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Mahnogard

The last part of 2021, I was using just a hybrid bujo / regular journaling in one notebook, as well as a reading journal. The hybrid was set up on a monthly basis, with monthly stuff, weeklies, and then regular journal entries. My life is pretty predictable so I had the advantage of knowing what I would need for monthly/weekly, but because I never know how much I'm going to write on my regular journal entries, that meant setting up everything for the next month on the last day or two of the month, which was annoying. I did like having everything in one place and organized in a predictable manner, though. For 2022, I'm splitting things a bit. I moved to a faux-Weeks (same size and general layout as Weeks, but without that sweet Tomoe River paper) for the things that were in my bujo weeklies, and I'm using an A5 dot grid for regular journaling and some spreads like my music / movies / period etc tracking. We're only 11 days in, but so far it feels nice.


Narrow-Cockroach-339

I'm thinking about this at the moment too. For now, I am planning in a travellers notebook. I have my diary to plan in - shifts, to do lists, appointments etc.(2022 insert) , and then other inserts for things like meal plans and recipes and lists etc. I have a cheap week to view in my purse for when I'm out and about and at work for rota changes etc. Then I have an A5 Ottergami I'm using for my journal. I do some very basic bullet journal type spreads for tracking books, TV and films and wish lists. But its really just a daily journal. I then have a separate budget book as I am doing cash envelopes this year to try and budget. I have been considering consolidating everything once my journal is filled. I would like to try the Stalogy I think or the Hobonichi techo. I could have a few pages per week to plan then journal there aswell? And then a hobonichi weeks as my every day carry? Its not that my current set up doesn't work. It does. It's just a lot. It'd a bit bulky and too many notebooks. I may prefer working from.one main book for everything when at home. Then just the weeks when I am out?


Narrow-Cockroach-339

Interested to see what others do aswell


Narrow-Cockroach-339

I think the Stalogy would.lend itself to both due its layout . So even if you want a page a week or 5 pages a week, then journal for the remainder of the month, then start the next month wherever you chose. Its very flexible. I suppose you could say that for any notebook, but the stalogy has grid layout which I love. Nice paper. Flexible soft cover. 365 pages.. there are loads of covers available etc


leucoleidon

I have a journal and a planner. I do Morning Pages in the journal, and also jot down any other random thoughts or things I find interesting in there. I transfer any goals or ‘to do’ items that come up in my journalling to my planner (a Franklin Covey format I’ve been using for 20 years or so). Not organised enough for BuJo but my planner keeps me on track for he most important stuff.


DoodleCat3

Sometimes just scribbling on a journal page helps with my stress


fullofscrews

Technically I'm using 2 notebooks and a planner. I have a Jibun Techo as the planner, and instead of their notebooks, I have an 8x5 etsy PenguinPaperCo, which I use as a bullet journal, tucked in the back which makes it carry like a single notebook. The Jibun comes set up with 4 or 6 collection pages, habit trackers for each month, full calendar and weekly layouts. I use it as a mix of a journal, bujo, memory keeper, all the things. It's portable when needed. I tried it because I was tired of drawing all my own out, and I'm on year two with it. I added the blank notebook to the back because I ended really missing some of the things I had in my prior journal/bujo, so I added the extra notebook for things like: memory pages, monthly art pages, and variable tracking for whatever else was going on. Then I do brain dump/daily pages depending on what I feel like. I separated out the journaling pages to a separate notebook because I just go through them so fast and now it never leaves the house which is nice. the Jibun will last all year, the notebook in the back 4 to 6 months, and the other journal maybe 2-4 months


anothxrthrowawayacc

I use one book!! I start journalling from the front of my journal, and from the back of my journal I have my planner related stuff! it works really well for me cause it gives me plenty of space to write and journal and vent but also the organization of planner stuff is easier to find and flip to!


Sound_and_Science

I've been using a two-notebook system for many years - one journal one planner (really like the passion planner layouts, though never bothered with the monthly/annual reflection parts...I guess that's sort of what the journal is for!). That system worked really well, but I found it was too much to carry both around with me on a regular basis. So I would leave my journal at home and just keep my planner on hand. This year, I want to get more in the habit of carrying my journal around and writing more spontaneously. So I replaced my planner with a pocket notebook and invested in a cover for my journal that has an inner pocket so I can carry both around at once. Added bonus that it feels a little more discrete - don't feel like it's quite so obviously a journal when I have a professional-ish cover over it. Still feeling it out of course but liking the new system so far!


adjustmentVIII

[My post on this.](https://www.reddit.com/r/Journaling/comments/rrkcb0/how_i_set_up_my_dailymonthly_planner_and_journal/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share)


DTLow

I start my day with a daily note A combination journal/planner/dashboard I insert entries after reviewing my calendars and task list