HOBONICHI ORDERS OPEN UP MONDAY NIGHT! I’m excited, and thinking hard about my 2027 Planner Stack. I have to say I was pretty darn consistent with my tools this year, and that makes me happy! The only big swap I made was to ditch my Cousin for a small 18-month planner and moved my daily pages to an MD notebook. That said, I put that notebook in the same cover I was using next to my 2026 Day Free, so it doesn’t even feel terribly jarring.
I am thinking about *not* ordering a Cousin for the first time next year and instead sticking with the setup of:
- Small planner for calendaring – now, I could absolutely just stay in the one I am using. And maybe I will. But I also love the idea of trying a Weeks for this. I used to feel like I “needed” to see my weekly layout in a vertical weekly format, but the current experiment is showing me that this isn’t totally necessary. And it’s nice to have a pure “scheduling” (SOURCE OF TRUTH) book that is very compact.
- A5 cover with a Day Free (for habit tracking, random lists) + MD Notebook (for daily pages). This is what I have now and I love the SPAAAAACE those big daily spreads provide. It’s TOTALLY extra, and TOTALLY unnecessary, but it makes me happy so who cares. (#thisis46).
- Weeks for health/fitness. I kept mine up all year this year so far after attempting to do this for years. Not sure what finally made it stick, but I’m into it! I keep macros, workout stats, sleep, other medical things in there. I have not shared pages from this because (sorry) it feels a little too personal, but I love having it and plan on doing it again in 2027.
- Monthly to visualize my month. Historically I’ve used the Amanda’s Favorites from Ashley Shelly and I will probably do that again BUT I could probably skip this (sad, but true) if I instead do this in the first planner listed above. I LOVE her stuff though so it’s possible I will still feel pulled to order one!
- My own pdfs/planners for brainstorming and writing out goals lists; I love printing the Planning By Season workbook in A5 size, I’m working on a Nested Goals workbook, and I always use one of the BLP Live workbooks, too! These are more for thinking and reflecting and I really do love using them to guide them through my own planning.
- Midori Hibino A6 size – LOVED using this for daily journaling (morning pages style) this year. A tiny part of me is thinking I will downsize to a Hobonichi A6 (maybe a HON?) that gives me one A6 page vs the two I’ve been using this year. Sometimes (often) I feel like one is enough . . .
I was going to talk about digital things I use, but we’ll save that for a later post.
HOBONICHI COVERS I AM OGLING (all pix from their site)
Felice (Mina Perhonen) –> probably my favorite but also the priciest
Vine (A6 HON)
Petit Bloom (Weeks)
Forest Green (Weeks)
Not getting them all, don’t worry! But having fun deciding.
(And yes this is a major indulgence of mine! I have no designer bags or ‘real’ jewelry other than my wedding ring but Hobonichi covers are my favorite! And while I don’t usually keep my planners, I have saved almost all of the covers I have used over the years. It’s a fun collection.)
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Planner season makes me so happy that it almost needs a quintile, haha. Love your picks SHU!
Do you think you should add one of those little green vertical weekly supplementary calendars to your order just in case you miss vertical layouts?
I used a Weeks as a source of truth this year and the portability was exactly what I needed to be able to make the concept work in analogue form. I still enjoy vertical though, so most weeks I use both so that I can do a rough time block oxo
YOU READ MY MIND (which is not a surprise Jane!!!). I am thinking of doing just that! I even though about tucking the little A6 insert into the cover of my A5 š š š
I am planning to order a Hobonichi for the first time! I have been using Ink and Volt the last 4-5 years and like a lot about it but am wasting a lot of space and donāt like having to flip around so much to see goals and lists. So am planning to try the Weeks plus a separate notebook for goals and lists. I am worried about the Weeks being *too small* but most of my days are clinical and pretty well set in terms of my schedule so I think it will be ok. Also not sure about Tomo River paper, but donāt do much decorating and care most about functionality so I think it will be ok too. Wish me luck!
oh wow Amanda – I’m so excited for you! The Weeks can fit A TON of data. The ONLY issue would be if you use thick pens or write really big.
I totally get that you donāt share how you track health related stuff in your weekly, but Iād still love an episode on how you or someone else plan around health issues. I have endometriosis, and trying to plan for (or even remember lol) the two rough weeks each month gets very confusing! especially since the body doesnāt follow an exact week, which I find very rude š
ooh that’s a great topic – thank you!! will think about how i could address!
I realized a while ago that the Cousin doesnāt work (granted, in trainingā¦what am I going to write? āSee more patientsā āWrite notesā). My current is a techo, which ends up being a weekly to do listā¦so maybe I should just do a Weeks? I guess my plan is to order a Techo and Weeks and see where I land!!
YESSS even with me def less to put in there on clinical days vs others!!!!
My plan for next year is:
Personal:
Makselife flagship
Bpla live workbook š
Neuyear wall calendar with my beloved monthly start
Laura Denise Rose
Hemlock & Oak daily/ weekly for tracking and time blocking
Work:
Neuyear wall calendar with my beloved monthly start
Excello weekly planner
To play with:
Faded Chronical – not sure how I might use it but I really wanted to play around with the layout
oh i know too well teh “i love this layout and need to use it but where does it actually fit” feeling!!!!
I have browsed hobonichi for years but have never taken the plunge. But after many attempts using larger planners Iām realizing that for me portability is key because I go to two different health systems plus kid stuff etc. reading the best laid plans book and knowing the importance of the one source of calendar truth, considering making a weeks mega my one book and giving that a try. Should have enough notes pages in back for work without adding bulk? Eyeing the cute sheep on green cover for some whimsy.
weeks mega has a TON of space for note! I do think this could work as a one and singular book!!!