Multi-year diaries

[octahedrite]

An example is the Hobonichi 5-year techo.

Have you used one? What does a random page look like? What have you found it most helpful for over a page-a-day diary or undated diary?

I am considering getting one. I'm just afraid of, you know, using it for 2 weeks and forgetting about it. I think it would be helpful for tracking long term goals and doing bite-sized journaling.

Comments

[bluedreaming]

I have the hobonichi 5 year and I got it for writing a daily haiku (for which it’s perfect). I kind of keep falling on and off the wagon with writing them but I now decided to ignore the year and just write on the correct day when I manage (noting the year), and the parallel of having the spread for each day is really nice and will be even nicer when I get it more filled out. I think the benefit of this kind of layout is that it’s the analog equivalent of journal or social media apps that tell you “these are some things you did in the past on N day”.

[yhlee]

Oh, what a beautiful idea! I love it.

[octahedrite]

Thanks for sharing! Daily haiku sounds like a perfect use case honestly.