (One Piece Edition) - I have been soooooo scared to use this that it has remained blank this whole year so far, but that's okay because I was mainly planning to use it as a story study notebook on One Piece where I read the manga for the first time and re-watch the anime from the beginning concurrently and document my thoughts on plot, characters, adaptation, etc. Might re-watch the live action and include that as well. I think I'm finally ready to start that project, so March is the month!
Whew! That was long, and I'm sure you won't have time to read it all, but it was super helpful to type it all out for myself! Thank you so much for all that you do. Your openness and honesty about your struggles and accomplishments, your passions and goals, is so very inspiring in so many ways! Good luck wiht your challenge this month!
these are definitely a comfort watch for me. i’ve gone back to 2020 watching your notebook challenges! and you’ve inspired me to upload my own monthly challenge video.
Beautiful video. Those stickers are amazing
omg that TR paper notebook is so lovely!
I love the notebook challenge, it is my comfort place also. Looking forward to going through the HB90 course again, if you haven't been through it it is a must!!
I always get a boost from the notebook challenge. ✒️🖋️
Absolutely love love love love ❤️ 😍 notebooks!!!
I look forward to the Notebook Challenge every month. I used to put it on when I was cleaning, but lately I have been watching when I feed the baby.
Happy March! I look forward to your Notebook Challenge videos every month ❤❤❤
Love the notebook challenge videos! These have inspired me to enjoy my notebooks and not hoard them for a "better purpose". I loved all your creative uses for your notebooks.
I love these videos. They make me happy😊. It’s so nice to see other people get so excited over planners and pens! ❤
Thank you!
Love this!! I’m so excited for hb90! I had some setbacks before q1 so hoping to get back on track. Love the notebook challenge! ❤❤❤