Open Discussion Thread

[annofowlshire]

How goes it?

Comment to tell us about what you've been up to with your journal, planner, or other stationery related items. Tell us about a new pen or a coveted notebook. Consult the hive mind with a problem you've been having. Post a picture! Whatever goes as long as it falls in the realm of journals and planners. Remember, you can always make your own top-level post, too!

Comments

[ravengown]

I don't think I have posted anything here since the start of the year!

I mostly journal instead of plan - I have one book that contains my to do lists and experiments in how to plan weekly (a Hobonichi Weeks), and a Hobonichi A6 for journaling and decoration. I actually kind of want to size up again for next year:.. but an A5 is too big. I could swap to a B6 maybe, but then I would have to lose all of my pretty Hobonichi covers... so really, I should just cut down on decoration and keep using my A6, probably.

I am still trying to hold back my magpie tendencies to buy more stickers and washi tape. I do use them, but not as fast as I accrue them. The eternal struggle.

[lunabee34]

Hi hi! It's good to see you.

I mostly journal instead of planning as well.

I hear you re the hoard. For me it's notebooks. I have so many and yet I always want more. LOL

[ravengown]

I still have an almost completely blank Midori MD that I bought... in 2022, I think? Maybe 2021? Either way, I just like making use of things - or else stuff just collects dust. And notebooks rly take concerted effort to use... thankfully I enjoy writing on paper!

[lunabee34]

I get given them as gifts so they multiply. Fortunately I need to take lots of notes for work.

[feast_of_regrets]

So many magpie tendencies! The struggle is so real! And I really only use washi in like two places once a month! Oh, well.

I landed pretty hard in B6/B6 slim, and the cover situation is such a wasteland, especially if one does not do well with leather. (It's me; I do not do well with leather - too bulky and stiff.) A6 are so fun and so cute though. (And Hobonichi's covers are SO great!)

[ravengown]

Yeah, I love the A6 sizing generally and I love the paper. I think there's some brand that does B6 Tomoe River...? But it's escaping me. I wish it were more common because it's like yes... more room to decorate, but also writing daily doesn't feel like some daunting task. I was impressed by how much I wrote when I was in an A5 though. And then there are people who keep journals in a B5...! HOW?

[lunabee34]

My last journal was almost A4! I loved it. LOL

[feast_of_regrets]

I used to journal for pages and pages in A4 spiral notebooks. I doubt I'd want to do that now, and I'm kind of obsessed with the cute little books this year. I just ordered a B6 notebook with Tomoe River paper from Wonderland 222. A6 is a smidge small for me, but I am using one anyway. They're just fun!

[lunabee34]

*nods*

I like to mix it up. :)

And fun means it's likely to be used!

[lunabee34]

Heeeee. I haven't really ever used a journal/notebook cover. But I am so tempted. I would like to hear more about why you don't like the leather ones. Do they stay stiff?

[feast_of_regrets]

It really depends on leather of the cover. Some of them are really floppy. But I have issues about the cover causing bumps underneath the pages when I write, which has been more of an issue with the couple leather covers I've tried. I had pretty much given up on using covers, because they've annoyed me a lot this year. But I'm really enjoying the two canvas covers I got (one of which does have some leather on it but it's not too bumpy). And I just got a washed paper cover for the B6 notebook I'm trying. I'm excited to see what that's going to be like. It looks really pretty on Etsy.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1485647391/durable-notebook-cover-made-of-washable

[lunabee34]

*nods nods*

That makes sense.

Oooh, that is lovely. *admires*