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First, a quick and important message: I started doing my Thursday posts exactly two years ago and I can’t believe we’re going into year 3! Please always know that I can’t thank you enough 🩶

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In one of the corners of my digital world, the planner and journaling community is celebrating Hobonichi season, or planner season in general. Most of them are getting overwhelmed with which planner to buy, how many journals to use, whether they should get a new cover, etc. I’m glad I’m not one of those people anymore. I only have my eye on one Hobonichi planner—I’m a satisfied Day-Free A6 user since 2023.

But it’s still fun to watch people get excited. I have this urge to jump in whenever I see posts asking for recommendations for their first planner. But then I see loads of responses already and think to myself, “No need. They’ve got it covered.” I also can’t help but chuckle when I see a big haul of notebooks and pens and stuff because I know some or all of it will get neglected at some point in the next year. I know because I’ve been there too hehe. That was an expensive lesson to learn.

What I really wanted to talk about is minimalism. It was my 2025 theme and I’m not quite sure if I succeeded. Sabi nga ni Steve Jobs:

To be really simple, 
you have to go really deep.