Just wanted to take a moment and thank everyone for the incredible conversation in these comments, this is what makes the planner community so great! I also want to add that this video or any opinion is NOT targeted at any shops whatsoever. Period. Trends come and go and shops do their best to offer a variety of products that cater to different planning styles and we should continue to support them ! Thank you as always for the continued love and support! ❤️
Please put up the polls on CZcams for those who refuse to use IG and FB. I refuse to use these platforms from not seeing my nieces wedding pictures, but just things that made me angry. 3 days after the wedding, and I am overseas, I still had not seen them, so I asked if some were posted, and I got told a lot went up the day of the wedding.
I have become so tired of planners and stickers and wasting money. I have decided to go book bound this year more vintage style just pen and highlighters. Thank you for making this video.
I think a lot of the “less” comes because the cost of everything else has gone up. It’s so expensive to buy food or go out that I now look at purchasing planner stuff or craft stuff in general like “I could buy this or I could go do something fun with my family.” So I choose to use my stash, which to be honest is way more than I could use in a year anyway. 😂
I agree with this! I’m on a debt payoff journey for 2024 so I’m totally using what I have. I also hate waste. I also fell guilty of getting too many planners and in 2025, I’m going back to two. My catch all and my budget. That’s it. Life is too expensive right now and having to write in too many planners, nah. I just need my basics and off I go.
I do love the Happy Planner. I have been with them for 10 years. I tried to journal in a bound book and I could not do it. I skipped on days. I just this bound book as a brain dump for my writing now.
I agree 100%!! For 2024 I am sticking with 2 paper planners and my budget planner is digital. I am choosing to pay off debt, start saving, and have more experiences with my family.
This is me too! My. Mom has cancer, and I have too much debt. I’m all about living with what I have for a while and enjoying what life has to offer! It’ll get me off technology and force me to move more too.
All very interesting. One day you wake up and realize how the over-abundance of supplies and accessories causes more overwhelm than joy. ONE year, I stayed in one planner all year. It was the best Planner season I’ve had since I started.
I also think the Pandemic and being at home all the time really increased no-white-space planning. People needed something to do, and it was depressing looking at blank planner spreads.
I was forced to work on my thesis, even though other students were just given dispensation for the whole covid period. So, I would have loved more blank spreads during covid. Try working on a thesis, during the lockdown in the states, and your university is overseas and you couldn’t get back there for 6 months.
Ive actually been feeling the opposite about planner hopping! I love lindseyscribbles and Megan rhiannon and they both talked a lot about their planner experimentations this past year. It helped me to feel less guilty about planner hopping and realize that planners can be your hobby and that's okay! Lots of people have silly hobbies ans this one is mine 😅
Living on a budget, stickers and washi tapes were not something I wanted to spend alot of money on. So, my "go to" has always been stencils that I could use over and over.
I used what I owned in 2023 and for 2024 I downsized the size of my planner to the HP mini undated. Really going back to basics helped me get things done.
You’re very welcome! I love having these discussions! They don’t happen enough and I think sometimes feel pressured into using way too much and it’s not sustainable
I am relatively new to the planning community. After trying most options - searching for the right system for me - I have found that I am happy with one planner and using supporting notebooks when needed. I am trending toward simplicity and sustainability. Great video!
All of this! After doing some spring cleaning this year, I was literally sickened by the amount of planner stuff I was not using. My son is off to college to study Environmental Science and Sustainability and he had to give me some hard truths about my overconsumption of planner supplies. I have since really scaled back on my purchases. I am definitely trending toward just one planner and maybe a companion notebook for 2024. Do I miss the cute sticker kits? Maybe. Am I less organized now? No. I'm actually way more productive with everything in one place.
Over-consumption was something that struck me immediately when I joined the planner community. I studied ecology and sustainability in for my undergrad, and I was truly shocked to see the massive amounts of just.... stuff. Over-consumption is something that I feel like the planner community (unintentionally) preaches. It takes vulnerability for you to really take what your son said to heart, and make changes that feel good for you. Glad to hear you're more peaceful with your planning now, that's what we're all working towards!
I totally agree that functional planning is being simplified accross the board. I think we should also consider planning to be functional/efficient vs planning as a hobby. For example, I use A6 rings to functionally plan my life, but I like to memory plan, I like to journal with planning supplies. So I may buy some pretty things because it is part of my hobby, but not purchase kits or “functional” items because functionally, I just use pen and graph paper 🙂
Such a valuable video! As a current non-sticker user I felt very out of place when I first dived into planner community and I think the consumerism is well intentioned just very overwhelming lol
This was a fun video! I totally agree with so much of this! Book bound, less is more and having planner spreads that aren’t identical to everyone else is where it’s at! Thanks for sharing.
Very interesting! I do feel like the collective consciousness of the planner community has moved through an experimentation stage and is now definitely streamlining and simplifying our systems with more self-awareness - which may or may not mean a change to their stacks or style. Like, now that I know how I need to use stickers and/or pens to plan for how my brain actually works I don't feel like I'm missing something shiny over there anymore! I have a better sense of how I can use what I have. I can look at a launch and know whether they're actually marketing TO ME or not. I think the economy (!!!) and the way social media has us completely overstimulated and overwhelmed has everyone craving more simplicity.
This was interesting! I have serious doubts about the planner hopping going away- at least not for the people who make videos. 😂 It is crazy to watch planner updates throughout the year.
This was a fun video. Some of my favorite planner videos to watch are functional with a lot of writing and not so sticker heavy. Here's to planning in 2024!
I am here for these trends. I’m new to the planner community and accidentally on trend. I’m on a tight budget and having fun. I splurged on a Hobonichi order with one Weeks and one Cousin plus new covers for the planners and a Weeks pencil board. I’m reusing my Cousin cover and cover on cover. I have a couple of calendar sticker books I got on sale. I’m shopping my stash and focusing on fountain pens (all but two under $30) and the journaling and memory keeping aspects of planning.
Never bought a sticker kit in my life. I use one planner a year and stick with that. I do like fountainpens and ink but since i don't enjoy a lot of color, i'm very picky with what i pick up. it's so easy to get caught up in all the things 😂
I hear this! I didn't buy a lot initially in my journey, and finally allowed myself to go on sort of a 'spree' earlier this fall, as I had never really LET myself buy fun stickers or washi as it's my first year really in the 'planner community.' Honestly, I'm glad I did because now I know what I ACTUALLY am going to use - and now I can be more discerning with my purchases in the future. :) Planning to shop my stash more in 2024. My rule is if it doesn't currently fit in my desk area, I don't need anymore 😅
This was a great discussion! I agree (and hope) that we are trending away from heavy stickering and huge planner stacks. I really loved the look of that and tried to make it work for me, and it just never did. I eventually became a pretty planning voyeur and a minimal/functional planner. Much easier on my brain and my bank account!
Yes I hope so too! Life has gotten pretty busy over so having a ton of decorated planners just hasn’t worked for me lately. Keeping it bare bones has been pretty therapeutic for me!
The giant decorated pages really just have to be an artistic outlet because I just don't see how you can be functional (if you have a busy life) and use something that has 80% of the writable surface covered in stickers. LOL Call me crazy.... I just don't see it
I agree with you on all points. I’ve been in the mindset of simplifying and decluttering my planner stuff. I’m using the A5 Take A Note for 2024. I love the Tomoe River paper and the layout works for me a little better than Hobonichi.
I’d like to add my perspective as an student living in finland! Finland has it’s own planner/journaling/junk journaling community mostly in Facebook. When I joined the community, happy planner was really in and I feel that people bought so much more things. Like you had to have 5-15 sticker books and then all of the premium washi tape like erin condren etc. However most of the people in those groups are not the most wealthy and in the past years i feel that more people are using what they have buying mostly cheap things but saving money for example the hobonichi planner. I myself as a broke student have done that and I love to look back at my self made journal with little washi and some stickers from childhood. Of course over the years we now have our own stationery shops as well and it’s grate because now we can at least get some of the nice things out there. Few years back it was really hard because the shipping is so costly!
I've been a planner person since 2015, but this is the first year that ive really watched a lot of planning content. With that said, I loved this video. I've been coming across the 9 planners with a sticker kit per week type of planning and have been tempted, but it wouldn't work for me at all. I am a very functional planner. I'm die hard Hobonichi for personal goals, and the big happy planner for work.
My word for 2024 is going to be “SIMPLIFY”. That’s for all aspects of my life … including my stationary life! Use what I have and buy no more than I need. NO More FOMO!
Yeasssss!! SIMPLIFY!!! I’m here for it in 2024!! FOMO is a serious condition!! It has lead to serious overspending and now I have “Planner Paralysis” because I have too many choices! What a waste!! I’m making some hard spending cuts for 2024 and using what I have! Thanks for sharing!! 🍁🙏🏻🍂
I always come back to Hobonichi and a regular traveler's notebook, with a ring planner for reference items. Classic, flexible, functional. I'm happy to see the box kits trend waning and seeing more journal inspiration for creativity.
I’m obsessed with journaling kits and the decorative stickers shops are offering! Perfect for journaling or planning not matter what planner you’re using!
Loved this video! Yes to the trends you mention. I like one primary planner....It took me a few years to figure out that its not efficient for me to write stuff in more than one notebook. I might as well go back to mountains of sticky notes, which is what I did before I found the EC planners in 2018. Happily spent 2023 in the Hobonichi Cousin and will in 2024 also. I love the flexibility and gobs of room. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and "survey results". Most enjoyable. And we all probably could do with a little more 'planner / supplies no spend' days....
Hi Julie, THANK YOU so much for this video!!I felt like you were speaking to me directly! lol Especially the planner hopping. I have literally been all over the place for 2023! I HATE it and have not been able to find my 'sweet spot'. My goal for 2024 is ONE planner. Thanks so much and happy holidays!
Great round up of trend predictions Julie! When I got in to a planning routine / using a planner, I quickly discovered it was a scene in and of itself! The stacks and stickers blew my mind (I'm a "keep things simple" girl). When a pendulum swings one way, it will eventually swing back to the other side, but for now I'm appreciating the low key, minimalist vibe 💟
Oh Julie what a wonderful truthful video. Yes on the weekly kits for 52 weeks $$$$$$$$$. More than I want in my Planner. Perhaps this will be the year that we all have more $$$$ in our wallets and less $ spent on a tool we all love so much. 💞
I don't think weekly kits will go away but I think we will see less intense usage/the kits spread out over multiple weeks. As someone in Australia, it's never been cost-effective for me to buy a kit to only use it on one week.
Very good thoughts! It’s very important to use your stash! And to figure out what your must haves are! I know I love paper and stamping so that stuff isn’t going away for me! I love embellishments/stickers and layering so a planner or memory keeping product needs to be in rings or discs because it requires bulk! I always say, write down what you have in your stash and come up with a plan before purchasing! ❤ happy planning and creating 😘
I have never, ever, ever been able to use more than 1 planner. I have 1 and only 1 for every year and absolutely everything goes in there. I would definitely get way too much anxiety trying to keep up with everything. Being over whelmed and then probably just end up using one planner and I guess because of my style of planning I have been using disc bound planner for about 8 years. Because its so friendly if I needed to add a section or remove them if I no longer needed it.
I agree with this so much!! My very first planners were Happy Planner. I got so excited and bought all the stickers. But then I realized that I just don’t have the time to customize every weekly spread and it’s too expensive for me to buy the supplies. Now I’m looking at an Erin Condren softbound A5 for 2024. Love the portability and how simple it is.
Great video for end of the year reflection for me! I had my floors done and had to pull everything out it helped to see what I have after I organized. 🙋🏻♀️
Great video Julie! I agree with the over consumption. I am in a Happy Planner for 2023 and moving into a Hobonichi for 2024. Years ago I would buy all the things and felt SO overwhelmed with all the stuff I had! I ended up selling everything. My current Happy Planner is just ink with a few stickers but mostly quite simple which is how I want my life to be in general.
I confess this year I was all over the place had no idea what I wanted or even needed. I’m pretty sure I bought every type of planner out there. I’m also pretty sure that most of my planner chaos is due to high levels of stress and anxiety with some major life changes and just being unsure what was going to work for me. We are moving Monday, my stress level is through the roof!😂😅
I agree I'm still undecided on what works for me, so I'm trying a small stack with the intention of minimalizing when I get a better idea of what I actually use.
I’m going to have to disagree with the thought that planner stacks are going away - so many of the people I watch have LOTS of planners. However, I do think they’re going with more minimal things (like stacks of Traveler’s Notebooks and things like that, rather than 14 Erin Condren planners 😂 Thanks for sharing! It was fun to hear what you and your other followers have been seeing/thinking
I still love watching ya’ll decorate your planners to the hilt. But, I’ve moved onto my Plum Paper Vertical Priorities for my daily use and my Plum Paper Horizontal Priorities for my Reading Journal. Since retirement I’m reading 200+ books a year. So I do use Peanut Butter Taco stickers on every page. But they are geared toward book types, not kits. And they are bright primary colors. Color makes my heart sing. I also bought a budget planner designed by SaraMarieStickers since I learned my pension budgeting from her system. I think that planner will be more cost effective than buying an EC Monthly Planner and buying stickers to set up every page. This system has really helped me managed my money, so I consider it money well spent. My sticker purchases seem to be limited to text only. Not cheap, but time savings. Now for the shocker. I started out as a Happy Planner girl and love the fact that my PPP are all punched for disk use. You can’t take the disks away from a Happy Planner girl! 😂
I am completely with you regarding the minimalism in planning. Most of the time I stick with only one planner per year, but I used to use a lot of stuff to plan: stickers and all the things. I have adopted the book-bound, pen and highlighter with minimal stickers (only because I want to use what I have). And let me tell you, this change has been liberating!
Many years ago I had a Planner Pad and a few highlighters. It worked so well and didn’t muddle my thinking with an overload of visual clutter. Thanks for your thoughts and opinions - as in most cases in life, less is more.
L O L - i just joined the planner community this after being so bored with hobo (after almost a decade) I came to see what else was out there. I am super happy I did - after experimenting with a LOT of things, I ended up with a A5 discbound plum paper planner, that I have turned into a larger planning system. I can decorate my dashboard pages with deco stickers to my hearts delight, and have more 'pen and paper' type sections as well. This has been my only planner once I decided, and i have bought the same for 2024. I might end up with a weeks for travel, but haven't decided yet. Everything I own fits on a single craft cart, and I plan to keep it that way! Fun video, thanks!
Great discussion!!!! I am sickened by the amount of money I have spent - and wasted - on totally nonsensical planner supplies!! I’ve bought more planner “stuff” than I could ever use!! I’ll be making some hard cuts to what I spend in 2024! Minimal planning will be the direction I’m going for sure! I will be cleaning out my planner supplies and donating a ton of it!! Just looking at all of it makes me nauseous and gives me too much anxiety! Thanks for sharing!! 🙏🏻🇺🇸👍🏻🍂🍁
I totally agree! I am overwhelmed by the visual clutter that I want to get rid of it all (in theory), but I am in the process of destashing as much as I can give away.
Buying planners in July. I know some of the smaller shops have to do this, but next year I’m buying my planner closer to the end of the year. If an option is not available, there’s plenty others out there. 🤷🏾♀️
I definitely think accessibility is going to be a theme in 2024, which I think fits with the "using what you have" and "minimalism" mindsets that are growing.
I found myself COLLECTING planner supplies, not utilizing them. I don’t mind spending money on something if I’m actually using it but I wasn’t. Also, I found myself spending money trying to make spiral bound work for me. It just didn’t and now I have tons of spiral bound stuff. I have always been a minimalist sticker user. I use a planner to clear my mind and have a clear vision of my goals and needs. Sticker kits were to busy for my needs.
I like stickers for important things or my vision boards but I’m a Tombow and dot marker girl. I use fitness and self care stickers when I need extra motivation and I really like month / day and goals / action header stickers for things that repeat throughout my planner because I like the consistency of it. I set that all up when I move into my planner every year. If had beautiful handwriting, I would probably just write it tho honestly.
Definitely agree when it comes to kits! I just got back into planning and was thrilled about all the kits available because I’m not super artistic. I bought some to try it out, but found that I missed decorating my spread based on my mood and using my random creativity on any given day. Plus, kits add up and get expensive.
I love that I changed to Swen bound planner with She Plans. It is a Beautiful sewn planner, with lots of options, easy to carry, sticker if you want, lightweight to transport in purse or on own. Split into quarters so much less bulk. I use some stickers and some pen. I love it seeing both! Not commented to either. Think about what you want and have fun!!! Thank you, Julie for this video and encouraging change!! Person specific but nice to watch videos
I agree with pretty much everything you said. I feel like while not quite minimal we are looking at lot less sticker heavy planning. More use of what we have which I really think will spawn creativity in a different way. I also think with mental health things the way they are we will see more using your planner to cope or maybe that’s just me. :)
Fun video! I agree other than coils. Even though I switched to rings this year, I don't think coils are going anywhere - like you said even ML switched to coil. Agree 100% will the sticker for everything. I am currently debating getting rid of all of those stickers. I still like a simple 1/4 box for events so I can move it around if something gets rescheduled. It also helps it stand out for me more than pen alone. The no white space planning has always blown my mind. I could never - my brain couldn't handle all that stimulation.
New subscriber here 🙂 I loved this video! There are a lot of things I agree with. I have fallen victim to the overconsumption in the past and it is something I have been working on. I look at the vast amount of Tombows that I never use, the washi tapes I thought I had to have but don't love, alllllll the notebooks. Okay, I have to admit, I love notebooks and tend to have them on hand for various things. I did the planner hopping thing a bit at the beginning of 2023 and in the last half, I have settled in my Cousin Avec. It truly is my brain on paper and fits all of my needs (work full time, full-time student, mom, wife, house to run, etc). I do have a supplement book on the side for when I need a blank page (collections, etc) and I love the Hobonichi notebook for this. One thing I can't get past is the planner stacks! I am completely shocked seeing the stacks that others have. The continuous planner hopping that happens is just exhausting. And expensive. I think people feel FOMO. A popular CZcamsr that I follow switched (again) and the comments from her followers were along the lines of, "Now I need this type of book!" I do admit, I enjoy the stickers and kits. I will make the occasional purchase from TCMC and do love her washi (her washi is so cute and I love to use it) and I do have some kits lined up, but I have started going with purchasing printables that I can buy once and print as many times as I want on my Cricut. It works great and it is cheaper. I am definitely more about function over form and planning is first, stickers are second, but I do like to look back over my Avec from July and see how my year evolved and the stickers to tell the story a bit. I see the fun in that, haha! I think your video was well presented and you laid out everything well! Thank you for sharing! Looking forward to your content!! 🥰
This!! You’re amazing and I agreed with so much of it. Love how you still emphasize and encourage people to do what works for them. Teamstickersforever 😂
I agree with all of it!! I bought a MomAgenda spiral planner after watching AmandasFavorites review it and I am so happy with it. I have always been a paper planner and am guilty of planner hopping!! I have finally found one I feel 100% content with. I will wait until the 2024 one is finished and then I will try my first ever softbound (from MomAgenda) I am in the stage of life where I want to downsize all my stuff and be more mindful of what I bring in. I feel like many in the planner community are leaning towards simple and what truly works for them now. Stickers are fun but I really only use them for holidays so I do not need to buy tons. Thanks for the video, its nice to see others that are feeling the same.
I agree with everything you said! This year has been pure chaos for me, planner wise, and I'm just over it. It's stressful to planner hop and have info in a million books and never know where anything is! But I started 2023 in one book and THAT obviously didn't work. 😆 So I'm still thinking through my system. LOVE the trend toward journaling stickers.
Agree! Along with simplifying and opting for clean lines, we are moving away from medium and large sizes and more toward a5, half page sizes for portability. Crisp white pages are also here to stay.
I totally agree. I started from not planning at all and ended up with all kinds of planners, Bujo, stickers, washi, etc. I was shocked when I realized how much waste of time and money I had made. It was a beautiful journey that brought me a lot of joy and I learned a lot, but from now on I will stop this crazy madness. Once I become a planner girl, I can't go back to "nothing" so for next year I have only one Midori Poket Diary planner, b6, ready structured by months and weeks, ready decorated and for daily appointments at work/life I have most simple & cheap but beautiful hourly planner ... that's all folks! Happy Holidays!! Happy Wisely Planning!!
This fall till next August I decided on an undated Clever Fox weekly horizontal planner. And I use mainly just pen and pencil. I love how it has 3 bookmarks, lots of note pages and space for all I need in the weekly view pages. 😊 Also, I loved this discussion! 💚
I agree with you for so many of these points! I've downsized things and was almost to the point of going Hobonichi alone (a shock, since I've always had a 7x9 vertical planner!), but added a small daily to the mix just for work items. In addition to feeling like I don't need to buy all the things, I was also spending so much time just updating all of the stuff and deco-planning. However, lately, we've been focusing on traveling and doing things outside of the house, and my planning time has reduced. We are still trying to develop a good routine for processing our digital memories and memory-keeping in general. I'd love to hear your thoughts in this space.
This video is spot on. This is the first year I really got into stickers and I’m only half-way through my planner (July start) and it is SO HEAVY!! For the first time in years I’m thinking about switching from an EC spiral to a disc planner. The problem is that I have soooo many cover I feel like I need to stick to a coil. I think think fountain pens are going to be trending this year.
I agree with most of the trends. I never thought I would use a bound planner, but in 2022 I tried some and am in love! The weeks is my everything planner. I like the A6 size tho and so I’m experimenting with turning an A6 Stalogy into my own weeks style planner. This year I have both, but maybe next year only an A6! 🤷🏼♀️
Wow Julie , this video has hugely inspired me to just be planner me . I love your honesty as well . I also decluttered my craft/planner supplies and just felt sick about all the wasted money . This is the year for me not to buy but use my own supplies . Thank you for a great video
Agree with all of this especially the planner stack/overconsumption aspect. I’m relatively new to this community but I have about 4 planners for the past two years that I had to say RIP to. But that was after I had purchased only God knows how many 7x9 stickers only to be in the Hobonichi Cousin for this year, so those stickers have literally been collecting dust. I will try to use up this next year. I’m looking forward to only carrying 1 cousin and 1 weeks for next year. I don’t do well going back and forth between planners so for me less is more. 1 everything planner and 1 health planner. Hopefully come this time next year I will still feel this way! I will say, your videos, even old ones help me figure out how to use up my stickers so that’s really helpful. Thanks for the videos.
I have to agree about the coil planners and use of excess stickers is out. I have enjoyed using discs and book bound quite a bit. The simplicity and ease of not worrying about how my plans look, rather what my plans are has been quite refreshing.
I agree, I have so much planner stuff, spend too much. I sold all my Erin Condren coil planner. Now I'm going through all my planner accessories. I'm using cloth and paper spire planner, pocket ring just through in my purse for appt. B6 TN for jotting down everything.
This was a great video, Julie. I am in agreement with it all. I’ve definitely been on the scale all the planning things down and have given away so much. The thing I have to do is stop subscribing to all these planning subscriptions. Cutting them all off in December. I’m definitely a one planner lady but this year I did try using two and I didn’t like having to update two planners plus journaling too. It’s all supposed to be enjoyable and if you make it turn into work that takes away from your hobby.
What is interesting is here in the UK, a lot of stationary shops have closed, it made the planner community really change. The planner conferences are fewer and people have gone to the basics. Coiled planners are not that popular, unless it’s a soft coil, that people can take off to include more pages, and different types of paper. The American brands are way to expensive because of the postage and Amazon seems not to sell refills or the season some of them were sold is like three to four months out of date. In a place like London, space is a premium, so to have a lot of planners where there is no room to pack them, has allowed for down sizing. Just to mention stationary shops closing, to get anything local is difficult, and to rely on online products when you cannot see how it works can be costly. So in the UK it’s had to downsize. Want say thank you for this video, there needs to be discussion on buying what we need instead of trends. Like it’s been mentioned before, the planner works for you, instead of working for the planner.
This has been the best journal vid with value! I was swept up initially with fomo. Until I became anxious with the task of storing everything . If it is packed away it isn't used and that won't do. I have recently joined a journaling meetup and it is so great to try a little this and that when shared versus buying all the latest washi ,stickers and so on. It reaffirms I want my journal to be a representation of me and not the other 400 journals using the same stickers ( no disrespect to the creatives making beautiful items) I now enjoy using my little hoard and not making things so precious. I agree, bound is the so nice! I have rings and spiral but was gifted a Hobonichi and the Flat life was everything. lol I didn't know I needed a planner with this layout. Again, your content was so on point!
I totally agree with you and would just like to add that if anyone was thinking of opening a sticker shop… look for holes in the market vs repeating the items you’re seeing successful in other shops! 😊
Love this video... I've just found your channel. I used to use Franklin Covey. That's right. Strictly for work and it was so costly. When I saw the lady drop her Palm Pilot in the Franklin Covey store and bust out crying like life would end because she just killed her device, I said I'd never get one of those! But then I got a Blackberry and several types of planners I didn't stick with. I've always been a paper list girl so when I discovered Happy Planner CZcams videos that used a bunch of stickers, this scrapbooker lost her little sticker mind. But I finally tried a Hobonichi Weeks. I can list till my heart is content AND it will fit in whatever purse with my big iPhone. Yes, the stickers still tempt me but I'm walking away. I have enough sticker books to last me a lifetime now if I feel so inclined. Plus those things are like $22 dollars now! That's a large fries at Five Guys LOL.
I've learned a lot of what works for you is what counts... I just got myself a simple binder to create my own planning system, because now I cannot justify spending so much money on something that I may or may not be using.. I'd rather create what works for me. 😍
Thanks for making this video i just started journaling (2 months nearly 3) and its really nice to see the over-consumerism being pointed out! i felt like before i could journal i needed washi tape, stickers, edge cutters, Tombow pens, ink pads and stencils it all is so much for just a simple hobby.
I used to frankenplan 6 hp planners, I’m reducing to 1 cousin. And so excited abt a simpler yet likely more complete process. I’m on my way to ditching hp leftovers and my stash.
Great video! I remember buying so many kits and then never using even half of them. Deco and journaling kits are definitely more functional in my opinion. It took me a while to realize that multiple planners don't really work for me. I love being able to combine my plans, journaling, and memories all in one. Two max. Will be interesting to see how trends come and go in 2024.
Me too! The planner community keeps us on our toes! None of these trends may even happen 🤣 As long as we are using what works for us and what brings us joy, that’s all that matters!
Great discussion, love hearing the community's takes! I've been a one-planner, light stickering kind of girl for a while so I agree with most all the trends. Only thing not for me I found was Hobonichi style planners--my vision just isn't good enough to read the tiny, light print. And I do love a sleek coil (I use an EC notebook sized one:) Thanks for sharing!
I just ordered a softbound 8 X 10 planner for 2024 planning. I'm combining my separate budget planner and weekly planner. I discontinued my monthly sticker subscription kit a couple months ago. All of this to say I agree with all of your thoughts on 2024 planning!
I've stayed in the one all year, and I've used what I had, I haven't brought anything and it's been the most productive year. Rather than planning to be time-consuming, it's allowed me to consolidate my time. I feel like I've finally found planning useful.
Good for you! 🙌 I almost got this for 2023. I jumped ship from rings to my Hobo cousin spring edition but haven’t strayed since. Kind of a relief to not allow myself to keep jumping.
I agree!! I was really never into the stickers, I really liked the different colors of highlights and markers. I’m a very simple person lol I’m really liking the discs and I just got a h. Weeks and can’t wait to start that one. If I like the weeks I will probably get a cousin. Now I recently started in bound buller journal doing the memory making instead of a scrap book. I have noticed that is starting to be a trend. The covers are getting popular too I think. I like putting my disc in them. ❤your video!!
Good video. I've been in a bound book since the pandemic and I've enjoyed it. The trend I wish would make it to the top is just being you. Not what people see from influencers per day but do what makes u happy. So much bandwagon ideas and abandoning what makes you happy. I wish planner peace amongst all for 2024! Thx for the video!
I LOVE this video!! Preach sister! It had to be said. :) I love stickers but I don't love so much how it bulks up the pages, specially when you use thinner paper, such as the filofax and the plotter inserts.
I totally agree with less planner hopping. I think the last couple of years, people were trying to figure out what was going to work, so they switched planners mid-year or had a big planner stack. Now that they (and I) have figured out what works best, we can just buy what we need. For me, that’s an Agendio Planner (that has monthly, weekly, and daily spreads) and an Archer & Olive Bujo for journaling and memory keeping. Thanks for the video!
I think that a lot of the things that we see in the planner community are a result of the pandemic and economy. People are not going to be able to keep up with buying all of the things. I wish as a community that we would stop encouraging people "to buy all of the things". I know we need to find what we like, but there is a line where it becomes excessive. I think people are still going to have planner stacks because it is the only way they can use all of the planners they have or want all at the same time. It also helps to justify their purchase. I personally think people have moved to bound books because it is trendy and it forces people to only carry the essentials, as you cannot stuff the bound book as much as rings and therefore it becomes lighter and easier to carry. I personally am trying a two planner system this year and next, because anytime I try to use more I end up not reaching for the third planner. I even stopped purchasing stickers because I was more concerned with having it look eye catching than the actually planning. It actually caused me anxiety to use stickers. Tombows, pencils, washi tape (my favorite) and paper for me. How I plan to get me giggles is to just switch covers, but even that will have a limit. I have been planning my planning system for over 6 months, including budgeting for it so I don't go into debt, the accessories, everything and I have to admit that it feels good. I am someone who thrives on restrictions because if left to my own devices I would ensure my own destruction lol
Great video! I agree about trend towards bound planners/journals. I use Hobonichi Cousin for work, Sterling Ink for my business and a handmade book for journaling and memory keeping. Shopping my stash of sticker books- using 1 every month and throwing out the unwanted stickers
Great video! I definitely have gone to a more minimalist style of planning and using more of what I have…unless it’s new pens and then I have to get them and try them or if it’s the cutest notebook ha ha
Just wanted to take a moment and thank everyone for the incredible conversation in these comments, this is what makes the planner community so great!
I also want to add that this video or any opinion is NOT targeted at any shops whatsoever. Period. Trends come and go and shops do their best to offer a variety of products that cater to different planning styles and we should continue to support them !
Thank you as always for the continued love and support! ❤️
Please put up the polls on CZcams for those who refuse to use IG and FB. I refuse to use these platforms from not seeing my nieces wedding pictures, but just things that made me angry. 3 days after the wedding, and I am overseas, I still had not seen them, so I asked if some were posted, and I got told a lot went up the day of the wedding.
Hey if you don't want your stickers pens ans washing I would def take it off your hands
I have become so tired of planners and stickers and wasting money. I have decided to go book bound this year more vintage style just pen and highlighters. Thank you for making this video.
Agree!!!
Unless you’re in debt and have goals - spending money on a hobby that you enjoy isn’t a waste. But overspending def could be
Me too!
I think a lot of the “less” comes because the cost of everything else has gone up. It’s so expensive to buy food or go out that I now look at purchasing planner stuff or craft stuff in general like “I could buy this or I could go do something fun with my family.” So I choose to use my stash, which to be honest is way more than I could use in a year anyway. 😂
So true! I’ve definitely been shopping my stash my stuff before buying!
I agree with this! I’m on a debt payoff journey for 2024 so I’m totally using what I have. I also hate waste. I also fell guilty of getting too many planners and in 2025, I’m going back to two. My catch all and my budget. That’s it. Life is too expensive right now and having to write in too many planners, nah. I just need my basics and off I go.
I do love the Happy Planner. I have been with them for 10 years. I tried to journal in a bound book and I could not do it. I skipped on days. I just this bound book as a brain dump for my writing now.
I agree 100%!! For 2024 I am sticking with 2 paper planners and my budget planner is digital. I am choosing to pay off debt, start saving, and have more experiences with my family.
This is me too! My. Mom has cancer, and I have too much debt. I’m all about living with what I have for a while and enjoying what life has to offer! It’ll get me off technology and force me to move more too.
All very interesting. One day you wake up and realize how the over-abundance of supplies and accessories causes more overwhelm than joy. ONE year, I stayed in one planner all year. It was the best Planner season I’ve had since I started.
Yes! That is how I feel...overwhelmed. I am getting back to the JOY of less and it feels good!
I also think the Pandemic and being at home all the time really increased no-white-space planning. People needed something to do, and it was depressing looking at blank planner spreads.
Didn’t even think about that! That’s a great point. I don’t even want to know how much I spent then 🤣
Totally see this
I was forced to work on my thesis, even though other students were just given dispensation for the whole covid period. So, I would have loved more blank spreads during covid. Try working on a thesis, during the lockdown in the states, and your university is overseas and you couldn’t get back there for 6 months.
Interesting to hear the trends. I can get on board with most but NOT with reducing/eliminating stickers. They bring my so much joy.
I am of the opinion that you should stick with whatever give you joy! Joy is a hard thing to come by these days.
I'm absolutely with you on this! I keep my sticker kits in binders and just flipping through the binders is enough to lift my mood on a crappy day. 😊
Ive actually been feeling the opposite about planner hopping! I love lindseyscribbles and Megan rhiannon and they both talked a lot about their planner experimentations this past year. It helped me to feel less guilty about planner hopping and realize that planners can be your hobby and that's okay! Lots of people have silly hobbies ans this one is mine 😅
Love that!!! I go through phases, just take a look at my IG 🤣 love this hobby!
Living on a budget, stickers and washi tapes were not something I wanted to spend alot of money on. So, my "go to" has always been stencils that I could use over and over.
Smart!
I used what I owned in 2023 and for 2024 I downsized the size of my planner to the HP mini undated. Really going back to basics helped me get things done.
Sometimes that’s what we have to do to figure what works for us!
Whew! I’m glad to hear this! It’s how I’ve been feeling for several months but kept getting drawn back in by social media. Thank you for sharing!
You’re very welcome! I love having these discussions! They don’t happen enough and I think sometimes feel pressured into using way too much and it’s not sustainable
I am relatively new to the planning community. After trying most options - searching for the right system for me - I have found that I am happy with one planner and using supporting notebooks when needed. I am trending toward simplicity and sustainability. Great video!
All of this! After doing some spring cleaning this year, I was literally sickened by the amount of planner stuff I was not using. My son is off to college to study Environmental Science and Sustainability and he had to give me some hard truths about my overconsumption of planner supplies. I have since really scaled back on my purchases. I am definitely trending toward just one planner and maybe a companion notebook for 2024. Do I miss the cute sticker kits? Maybe. Am I less organized now? No. I'm actually way more productive with everything in one place.
Over-consumption was something that struck me immediately when I joined the planner community. I studied ecology and sustainability in for my undergrad, and I was truly shocked to see the massive amounts of just.... stuff. Over-consumption is something that I feel like the planner community (unintentionally) preaches. It takes vulnerability for you to really take what your son said to heart, and make changes that feel good for you. Glad to hear you're more peaceful with your planning now, that's what we're all working towards!
I totally agree that functional planning is being simplified accross the board. I think we should also consider planning to be functional/efficient vs planning as a hobby. For example, I use A6 rings to functionally plan my life, but I like to memory plan, I like to journal with planning supplies. So I may buy some pretty things because it is part of my hobby, but not purchase kits or “functional” items because functionally, I just use pen and graph paper 🙂
Such a valuable video! As a current non-sticker user I felt very out of place when I first dived into planner community and I think the consumerism is well intentioned just very overwhelming lol
I understand you ✅🎉💛
This was a fun video! I totally agree with so much of this! Book bound, less is more and having planner spreads that aren’t identical to everyone else is where it’s at! Thanks for sharing.
Very interesting!
I do feel like the collective consciousness of the planner community has moved through an experimentation stage and is now definitely streamlining and simplifying our systems with more self-awareness - which may or may not mean a change to their stacks or style. Like, now that I know how I need to use stickers and/or pens to plan for how my brain actually works I don't feel like I'm missing something shiny over there anymore! I have a better sense of how I can use what I have. I can look at a launch and know whether they're actually marketing TO ME or not.
I think the economy (!!!) and the way social media has us completely overstimulated and overwhelmed has everyone craving more simplicity.
Yes! Overstimulated! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
This was interesting! I have serious doubts about the planner hopping going away- at least not for the people who make videos. 😂 It is crazy to watch planner updates throughout the year.
Definitely not for us creators 🤣🤣🤣
This was a fun video. Some of my favorite planner videos to watch are functional with a lot of writing and not so sticker heavy. Here's to planning in 2024!
I am here for these trends. I’m new to the planner community and accidentally on trend. I’m on a tight budget and having fun. I splurged on a Hobonichi order with one Weeks and one Cousin plus new covers for the planners and a Weeks pencil board. I’m reusing my Cousin cover and cover on cover. I have a couple of calendar sticker books I got on sale. I’m shopping my stash and focusing on fountain pens (all but two under $30) and the journaling and memory keeping aspects of planning.
Never bought a sticker kit in my life. I use one planner a year and stick with that. I do like fountainpens and ink but since i don't enjoy a lot of color, i'm very picky with what i pick up. it's so easy to get caught up in all the things 😂
I hear this! I didn't buy a lot initially in my journey, and finally allowed myself to go on sort of a 'spree' earlier this fall, as I had never really LET myself buy fun stickers or washi as it's my first year really in the 'planner community.' Honestly, I'm glad I did because now I know what I ACTUALLY am going to use - and now I can be more discerning with my purchases in the future. :) Planning to shop my stash more in 2024. My rule is if it doesn't currently fit in my desk area, I don't need anymore 😅
This was a great discussion! I agree (and hope) that we are trending away from heavy stickering and huge planner stacks. I really loved the look of that and tried to make it work for me, and it just never did. I eventually became a pretty planning voyeur and a minimal/functional planner. Much easier on my brain and my bank account!
Yes I hope so too! Life has gotten pretty busy over so having a ton of decorated planners just hasn’t worked for me lately. Keeping it bare bones has been pretty therapeutic for me!
Oops one last one - what is your office chair
The giant decorated pages really just have to be an artistic outlet because I just don't see how you can be functional (if you have a busy life) and use something that has 80% of the writable surface covered in stickers. LOL Call me crazy.... I just don't see it
Great video! I agree with all the things. Happy 2024 planning to all!
It was not a planner group but a decorative planner community.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
I agree with you on all points. I’ve been in the mindset of simplifying and decluttering my planner stuff. I’m using the A5 Take A Note for 2024. I love the Tomoe River paper and the layout works for me a little better than Hobonichi.
I’d like to add my perspective as an student living in finland! Finland has it’s own planner/journaling/junk journaling community mostly in Facebook. When I joined the community, happy planner was really in and I feel that people bought so much more things. Like you had to have 5-15 sticker books and then all of the premium washi tape like erin condren etc. However most of the people in those groups are not the most wealthy and in the past years i feel that more people are using what they have buying mostly cheap things but saving money for example the hobonichi planner. I myself as a broke student have done that and I love to look back at my self made journal with little washi and some stickers from childhood. Of course over the years we now have our own stationery shops as well and it’s grate because now we can at least get some of the nice things out there. Few years back it was really hard because the shipping is so costly!
I've been a planner person since 2015, but this is the first year that ive really watched a lot of planning content. With that said, I loved this video. I've been coming across the 9 planners with a sticker kit per week type of planning and have been tempted, but it wouldn't work for me at all. I am a very functional planner. I'm die hard Hobonichi for personal goals, and the big happy planner for work.
My word for 2024 is going to be “SIMPLIFY”. That’s for all aspects of my life … including my stationary life! Use what I have and buy no more than I need. NO More FOMO!
Such a great WOTY!
Yeasssss!! SIMPLIFY!!! I’m here for it in 2024!! FOMO is a serious condition!! It has lead to serious overspending and now I have “Planner Paralysis” because I have too many choices! What a waste!! I’m making some hard spending cuts for 2024 and using what I have! Thanks for sharing!! 🍁🙏🏻🍂
Great video! Trying to find balance and what works for you is key! Also, I agree - less is more! I am learning this! Thanks Julie!
Yes! Thank you!
I LOVED this video and agree with most of it. Thanks for all your information. Great job!
The irony of watching this after just placing my 2nd KAD order this week….😂
Omg love it 🤣🤣🤣
I always come back to Hobonichi and a regular traveler's notebook, with a ring planner for reference items. Classic, flexible, functional. I'm happy to see the box kits trend waning and seeing more journal inspiration for creativity.
I’m obsessed with journaling kits and the decorative stickers shops are offering! Perfect for journaling or planning not matter what planner you’re using!
Wow, you described my exact setup! I use Hobonichi techo for planning, standard TN for journaling, Filofax A5 for reference. Planner peace achieved!
Loved this video! Yes to the trends you mention. I like one primary planner....It took me a few years to figure out that its not efficient for me to write stuff in more than one notebook. I might as well go back to mountains of sticky notes, which is what I did before I found the EC planners in 2018. Happily spent 2023 in the Hobonichi Cousin and will in 2024 also. I love the flexibility and gobs of room. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and "survey results". Most enjoyable. And we all probably could do with a little more 'planner / supplies no spend' days....
Hi Julie, THANK YOU so much for this video!!I felt like you were speaking to me directly! lol Especially the planner hopping. I have literally been all over the place for 2023! I HATE it and have not been able to find my 'sweet spot'. My goal for 2024 is ONE planner. Thanks so much and happy holidays!
Great round up of trend predictions Julie!
When I got in to a planning routine / using a planner, I quickly discovered it was a scene in and of itself! The stacks and stickers blew my mind (I'm a "keep things simple" girl).
When a pendulum swings one way, it will eventually swing back to the other side, but for now I'm appreciating the low key, minimalist vibe 💟
Oh Julie what a wonderful truthful video. Yes on the weekly kits for 52 weeks $$$$$$$$$. More than I want in my Planner. Perhaps this will be the year that we all have more $$$$ in our wallets and less $ spent on a tool we all love so much. 💞
I don't think weekly kits will go away but I think we will see less intense usage/the kits spread out over multiple weeks. As someone in Australia, it's never been cost-effective for me to buy a kit to only use it on one week.
Ahhhh Julie. I love our community. It is so heartwarming to come on here and virtually be with my people
Very good thoughts! It’s very important to use your stash! And to figure out what your must haves are! I know I love paper and stamping so that stuff isn’t going away for me! I love embellishments/stickers and layering so a planner or memory keeping product needs to be in rings or discs because it requires bulk! I always say, write down what you have in your stash and come up with a plan before purchasing! ❤ happy planning and creating 😘
I have never, ever, ever been able to use more than 1 planner. I have 1 and only 1 for every year and absolutely everything goes in there. I would definitely get way too much anxiety trying to keep up with everything. Being over whelmed and then probably just end up using one planner and I guess because of my style of planning I have been using disc bound planner for about 8 years. Because its so friendly if I needed to add a section or remove them if I no longer needed it.
I agree with this so much!! My very first planners were Happy Planner. I got so excited and bought all the stickers. But then I realized that I just don’t have the time to customize every weekly spread and it’s too expensive for me to buy the supplies. Now I’m looking at an Erin Condren softbound A5 for 2024. Love the portability and how simple it is.
Great video! Love your voice and how well you articulate ❤
Omg thank you! You are too kind ❤️
Great video for end of the year reflection for me! I had my floors done and had to pull everything out it helped to see what I have after I organized. 🙋🏻♀️
Great video Julie! I agree with the over consumption. I am in a Happy Planner for 2023 and moving into a Hobonichi for 2024. Years ago I would buy all the things and felt SO overwhelmed with all the stuff I had! I ended up selling everything. My current Happy Planner is just ink with a few stickers but mostly quite simple which is how I want my life to be in general.
I confess this year I was all over the place had no idea what I wanted or even needed. I’m pretty sure I bought every type of planner out there. I’m also pretty sure that most of my planner chaos is due to high levels of stress and anxiety with some major life changes and just being unsure what was going to work for me. We are moving Monday, my stress level is through the roof!😂😅
I agree I'm still undecided on what works for me, so I'm trying a small stack with the intention of minimalizing when I get a better idea of what I actually use.
I’m going to have to disagree with the thought that planner stacks are going away - so many of the people I watch have LOTS of planners. However, I do think they’re going with more minimal things (like stacks of Traveler’s Notebooks and things like that, rather than 14 Erin Condren planners 😂
Thanks for sharing! It was fun to hear what you and your other followers have been seeing/thinking
lol I’ve tailored who I follow to people NOT using 20 planners a week. 🤣🤣🤣
I still love watching ya’ll decorate your planners to the hilt. But, I’ve moved onto my Plum Paper Vertical Priorities for my daily use and my Plum Paper Horizontal Priorities for my Reading Journal. Since retirement I’m reading 200+ books a year. So I do use Peanut Butter Taco stickers on every page. But they are geared toward book types, not kits. And they are bright primary colors. Color makes my heart sing.
I also bought a budget planner designed by SaraMarieStickers since I learned my pension budgeting from her system. I think that planner will be more cost effective than buying an EC Monthly Planner and buying stickers to set up every page. This system has really helped me managed my money, so I consider it money well spent. My sticker purchases seem to be limited to text only. Not cheap, but time savings.
Now for the shocker. I started out as a Happy Planner girl and love the fact that my PPP are all punched for disk use. You can’t take the disks away from a Happy Planner girl! 😂
I am completely with you regarding the minimalism in planning. Most of the time I stick with only one planner per year, but I used to use a lot of stuff to plan: stickers and all the things. I have adopted the book-bound, pen and highlighter with minimal stickers (only because I want to use what I have). And let me tell you, this change has been liberating!
Many years ago I had a Planner Pad and a few highlighters. It worked so well and didn’t muddle my thinking with an overload of visual clutter. Thanks for your thoughts and opinions - as in most cases in life, less is more.
L O L - i just joined the planner community this after being so bored with hobo (after almost a decade) I came to see what else was out there. I am super happy I did - after experimenting with a LOT of things, I ended up with a A5 discbound plum paper planner, that I have turned into a larger planning system. I can decorate my dashboard pages with deco stickers to my hearts delight, and have more 'pen and paper' type sections as well. This has been my only planner once I decided, and i have bought the same for 2024. I might end up with a weeks for travel, but haven't decided yet. Everything I own fits on a single craft cart, and I plan to keep it that way! Fun video, thanks!
Great discussion!!!! I am sickened by the amount of money I have spent - and wasted - on totally nonsensical planner supplies!! I’ve bought more planner “stuff” than I could ever use!! I’ll be making some hard cuts to what I spend in 2024! Minimal planning will be the direction I’m going for sure! I will be cleaning out my planner supplies and donating a ton of it!! Just looking at all of it makes me nauseous and gives me too much anxiety! Thanks for sharing!! 🙏🏻🇺🇸👍🏻🍂🍁
I’ve doesn’t quite a bit as well but I’m determined to use it or pass it on to someone who will get more use than me!
I totally agree! I am overwhelmed by the visual clutter that I want to get rid of it all (in theory), but I am in the process of destashing as much as I can give away.
Buying planners in July. I know some of the smaller shops have to do this, but next year I’m buying my planner closer to the end of the year. If an option is not available, there’s plenty others out there. 🤷🏾♀️
I definitely think accessibility is going to be a theme in 2024, which I think fits with the "using what you have" and "minimalism" mindsets that are growing.
I found myself COLLECTING planner supplies, not utilizing them. I don’t mind spending money on something if I’m actually using it but I wasn’t. Also, I found myself spending money trying to make spiral bound work for me. It just didn’t and now I have tons of spiral bound stuff. I have always been a minimalist sticker user. I use a planner to clear my mind and have a clear vision of my goals and needs. Sticker kits were to busy for my needs.
I have been in that same boat so many times!
Back to basics sounds great!
I like stickers for important things or my vision boards but I’m a Tombow and dot marker girl. I use fitness and self care stickers when I need extra motivation and I really like month / day and goals / action header stickers for things that repeat throughout my planner because I like the consistency of it. I set that all up when I move into my planner every year. If had beautiful handwriting, I would probably just write it tho honestly.
Love the aesthetics! Hoping for more vlog-type videos again. Loved the video
Thank you!
Definitely agree when it comes to kits! I just got back into planning and was thrilled about all the kits available because I’m not super artistic. I bought some to try it out, but found that I missed decorating my spread based on my mood and using my random creativity on any given day. Plus, kits add up and get expensive.
Kits definitely provide good inspo! I know that’s what I used them for a lot!
I love that I changed to Swen bound planner with She Plans. It is a Beautiful sewn planner, with lots of options, easy to carry, sticker if you want, lightweight to transport in purse or on own. Split into quarters so much less bulk. I use some stickers and some pen. I love it seeing both! Not commented to either. Think about what you want and have fun!!! Thank you, Julie for this video and encouraging change!! Person specific but nice to watch videos
I agree with pretty much everything you said. I feel like while not quite minimal we are looking at lot less sticker heavy planning. More use of what we have which I really think will spawn creativity in a different way. I also think with mental health things the way they are we will see more using your planner to cope or maybe that’s just me. :)
Totally agree with using a planner to cope! I know personally , journaling that last few months has been so helpful!
Fun video! I agree other than coils. Even though I switched to rings this year, I don't think coils are going anywhere - like you said even ML switched to coil. Agree 100% will the sticker for everything. I am currently debating getting rid of all of those stickers. I still like a simple 1/4 box for events so I can move it around if something gets rescheduled. It also helps it stand out for me more than pen alone. The no white space planning has always blown my mind. I could never - my brain couldn't handle all that stimulation.
New subscriber here 🙂 I loved this video! There are a lot of things I agree with. I have fallen victim to the overconsumption in the past and it is something I have been working on. I look at the vast amount of Tombows that I never use, the washi tapes I thought I had to have but don't love, alllllll the notebooks. Okay, I have to admit, I love notebooks and tend to have them on hand for various things. I did the planner hopping thing a bit at the beginning of 2023 and in the last half, I have settled in my Cousin Avec. It truly is my brain on paper and fits all of my needs (work full time, full-time student, mom, wife, house to run, etc). I do have a supplement book on the side for when I need a blank page (collections, etc) and I love the Hobonichi notebook for this. One thing I can't get past is the planner stacks! I am completely shocked seeing the stacks that others have. The continuous planner hopping that happens is just exhausting. And expensive. I think people feel FOMO. A popular CZcamsr that I follow switched (again) and the comments from her followers were along the lines of, "Now I need this type of book!" I do admit, I enjoy the stickers and kits. I will make the occasional purchase from TCMC and do love her washi (her washi is so cute and I love to use it) and I do have some kits lined up, but I have started going with purchasing printables that I can buy once and print as many times as I want on my Cricut. It works great and it is cheaper. I am definitely more about function over form and planning is first, stickers are second, but I do like to look back over my Avec from July and see how my year evolved and the stickers to tell the story a bit. I see the fun in that, haha! I think your video was well presented and you laid out everything well! Thank you for sharing! Looking forward to your content!! 🥰
Thank you so much!
This!! You’re amazing and I agreed with so much of it. Love how you still emphasize and encourage people to do what works for them. Teamstickersforever 😂
Stickers forever!!!! 😘😘😘
I agree with all of it!! I bought a MomAgenda spiral planner after watching AmandasFavorites review it and I am so happy with it. I have always been a paper planner and am guilty of planner hopping!! I have finally found one I feel 100% content with. I will wait until the 2024 one is finished and then I will try my first ever softbound (from MomAgenda) I am in the stage of life where I want to downsize all my stuff and be more mindful of what I bring in. I feel like many in the planner community are leaning towards simple and what truly works for them now. Stickers are fun but I really only use them for holidays so I do not need to buy tons. Thanks for the video, its nice to see others that are feeling the same.
I agree with everything you said! This year has been pure chaos for me, planner wise, and I'm just over it. It's stressful to planner hop and have info in a million books and never know where anything is! But I started 2023 in one book and THAT obviously didn't work. 😆 So I'm still thinking through my system. LOVE the trend toward journaling stickers.
Agree! Along with simplifying and opting for clean lines, we are moving away from medium and large sizes and more toward a5, half page sizes for portability. Crisp white pages are also here to stay.
I totally agree. I started from not planning at all and ended up with all kinds of planners, Bujo, stickers, washi, etc. I was shocked when I realized how much waste of time and money I had made. It was a beautiful journey that brought me a lot of joy and I learned a lot, but from now on I will stop this crazy madness. Once I become a planner girl, I can't go back to "nothing" so for next year I have only one Midori Poket Diary planner, b6, ready structured by months and weeks, ready decorated and for daily appointments at work/life I have most simple & cheap but beautiful hourly planner ... that's all folks! Happy Holidays!! Happy Wisely Planning!!
This fall till next August I decided on an undated Clever Fox weekly horizontal planner. And I use mainly just pen and pencil. I love how it has 3 bookmarks, lots of note pages and space for all I need in the weekly view pages. 😊
Also, I loved this discussion! 💚
I love my Clever Fox planner. It was definitely a great move for me so I hope you enjoy it!
I agree with you for so many of these points! I've downsized things and was almost to the point of going Hobonichi alone (a shock, since I've always had a 7x9 vertical planner!), but added a small daily to the mix just for work items. In addition to feeling like I don't need to buy all the things, I was also spending so much time just updating all of the stuff and deco-planning. However, lately, we've been focusing on traveling and doing things outside of the house, and my planning time has reduced. We are still trying to develop a good routine for processing our digital memories and memory-keeping in general. I'd love to hear your thoughts in this space.
Awesome video! I agree with all The points given.
Thank you! 😊
This video is spot on. This is the first year I really got into stickers and I’m only half-way through my planner (July start) and it is SO HEAVY!!
For the first time in years I’m thinking about switching from an EC spiral to a disc planner. The problem is that I have soooo many cover I feel like I need to stick to a coil.
I think think fountain pens are going to be trending this year.
Such a fun video! Thank you
I agree with most of the trends. I never thought I would use a bound planner, but in 2022 I tried some and am in love! The weeks is my everything planner. I like the A6 size tho and so I’m experimenting with turning an A6 Stalogy into my own weeks style planner.
This year I have both, but maybe next year only an A6! 🤷🏼♀️
Wow Julie , this video has hugely inspired me to just be planner me . I love your honesty as well . I also decluttered my craft/planner supplies and just felt sick about all the wasted money . This is the year for me not to buy but use my own supplies . Thank you for a great video
Agree with all of this especially the planner stack/overconsumption aspect. I’m relatively new to this community but I have about 4 planners for the past two years that I had to say RIP to. But that was after I had purchased only God knows how many 7x9 stickers only to be in the Hobonichi Cousin for this year, so those stickers have literally been collecting dust. I will try to use up this next year. I’m looking forward to only carrying 1 cousin and 1 weeks for next year. I don’t do well going back and forth between planners so for me less is more. 1 everything planner and 1 health planner. Hopefully come this time next year I will still feel this way! I will say, your videos, even old ones help me figure out how to use up my stickers so that’s really helpful. Thanks for the videos.
I have to agree about the coil planners and use of excess stickers is out. I have enjoyed using discs and book bound quite a bit. The simplicity and ease of not worrying about how my plans look, rather what my plans are has been quite refreshing.
I agree, I have so much planner stuff, spend too much. I sold all my Erin Condren coil planner. Now I'm going through all my planner accessories. I'm using cloth and paper spire planner, pocket ring just through in my purse for appt. B6 TN for jotting down everything.
This was a great video, Julie. I am in agreement with it all. I’ve definitely been on the scale all the planning things down and have given away so much. The thing I have to do is stop subscribing to all these planning subscriptions. Cutting them all off in December. I’m definitely a one planner lady but this year I did try using two and I didn’t like having to update two planners plus journaling too. It’s all supposed to be enjoyable and if you make it turn into work that takes away from your hobby.
What is interesting is here in the UK, a lot of stationary shops have closed, it made the planner community really change. The planner conferences are fewer and people have gone to the basics. Coiled planners are not that popular, unless it’s a soft coil, that people can take off to include more pages, and different types of paper. The American brands are way to expensive because of the postage and Amazon seems not to sell refills or the season some of them were sold is like three to four months out of date. In a place like London, space is a premium, so to have a lot of planners where there is no room to pack them, has allowed for down sizing. Just to mention stationary shops closing, to get anything local is difficult, and to rely on online products when you cannot see how it works can be costly. So in the UK it’s had to downsize.
Want say thank you for this video, there needs to be discussion on buying what we need instead of trends. Like it’s been mentioned before, the planner works for you, instead of working for the planner.
What a fun video! Thank you 🎉
This has been the best journal vid with value! I was swept up initially with fomo. Until I became anxious with the task of storing everything .
If it is packed away it isn't used and that won't do. I have recently joined a journaling meetup and it is so great to try a little this and that when shared versus buying all the latest washi ,stickers and so on. It reaffirms I want my journal to be a representation of me and not the other 400 journals using the same stickers ( no disrespect to the creatives making beautiful items) I now enjoy using my little hoard and not making things so precious. I agree, bound is the so nice! I have rings and spiral but was gifted a Hobonichi and the Flat life was everything. lol I didn't know I needed a planner with this layout. Again, your content was so on point!
I totally agree with you and would just like to add that if anyone was thinking of opening a sticker shop… look for holes in the market vs repeating the items you’re seeing successful in other shops! 😊
Love this video... I've just found your channel. I used to use Franklin Covey. That's right. Strictly for work and it was so costly. When I saw the lady drop her Palm Pilot in the Franklin Covey store and bust out crying like life would end because she just killed her device, I said I'd never get one of those! But then I got a Blackberry and several types of planners I didn't stick with. I've always been a paper list girl so when I discovered Happy Planner CZcams videos that used a bunch of stickers, this scrapbooker lost her little sticker mind. But I finally tried a Hobonichi Weeks. I can list till my heart is content AND it will fit in whatever purse with my big iPhone. Yes, the stickers still tempt me but I'm walking away. I have enough sticker books to last me a lifetime now if I feel so inclined. Plus those things are like $22 dollars now! That's a large fries at Five Guys LOL.
I've learned a lot of what works for you is what counts... I just got myself a simple binder to create my own planning system, because now I cannot justify spending so much money on something that I may or may not be using.. I'd rather create what works for me. 😍
Thanks for making this video i just started journaling (2 months nearly 3) and its really nice to see the over-consumerism being pointed out! i felt like before i could journal i needed washi tape, stickers, edge cutters, Tombow pens, ink pads and stencils it all is so much for just a simple hobby.
I used to frankenplan 6 hp planners, I’m reducing to 1 cousin. And so excited abt a simpler yet likely more complete process. I’m on my way to ditching hp leftovers and my stash.
Great video! I remember buying so many kits and then never using even half of them. Deco and journaling kits are definitely more functional in my opinion. It took me a while to realize that multiple planners don't really work for me. I love being able to combine my plans, journaling, and memories all in one. Two max. Will be interesting to see how trends come and go in 2024.
Me too! The planner community keeps us on our toes! None of these trends may even happen 🤣 As long as we are using what works for us and what brings us joy, that’s all that matters!
Great discussion, love hearing the community's takes! I've been a one-planner, light stickering kind of girl for a while so I agree with most all the trends. Only thing not for me I found was Hobonichi style planners--my vision just isn't good enough to read the tiny, light print. And I do love a sleek coil (I use an EC notebook sized one:) Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for watching!
I just ordered a softbound 8 X 10 planner for 2024 planning. I'm combining my separate budget planner and weekly planner. I discontinued my monthly sticker subscription kit a couple months ago. All of this to say I agree with all of your thoughts on 2024 planning!
Yes, I also changed my Planner Perfect box to only the planner book. I have way too many washi and stickers. I want to use them all this year.
OMG, I just burst out laughing with the “sticker for cleaning the toilet”!! 🤣
I've stayed in the one all year, and I've used what I had, I haven't brought anything and it's been the most productive year. Rather than planning to be time-consuming, it's allowed me to consolidate my time. I feel like I've finally found planning useful.
Good for you! 🙌
I almost got this for 2023. I jumped ship from rings to my Hobo cousin spring edition but haven’t strayed since. Kind of a relief to not allow myself to keep jumping.
I agree!!
I was really never into the stickers, I really liked the different colors of highlights and markers. I’m a very simple person lol
I’m really liking the discs and I just got a h. Weeks and can’t wait to start that one. If I like the weeks I will probably get a cousin.
Now I recently started in bound buller journal doing the memory making instead of a scrap book. I have noticed that is starting to be a trend.
The covers are getting popular too I think. I like putting my disc in them.
❤your video!!
I am so happy it's becoming more easier, ever was so complex
Good video. I've been in a bound book since the pandemic and I've enjoyed it. The trend I wish would make it to the top is just being you. Not what people see from influencers per day but do what makes u happy. So much bandwagon ideas and abandoning what makes you happy. I wish planner peace amongst all for 2024! Thx for the video!
you are very welcome, thank you for watching!
I LOVE this video!! Preach sister! It had to be said. :) I love stickers but I don't love so much how it bulks up the pages, specially when you use thinner paper, such as the filofax and the plotter inserts.
I totally agree with less planner hopping. I think the last couple of years, people were trying to figure out what was going to work, so they switched planners mid-year or had a big planner stack. Now that they (and I) have figured out what works best, we can just buy what we need. For me, that’s an Agendio Planner (that has monthly, weekly, and daily spreads) and an Archer & Olive Bujo for journaling and memory keeping. Thanks for the video!
I agree! I hop A LOT when I’m in a rut or the season of my life requires a different planning style!
I think that a lot of the things that we see in the planner community are a result of the pandemic and economy. People are not going to be able to keep up with buying all of the things. I wish as a community that we would stop encouraging people "to buy all of the things". I know we need to find what we like, but there is a line where it becomes excessive. I think people are still going to have planner stacks because it is the only way they can use all of the planners they have or want all at the same time. It also helps to justify their purchase. I personally think people have moved to bound books because it is trendy and it forces people to only carry the essentials, as you cannot stuff the bound book as much as rings and therefore it becomes lighter and easier to carry. I personally am trying a two planner system this year and next, because anytime I try to use more I end up not reaching for the third planner. I even stopped purchasing stickers because I was more concerned with having it look eye catching than the actually planning. It actually caused me anxiety to use stickers. Tombows, pencils, washi tape (my favorite) and paper for me. How I plan to get me giggles is to just switch covers, but even that will have a limit. I have been planning my planning system for over 6 months, including budgeting for it so I don't go into debt, the accessories, everything and I have to admit that it feels good. I am someone who thrives on restrictions because if left to my own devices I would ensure my own destruction lol
Switching covers is such a great way to feel like you changed things up without changing your whole system! Thank you for sharing that!
Great video! I agree about trend towards bound planners/journals. I use Hobonichi Cousin for work, Sterling Ink for my business and a handmade book for journaling and memory keeping. Shopping my stash of sticker books- using 1 every month and throwing out the unwanted stickers
Shopping my stash! Make room for the new stuff ;)
Great video and opinions! 100% agree!
Great video! I definitely have gone to a more minimalist style of planning and using more of what I have…unless it’s new pens and then I have to get them and try them or if it’s the cutest notebook ha ha
Love that!
Omg I couldn’t agree with you more. Sooooo true everything you said