Was looking at a planner from the new 2024 Hobonichi drop at Milligram, check Amazon AU since we get Amazon JP now.
Much cheaper across the whole range. Same planner as local stockists is $60.
Rest of the range here - https://www.amazon.com.au/s?k=%E3%81%BB%E3%81%BC%E6%97%A5
Covers seem to be cheaper too.
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Japanese quality and design. Other than that it's mostly tiktok/inifluencer hype.
Tangible benefits to me are:
- uses Tomoe River paper, which is popular with fountain pen users (no bleed, no feathering, shows off ink properties well, etc) and is also incredibly thin (464 pages, yet only 15mm thick)
- proper lay-flat binding: other notebooks with this sort of page count make you fight it to stay open for writing
What advantages does this planner have over, say, a personal assistant? Which I could also afford.
Well count Christopher…
It's a product that you'd know if you need one.
If you are already using a planner, and need something specific that is good with fountain pens, this is a good option. Fountain pens use water based ink and they do require good paper that can stand the amount of ink laid on the paper, and you can't just grab an expensive planner and expect them to have fountain pen friendly paper unfortunately.
I feel like it goes into personal preference territory a little + individual differences if you go into digital vs physical planners. Some people struggle with utilising digital tools (could be something to do with how distracting it could be or it could be just difficulties with new tech), some people like using paper and writing things down physically, etc etc.
I tried using a planner, didn't work for me (requires level of organisation skills that I don't have). I stuck with Outlook for that reason (even though I use fountain pens for notetaking sometimes)
Under styles: AVEC booklet. What does that mean? I like how it lays flat when it's opened up. Thx OP
An Avec is the book split into two halves of the year i.e. one book for January to June, one for July-December. That's why there's two books when you look at the photo.
Ooh, what's the story / value in hobonichi?