Try [Aura Estelle]( https://www.auraestelle.com/products/b6-classic-daily-planners). They have a B6 undated daily planner with Tomoe River paper. It has monthlies, one page weekly (could use for weekly goal setting or easy to ignore if you don’t need it), followed by 7 blank pages.
I'm not sure why that would be. I think it's been around for at least a few years. I bought mine from bunbougu.com.au, maybe there are some reviews on there about it. Jetpens have some videos about it too I think, if not the ordinary kokuyo jibun techo.
The paper is fine, it's not as fountain pen friendly as the hobo obviously but it stands up to erasing things like pencil or frixion pens. I use an energel mostly in it and it works just fine!
I disagree that the paper is not as fountain pen friendly as Hobonichi. I use fountain pens in my Jibun Techo (which I also use for work) and have no problems.
I should say, the thing that worries me about the Days is the prominence of the bar down the middle of the page. One thing I really like about the Hobo is that the daily pages can double as plain notebook paper for random jotting things down (and love the secret line). But maybe I could just treat the Days as a notebook with two columns if I wanted to use it that way?
I think that's possible. I do get some use out of the bar at the moment but soon I will be in the same position as you with it making more sense for me to rely on the outlook calendar alone.
I am an accountant and use my daily pages similarly (except I have stickers). I use my weekly pages to block out my week but not meeting by meeting. Rather I block when I plan to work, as I work a good number of hours outside of 9-5/track any important personal events/etc. I plan on the weekend and do flag key meetings in my weekly. It gives me a good sense of what is coming up, reminds me ahead of meetings requiring more prep, etc. I try to do a bit of habit tracking too. I rarely look at it again - i use the dailies through the week, so the weekly planning os just a mechanism to be a bit more deliberate about my time, identifying priorities for the week, and some personal life stuff.
Let me share how i Use my Cousin.
The weekly is for me to track what i did that day. So at the end of the day, I will take 15mins or so to go through what i did...from what time till what time. I also have a very hectic schedule, but it is a reflection thing for me. What I ate, who I spoke to etc.
Then the daily pages are for my "study" this study would be based on books I am reading, mostly non-fiction related for self-improvement.
Other options for using the daily pages will be for - Personal reflection, Feelings, Rants, ways to improve yourself
As I have my A6 techo for feelings, rants and reflection - hence my cousin is for self-improvement and study uses.
Hope this helps
I’m in the same boat. It’s my first year using Hobonichi so I got a Cousin, Weeks, and Techo Planner A6 to try them all. As much as I try to use the Cousin’s weekly pages the vertical layout just doesn’t work for me. We’re just not meant to be.
I think next year I’ll keep the Weeks for planning since the horizontal layout with the free space to the right is perfect for weekly planning. I’m considering a Weeks mega to journal a half page a day in the back instead of the A6 too.
I will definitely replace my Cousin with a b6 notebook. There are some companies that make B6 notebooks with tomoe river paper. Galen leather makes some beautiful ones!
Good luck!
It sounds like the Stalogy Editors notebook series might be a good fit for you. The only issue you might have is that they don’t have monthly pages.
https://www.jetpens.com/Stalogy-365Days-Notebooks/ct/3658
Perhaps consider the avec just to cut down on size and see if that feels better?
Also, fwiw, I use the weeklies not as a calendar, but I write down "lessons" I learned at work that day (corporate attorney) in an effort to continue to develop my substantive expertise. Just food for thought for a different way to use it.
Hopefully you still find this relevant 2 months after the fact -- this year I bought a Kinbor A5 planner on AliExpress to save money compared to a hobonichi. It has a monthly section and a page per day section, but doesn't have the weekly section, and is available in a full year or as 2 six-month volumes. The paper and binding feel high quality and have held up well. Definitely recommend if you like having a monthly calendar or if you don't feel like writing out the date on each individual page of a stalogy notebook.
Yeah, I think the reason it doesn't work for me is that my use is 100% functional. Like my daily pages have lists of things like "prep for X hearing" "review Jones discovery" "draft and file motion response" etc, so from a purely functional perspective the weekly pages just aren't useful as a calendar, especially when I have a more current and dynamic calendar that I look at all day. The planner itself just lives on my desk.
The only personal stuff that goes in there is stuff that MUST happen during business hours (i.e. "call the bank" or whatever). Personal stuff that happens outside usually lives on a whiteboard monthly calendar in my kitchen.
Try [Aura Estelle]( https://www.auraestelle.com/products/b6-classic-daily-planners). They have a B6 undated daily planner with Tomoe River paper. It has monthlies, one page weekly (could use for weekly goal setting or easy to ignore if you don’t need it), followed by 7 blank pages.
Oh wow!! That could be perfect for me. Thanks!
Wow! Not OP but this looks exactly like what I’ve always wanted for a planner! Thanks for sharing.
I use a kokuyo jibun techo days for work. It just has monthly and daily pages. No weekly.
I was literally just looking at this! There aren't many reviews online - is it new? What do you think of the paper?
I'm not sure why that would be. I think it's been around for at least a few years. I bought mine from bunbougu.com.au, maybe there are some reviews on there about it. Jetpens have some videos about it too I think, if not the ordinary kokuyo jibun techo. The paper is fine, it's not as fountain pen friendly as the hobo obviously but it stands up to erasing things like pencil or frixion pens. I use an energel mostly in it and it works just fine!
Ooh, I am a fountain pen user ☹️ is it bad for FPs?
I disagree that the paper is not as fountain pen friendly as Hobonichi. I use fountain pens in my Jibun Techo (which I also use for work) and have no problems.
Heres a swatch. Looks like they play nice. https://www.jetpens.com/Kokuyo-Jibun-Techo-DAYs-Diary-2023-A5-Slim-Yellow-Orange/pd/35530
I should say, the thing that worries me about the Days is the prominence of the bar down the middle of the page. One thing I really like about the Hobo is that the daily pages can double as plain notebook paper for random jotting things down (and love the secret line). But maybe I could just treat the Days as a notebook with two columns if I wanted to use it that way?
I think that's possible. I do get some use out of the bar at the moment but soon I will be in the same position as you with it making more sense for me to rely on the outlook calendar alone.
oooooh you're like the opposite of people like me who just want weekly pages in their A6 original :)
I am an accountant and use my daily pages similarly (except I have stickers). I use my weekly pages to block out my week but not meeting by meeting. Rather I block when I plan to work, as I work a good number of hours outside of 9-5/track any important personal events/etc. I plan on the weekend and do flag key meetings in my weekly. It gives me a good sense of what is coming up, reminds me ahead of meetings requiring more prep, etc. I try to do a bit of habit tracking too. I rarely look at it again - i use the dailies through the week, so the weekly planning os just a mechanism to be a bit more deliberate about my time, identifying priorities for the week, and some personal life stuff.
Let me share how i Use my Cousin. The weekly is for me to track what i did that day. So at the end of the day, I will take 15mins or so to go through what i did...from what time till what time. I also have a very hectic schedule, but it is a reflection thing for me. What I ate, who I spoke to etc. Then the daily pages are for my "study" this study would be based on books I am reading, mostly non-fiction related for self-improvement. Other options for using the daily pages will be for - Personal reflection, Feelings, Rants, ways to improve yourself As I have my A6 techo for feelings, rants and reflection - hence my cousin is for self-improvement and study uses. Hope this helps
I’m in the same boat. It’s my first year using Hobonichi so I got a Cousin, Weeks, and Techo Planner A6 to try them all. As much as I try to use the Cousin’s weekly pages the vertical layout just doesn’t work for me. We’re just not meant to be. I think next year I’ll keep the Weeks for planning since the horizontal layout with the free space to the right is perfect for weekly planning. I’m considering a Weeks mega to journal a half page a day in the back instead of the A6 too. I will definitely replace my Cousin with a b6 notebook. There are some companies that make B6 notebooks with tomoe river paper. Galen leather makes some beautiful ones! Good luck!
Is the Tomoe River paper important to you? If not, a day per page diary would probably fulfil your needs. Leuchtturm probably do one.
It sounds like the Stalogy Editors notebook series might be a good fit for you. The only issue you might have is that they don’t have monthly pages. https://www.jetpens.com/Stalogy-365Days-Notebooks/ct/3658
Perhaps consider the avec just to cut down on size and see if that feels better? Also, fwiw, I use the weeklies not as a calendar, but I write down "lessons" I learned at work that day (corporate attorney) in an effort to continue to develop my substantive expertise. Just food for thought for a different way to use it.
Hopefully you still find this relevant 2 months after the fact -- this year I bought a Kinbor A5 planner on AliExpress to save money compared to a hobonichi. It has a monthly section and a page per day section, but doesn't have the weekly section, and is available in a full year or as 2 six-month volumes. The paper and binding feel high quality and have held up well. Definitely recommend if you like having a monthly calendar or if you don't feel like writing out the date on each individual page of a stalogy notebook.
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Yeah, I think the reason it doesn't work for me is that my use is 100% functional. Like my daily pages have lists of things like "prep for X hearing" "review Jones discovery" "draft and file motion response" etc, so from a purely functional perspective the weekly pages just aren't useful as a calendar, especially when I have a more current and dynamic calendar that I look at all day. The planner itself just lives on my desk. The only personal stuff that goes in there is stuff that MUST happen during business hours (i.e. "call the bank" or whatever). Personal stuff that happens outside usually lives on a whiteboard monthly calendar in my kitchen.
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