I got into paper planners and journaling in June of this year and and itâs become a hobby now I guess because in the past I could never stick with it and here I have five notebooks I update daily/weekly.
Itâs weird to say you love your planner but that one covered in stickers has so much of me in it. Itâs my main planner everything goes in there. Iâve also done a bit of junk journaling in it too, where I just add stuff from my day or fun trips or wrappers from yummy snacks. Thereâs also a lot of gift cards from my favorite places in there. Most restaurants and stores will give you an empty gift card. You will get weird looks though lol
The one with flowers is my gratitude journal. Some days it really helps to actively look for the good because itâs so easy to spiral when things have been shitty.
The one with the banana charm is probably the most creative thing Iâve ever made lol itâs for memory keeping and I canât wait until itâs full and all fluffed out!! I see other peoples Hobonichis and they get so thiccc lol I canât draw but I fill it with stickers and âjunk journalâ, saving every scrap of my day lol my Husband now knows to check before he tosses anything out.
(I donât to know if junk journaling is collecting and keeping what most people would throw away or if itâs actually making a journal out of junk/scraps of things. Does it matter?)
The journal with strawberries is for journaling/brain dumps. Itâs where all the feelings go and itâs not decorated at all inside aside from a few random stickers. I try to focus on getting thoughts out and not so much caring what it looks like.
The pink one with breakfast on it is my âList Plannerâ itâs just a daily to-do list because I work full time, Iâm a parent, and Iâm in an Ultrasound program so I always feel like Iâm drowning with things that need to be done. I still feel overwhelmed but at least I know what needs to be done and when and half the time I get it completed lol
Itâs very relaxing to just still and âplayâ in my planners. For someone who isnât good at creating this is my way of being creative I guess.


















