Thank you for pointing out that it doesn’t make sense to make purchases you won’t really use just to get the buy-high. I love watching people enjoy their new acquisitions. It’s not fun if it makes me covetous, or if the creator of the content is ruining themself to buy stuff so I can watch them open it. Inflation is deadly right now, and anyone who wants to have a future has to navigate with caution and cutbacks to keep life fun and low-stress. Never be ashamed to be smart about your spending. ❤

@mspris417thompson2

7 ай бұрын

I was once one of those people and now I’m free. I use what I have.

I LOVE that you actually use up these empty journals! So many planer channels change their planers like every other month and never fill up these half empty books. If you buy a journal either commit, sell it before you use it or find an other purpose.

I am obsessed with the way the 5 years look side by side. ❤❤ I start mine this year and I can't wait to fill it full. My favorite journal ever.

I think you may have been my inspiration for getting my own 5 year to start in 2024. I hadn't realized how long I've been watching your channel. I wanted to get it last year but I have a weird OCD thing about 3s and I didn't want it to start on 2023. lol I'm excited to see how it looks in a few years. Thanks for the haul vid. Loved it.

@plan4life

9 ай бұрын

He was my inspiration to get mine this year, 2023. I continually try to make mine look as interesting as his, but my art and decoration sucks. Can’t wait to be on the second year though and look back a year earlier.

I love hearing the prices. It helps me realize that I don't actually need a Hobonichi on top of the planners I already have 😅 Maybe I'll get one some day but it would have to be on sale

I love the way your 5 year looks 🥰. It makes me want one. I should have started last year when my granddaughter was born.

I will complete my 5 year techo this year as well 🎉 Everything you talked about this journal is so relatable!

LOVE how committed you are to this book. I've loved catching up with you on these!

Congratulations on finishing your 5 Year Techo!!! You're the reason I got mine in 2021. It's definitely a huge commitment -- I have so many blank pages 🤣 but i still treasure it and will likely fill up the blanks with doodles or something. I still have two years left before I get another 5 year techo... I'm savoring this one cus it's very likely that by 2026, I'll be using the Tomoe River S paper instead of the OG. Oh well! Here's to new stationery! Happy hobonichi haul 💖

I'm finishing year 3 of my 5-year journal. It's not a Hobonichi but when I have this one full, definitely going with the Hobonichi A5 size. Always enjoy your 5-year journal videos!

“I’m not a scientist” 😂😂😂 TFS James ✨📚💖

I like your presentation style. I’ve been needing out on Hobonichi hauls and coming across more content creators on KZread. I just subbed. Look forward to your content.

New subscriber here. I bought my first 5-year Hobonichi to start in 2024 and I appreciate the tips you gave in your video -- thank you!

I enjoy every bit, thank you so much. I got one thanks to you one year and half ago, also to my 3 children. I think is over the top.

Love love this journal. 💕🌸

Thank you for sharing! Great thoughts on the 5 year. I couldn’t have said it better love. I can’t wait to continue to watch you grow and create! Cheers to a massive achievement of a VERY FULL!!! 5 years and here’s to the next 5, 10, 50+++++ ❤

I blame you for introducing me to Hobo, last year!! In a good way. It has been game changing for me! I love this years pen!! I feel like it is an olive green, myself. Thanks for sharing and introducing me to my addiction!

Nice Haul James looks so great

you are the first male that i follow about the journaling content on youtube

Accidentally found your channel while I browsing for hobonichi, I love the explanation about the 5 years journal. A great commitment 😊 inspiring, next year autumn I plan to go Tokyo , hope to get 1 or 2 hobonichi planner there depending on budget 😂 now I mainly use for sketching as the paper is great with Fountain pens. Thanks for sharing.

I just love your videos.

Very inspirational. Loved this.

That completed 5 Yr is glorious! ♥️

Good Day, James. (Speaking of five years of ones' life...) While I'm not new to your channel, I still enjoy popping in-and-out. Since it is the Halloween season, I thought I'd tell you about a journal that you recommended we make back in 2017. Being a 'new-be' journal maker at the time, I accidentally made it too large, as in number of pages. I did all the prompts you recommended back then, and was left with PAGES to fill. So, I put it in a safe spot, and retrieved it the next October, and the October after that and the next one after that and so on, and have been enjoying and loving adding to it ever since , (5+ years). However I've sadly started to run out of pages, so I think I'll add "flip" pages to keep it going forever. Happy Halloween. 😺🎃😻🧡

I'm new to Hobonichi, discovered it all through my KZread feed and took a deep-dive down the unboxing rabbithole. Have ordered my first - expensive for me but it will encourage me to get back into journalling. Thank you for your very real approach - awesome to hear a fellow Aussie accent 😊

gday James ,tania from Brisbane Australia , so great to come across a fellow aussie that loves planning, I recently purchased a hobonichi A6 HON day to day page, didn't purchase from hobonichi website i thought shipping was a bit expensive, so I purchased it from amazon Australia - free shipping 😂

❤ your videos!

I JUST GOT mine and super happyyyyy. I’ll get the 5 year next year!

The TRP-S seems quite good. It is a tad thicker but not by much. There seems to be less drying time with pens. Therefore, less chances to smear the ink.

We used Barbasol shaving cream to soften our brand new softball gloves and I used it on my son's baseball glove 30 years later.

I looked up the yen conversion. It's 1.48 yen to $1. wow

Im loving myself sick w your next 5year James, even the box colour too. I'm sure Hobonichi would have sold more 5YR this year due to everyone enjoying your videos

Use the extra boxes to extend the height of the other boxes so your chunky 5 year journal has a box again. 😊🌈

The pens this year make me think and want mint chocolate chip ice cream. Yummy!

Love your 5 Year! ❤ Don‘t think it‘s possible to break the binding of a Hobonichi (it‘s just so good - I always flip my A6 in on itself after mid-year to get a flat writing surface and it works just fine), but I‘ve seen 5 Year journals with the vinyl cover fallen off. I use my little gift bag to store chargers, by the way.

What do you use for photos in your 5 year? Buying a cousin this year for memory keeping and would like to incorporate photos

I’m on year three of my five year! It’s CHUNKED UP, and I would run through the flames to get it.

If you don’t use the self adhesive corner pocket that comes with the weeks, I’d love to buy it from you. I need a few of them.

Love all the things you got! Will you use a cover on your new 5-year? I have just received mine for 2024-2028 and thought I didn't want a cover on it. But now I'm not so sure. The book just feels so bare and unprotected. 😅 Do you feel like using a cover on your current one was a must?

Wow that comparison with the 5yr. I’m using an A5 size and once I finish that by 2025 I’ll switch to the A6 size.

I took my snack bag to work and filled it with muesli bars and coffee sachets and put it on my desk

What do you use to create those photo strips for your holidays? I love the idea of collaging each day of a trip.

@JamesBurkeCreative

9 ай бұрын

Photoshop :)

I would put the smalls pens in thr small bag xD

I maybe missed it or didn’t understand but were your A5 covers from Hobonichi or somewhere else?

how do you print your photo strips?

Did you purchase from California? because. I was in florida purchasing and they did not let me purchase in yen this year. The website was already “converted” to dollars and all the prices were inflated. When i went on the website the website automatically asked me if i wanted to ship to the US and in selecting that it changed the prices to USD. I compared the true conversion rate from the prices in yen and the prices in USD and everything was more expensive! Do you know how to buy it in yen? It’s definitely a better deal if i can buy it in yen and convert it. 😢

@JanuarieTimewalker13

9 ай бұрын

I was thinking exactly the same thing!! In quoting the dollars, they actually take the conversion benefit away. I hope he gets back to you on this bc I preferred the yen also. Everything is cheaper for us. However, I don’t think I’ll be charged a fee either from the bank for converting…I haven’t received statement yet, so it may be six of one, half a dozen of another, as they say.

Do you have the small one? I a, getting my first one for starting 2014 and I can’t decide if I want the small one or the larger one 😊

@JamesBurkeCreative

8 ай бұрын

Yes, I have the A6 (small) Hobonichi 5 year journal :)

@sheylaramirez226

8 ай бұрын

@@JamesBurkeCreative thank you 😊

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@beingamultifandomstanisnteasy

9 ай бұрын

Are you feeling sick? Need a doctor?

Accidentally found your channel while I browsing for hobonichi, I love the explanation about the 5 years journal. A great commitment 😊 inspiring, next year autumn I plan to go Tokyo , hope to get 1 or 2 hobonichi planner there depending on budget 😂 now I mainly use for sketching as the paper is great with Fountain pens. Thanks for sharing.