Short planner tour

 Since graduating college I've been using a planner to organize my life. Days, weeks, months, years, etc. Everything from Vet trips to Vacations. Usually I get a planner from the CVS aisle with notebooks and index cards. They're never any good. The layout is always too "day focused", with the entire 2 page spread divided up for the 7 days in a week. No room for notes, todo lists, doodles. Black covers, no fun. This year I decided to do something different and got a Hobonichi Techno weekly horizontal planner. I have been using it since December last year and it is my beloved child. 

This year's planner!

Small enough to fit in any of my purses but with plenty of room to write any upcoming activity, it's amazing. The layout of the week on the left and notes on the right is perfect. I have so much space to add a weekly todo list, addresses, bus routes, chores, doodles, whatever, without feeling like I'm running out of space to add activities or appointments to a certain day. (respectfully to you I don't feel comfortable sharing an entire week, but I will share snippets!)

Blank layout its perfect :)

There are quotes at the bottom of each week from authors, inventors, even Shigeru Miyamoto!

As a result, the planner has a very playful, cheery vibe that encourages you to do whatever you want with it. Here I got really excited for Valentines Day :) 

And here are some absent minded doodles I made on the train. Please ignore the chores table I'm usually better I promise...

Each week takes on it's own character with the length of my todo list, little reminders I leave (below!) about upcoming events, one-off lists of things I need at a store, a specific bus route I need to remember, doodles of cats or trees or whatever I see while I'm bored on the train. It all comes together to make every week feel distinct and memorable.

big week for birthdays

This is the first time I've bought a planner not from CVS. I don't think I'm ever going back. I have too much fun just planning my week! Unless I find something truly radical in the future, I'm 100% going to stick with this style of planner for the rest of my life.