TBH, I always find this cycle of trends really wild. From August-May, the trend is to buy multiple expensive planners, just to get to June-July when the trend is to abandon them all save for one... but just for one month... And then come December-January, the trend is to express disappointment for having multiple barely used books and for not sticking with any one thing for the whole year. I will concede that OBJ could be good if someone is overwhelmed, to figure out a system that works for them, but if they already have a good system regardless of the number of books, I don't see the point in trying to force it just for the sake of a trend. All that to say, I think you should just do you. Stay in them all, abandon them all; do whatever makes sense and works for you regardless of what's trending. Personally, I really like seeing your consistency, and how you update all your books in different ways, and I love all your ink swatching! For me, having more than one thing to "have" to keep up with is too much pressure. After experimenting with blank notebooks (DIY planner/bujo) in 2022 & 2023, I found a format I liked, so this year I am just using an A5 Take a Note planner for planning, and an A5 stalogy for any/everything else like journaling, notes, books, lists, recipes, pens & inks, tarot, commonplacing, etc. and I love it!

@mydandeliondiaries

5 күн бұрын

Such an interesting perspective! Thank you for sharing 😊 I didn't really notice this up/down trend until you stated it here. Just goes to show how there are ups and downs in all areas of life!

Your planners are really well used. I'm not sure I'd even try to cram that all into one. I just have a pocket day designer from office max. I try to spend $20 or less a year on a planner, but I got off track in 2023 and it followed me some into 2024. I was in personal rings before this.

@mydandeliondiaries

4 күн бұрын

It will be a challenge, but I just want to see what I can do 😊

For next year, you may want to check out the Journey Planner by Nisha Fernando. It is similar to the Common Planner (vertical weekly, TRP, etc) but also has a section for meal tracking (that I convert to overall health), a section for habit tracking, goal tracking, and a dated daily (with combined weekends in the back. Would probably be a great fit for you and I believe she said she is coming out with an A5 next year. (This year was the first year and it is a B6.)

@akio_mkno

5 күн бұрын

How is the paper?

@mydandeliondiaries

5 күн бұрын

@jodowick I saw the Journey Planner! I didn't end up picking one up because it was B6 (I really prefer A5) but if she offers an A5 this year I will definitely look into it.

@pbudinsky1

4 күн бұрын

How do you convert the meal tracking to overall health? I’m very curious.

@mydandeliondiaries

4 күн бұрын

@@pbudinsky1 By tracking my meals I am essentially tracking my eating habits over time :) I can see what I have been eating consistently and relate it to how I am feeling emotionally and physically. For example, times that I eat "cleaner" or introduce more fruits/vegetables I notice I don't have as many headaches or stomach issues, vs times that I eat out a lot or have more hearty meals I tend to have more headaches and stomach issues. I see the meal tracking as a piece of the puzzle in my health and overall well being! Hope that helps :)

This was an interesting watch! I think the one book system is such a dream for many. In a way I think it would be lovely to have everything in one, but I do tend to categorize things in my mind, so for me, multiple books works better. I have a thoughts journal that is only for processing my thoughts, a memorykeeper and a planner. I find it best for me so I can easily access the things I need and not get distracted. i think it's still a one book july for you, even if you keep the astrology stuff separate. As I see it, it's more of a reference/studying tool. It's more useful to have all of it in it's own space, so it says easily accessible.

@mydandeliondiaries

5 күн бұрын

Thank you! I love your "thoughts" journal, it sounds like it would be fun to read back through in the future 💖

Why don't you combine your astrology and garden planner???? After all back in the day it was kinda one in the same. Just an idea. 😊

@mydandeliondiaries

5 күн бұрын

What an interesting thought!! This is very true, I use the Farmer's Almanac and never thought to put astrology and gardening into one book 😅

This is easily the most thorough One Book July video I have ever seen! The way you’ve organized the information from multiple books into your one Big Book is incredibly impressive. The heart of One Book July is to simplify, in whatever way works for you, especially since half of the current year has passed. It’s a time to review what’s been working and what hasn’t in hopes of simplifying, if that is what you want to do. You’ve done a fantastic job of exploring whether or not that would work for you. I love what you’ve done so far, and I can’t wait to see how July goes for you!

@mydandeliondiaries

Күн бұрын

Wow, thank you! I'm excited for this challenge and am interested to see just how much I can put in one book haha 💝

I’ve been doing one book 2024 in an A5 Common Planner for my planner and a separate A5 Sterling ink notebook for messy journaling, scratch processing, and work notes. I’m almost out of pages in my common planner and stressing! It’s definitely taught me that I need one planner (one source of truth), but multiple notebooks. Portability became a factor that I wasn’t anticipating; discovered I like to have my planner on me as a security blanket. Which pointed out how much I DON’T need to be carrying around my work collections all the time. On top of struggling to find my pertinent work notes amongst my personal journaling and processing. I already know that I’ll be using a weeks size planner for edc, a notebook for end of day journaling/trackers/collections, another notebook for work collections and notes, and a fourth notebook for messy processing and scratch work. My planner is where I record everything, my EOD journal is where I review and visualize all that recorded data into layouts and collections that I can reference long term or use to see if I’m meeting my goals.

@mydandeliondiaries

5 күн бұрын

I love how you laid this out. Thank you so much for sharing!! Having one planner and multiple notebooks sounds like a great system!

@user-hf2ye5dt9h

3 күн бұрын

Having an EOD journal sounds like a brilliant idea!

Lovely discussion; thanks for sharing! I say keep up with the astrology book and any other planners/journals that you feel work best independently. I've done OBJ since the beginning and now I use it as a challenge (e.g. twi years ago I did a journal everyday challenge and I've been journalling ever since!). Don't force yourself to put everything into one book since you might regret it and have to back plan everything in your original book(s) afterwards! This year I'm going to do a 'Miracle Book' challenge where I write a column every day in a B6 SI notebook about a different topic (plants, animals, astronomy, etc.) just to learn about it. Happy OBJ2024!!

@mydandeliondiaries

5 күн бұрын

Thank you!! I love this "Miracle Book" challenge! Sounds like such a fun way to journal 💖

@Amrowe23

5 күн бұрын

I have been wondering how to use my B6 SICP because I fell in love with my standard size!!

@Adventuresover40

5 күн бұрын

This is a good idea for the miracle book. I have so many notebooks and what a great way to not only use my notebooks but to learn about the different topics. Thank you for sharing.

@VeganOrganizer

5 күн бұрын

@@Adventuresover40 Yay, so happy to hear that!! I hope you enjoy it!

I feel like gratitude journals get a pass on trying to be a planner despite a planner being a great place to keep a gratitude journal.

@mydandeliondiaries

4 күн бұрын

I think a notebook gratitude log would work well too 😊

I give you a LOT of credit for switching to one planner for the month of July. I only have two planners with are both the Hobonichi Cousin. The perfectionist in me would have a really hard time having blank pages in on of my planners. But I really like my system currently. It does not take too much time. I really enjoyed you telling us how you were going to move into one planner for the month of a July. You are very creative. Don’t be too hard on yourself if you don’t like being in one planner. Thank you for sharing this video with us today. I learned a lot. ❤❤❤

@mydandeliondiaries

3 күн бұрын

Thank you!! I am excited for this challenge haha

Maybe put a small garden section on each daily page? ❤

@mydandeliondiaries

5 күн бұрын

This is a great idea!

I'm not going to do one book july. I'm using 2 a5 stalogys and an a6 midori :)

Love this video, even if you are in more than one book you're looking at where you can simplify and I think that's what OBJ is about at heart. Some of us really require multiple books but I think July is a chance to look at what we need and what can be done more efficiently.

@mydandeliondiaries

5 күн бұрын

Yes! Thank you! This is exactly how I feel 😊

Ooh, I loved listening to your thought process! I look forward to seeing how you rearrange your Common Planner to fit the additional information for the month! My impulsive self jumped right into moving my planning to one book (2, if the weekly supplement counts as a second one), but it’s likely to extend to July. I think moving into a smaller book is my attempt to make my “work” feel like a smaller proportion of my life, and if I end up using a Cousin, it’ll be more so for memory keeping. I don’t know - I might be trying to justify leaving a space for my Cousin, even if I don’t use it for planning, bc I love the book. 😅

@mydandeliondiaries

5 күн бұрын

Thank you Alison!! The Cousin always draws me to it. I honestly miss using it this year already. There is just something about it that feels "homey" I don't know haha.

Lovely hearing your thought process, and good luck with the experiment!

@mydandeliondiaries

5 күн бұрын

Thank you Ru!! I'm excited to see how this goes haha

I am planning to do the same thing for July since I have the second book for common planner b6

I think that with the way my life is going that I want to combine my EDC and health planner as one. My garden info maybe in a plain notebook or in my EDC. The dedicated planner didn't work for me. The one thing I won't combine is my tarot one. I use it as a learning tool. However next year I will be going back to a notebook instead of a planner style. So as planners go, I think I will be sticking to just one and combining the EDC, health and garden. Then have my tarot learning journal. Oh I will have a separate planner for work, but I don't consider that for some reason because it stays at work and is only used as a functional work planner. I wish you good luck on reducing your stack. One book I feel is difficult, especially when you are using trackers etc. They take up a lot of room. I have extra room in my A5 CP, but don't use one page a day in my dailies.

@mydandeliondiaries

4 күн бұрын

Thank you Priscilla! I'm excited to see what all I can manage in one book. I'm glad to hear about your system 😊

Agh, I’m wanting to do this too!

I love the common planner so much.

I’m not consciously doing this challenge, but I’ve fallen into it lately anyway. My b6 common planner does everything I’m looking for!

@mydandeliondiaries

5 күн бұрын

💖 Yay! I feel like the Common Planner can hold SO much so I'm really excited.

You could do it a lot easier if you had a wonderland 222 A5, paper Tess design, A5, which has seven daily pages after the weekly +100 pages in the back or the journey planner. just something to consider I’m sure you’ve seen them all. I can get along with two planners. One for health and wellness, and mostly because I want to keep it and only look at that information at the end of the year, and then the other planner is for my gardening and everything else. I can never keep up with more than two planners even though I try, it just never works.

@mydandeliondiaries

5 күн бұрын

Thank you for the recommendations!! I am looking into both the W222 and PTD for 2025. I haven't made any defining decisions yet though as there's still plenty of time for me. I do like having my health planner as a small separate book...but the idea of everything in one is so intriguing!

A thought for your 2025 plannersif you wanted to downsize. I think you could put the first 2 planners into your common planner and then combine the last 2 into one planner. Again if you wanted to have less planners

@mydandeliondiaries

5 күн бұрын

Not a bad idea! I will consider this for sure 😊

Thanks for sharing your thought process. I plan on only using my B6 CP as my planner. I combined my daily journal with it, too. I just hope that I have enough pages in the back of it for it to last for the rest of the year in the daily/note's section. Just something to note, it's a little hard to see your pages...maybe just add tad bit more light?

@mydandeliondiaries

4 күн бұрын

Thank you Brittany! I appreciate the feedback, I have been working on my lighting a bit more 😊

I think one book July can be a great exercise in seeing how much you can fit into one book - but I also think some things might naturally work better separated as well. I’m just barebones planning at this point … so it’s not even so complicated! 😅

@mydandeliondiaries

5 күн бұрын

Good point! I do think that having some things separate may be more beneficial, but I still want to try this out haha

@tortagialla

5 күн бұрын

@@mydandeliondiaries Definitely experiment to see how you feel!

Where did you get your amazing girl witchy stickers you showed on your daily pages? I also love your daily layout and I am wondering what colored pens you are using to create the little headers and then write underneath it. I have been using all black and it just all jumbles together and looks too busy.

I’m sticking with Sterling Ink I always start the year off in many books it leads to burn out because even though I’m logging many different things of interest I only really pick up 1 book this started started off pretty bad I was duck for a few months got better around April/May I gave away my planners I had intended on using then once I was better I purchased a Sterling ink TN hortiztonal compact I’ve been it in ding June 27th it checks all the major wants and needs I have sometimes I drastically miss the A5 size but until I can master being in 1 book I don’t even want to entertain the A5 or Cousin because I always end up downsizing it was fun the first few years when I first got into Hobo before Covid I loved the whole planningJournaling aspect but the TN is just more realistic when I get the urge for a A5 I just pull out one of my old hobonichi cousins and just play around in there since I usually fall off around February so lots of unused pages and unfortunately I have a ton of incomplete hobo cousins I only ever fill up the A6 ❤❤❤

@mydandeliondiaries

5 күн бұрын

Sounds like you have quite the planner journey! I'm glad you have found something that has been working for you though 🥰

Could you do the health trackers on one page with a july dashboard? Just use two daily pages where you can separate out months and the first two pages can hold your health trackers, big goals for the month, a perpetual calendar where you can write your gratitude or highlight of the day. Basically a bullet journal way to set it up so you can have your health stuff in the A5 since the pages are bigger. Also, I agree with others putting your astrology and garden book together as one since I truly believe they coincide with one another, and so did my ancestors. Just something to think about!

@Amrowe23

5 күн бұрын

Also, could you use your dot system for the weather in your monthly? Just at the top of everyday. You can have a key that you transfer each month.

@Amrowe23

5 күн бұрын

Sorry for yet another comment - I can't edit due to half my screen not working lol anyways! Just wanted to add that no matter what you should be proud of going from 6 to 2! That's a major step down so be proud of that... And if you have to use 2 books or even 3.. it's still not 6 so be proud of that! Will leave you with more money next year to buy more accessories lol

@mydandeliondiaries

5 күн бұрын

So many wonderful ideas!! Thank you!! I like the idea of a dot system in the monthlies. I'm also considering weeklies for weather tracking.

ngl since that I like to do coding, I want to do my 1bookJuly within a single PICO-8 program... tbh I don't have much stuff to plan ahead and such because of my current life situations, so it would be mostly about writing down my daily slice-of-life. I'll eventually make it available to everyone afterwards as a digital zine (PICO-8 files can be shared as pngs!), and it'll be programmed to be in "slides" format (1 slide = 1 day).

@mydandeliondiaries

3 күн бұрын

How amazing! Sounds like you are going to create something truly unique! 🥰🥰

@FallingIntoTheBasement

3 күн бұрын

@@mydandeliondiaries thanks! 😊

not sure if I will try the one book July. yet I do like your thinking and using of your monthly calendar page. I don't have a lot going on in my life right now so I always struggle using that page. I didn't realize besides hobo that there were other companies that used TR paper. the "common planner" is that just the name that the company uses to give it a name or is it for how one uses a "common book"? thanks. Just found this channel and subscribed.

@mydandeliondiaries

4 күн бұрын

Thank you and welcome! The Common Planner is the name of the planner by Sterling Ink. I think she named it that way because it could be used as a common book if you wanted to. Here is a link to her store if you're interested 😊 I'm not affiliated just really like her planners and notebooks. sterling-ink.com

@PaperPensandCoffee

4 күн бұрын

@@mydandeliondiaries thanks for the information

I'm going digital this year for One Book July. My 2024 planner no-spend taught me that having many books could be streamlined. Anyone else giving up paper for a month?

@mydandeliondiaries

2 күн бұрын

Good luck with going digital!!

Hello!

@mydandeliondiaries

Күн бұрын

Hello!

What brand is your planner A5 folio? what color combination is it?

@mydandeliondiaries

3 күн бұрын

It its a Sojourner Leather Cover in the Desert Oasis color combo. 😊 I don't believe she still has this leather, but here is a link to her site if you're interested. I LOVE her covers and all of her leathers are amazing. Not affiliated, just a happy customer sojournerusa.squarespace.com/products

@sophiabitere3747

2 күн бұрын

@@mydandeliondiariesthank you. Where can I get that multicolor circle planner charm?

Where did you get your amazing girl witchy stickers you showed on your daily pages? I also love your daily layout and I am wondering what colored pens you are using to create the little headers and then write underneath it. I have been using all black and it just all jumbles together and looks too busy.

@mydandeliondiaries

5 күн бұрын

I get most of my big stickers from London Gifties! They are clippings from her PET Tapes 😊 She is from the UK so shipping is a bit steep, but if you order multiple rolls at once I feel like it evens out. Plus she sends TONS of freebie stuff. Link to that specific tape: www.londongifties.com/purple-redhead-dreamgirls---raised-3d-gloss-6cm-wide-pet-london-gifties-tape-10m For the pens, I use the Pentel Brush Sign Pens (aff link amzn.to/4eCpi1O ) They are my favorite brush pens right now. They are super well flowing and have great line variation. I like using color to break up the monotony of the black. There's too many beautiful colors to just use black ink! 🥰🥰🥰

@heathershannon0411

3 күн бұрын

@@mydandeliondiaries I totally agree! I’m a color girl. I’m going to check all of this out today and I’m ordering from you. It’s been in the cart far too long. Your channel has become my fave! Love the stickers and I’m all about astrology and love tarot and witchy things!