After contemplating for about a year, 2025 will be the first time I am gonna be using the hobonichi cousin. I was a bit skeptical about these weekly pages. These are some amazing ideas. I specially loved the ‘things that made me smile’ section! Definitely gonna integrate in to my planner. Thanks♥️
I'm really enjoying your videos, you explain the basics well without too much creativity (I'm not a creative person!). Your video about mental health was useful because I struggle with an unreasonable amount of "issues." Often I make lists, then don't look at them. Or just don't feel like moving. I'm trying to find something to use this year (ONE planner only) that would be more helpful than what I've been doing for the last too-many years. Unfortunately I've fallen down the planner rabbit hole and feel even more confused than when I started. I look forward to more videos from you. Sheri
Glad you found these videos helpful! 💛 Sending you strength and love with whatever you struggle with. One planner only is great, I get overwhelmed if I have too much to keep track of which is counter productive :)
That is a deep hole. I spend a lot of time in there. I find it helpful to find similar printables for free to print and test the ones I think will work or sketch them out in a cheap dot grid composition notebook. Hobonichi requires I print the tiny grid (3.55mm for weeks or 3.7mm for other lines) and count squares for their gridded pages. In a couple weeks to a month I know if I can gain using that or if too much will be lost. It isn't overly creative and can take a little time to set up, but it can help refine the search as possible layouts are crossed off narrowing the field without breaking the bank.
Got a few new ideas to try out for 2024. I appreciated that you said to make the planner work for you. And don’t get caught up in the “right way” to use it. My notebooks and planners are no longer treated as precious and that has helped me to just use them.
The weekly is why I decided to leave the cousin because I felt like I was just using the daily pages to journal. I figured a Stalogy would be better than the cousin since it's cheaper. Now you've got me rethinking it all, lol.
I'm so happy to have discovered your channel! I also want to say a big thank you for editing the CC for all your videos, it makes such a difference. Even many big channels don't take the time to make their videos accessible, so I appreciate your work! Keep going ❤
It’s so funny to hear the general consensus about the vertical weekly, cuz for ME it’s the only part of the planner I actually use 😭😭 cuz it’s how I see time in my brain!! Kinda. Not exactly, but it’s close enough to where I never want to see another horizontal weekly again in my life. And I can’t function with a planner that’s just monthly and daily, I’d rather switch out the dailies for a vertical weekly (I don’t prefer monthlies, but I do need them for planning purposes, I think the yearly index is more so how I envision time within months, but there’s not enough room to write more than one thing down ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ). So sorry to the A6 hobonichi I bought cuz it was cheaper, I barely used you 😔 so this year I’m getting a common planner lol
I love the cousin because of its versatility. I know a lot of people feel the need to fill everything out, but that’s really not necessary. Fill out what’s needed for the day, week, or month. Sometimes that’ll be filling out the entire weekly or just sticking to the daily, yet because the cousin has it you have the option for versatility
I came from the planner that came before common planner and wonderland 222, the Jibun Techo (JT), it is just a vertical weekly. It is why I switched to the Hobonichi Cousin instead of the A6. Where the JT outshines the Cousin is the built in Gantt Charts, or as a lot of users use them, as habit trackers. They have one already laid out for each month. It is pretty much the same after that without the daily pages. They do sell a daily, but carrying around two books where one book only, the cousin, was easier on my back for my university backpack.
Thanks so much for showing my weekly spread!! 🥺 And thanks for another great video! SO many great ideas - truly one to suit everyone, I think! I love how thoroughly you explain everything in all of your videos 🥰
No problem - I love how you break up your days and how you track your special interests. I’ve been inspired to do that myself to make sure I engage in them regularly. And Thank you so much 🥰
Great ideas, now I know what to do with the weekly section. I just got my first Hobonichi Cousin Avec this summer and have been changing up everything in it since then. It will be nice to have some "planner peace" for next year, thanks !
it was so helpful as a uni student trying to balance readings and RUclips vlogs, this was so helpful to get me started to get me organise so I can start having a more regular schedule for my RUclips channel
Your ideas on the mock-up pages were excellent! I am using a bullet journal and want to set up a month to try the vertical weekly format, as you are showing in your planner. Your ideas have really helped me to gather ideas for my planner now! Have a nice day!
And just like that, I think I have finally fond the perfect layout for Me. I used to not like vertical layout, you proved me wrong. I really enjoy your videos ❤
Thank you for sharing not just what you do/have tried, but other ideas as well. Having all those ideas in one single video is going to be so helpful next time I'm inevitably bored of my current weekly thing and need to change it up a bit. Also thank you for the subtitles!
Thank u so much for making this video, I got a common planer but I don't like vertical weeklies 😅 I was gonna force myself to do time tracking but I kinda had a feeling it wouldn't do much for me. Thank u again I'm feeling more excited now about the layout ^^ this video is my prayers answered lol
My side bar is the most experimental spot on my weeklies. My ADHD brain requires I keep things mostly set in stone. I do my trackers or weekly tasks there, but they are laid out differently. I want to know which day without having to write on the day I did it, but not have to read the date and look to see which it was. I put my days down vertical and have my tasks go vertical in the column (all my layouts are on grid paper so I can keep my lines straight without drawing out every line). That way I can get it to fit 7 tasks in an 8 column wide bar. It takes about 10 rows versus 20 if I did 2 rows per habit/weekly task and a line in between. I have habits and my weekly reset both done that way. I also have a few sidebar lines showing my gym and home exercises so I know the minimum for each location without having to remember what my current goal is. I use the hours before I wake up to track my water intake as I am horrible about drinking as I tend to forget the passage of time and drinking most of the day. I put my sleep there and tasks for that day without a specific time, priorities first then others. (My hourly weekly goes midnight to midnight with 2 rows per hour so 14 blank rows above my wakeup.) I also note here if I couldn't sleep, what times were, and why. I have division lines at the hour I wake up, time to go to my parents' house (only child and both are physically disabled so I am labor for the cost of a family dinner), when I go home, and when I go to bed. It helps me break down what time I have to work on personal projects. I time block my work hours. I put a little label in the margin for certain types of tasks like if I don't have things my parents need done, I can work on a few digital tasks sitting there, like skim email for junk I can delete without opening or things that need attention, delete unneeded texts, plug in a USB drive to transfer files to back up since big files take time.... It reduces the time spent on my weekly reset to have that done, and marking the day let's me see how far back I need to work the next round. I used to have routines in the sidebar, but they got a bit difficult to manage there with all the other stuff. I put the movie we watch in the schedule where we watched it. I put in health issues at the appropriate time along with meds taken so I know when it is time for the next dose if needed. I note orders and deliveries on the days they connect so I can see how long it is taking along with trackers and such. (If it doesn't fit, I know it will also be on my daily in great detail. I let my daily where the notes/journal space is hold any extra notes connected to the timed schedule items like beside my exercise I note which video I used if one was involved and what I did for how long. I throw in things I need to take somewhere. I have my mom's 75th birthday surprise party noted with the guests that attended, what we had to eat, and what gifts she received from who. My memories are better there than trying to squeeze them into the weekly boxes.
Just discovered your channel and I really appreciate this video in particular. It was very thoughtful and I think could be helpful for me on my low days. I gotta keep in mind the "what if everything works out" anti-anxiety mantra too 🤔
Wow, this was helpful and totally doable for me! I’m moving into the spring cousin after realizing that I need more space than the weeks offers, and I’m saving this video. Thank you
Got a Hobonichi Cousin for 2024. It's my first time using this type of planner, and it was a bit overwhelming at first, but videos like yours have given me tons of ideas and hope that my adhd brain will handle it well and not just...chuck it to the side because it's too much lol
This is a great video. You have some unique ideas, I’m going back to a weekly layout paper planner this year which is my comfort zone and am excited to try some of them out.
I use the long form yearly columns at the beginning of the avec to track my reading, I write the title of the books I read in each month. I like seeing it there, because I get to see all the books I've read as the 6 months continue...
Wow!! I got sooooo much out of this!! 🙌🏻🎉 Thank you! I’m excited to implement some of these ideas into my cousin right now and also get excited about my new one for 2024! I’m so glad I found your channel!
Hey Lindsey….. love love love the video…. I had kinda given up on planning until I saw ur video…. It was rly helpful….. hope u do well with your mental health and have a great day ❤
My planners doesn't have the vertical weekly layout pages. But the sidebar ideas you mention in the video is good for sidebar in the monthly pages. Thank you for sharing 👏
Thank you for actually writing stuff in and not just talking over blank pages like so many others do.
After contemplating for about a year, 2025 will be the first time I am gonna be using the hobonichi cousin. I was a bit skeptical about these weekly pages. These are some amazing ideas. I specially loved the ‘things that made me smile’ section! Definitely gonna integrate in to my planner. Thanks♥️
I'm really enjoying your videos, you explain the basics well without too much creativity (I'm not a creative person!). Your video about mental health was useful because I struggle with an unreasonable amount of "issues." Often I make lists, then don't look at them. Or just don't feel like moving. I'm trying to find something to use this year (ONE planner only) that would be more helpful than what I've been doing for the last too-many years. Unfortunately I've fallen down the planner rabbit hole and feel even more confused than when I started. I look forward to more videos from you. Sheri
You are not alone friend! I deal with some of the same issues too😊
Glad you found these videos helpful! 💛 Sending you strength and love with whatever you struggle with. One planner only is great, I get overwhelmed if I have too much to keep track of which is counter productive :)
That is a deep hole. I spend a lot of time in there. I find it helpful to find similar printables for free to print and test the ones I think will work or sketch them out in a cheap dot grid composition notebook. Hobonichi requires I print the tiny grid (3.55mm for weeks or 3.7mm for other lines) and count squares for their gridded pages. In a couple weeks to a month I know if I can gain using that or if too much will be lost.
It isn't overly creative and can take a little time to set up, but it can help refine the search as possible layouts are crossed off narrowing the field without breaking the bank.
Got a few new ideas to try out for 2024. I appreciated that you said to make the planner work for you. And don’t get caught up in the “right way” to use it. My notebooks and planners are no longer treated as precious and that has helped me to just use them.
BUT I WANT TO DO IT ALL! The mind of a planner/bujo addict 😩😅 thanks for the great ideas :)
I absolutely feel this pain 😭
The weekly is why I decided to leave the cousin because I felt like I was just using the daily pages to journal. I figured a Stalogy would be better than the cousin since it's cheaper. Now you've got me rethinking it all, lol.
Thank you for this video!! So cool that u have so many ideas! I'm deciding between a A5 or a A6....!
I'm so happy to have discovered your channel! I also want to say a big thank you for editing the CC for all your videos, it makes such a difference. Even many big channels don't take the time to make their videos accessible, so I appreciate your work! Keep going ❤
Thank you so much!! ❤️
It’s so funny to hear the general consensus about the vertical weekly, cuz for ME it’s the only part of the planner I actually use 😭😭 cuz it’s how I see time in my brain!! Kinda. Not exactly, but it’s close enough to where I never want to see another horizontal weekly again in my life. And I can’t function with a planner that’s just monthly and daily, I’d rather switch out the dailies for a vertical weekly (I don’t prefer monthlies, but I do need them for planning purposes, I think the yearly index is more so how I envision time within months, but there’s not enough room to write more than one thing down ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ). So sorry to the A6 hobonichi I bought cuz it was cheaper, I barely used you 😔 so this year I’m getting a common planner lol
I didn’t mean to read your entries but I also smiled at The Secret Society of Irregular Witches!
That’s okay! I’m OBSESSED with that book 🥰
Great ideas!
Just bought my first Hobonichi Techo Cousin. I love the name "Notebook Overload." Subscribed! 🎉
I love the cousin because of its versatility. I know a lot of people feel the need to fill everything out, but that’s really not necessary. Fill out what’s needed for the day, week, or month. Sometimes that’ll be filling out the entire weekly or just sticking to the daily, yet because the cousin has it you have the option for versatility
I came from the planner that came before common planner and wonderland 222, the Jibun Techo (JT), it is just a vertical weekly. It is why I switched to the Hobonichi Cousin instead of the A6. Where the JT outshines the Cousin is the built in Gantt Charts, or as a lot of users use them, as habit trackers. They have one already laid out for each month. It is pretty much the same after that without the daily pages. They do sell a daily, but carrying around two books where one book only, the cousin, was easier on my back for my university backpack.
Thanks so much for showing my weekly spread!! 🥺 And thanks for another great video! SO many great ideas - truly one to suit everyone, I think! I love how thoroughly you explain everything in all of your videos 🥰
No problem - I love how you break up your days and how you track your special interests. I’ve been inspired to do that myself to make sure I engage in them regularly. And Thank you so much 🥰
This was super helpful!!! I don't use a Hobonichi but I set up my bullet journal like the Cousin and I'm always looking for ideas for the weekly 😄
I don’t even have a hobonichi and I loved this video. Laughed when you were talking about your imaginary child.
Schoonmaakazijn….Nederlands ❤
You! And this! Everything was so helpful ❤
Great ideas, now I know what to do with the weekly section. I just got my first Hobonichi Cousin Avec this summer and have been changing up everything in it since then. It will be nice to have some "planner peace" for next year, thanks !
it was so helpful as a uni student trying to balance readings and RUclips vlogs, this was so helpful to get me started to get me organise so I can start having a more regular schedule for my RUclips channel
this is such a helpful and detailed video! thank you for making it 💖
Your ideas on the mock-up pages were excellent! I am using a bullet journal and want to set up a month to try the vertical weekly format, as you are showing in your planner. Your ideas have really helped me to gather ideas for my planner now! Have a nice day!
Wonderful ideas. Thank you for this video.😊
And just like that, I think I have finally fond the perfect layout for Me. I used to not like vertical layout, you proved me wrong. I really enjoy your videos ❤
So glad you enjoyed! ❤️
Thank you for sharing not just what you do/have tried, but other ideas as well. Having all those ideas in one single video is going to be so helpful next time I'm inevitably bored of my current weekly thing and need to change it up a bit.
Also thank you for the subtitles!
Result that I was doing the same bit in google calendar
Such great ideas! And love that we can take bits and pieces that will work best for us. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and research with us😊✨
Great video with lots of helpful information! Well done! 😀
Thank u so much for making this video, I got a common planer but I don't like vertical weeklies 😅 I was gonna force myself to do time tracking but I kinda had a feeling it wouldn't do much for me. Thank u again I'm feeling more excited now about the layout ^^ this video is my prayers answered lol
So glad you found this helpful! 💛
Where are those stickers from?
Exactly what I needed! Thank you!!! ❤
My side bar is the most experimental spot on my weeklies. My ADHD brain requires I keep things mostly set in stone. I do my trackers or weekly tasks there, but they are laid out differently. I want to know which day without having to write on the day I did it, but not have to read the date and look to see which it was. I put my days down vertical and have my tasks go vertical in the column (all my layouts are on grid paper so I can keep my lines straight without drawing out every line). That way I can get it to fit 7 tasks in an 8 column wide bar. It takes about 10 rows versus 20 if I did 2 rows per habit/weekly task and a line in between. I have habits and my weekly reset both done that way. I also have a few sidebar lines showing my gym and home exercises so I know the minimum for each location without having to remember what my current goal is.
I use the hours before I wake up to track my water intake as I am horrible about drinking as I tend to forget the passage of time and drinking most of the day. I put my sleep there and tasks for that day without a specific time, priorities first then others. (My hourly weekly goes midnight to midnight with 2 rows per hour so 14 blank rows above my wakeup.) I also note here if I couldn't sleep, what times were, and why.
I have division lines at the hour I wake up, time to go to my parents' house (only child and both are physically disabled so I am labor for the cost of a family dinner), when I go home, and when I go to bed. It helps me break down what time I have to work on personal projects. I time block my work hours. I put a little label in the margin for certain types of tasks like if I don't have things my parents need done, I can work on a few digital tasks sitting there, like skim email for junk I can delete without opening or things that need attention, delete unneeded texts, plug in a USB drive to transfer files to back up since big files take time.... It reduces the time spent on my weekly reset to have that done, and marking the day let's me see how far back I need to work the next round. I used to have routines in the sidebar, but they got a bit difficult to manage there with all the other stuff.
I put the movie we watch in the schedule where we watched it. I put in health issues at the appropriate time along with meds taken so I know when it is time for the next dose if needed. I note orders and deliveries on the days they connect so I can see how long it is taking along with trackers and such. (If it doesn't fit, I know it will also be on my daily in great detail.
I let my daily where the notes/journal space is hold any extra notes connected to the timed schedule items like beside my exercise I note which video I used if one was involved and what I did for how long. I throw in things I need to take somewhere. I have my mom's 75th birthday surprise party noted with the guests that attended, what we had to eat, and what gifts she received from who. My memories are better there than trying to squeeze them into the weekly boxes.
Just discovered your channel and I really appreciate this video in particular. It was very thoughtful and I think could be helpful for me on my low days.
I gotta keep in mind the "what if everything works out" anti-anxiety mantra too 🤔
I agree it very overwhelming. This the key reason why I choose Cousin. Btw what highlighter and pen you use. Thanks
I really find this video helpful
This is FABUUUUUUUUUULOUS!! I love all these ideas! Thank you for explaining everything so well...
Flylady cleaning zones and weekly focus for me the trying to build a more consistent cleaning scedule
Wow, this was helpful and totally doable for me! I’m moving into the spring cousin after realizing that I need more space than the weeks offers, and I’m saving this video. Thank you
very helpful , learned so much and did sub to your channel. thanks for the great explanations 👏🏽
Got a Hobonichi Cousin for 2024. It's my first time using this type of planner, and it was a bit overwhelming at first, but videos like yours have given me tons of ideas and hope that my adhd brain will handle it well and not just...chuck it to the side because it's too much lol
This is a great video. You have some unique ideas, I’m going back to a weekly layout paper planner this year which is my comfort zone and am excited to try some of them out.
I use the long form yearly columns at the beginning of the avec to track my reading, I write the title of the books I read in each month. I like seeing it there, because I get to see all the books I've read as the 6 months continue...
I use the weekly for my time block planning.
Vertical weeklies can be so tricky and hard to keep up momentum. THANK YOU for this amazing video!!
Wow!! I got sooooo much out of this!! 🙌🏻🎉 Thank you! I’m excited to implement some of these ideas into my cousin right now and also get excited about my new one for 2024! I’m so glad I found your channel!
Great ideas, as yet to start thinking about how I want to use my Hobonichi HON. Thank you so much for sharing.
I LOVE a vertical weekly. It makes my brain happy :)
I am awaiting a new planner and it has weekly layouts - your suggestions are great I will be using at least of couple of them. Thanks for sharing.
this was very very very helpful for me - thank you
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This was sooooo helpful. Thank you!!!!
That was a awesome compilation. Thank you
This was great, thank you!
Thank you so much this is so helpful
What black pen did you use?
😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😮😮😮😮 thanks, it is very motivating
Great video, love the content on functional planning. But, how can I ignore the times on the weekly (lol).
Probably cover with white out or a thin washi tape or sticker
This is so much excellent inspiration!
Love this! Thank you
Thank you! I got a ton of new ideas!
Hey Lindsey….. love love love the video…. I had kinda given up on planning until I saw ur video…. It was rly helpful….. hope u do well with your mental health and have a great day ❤
Thank you so much for the kind comment’ hope you have a great day too! 💛
Really great tips!
Excellent...
Love this
Really great ideas!!
Thank you so much!!
Brb you reminded me I need to order my groceries
Thanks from current me and big time thank you from future me!
Finished the video now. That was very helpful, thanks!
Lol, happy to help! 😁 glad you enjoyed the vid!
My planners doesn't have the vertical weekly layout pages. But the sidebar ideas you mention in the video is good for sidebar in the monthly pages. Thank you for sharing 👏
I’m so excited to try some of your ideas in my new sterling ink b6 planner 🤍🙌🏻. Another idea: driving hours - since I travel for work