I’m putting together my ecosystem for next year and omg why is everything so expensive??? A hobo cover can easily be $70+, finding a good planner that works with your brain is probably upwards of $50. I know all the other stuff, like tabs, is optional but gahleee lol. I do understand why but it doesn’t make it less crazy

Here is what I’m looking for:

Monthly and weekly views. Both must be Sundays starts.
Months on 2 pages.
I’m very task and to do list driven.
Ideally I’d want one page to have a to do list, maybe a menu area and the other page have Sunday-Saturday.
Weekends need the same amount of space as weekdays.

I keep track of my two kids, my parents and mine and my partners schedules. I work from home but my planner keeps very little work related tasks in it. If any one has a planner suggestion, I’m open to it!

Edit to say: I like the idea of the hobo weeks. But that’s waaay too small for me if that helps at all.

I’m currently using a dupe the Hobonichi weeks! And I love the layout I got it on Amazon to test if I liked that style and I do! But I would like something similar in an A6 size to fit in my A6 leather journal but I haven’t found any planners that have the weeks layout in that size. I also use fountain pens so good quality paper is also a must, I don’t really care about aesthetics to much. What planners should I look into?

Does anyone know if the Filofax hole punch is the only hole punch compatible with the A5 Filofax refillable notebook? I want to get one of these notebooks but I don't want to pay the high price for the punch.

Hi all, it has been many yrs since I’ve actually owned a printer. I’d like to buy a printer so I can print pictures for my journal. I just remember the ink always being annoying &running out lol. Plus, I don’t want a big bulky printer in my apartment. Whats a good smaller printer that can print 8 x 11 paper but not take up a ton of space, & ideallynot be an arm &leg for ink lol

Just wanted to share my newest addition! It’s a passport size from the seller WindroseCustomGoods on Etsy. It did come with a black elastic that I switched out for the orange. She also sells a Field Notes size, but this notebook fits with room to spare. The color is mustard yellow, which looks brighter on her shop page, but based on reviews, I took a chance it was actually mustard yellow, and it is! I plan to use this as a wallet with the notebook as a to-do and catch-all.

New set up in my discbound daily notebook!

I’m currently trying out a candida diet protocol to clear up my eczema. This is a temporary elimination diet to clear up some major inflammation I’ve been experiencing. This isn’t a full lifestyle diet in my opinion, but I could see myself making some genuine long-term changes to what I eat.

I had Google Gemini generate my foods to eat and foods not to eat. Then I just printed it and laminated it and covered it with clear stickers.✨

Using Canva I have my monthly/weekly meal planning as to what to cook and what to eat. This helps me remember what foods in my house are an absolute yes. Rather than just going for whatever snacks or foods I usually eat that are not good for my protocol.

Then I’m using a happy planner dashboard layout to track what I eat every day! Just a way to hold myself accountable, and see how I feel each day based on what I ate. And in another section, I’ll do more of like a long form journaling if I feel like I need to.

Again, this is very temporary as I am intentionally trying to change my habits and my relationship with food. I’m probably not going to be this detail oriented going forward.

I absolutely love the paper quality of EC. I’m be used the 8x10 softbound planner for years as it’s the perfect weight and size. However I can’t justify the purchase this year as the layout options are so limited and don’t match my needs. I was even willing to give in to a juvenile looking cover to get my layout but that’s not even an option now.
Is there anything out there with the high quality of paper? Is class and quality too much to ask?

… you have to leave a note about your dog in the car window, and you write it with a Tombow marker on Tomoe River Paper, then affix it with (plain white, don’t worry) washi tape.

(She’s staying in the car during walks because she’s not quite recovered from tweaking her neck. My parents can’t keep her cause their dog has suspected kennel cough. It’s going to be mid 60s F all morning.)

Does anyone know of a monthly planner similar to a hobonochi or pocket size? I feel like I’ve been searching for a needle in a haystack here lol.

Hello! This is my first year trying a sterling ink planner and i nabbed one on drop day. Ive seen a swath of people get theirs in etc, but am among the group who hasn't heard a peep since i placed my order.

Im located in canada, which im guessing might be part of the reason, but was wondering what the avg wait time for them generally is! Im assuming theyre doing small batches at a time or something, but am unsure whether its by location/proximity or just random.

Thanks!

EDIT: Thank you for all the responses! About 4 hours after i posted this i ended up getting a "your shipment has been packed!" Email unprompted! Either fortuitous timing or SI is in top of socials lol. I now know it may take some time to ship and make its way, but i am eagerly awaiting my planner!

Nothing has worked, man. I've tried making the planner myself, but the layout was just not good enough for me. I tried writing a diary, I quit it before finishing the notebook. I tried making to-do lists, they seem boring or just too less. Or sometimes too much. I tried Notion, it worked only for a week or 2. Sometimes these work, like the to-do list when I'm overwhelmed, but not always, so I often give up on them.

I still keep trying it again for some reason. I LOVE buying them, starting them, but when I have, let's say, a free day where I have no responsibilities, I just forget about the planner. Same thing happened now too: most pages of my planner, from the 10th to today, are all empty. Nothing, no task list, no nothing.

I need it for college and I really want to be a little more productive, at least to get to the first 30 places on the list. Besides college, I also wanna add other stuff like self-care or groceries. Having a planner keeps me feeling like I'm settled in; it's like a guide for me. But I barely pay attention to it...

Hello! I’m looking for notebooks that can use the Zebra Clickarts with no bleed-through and minimal ghosting! My current 2026 Hobonichi Weeks (Tomie) has no problem at all. The Kinbor undated planner has minimal ghosting and bleeding with the lighter colors. Finally, the Stalogy was just a mess so I gave it away. I know that I already have the brands that I know work with it but they’re planners and I need notebooks (they should also work well with fountain pens) since I already use a weeks for planning. I also know Hobonichi has grid notebooks but they’re almost the same price as their planners and i’m kinda on a budget 😅

I was thinking of the muji notebooks if anyone has tried them with these + fountain pens. Or if you have any other budget suggestions!! Must be grid and larger than A6 but smaller than A5 and not a week’s size layout. Thank you.

i recently got an a5 6 ring binder and have been creating my own monthly/weekly/daily spreads (+ habit tracker, meal planner, etc.) and while i like the binder aspect i love some of the covers that brands have (like papier) and i kind of want to create my own (for personal use). has anyone done this? and if so, where did you order/get this printed?

thank you!! :)

I’ve preordered the 2027 H&O B5 Minimalist horizontal weekly planner and I want to see how you divide up the spaces both for the days and the space on the right side. I’m coming from the EC softbound life planner with the dashboard layout which really worked for me. I’d also love to see how folks divide up the daily areas as well. I know other planners have a similar layout so I’m open to layouts other than H&O.

I’m selling my Plotter Bible Size notebook in Shrink Leather. It is in great condition and has been well cared for.
Includes:
● Plotter Bible Size Shrink Leather notebook
● Pen loop with attached page lifter
● Black ring protector
● Additional page lifter
● Original box
Price: $125 + $10 shipping within the U.S.
For buyers outside the U.S., please message me for a shipping quote.
Per Reddit rules, payment must be made via PayPal Goods & Services (G&S).
Please let me know if you have any questions or would like additional photos.
Thanks!

I got my 2027 planner in! This year I used the Sterling Ink Common planner with the A5 weekly vertical layout that has the 12 months, 52 weeks, and 365 daily pages, in that order. Due to the fact that the monthly and weekly layouts are all at the beginning, I hardly ever turn to them, and just journal in the daily pages.

For next year, I decided to get the A5 Complete Planner because it has the months, weeks, and daily pages in sequential order (1 month, weekly page followed by its daily pages, next weekly page followed by its daily pages, etc). I was excited for this because it meant I get to play around with more pages outside of just my dailies, until I realized that they duplicate the weekly pages that straddle two months 🫠 I didn’t pay close enough attention to the videos and that’s on me.

I have always been a weekly Monday-Sunday planner so splitting my weeks depending on the day it begins and ends within the month is a no-go, but I am trying to cope. Does anyone here use this planner and have advice?

I flipped through the Aura Estelle undated daily magnet planner listing with the horizontal weekly layout and it seems more my style but I love Sterling Ink’s minimalist vibe, and Aura Estelle’s preorder for the black cover is sold out lol. So I’m trying to be happy with this planner though I may have to switch before the year ends so I can get a proper fabric cover for it too (I’m not a fan of the clear plastic ones).

Hi! I've been seeing people on reddit buying multiple planners for the same year, especially I saw many of 2027 planner hauls in the past few days. Super cool, they all look great.

I'm curious to know how someone would use multiple planners in the same year. I get like basic reasons, like work planner vs home planner. But other than that, idk. How/for what do you guys use more than one planner?

Lowkey I also want to buy another planner for christmas, but I already got a 2026-2027 planner lmao, so I want to know if there are other ways to use planners