Mid Year System Review - Why Is It Going So Wrong?!

All aboard the planner struggle bus this week! In this video I take a look through my Hobonichi Weeks planner and consider why it's just not working for me any more. Whilst my Five Year Diary seems to be going (relatively) well, I just cannot keep myself interested in my Weeks planner.
I am contemplating my options - Push through with another Weeks but in a plainer style? Go back to bullet journalling? Or try something entirely different like a B5 in 2025? It seems mad to be considering planner systems for 2025 already but it won't be long until the new Hobonichis drop!
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[@annettefertitta6868]

Have you tried a travelers notebook sized planner or B6 like Sterling ink or paper Tess design I find that they give a bit more room and are less overwhelming

[@IllustriousShadowPlans]

I've pretty much had an A5 bullet journal or a Hobonichi Weeks, so not tried a lot else! There's a lot I like about the Hobonichi systems - love the paper, the grid style, font, and accessibility of purchase. It's going to take me a while and a lot of research I think to find something else! x

[@annettefertitta6868]

@@IllustriousShadowPlans the two that I mentioned are Tamoe River paper as well, one of the biggest differences is no quote and it’s amazing how much more room that gives you. I like somethings about Hobonichi as well

[@CsprsSassyHrly]

@@IllustriousShadowPlans
Just to give some information on these two:
Sterling Ink has notebooks with page numbers in almost every size, including but not limited to A5, B5, TN regular and passport, Weeks size, B6, B6 Slim, pocket… I feel like I’m missing some. The common planner comes in a most sizes (I think the only one I mentioned above that it doesn’t come in right now is B6 slim) and is Hobonichi style - with months pre-planned, weeks (both vertical and horizontal for most sizes) all in the beginning and you can either purchase a half year (272 pages) or a full year (520 pages). There’s some extra stuff in the beginning (quarterly trackers and such). She also came out with a compact this past year, which has 272 pages but a full year of monthlies and weeklies. The paper is 52gsm tomoe river paper (like Hobonichi) and the covers are PU leather (for most, if not all). The grid size changes a bit depending on the notebook size, I’ve seen 3.6mm x 3.9mm, 3.9mm x 3.9mm, and 4mm x 3.9mm. The Weeks is slightly smaller, if I remember but when you’re talking 3.5 or 3.9mm the difference is very slight.
Papertess Designs has their planner that comes in B6 and A5. This one is a horizontal layout, where the weeklies and blank daily pages are interspersed in the monthlies, so you get a monthly spread, two blank pages, a weekly, and seven blank pages, the next weekly, seven blank pages, so on. She also has a weeks size (I believe) planner that I know far less about because I’ve never been interested in it but it’s got a horizontal layout on one side and some task lists and a scheduler on the other. It’s an interesting and unique layout, I just personally have no use for as much as is shown. It’s also tomoe river 52gsm paper and I believe she keeps her grid at a 4x4mm grid. I’ve also heard people describe the font she uses as “romantic” - I don’t know what that means in font, but I do find I prefer the font on Papertess Design planners much more when I see it. And the covers for her notebooks/planners are actual heaven to touch. They’re soft and very slightly textured and so squishy. While Sterling ink’s notebooks are my personal favorite, Papertess designs covers win hands down.
This was pretty long but I wanted to help give you a brief intro to them, since they could be planners you’d prefer and were previously mentioned as an option.

[@myriaml3714]

If I can add something : Papertess designs also has a standard TN size notebook. That is bigger than the hobo weeks. The layout is 1 horizontal week followed by 7 blank grid pages and so on. The months are bulked at the beginning of the book