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Setting up my new Hobonichi journal. 2025 on the right, 2024 on the left. Happy New Year folks.

This dropped this morning. Be warned the video is over 2 hours long! New Hobonichi 2025 journals and other stationery products go on sale on 1st September.

I started using Hobonichi Techo journals this year, and have found it life changing. I need to blog about that properly sometime, and how I use it every day. I will definitely be picking up a new 2025 blank Cousin journal, though reusing my Hobonichi cover from this year. I will also be getting a 2025 Weeks diary. Maybe the Paddington Bear one, or one of the others. Again reusing my cover from this year.

Because I just need new blank internal Hobonichis I may wait to order from Amazon UK. Though the Paddington cover Weeks could sell out fast. Alternatively I will order direct from Hobonichi in Japan, or from Art from the Heart in Harrogate, who are getting a lot of stock in. Selling more expensive than bought direct from Japan, but with no shipping cost, and fast within the UK delivery. So it might be a good option. Will see on 1st September!

First week using my new Hobonichi A5 paper planner. Very relaxing to work with, using a dedicated extra fine nib fountain pen for the very thin Tomoe River paper. And best of all already a huge productivity aid. Tonight I was brainstorming extra ideas for my new parser text adventure game for IFComp 2024.

Note re here, I’m noting my things to do (mini goals) each week in the paper planner. I had intended to keep posting things done in the week here (my check in), but I hand wrote so many tonight in the planner, and don’t want to retype them! So they’ll probably stay offline too.

My package from Japan arrived today, and I had fun unpacking it. Martin was most intrigued! I've bought some journals and other things for 2024, so won't be using most of it till then. But I'm ready. A number of things sold out fast on the first day of sales. One item I wanted sold out in the first 5 minutes, while I slept, but I was extremely lucky when it briefly came back into stock within the hour (probably a cancelled or failed order), so briefly awake me nabbed it! So lucky. I'm a very keen fountain pen user and like journalling and using paper planners. I've never used Hobonichi planners though before, so will be pondering my approach in the run up to 2024. I'm sure it will be haphazard when I start, but should get clearer. Here is a photo of my main planner/journal for 2025 ready in its cover (that sold out in just 5 minutes!) and a dedicated fountain pen that nicely fits the cover closing mechanism (a TWSBI Eco Smoke Rose Gold EF nib).