I had typed out a whole comment and then deleted it because it wasn’t my place to say anything, and it still isn’t. But now I’m at the 5:46 mark and I must speak up. You are so hard working, and we all LOVE your videos and your shop!!! I have an EC planner full of the cutest stickers from you! 🙌🏼 Please know I say this from experience and caring! 💜💜💜. You’re not eating anywhere near enough. It’s not enough for a person who doesn’t do anything all day. And certainly it’s not enough for someone who does as much as you do!! Girl! You are a thinking/creating/studying/learning POWERHOUSE!! Your body and brain NEEDS fuel!! ⛽️ Your gut and your brain 🧠 are inextricably connected. As a fellow anxiety/panic attacks sufferer, I know how it goes because I’ve been there. 🤎 All that coffee ☕️ is ruining your stomach lining, if it’s caffeinated then it’s sending your nervous system on a never ending carnival ride - and your well-being is paying the price. I’m sorry, I just couldn’t comment about how much I love these videos and how inspiring your creativity is, without saying something about what I see in your journals. I encourage you (and anyone else who maybe feeling the same) to look into the gut/brain connection. I had to become my own advocate and figure how why I was feeling so “ick” and “blergh” on and off - once I figured it out and made changes, everything changed. Okay I’m off my soap box now! Thank you for all you share with us, we love your shop and your videos and want all the best for you! 💓💓💓
So fun to see Helen! And I appreciate the normalizing for skipping days, half finished spreads, etc. sometimes it feels like no one else does that but life happens :) you’re amazing, as always!
Thank you for being open and honest especially with something sooo personal! Being 'real' with us. It means a lot. Just being your beautiful self :) I love your spreads and how clean and cute they are. You are amazing!
Love this! Your spreads are adorable and giving me inspiration to pick up my planner today. And it's nice to know it's okay to have a blank day; I struggle with that often. Thanks for sharing!
I am in LOVE with how you did your spreads. And goodness, such beautiful handwriting 😍 As someone who uses a bullet journal, I've never found a use for daily spreads and were completely omitted. As a student, I needed to keep up with tasks and see what's ahead without flipping through too many pages. For that reason I opted for a calendar and weekly spreads. Once I graduated college, although I had many tasks I found I needed, wanted even, to journal more. I just had more thoughts and inspirations flying through my head that I wanted to keep track of, more so than my to do list. But I still needed my tasks list or I wouldn't find the time to journal 🤷♀️ So I love how your repurposed your dailies. Ample space to do both for the days when you need it. And I think seeing this i realize this is what I wanted from my bujo, a little more room to breathe so that my thoughts can flow unrestricted. Thank you for showing me that with your planner. And goodness, I can't get over how pretty and sweet your pages are. I enjoyed the color scheme you used. That and your sticker choice, plus calligraphy... I'm envious. So pretty. 🥰 I'm hoping that in the future, your days are as beautiful and as enjoyable as the journal you shared with us. 💕
Omg I love your comment, it's nice to see someone else on here who writes paragraphs like I do 😊 and I completely agree, Helen's pages are so beautiful! 😍 Also I think I kinda went on the same journey as you as far as using a BuJo but feeling like I needed more space "more room to breathe and let your thoughts flow unrestricted" is EXACTLY what it feels like! I either had my BuJo become too cluttered with long journaling sections and it would never last me more than a few months before I needed a new one, or I felt like I was restricting myself with what I was writing, and then ended up journaling in a separate notebook to get my thoughts out on paper (which I find helps very therapeutic). With my Hobonichi cousin it's the best of both worlds! I can have the weekly for bullet point to dos and the dailies for longer journaling and I get so much space while still being a really small book to save at the end of the year! I'm so glad I found the Cousin! ❤️ I hope you are close to (or have found) planner peace too!
I am so thankful that you share your life, your feelings, your journey with all of us. I LOVE your journaling so much that I would love a planner like that. I may consider trying to do something similar in the future. Just think as your future self, going back and looking at all of these someday, remembering stuff good and bad, seeing your progress and your beautiful random art that just amazes me once again on just how truly talented you are. I am so PROUD of you! You work so so so hard and I hope Mama and Papa Tater are extremely proud of the woman, creator, business owner, and student you are. Looooveee yooouu xoxo
I loved this! Blank pages are okay, sometimes it's just life 💕 Also, I'm on the edge of switching back to the Cousin...this flip through gave me all the heart eyes! 😍
@@janeo14 oh goodness! I never saw your comment 😧 Sorry! So my main reason was so that I can buy stickers that actually fit and I don’t have to cut down at all. I’m just kind of over that lol!
I’m planning to take a big step in changing up my planner for next year. I have been using the (Philippine) Starbucks for the past 10 years. Im so used to it. But Lately I have been using a separate dotted diy notebook since I handle a lot in a day. This planner seems a good option but also has its price. I also found about you this year. So I have been watching all your videos and Instagram alot. It’s very calming and inspiring. Im inspired to track my personal stuff which i have never done before. Life before covid was all about work Im now visualizing how I can split up the space of this planner personal tracking. Work stuff. Hmmm 🤔 I do need to thing more before I make the change. Thanks for this video Helen. ☺️
Thank you for showing your process, and the reminder that it is ok to not have everything filled out. it was interesting to see how the beginning of February was hard for you too. I'll admit that the first couple of days in February are still blank in my Cousin too. Your weekly spreads look amazing! I'm still trying to figure out how I want to use those. I've been having fun using my fountain pen in my Hobonichi Cousin. Hmm I wonder if I have an energel pen in my stash somewhere... Going to have to give them a try one of these days.
I found this fascinating!! It’s nice to see that you’re a normal woman too and have bad days and bad weeks. Thank you for sharing your honesty with us ♥️
Thank you for a simplistic spread, which is a style I am gearing towards to, especially with minimal time I have in a day. I like the way you utilize your stickers and washi tape with your spreads. I have been doing that with my spreads and I enjoyed it very much. Hope you have a wonderful easy week.
I love your stream of consciousness notes. I didn't read them, since you mentioned that you didn't like re-reading them yourself, but they did inspire me to do my own! One day of it and my mind cleared completely. Thank you for inspiring me.
I am trying to keep track of at least one of my journals (my hobo weeks), and back plan on my bullet journal and my WIAM A5 wide. But I still have days where I don't write anything and I can never remember what I did that day. I love watching your videos.
I miss days all the time in my dailies and even skip the weekends as I only use my weeklies for those days. But, if I’m feeling really artsy, have some lists to make or pen tests etc, those skipped days are perfect because I now have extra pages to use in my cousin. Love the inspiration and your beautiful handwriting 😍😍
Sounds like things are pretty stressful for you at the moment so I just want to give you a HUGE HUG, Helen! ( unintended alliteration hehe 😂) I'm sending you tons of love and good vibes 🤗❤️ thank you for being so open and honest with us, and I definitely don't think it is "not being diligent" it is just real life which is messy and you sometimes don't have time to or don't feel like journaling, and that's ok! 👍 My Cousin has blank pages too and so it's nice to see your real Cousin not a perfect but fake version. Just keep on being you, I think you're pretty darn amazing! 💖
this video is such an enabler ahhh i alr got so many things after getting back into planning and binging your videos (tombow, fudenosuke, clenas) and am so tempted to get a cousin 😓💸💸
We ended up skipping the same days there are times o feel so busy with school and life that I don’t have the energy to fill my planner or journal I sometimes go back I fill it in and sometimes I just put some doodles in it to make it not seem empty
@@TheCoffeeMonsterzCo they make room for some good brain storming ideas also for new designs or just to help ease the rush mind at night for a good nights sleep
ughhhh sooooo prettttyyy 🤤 your pages are my absolute favourite. almost makes me want a hobonichi cousin again but i moved on to an a5 stalogy coz i didnt like the visual clutter and red/blue highlights everywhere in the hobo. HOWEVER... not having a predated planner and not having it able to fit all in one book exactly like the hobo (because it has less pages in stalogy) is kinda ruining my life and i havent moved into it yet because of all of the fandangling i need to do to make it work so... yikesies LOL 😂 but your flipthru definitely inspires me to do SOMETHING! ANYTHING! in my planner and hope it turns out as gorgeous as yours 🥰
I love videos like this! I was always hesitant to get a daily planner because I don't do that much everyday😅 but I like how you incorporate stickers, doodles and journaling in your daily spreads! ~ A question, have you used your fountains in the Hobonichi cousin? ~ Anyways, have a good week, Helen💕
Thank you Charnay!!! Yes I have, I showed it in one of the daily spreads! I'm not a fan of fountain pens in my daily journal, but I use it in my other hobonichi notebooks for fine writing
💕🌷💕Hi Helen. How is you’re weekend so far? Are you doing good? I try my best and some days are better than others😔. But I just want to say that I love you’re videos and everytime you upload one I get so so so happy☺️🙏🏻I can’t wait to get my washi`s from you’re shop😁Have a safe day and I will see you next weekend for a new video🤗💕🌷💕
Yeah I've found that research is a skill, you definitely have to train your brain to get better at it hehe. I'm pretty good at it now after many many years so there's hope! 👍
Love your flip through videos. Just curious...do you prefer the hobo weeks or cousin? This video definitely makes me want to try the cousin. Hehe. Thanks for sharing. Love you Helen!! 🥰♥️🥰
@@TheCoffeeMonsterzCo I have so many layouts I want to try but that means bopping around and there's no way to save in consecutive order. Life is short though and sometimes you just gotta throw it all in a pile instead of in order! :P
@@TheCoffeeMonsterzCothanks for replying! Im starting my own business n selling my custom washis but im scared that the manufacturer will steal my designs what should i do?
I had typed out a whole comment and then deleted it because it wasn’t my place to say anything, and it still isn’t. But now I’m at the 5:46 mark and I must speak up.
You are so hard working, and we all LOVE your videos and your shop!!! I have an EC planner full of the cutest stickers from you! 🙌🏼
Please know I say this from experience and caring! 💜💜💜. You’re not eating anywhere near enough. It’s not enough for a person who doesn’t do anything all day. And certainly it’s not enough for someone who does as much as you do!! Girl! You are a thinking/creating/studying/learning POWERHOUSE!! Your body and brain NEEDS fuel!! ⛽️
Your gut and your brain 🧠 are inextricably connected. As a fellow anxiety/panic attacks sufferer, I know how it goes because I’ve been there. 🤎
All that coffee ☕️ is ruining your stomach lining, if it’s caffeinated then it’s sending your nervous system on a never ending carnival ride - and your well-being is paying the price.
I’m sorry, I just couldn’t comment about how much I love these videos and how inspiring your creativity is, without saying something about what I see in your journals.
I encourage you (and anyone else who maybe feeling the same) to look into the gut/brain connection. I had to become my own advocate and figure how why I was feeling so “ick” and “blergh” on and off - once I figured it out and made changes, everything changed.
Okay I’m off my soap box now! Thank you for all you share with us, we love your shop and your videos and want all the best for you! 💓💓💓
So fun to see Helen! And I appreciate the normalizing for skipping days, half finished spreads, etc. sometimes it feels like no one else does that but life happens :) you’re amazing, as always!
Aww thank you Jessica!!
DUDE these are always so satisfying to look at it’s incredible :00
Thank you so so much!!
I love your handwriting, I wish my writing was this uniform.
I absolutely love your spreads!!!! And the “soy un zombie” made me laugh.
Hahaha thank you Maria!
i appreciate your honesty and transparency with sharing your journal
Thank you for being open and honest especially with something sooo personal! Being 'real' with us. It means a lot. Just being your beautiful self :)
I love your spreads and how clean and cute they are. You are amazing!
Aww thank you so much!!!! I'm glad you enjoyed it
Are you kidding me.. you are one of the most diligent with planners. I have never written like this. But it is inspiring to watch.
Love this! Your spreads are adorable and giving me inspiration to pick up my planner today. And it's nice to know it's okay to have a blank day; I struggle with that often. Thanks for sharing!
AWW This makes me so happy to hear! Thank you Raelyn
I love the crinkle sound of the tomoe River paper when you flip the pages! Ahhhh, so satisfying.
SOO therapeutic!! I flip through the pages just ot hear the crinkly sound haha
@@TheCoffeeMonsterzCo omg saaaame lol I'm glad I'm not the only one who does that 😊
I am in LOVE with how you did your spreads. And goodness, such beautiful handwriting 😍
As someone who uses a bullet journal, I've never found a use for daily spreads and were completely omitted. As a student, I needed to keep up with tasks and see what's ahead without flipping through too many pages. For that reason I opted for a calendar and weekly spreads. Once I graduated college, although I had many tasks I found I needed, wanted even, to journal more. I just had more thoughts and inspirations flying through my head that I wanted to keep track of, more so than my to do list. But I still needed my tasks list or I wouldn't find the time to journal 🤷♀️ So I love how your repurposed your dailies. Ample space to do both for the days when you need it. And I think seeing this i realize this is what I wanted from my bujo, a little more room to breathe so that my thoughts can flow unrestricted. Thank you for showing me that with your planner.
And goodness, I can't get over how pretty and sweet your pages are. I enjoyed the color scheme you used. That and your sticker choice, plus calligraphy... I'm envious. So pretty. 🥰
I'm hoping that in the future, your days are as beautiful and as enjoyable as the journal you shared with us. 💕
Omg I love your comment, it's nice to see someone else on here who writes paragraphs like I do 😊 and I completely agree, Helen's pages are so beautiful! 😍
Also I think I kinda went on the same journey as you as far as using a BuJo but feeling like I needed more space "more room to breathe and let your thoughts flow unrestricted" is EXACTLY what it feels like!
I either had my BuJo become too cluttered with long journaling sections and it would never last me more than a few months before I needed a new one, or I felt like I was restricting myself with what I was writing, and then ended up journaling in a separate notebook to get my thoughts out on paper (which I find helps very therapeutic).
With my Hobonichi cousin it's the best of both worlds! I can have the weekly for bullet point to dos and the dailies for longer journaling and I get so much space while still being a really small book to save at the end of the year! I'm so glad I found the Cousin! ❤️ I hope you are close to (or have found) planner peace too!
I absolutely LOVE your handwriting!!!
Ahh thank you so much!!
I am so thankful that you share your life, your feelings, your journey with all of us. I LOVE your journaling so much that I would love a planner like that. I may consider trying to do something similar in the future. Just think as your future self, going back and looking at all of these someday, remembering stuff good and bad, seeing your progress and your beautiful random art that just amazes me once again on just how truly talented you are. I am so PROUD of you! You work so so so hard and I hope Mama and Papa Tater are extremely proud of the woman, creator, business owner, and student you are. Looooveee yooouu xoxo
I loved this! Blank pages are okay, sometimes it's just life 💕 Also, I'm on the edge of switching back to the Cousin...this flip through gave me all the heart eyes! 😍
Thank you Morgan!!!! I totally agree about the blank pages hehe
What are you using now ? That makes you think about switching back to cousin ?
where do you buy the cousin from?
@@janeo14 oh goodness! I never saw your comment 😧 Sorry! So my main reason was so that I can buy stickers that actually fit and I don’t have to cut down at all. I’m just kind of over that lol!
@@MorganPlans heheh no worries at all.
I finally made the change to Hobonichi cousin. It’s my first time 😊
I’m very excited 😆
I’m planning to take a big step in changing up my planner for next year. I have been using the (Philippine) Starbucks for the past 10 years. Im so used to it. But Lately I have been using a separate dotted diy notebook since I handle a lot in a day. This planner seems a good option but also has its price. I also found about you this year. So I have been watching all your videos and Instagram alot. It’s very calming and inspiring. Im inspired to track my personal stuff which i have never done before. Life before covid was all about work
Im now visualizing how I can split up the space of this planner personal tracking. Work stuff. Hmmm 🤔 I do need to thing more before I make the change.
Thanks for this video Helen. ☺️
Thank you so much for your sweet comment Jane!!! I hope you find a planning system that works for you!!
Thank you for showing your process, and the reminder that it is ok to not have everything filled out. it was interesting to see how the beginning of February was hard for you too. I'll admit that the first couple of days in February are still blank in my Cousin too. Your weekly spreads look amazing! I'm still trying to figure out how I want to use those. I've been having fun using my fountain pen in my Hobonichi Cousin. Hmm I wonder if I have an energel pen in my stash somewhere... Going to have to give them a try one of these days.
I found this fascinating!! It’s nice to see that you’re a normal woman too and have bad days and bad weeks. Thank you for sharing your honesty with us ♥️
Thank you for a simplistic spread, which is a style I am gearing towards to, especially with minimal time I have in a day. I like the way you utilize your stickers and washi tape with your spreads. I have been doing that with my spreads and I enjoyed it very much. Hope you have a wonderful easy week.
I love your stream of consciousness notes. I didn't read them, since you mentioned that you didn't like re-reading them yourself, but they did inspire me to do my own! One day of it and my mind cleared completely. Thank you for inspiring me.
Yess all the light we cannot see is so good
Definitely in my top 5 all time favourites! love love
@@TheCoffeeMonsterzCo Werner best boi
Marie Laure best girl
These are near ideas! Never thought of this. I think I ought to keep this in mind for next year's journal
Thank you Morgan!!
Love how clean your pages look! I got my cousin a few weeks ago and still looking for inspiration, so glad you posted this!!
Thank you Anna!!! Have fun with your new planner~
Hello Anna, where did you buy yours from?
You are quite an inspiration, Helen! Thank you!
Oh gosh thank you!!!! I appreciate your words of encouragement
You have wonderfully penmenship snd clear. Love your 💡.
Love this! Do more of these flip thru's Helen!
Hehe will do!
This is the best planner yet!
I'm reading All The Light We Cannot See right now too 😊 I have so little time to read, it's taking me a while to finish, but I love it!
Thank you for sharing your flip through!! I definitely have not kept up with my planner lol
Hahaha glad I'm not the only one!
Très joli journal très belle présentation.
I am trying to keep track of at least one of my journals (my hobo weeks), and back plan on my bullet journal and my WIAM A5 wide. But I still have days where I don't write anything and I can never remember what I did that day. I love watching your videos.
Thank you so much!!!! Haha I have forgettable days that go by in a blur as well >.
I decided to stick it out with my current planners this year but I've 100% decided I will be using Hobonichis next year.
Yessss I hope you love it next year!!
I miss days all the time in my dailies and even skip the weekends as I only use my weeklies for those days. But, if I’m feeling really artsy, have some lists to make or pen tests etc, those skipped days are perfect because I now have extra pages to use in my cousin. Love the inspiration and your beautiful handwriting 😍😍
Yess I love having fun and letting go of the pressure! Thank you
I absolutely love your Hobonici videos :) your spreads give me so much inspiration. I just wish i had your handwriting and lettering skills!
Ahh thank you Adriana!
Sounds like things are pretty stressful for you at the moment so I just want to give you a HUGE HUG, Helen! ( unintended alliteration hehe 😂) I'm sending you tons of love and good vibes 🤗❤️ thank you for being so open and honest with us, and I definitely don't think it is "not being diligent" it is just real life which is messy and you sometimes don't have time to or don't feel like journaling, and that's ok! 👍 My Cousin has blank pages too and so it's nice to see your real Cousin not a perfect but fake version. Just keep on being you, I think you're pretty darn amazing! 💖
If you can comprehend Don Quixote I praise you. I also buy these old books thinking oh yea I'm going to love it but I can't understand Old English.
Hahaha I definitely search up a word every few minutes XD It's a hilarious story though!
this video is such an enabler ahhh i alr got so many things after getting back into planning and binging your videos (tombow, fudenosuke, clenas) and am so tempted to get a cousin 😓💸💸
Thank you for watching Josh! I hope you love the pens
Your journaling is just amazing
Thanks Jana!!
I love your journal!!!!
Thank you Joyce~
This makes me want this planner so much~
We ended up skipping the same days there are times o feel so busy with school and life that I don’t have the energy to fill my planner or journal I sometimes go back I fill it in and sometimes I just put some doodles in it to make it not seem empty
Thank you Claribel! Going back with some doodles is a great idea!
@@TheCoffeeMonsterzCo they make room for some good brain storming ideas also for new designs or just to help ease the rush mind at night for a good nights sleep
Great job Helen!
Great video, Helen!! I loved it so much!! 🥰😘
Your Cousin is absolutely stunning!!! 😍😍😍😍😍
Thank you so much!!
Beautiful journal Helen!
Thank you Elda!!
It’s so reassuring omg I’m the saaaaaame way for sure ❤️👍🏽
Ahhh thank you sweet Kylee!!
ughhhh sooooo prettttyyy 🤤 your pages are my absolute favourite. almost makes me want a hobonichi cousin again but i moved on to an a5 stalogy coz i didnt like the visual clutter and red/blue highlights everywhere in the hobo. HOWEVER... not having a predated planner and not having it able to fit all in one book exactly like the hobo (because it has less pages in stalogy) is kinda ruining my life and i havent moved into it yet because of all of the fandangling i need to do to make it work so... yikesies LOL 😂 but your flipthru definitely inspires me to do SOMETHING! ANYTHING! in my planner and hope it turns out as gorgeous as yours 🥰
Thank you so much! Hahaha the undated part of the Stalogy is what put me off >.< I definitely want to try again though!
I don’t always keep up with my planner either...Some days, I’m just not having it and the reasons vary.
I agree!!! I hope you have a great week ahead Karen~
I love videos like this! I was always hesitant to get a daily planner because I don't do that much everyday😅 but I like how you incorporate stickers, doodles and journaling in your daily spreads! ~ A question, have you used your fountains in the Hobonichi cousin? ~ Anyways, have a good week, Helen💕
Thank you Charnay!!! Yes I have, I showed it in one of the daily spreads! I'm not a fan of fountain pens in my daily journal, but I use it in my other hobonichi notebooks for fine writing
It's really hard to keep up with planning and journaling, so I feel yah..but still you have very lovely spreads ❤
Thank you Che! Definitely a challenge!
💕🌷💕Hi Helen. How is you’re weekend so far? Are you doing good? I try my best and some days are better than others😔. But I just want to say that I love you’re videos and everytime you upload one I get so so so happy☺️🙏🏻I can’t wait to get my washi`s from you’re shop😁Have a safe day and I will see you next weekend for a new video🤗💕🌷💕
I am really interested in those little pink bow stickers used on the 30th, Anyone know where they are from?
Do you use special paper to print holographic stickers or is there ink that does that??
what were your thoughts on the book why nations fail !
Hi Helen....I also suck at research (I work in health). It is like a second language 🤣
LOL right? I don't think I'm built for it XD
Yeah I've found that research is a skill, you definitely have to train your brain to get better at it hehe. I'm pretty good at it now after many many years so there's hope! 👍
You should release floral doodles!
Ooo thank you for this idea Judy!!
Does energel pen smudge in Hobonichi?
Love your flip through videos. Just curious...do you prefer the hobo weeks or cousin? This video definitely makes me want to try the cousin. Hehe. Thanks for sharing. Love you Helen!! 🥰♥️🥰
Thank you Karen!!! I definitely use my cousin more
How many planners do u use daily?
@TheCoffeeMonsterzCO do you sell your products in india??
I'm curious since you don't always finish a week...do you save all of your planners at the end of the year?
I never throw out my planners!
@@TheCoffeeMonsterzCo I have so many layouts I want to try but that means bopping around and there's no way to save in consecutive order. Life is short though and sometimes you just gotta throw it all in a pile instead of in order! :P
Im always 6 hours late cause u post at 1 am! When is your anniversary restock and what we you sell?
Thank you!! My anniversary is in March! More details to come for sure
@@TheCoffeeMonsterzCothanks for replying! Im starting my own business n selling my custom washis but im scared that the manufacturer will steal my designs what should i do?
omg this is soo cute :o
#plannergoals 🤍👍
Thank you bunches!!
I'm the opposite. I can keep up with my weekly but my daily is basically empty lol
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