🔴 Live: Fighting overconsumption during planner season | Common Planner + Hobonichi

It's planner pre-order season, and it's tempting and easy to spend a whole HUNK of money thinking your life will be better if you have the right notebook or washi tape. Let's talk about how to fight overconsumption and consumerism while also getting the planners you need. How to budget appropriately for the planner hobby. Also, let's do one my favorite frugal pasttimes: WINDOW SHOP. But planner pre-order edition.

[Red_Groke_plans]

I am usually a very reasonable person when it comes to spending, but planners are fountain pen inks are that THING for me. Even though I don't own more than 2 planners, it's one planner too much for me. Thank you for this video, it's a very important topic, especially since I enjoy watching planning content, but sometimes it feels like it's making me buy more unnecessary stuff. I wish to find that optimal state when I can enjoy something just from watching other people having it and not attempting to buy it myself.

[ashleyacri]

Honestly you saying to "push your creativity" and use what I have in new ways has made me actually EXCITED to use what I have rather than buying something "perfectly made."

[applejade]

"Hedonic Adaptation" - I'm so glad I learned this term. This applies to so many facets of life. I suppose I'm lucky that no pre-printed planner layout fully works for me, so I can't use all these planners. I'm not immune to this crap though. Covers and other accessories are my weakness. 😑

[MeridaEllaSDB]

The dollar store planners and basic paper in general ´handle ´ fountain and dip pens just fine. It’s the tombows, sharpies, paint pens, stablo highlighters that bleed through. Also several of the Dollar Tree brands are made in the USA. Tomoe river paper is very thin, so high page counts are still slim and light.

[ashleyacri]

I also "shop my stash" for Christmas and birthday gifts - I give my closest friends planners and bullet journals that I've made with excess supplies that I don't personally like.

[ilanabennett]

This is everything I needed on this good Saturday 💕

[mimiwright]

Lily!!! I found your channel when I dove into the YouTube planner rabbit hole 2 years ago, but I’ve stopped watching planner videos and don’t see them in my feed, which is why I had NO idea about the current Sterling Ink situation, so thanks for the scoop. I keep watching your channel because, c’mon, Hedonic Adaptation?! I’m here for the interesting and useful knowledge, friend! You always offer practical, thoughtful personal finance advice and encouragement. But guess what fills my YouTube feed now instead of planner stuff? K-drama and Chinese drama content! 😂 I’m trying to learn more about Korean society and culture via YouTube content (vlogs) and reading (Flawless: Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-beauty Capital, by Elise Hu, and Flowers of Fire: the Inside Story of South Korea’s Feminist Movement, by Hawon Jung). I’ve been watching Chinese dramas on YouTube for past 2 years, and since I grew up in Taiwan, I have a lot of opinions about those. I watch mostly rom-coms and really liked Business Proposal. The goofy miscommunication tropes and disguises remind me of Shakespeare comedies, and the Korean melodramas remind me of Shksp tragedies. Ok, back to planners, I use Stalogy to make bullet journal that combines personal and work schedule/planning, and after using B6 Stalogy this past school year, I’ve switched to A5 Stalogy for this year, using Hobonichi covers. For travel, I carry a passport size Travelers Notebook. Now I’ll go watch your 5 year journal livestream! I’m in the 5th year of my 1st ever 5 year journal and absolutely LOVE it. Happy belated birthday!!!

[michelleadams]

Yes about 4 years ago I remember being quite happy with a simple day designer planner from target around $19. Simpler times indeed. After watching hundreds of hobo nichi videos I decided to get a take a note planner from amazon for $40. Btw, Catherine mentioned that she will have another release in mid-november so I am anxious to see if there will be the same enthusiasm from the group that Did not take advantage of the pre-order

[knowyourjoe]

Interesting Live Stream. I learned some things. Thanks

[thejournalhouse]

I think it’s true. If you buy the item full price, it’s actually cheaper in the end as long as you’re buying that item and just that item in the store on sale because you’re not paying shipping costs… just the cost of the 1 item

But if you’re buying that same item online and let’s say the item is knocked down to $50 but you need 150 to meet free shipping. Sometimes items are knocked down very low and even if the shipping is like free shipping at $50 or free shipping at $35. If the item is knocked down lower than that then you end up spending more money and buying more stuff that you don’t need just to get the free shipping, sometimes it’s worth it to just pay the shipping out of your pocket when an item is on sale, but in the moment it doesn’t seem like it

[tiitulind]

Mambi, Hobonichi, Erin Condren and now Sterling Ink has those enormous launches when everybody in the planner community goes crazy. SI is just now widening the repertuar because she knows people's demands with planner layouts. Spending. I think some people has lost their minds with buying all the stuff. They should live to 200 yo to get everything used. But we are talking pretty low cost things in planner community. Men buy guitars, motor cycles, boats, cars etc :D When I hear women talking about buying "too much" planner stuff, I wonder if men even give any thoughts for the costs of their hobbies 🤔🤭

[MeridaEllaSDB]

The unexamined excuse of ´it’s my hobby’. Yeah, a hobby of being a magpie. People love to blend the line between creative outlet & retail therapy. For some, it’s creative inlet. Which can still be good, I just don’t have to be impressed. Buy the level of hobbies that you can afford.

[TheE]

Ok so first of all YES. You defined the concepts that I have been trying to put into words. Holy cow! I’m only 20 min in but had to stop and say this. Trying to stop buying so much shit and trying to figure out why I’m ok with spending I do not have on these things. K back to watching

[marachristian]

I am a Capitalist and find it nothing other than wonderful that people who are passionate about a hobby manage to make a business out of their ideas! I get very annoyed with companies that have a trendy fan base that makes it impossible to obtain a planner unless you are logged onto your computer at midnight, and willing to pay for international shipping (yes, Hobonichi, I am talking about you.) If I can't order what I want, when I want, I will find another vendor or make my own. Seriously, I think some people in the Planner Community are the same weirdos that went crazy over Beanie Babies 30 years ago.

[arguchik]

I know this video is 4 months old now, just wanted to chime in that the name "Job" in Job's Journal is pronounced with a long "o, " like in "lobe." Like the Book of Job in the Bible. (One of the more interesting OT books, IMO. I'm not religious, but I enjoy reading parts of the Bible as literature.)

[itsmeLori]

I’d guess she’s using an OEM so as long as she knows the order sizes early enough that gives them enough lead time to produce. It seems like she did enough business last year that the manufacturer is willing to create prototypes and agree to a manufacturing deadline without the promise of a minimum order per SKU. I’m guessing that the cover color and finishing might be less important to them than the assumption she’ll sell a certain amount of paper and binding, but I’m not fully versed on this process. I find it interesting that her approach is to manage this business by limiting overproduction, bc demand prediction is difficult— and her fans are quite forgiving and willing (maybe eager?) to follow fairly complicated buying instructions. Each year that she does this she’s going to learn more and get better, it’s really interesting to watch

[kathrynowens]

Planner paper gsm is a huge factor for choosing a planner. Also color options is another one. Then you decide what structure works best for you.

[kathrynowens]

For me its FOMO. Now I have a graveyard of preprinted planners. I finally have planner peace with Stalogy, but it cost me a lot of money to get there.

[Universitysandwich]

Business Proposal is an awesome Kdrama ❤ Really appreciate this post as I am struggling with going so far down the planner pen rabbit hole

[jampanda]

I now have a stationery tracking page 😂. Born 5 mins ago.