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My Agendio Planner had arrived! Due to the custom nature of the Planner, I was able to get one to finish out the year from June to December.

I am in love already. The cover is lovely. The paper is smooth (went with the medium weight). And it looks exactly as I designed it, including the custom events (like birthdays and anniversaries).

I can not wait to start using it in two weeks. It cost much more than a typical Planner but I can already tell it's worth it to get an interior that is *exactly* what I wanted.

And best of all, if anything doesn't work, I can edit it in their app and have it fixed for next year. :D

Current Mood: happy

halfcactus

Posted a bunch of photos of my journal for the first three months of the year here! I've mostly been using it for personal media reviews because I read so many webtoons I can't keep track of them. ^^;

I'm using an A5 Laconic planner... Thinking of switching it up next year because I've been using the layout for 2 years and I'm not sure if it's still right for me haha.

seleneheart

In 2024, I decided to start reading published books again, instead of long-form fanfic downloaded from AO3, because I needed more of a challenging read than fanfic provides. To stay motivated for 2025, I'm participating in a Book Bingo challenge. All of the above led me to decide that I want to start a journal dedicated to my reading.

And I don't want anything digital, otherwise, my Goodreads list would be adequate.

I've looked at some that people have posted here, and trying to figure out what I want to do. I think I want a bigger size that my A5 bullet journal, and I think I want to do less hand-drawn art that what I put in my bujo. Maybe more scrapbook-y and less time-consuming. I definitely want to do something like print out the book covers on sticker paper.

What type of information do you include? How do you sequence the books? Do you have a daily reading log or something similar?

Mods: could we get a style: reading journal tag?

wearing_tearing

Hi all! I'm here with my first reading journal update :D

I've posted on my journal about the experience with the reading journal throughout January. Included are pictures of my January stats page and progress pictures of my personal and community reading challenges.

milo_r

I have a fauxdori which came with these neat little things that so far I've only used to store my pens and some business cards. I don't use the card holders for real cards because sometimes I go out without and when I do it's usually a situation where I need the cards (say, a quick stop at the supermarket).

I'm just curious what people use or want to use them for, if your notebooks have them or you're planning on getting them.

ysabetwordsmith

Among the popular materials for journaling are embellishments like stickers and tape. Here are some options to explore.

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ysabetwordsmith

Having offered journals and planners to buy or to print at home, it seems useful to cover related supplies. This post covers pens, markers, pencils, inks, and a few extras. Understand that the physical experience of writing is a big appeal with recordkeeping on paper, so pay attention to the handfeel of what you use. Also, many people in this activity are highly visual, with an interest in color-coding and/or using a set of symbols to store information. For this reason, they often want multiple colors. Another reason for variety is when you do different things in your journal -- writing, drawing, filling in areas of color, etc. A good handwriting pen may not excel at coloring in spaces and vice versa, so you might need different ones for each task.

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wearing_tearing

Hi all! I've decided to keep a reading journal this year (my first time doing it!) and I posted some thoughts about and pictures of my setup at my dw journal. I've also made sure to include credit to all of the journaling peeps who inspired me during this process <3

I'm using an A5 dot grid notebook from Babadorky (Brazilian artist), a mix of black Faber Castell Xtreme Fine 0.7 and 1.0mm pens, and all of the pastel color highlighters and brush pens I had around.

abyssal_sylph

Note: no photos cause I can't figuer out imgur besides icons :(

I wanted to start writing stuff down more on actual paper cause I like how it feels. I know I can't for the life of me keep stuff to one topic, so the notebook I bought will be used to dot down general ideas for creative projects & similar topics (basically give myself the freedom to both write down incoherant thoughts & doodle in it & stuff).

I bought a notebook, some stickers & washi-tape (I actually wanted stickers for my diary, but also I just like stickers). I'm gonna start brainstorming on some ideas in my head & see if I can make this journal something fun for me to look at ^_^

Current Mood: cheerful
Current Location: sitting on bed
Current Music: "My Darling, My Companion" by Jamie Paige

ysabetwordsmith

Here is a post listing materials for 2025. They aren't things I make or sell, just a selection of popular options for people who prefer bound, premade items to printables or refillables.

Current Mood: busy

ysabetwordsmith

My recordkeeping is plain and boring compared to the artistic stuff that some folks do, but it works for me. I counted 17 past years of this on my blog, this is the 18th. Before that it was just the desktop version.

I finished my 2024 in Review post. Out of 61 goals and one blank, I met 58 plus five extra fill in the blanks. I did quite well, better than last year. \o/ Among my discoveries was that I really like seasonal goals -- those worked great for me, so I'm doing them again.

I finished making my Goals for 2025 list. That basic online list is where I track things I want to do, and mark them MET when completed. I'm off to a good start, since we hung the 2025 wall calendars today and the Community Calendar 2025 for

allbingo is done and put in the links list. \o/

I also keep a desktop calendar. Since I write for the Llewellyn annuals, I typically get the Witches' Datebook free, so this is my desktop for 2025. I like it because it's spiralbound so it lies flat, and it has the weekdays on one page with the weekend on the facing page. Then there's something above the weekend -- artwork, a recipe, a craft, etc. This is where I write advance plans for things like recurring posts in my blog, events I want to catch, and so on.

Current Mood: accomplished

greyliliy

Hello, everyone! The TLDR before I start: I would like recommendations for an undated planner with daily pages. I'm not familiar with a lot of planner brands and types, and I'm not entirely satisifed with the CleverFox planner I'm trying at the moment.

More details about the situation along with photos of what I'm using at the moment below:

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I welcome any recommendations you may have! :D

ysabetwordsmith

goals_on_dw has a series of resource posts about bullet journals:

Bullet Journal Printables by Topic -- things you can print out and add to your journal or planner, on a wide variety of subjects. Most of these are layouts for specific types of pages, but there are some versatile ones too.

Bullet Journal Printables by Page Size -- a huge collection of links to things you can print out, designed for a wide range of journal sizes. Some friends have mentioned not being able to find printables for their preferred journal size, so I hunted down everything I could find from large to tiny. Some of these are layouts for specific types of pages, but there's also a very large amount of material for printing dot grids, graph paper, lined paper, and other background material.

Bullet Journal Ideas -- things for you to draw in your own journal. Some of these are layouts for specific types of pages, others more general, plus a section on how to draw doodles / icons. They cover a variety of topics, but not all the same ones as the topical post has.

For more, see the Masterlist of Printables which has things like whole calendars or planners that you can run off at home.

Would anyone here like to post about bullet journals at

goals_on_dw some time? Links are useful, but an actual post by someone familiar with the craft would be better. If you've already got a post on that topic, crossposting is welcome.

Could we get a style: bullet journal tag? I've seen people talk about them here, I think this may be where I originally found the style, so I was surprised there wasn't a tag for that already.

Current Mood: busy

ysabetwordsmith

This week's Hobbies theme is Tissue Paper Crafts. There are lots of links for art journals, collage, decoupage, etc. for folks who are into that kind of journaling.

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ysabetwordsmith

This week's theme is Calligraphy for all kinds of links to supplies and techniques.

Current Mood: busy

halfcactus

Hi everyone! I got into physical journaling (and stickers!) pretty recently and am very excited to find this comm!

I like using my journal to document what I'm reading/watching and to log my language learning when I encounter new vocabulary, but I'm often too lazy to sit down and update it...

Here are some assorted pages from my journal (currently using a Laconic planner) so far! Images are mostly hotlinked from my Bluesky account because I'm lazy, so I hope they display fine!

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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.

Current Mood: curious

spookyjim

does anyone have any washi tape recommendations??? i'm looking for some cutesy ones to adorn my journal with, and preferably some small businesses/artists but i'll take anything!! also: i'll gladly take some sticker recs as well.

the_broken_tower

I saw

seleneheart's post and thought I'd add some images of the apartment's chaos planner. :)
(Chaos: for organizing it, and because the organization style is little messy.)

( Planner Spreads! )

How do you organise your planner?

- Alfonz (he/him)

seleneheart

As I've said before, my planner season starts now. I ordered by next bullet journal and my work planner, and they both showed up this weekend - unexpectedly early! But earlier is always better!

This year's bullet journal is my old faithful Leuchttrum1917 A5 dot grid in port red:

Some day, when I get the space and time, I plan to have all my bujos in order on a bookshelf, and I choose each year's color based on whether it would look good next to last year's color on this hypothetical shelf. *goals*

Last year I did a year-long theme of video games for each spread, and I really enjoyed that. This year the theme will be children's books.

My EC work planner and stickers it comes with:

This planner holds to-do lists, notes from meetings, notes to myself, and a log of expenses that I need to turn in to be reimbursed. I use the stickers to tell me where I need to be and what time. I put stickers on both the monthly layout and on the week in question. I live in fear of not being where I'm supposed to be at the correct time and this system alleviates most of that stress. I also put stickers on the calendar for holidays when we'll be closed and to designate my vacation time, as well as random things like doctor's appointments that will take me out of the office. Oh! And birthdays for my co-workers so I can remember to wish them a good day, not that we are the type of office that gives out birthday gifts. This one doesn't start until August, but I have events scheduled beyond then that I can start putting in it.