I’m a girly, girl and I like change (at least some change).  Like some women, I like to change my purses to reflect my mood or coordinate with my outfit.  My traveler’s notebooks, planners, and Hobonichis are no different.  I have a variety of tastes, so I have a variety of covers.  If I could only pick one type of cover, a supple, pliable, gorgeous brown will always be my go to choice (think Filofax Madlen in Ochre).  I am going to share a variety of ramblings on the Hobonichi and ultimately share some of the covers I have so far.  I won’t do reviews at this time, but some day I might.

As I’ve recently mentioned, I have become obsessed with my Hobonichis.  I have a Hobonichi Cousin (my main planner),  a Hobonichi Planner (my daily journal), and a second Hobonichi Planner that now serves as my every day carry.  I will be completely honest, the Hobonichi Cousin meets all my needs.  It has sufficient room for planning and I have space for daily journaling.  I ended up with three Hobonichis because my plans changed in November and I had already placed my order opening day in September.

So what was my original plan?  In 2015 I used a Hobonichi Planner as my journal and I fell in love.  The little book, I just enjoyed holding it, writing in it, and looking through it.  So I decided I would get another Hobonichi Planner for journaling in 2016.  I loved the idea of one year of planning in one book, so I decided on the Hobonichi Cousin as my planner.  I was also playing with my work system, so I ordered a Hobonichi Planner to record my daily To Do’s and calls at work.  Some day I will do a post on how I organize myself at work, because I have found a system that seems to work.

Around November I decided to return to my “old” vessel for organization at work (system didn’t change, just the vessel).  The Filofax Malden in personal really is a good vessel to hold my vessel.  Plus I adore my Malden and I need an excuse just to hold it every day.  Since I decided I would use my Malden for work, I now had an extra Hobonichi Planner.  For me, my go to sizes are Pocket, A6, and Personal.  Books in that range really sing to my heart and that is a size that I know I will carry with me.  The Hobonichi Cousin is amazing and well designed, but the A6 size kept tugging at my heart.  Enter my conflict of planning for 2016.  So for 6-8 weeks, I trailed the A5 and A6 size for planning.  January 1st i really hadn’t made a decision, but I did decide to use the Cousin, a decision I don’t regret.

What is unlike me, I now have two planners for the same purpose.  I hate duplication and I fear I will forget something if I do duplicate.  So why am I using a Hobonichi Planner and Hobonichi Cousin for the same purpose?  Great question!  All I can say now is because I still cannot decide between the two.  Right now I am enjoying playing in both books, even if it is a duplication.  To make this work, I have to have one primary, one go to location, and that is my Cousin.  Will I spend the entire year going back and forth between the two?  I don’t know.  What I do know, both will meet my needs, I just need to use the one that sings to my heart, and right now that is both of them.