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Hiya! Where do you get your stickers from? They're super cute

thank you !! if you're talking about my last post featuring my hobonichi weeks, they are from various places - niconeco zakkaya in nyc and object seongsu in seoul and also a random bookstore in seoul that i don't remember! if there's a particular set you like, lmk and i can track down where i got it :)

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this is the first time using a hobonichi weeks and i'm really enjoying it!! many a thoughts below......

i bought my 2025 hobonichi weeks planner a few weeks before it started so i decided to experiment with layouts and styles in the back for the last few weeks of 2024. you can really see the evolution from the week of Oct 28 to the week of Nov 18, e.g., how i went from one highlighter color (purple) to a whole system that i'll be carrying into 2025 :))) the colors i chose for the week of Nov 11 were so ugly that no one will be seeing that lolol. one issue is that i still don't know what to do with the empty page on the right side. i did a reflection on nyc one week but i'm not always in a reflective mode (i also do reflections on my life in my vent journal). i tried the alastair method but it usually takes me multiple weeks to complete a task. it was still helpful to see what i eventually need to do so i think the right side will be a very fluid system that changes based on my needs week-to-week. for now, i've been keeping an ongoing "interest log" and writing down quotes and poems that speak to me that week. i might implement a mini habit tracker too since i'm not great at maintaining my daily habits

my "aesthetic" goal for 2025 is for my planner to look as used and loved as possible! i'm not much of an artist nor a memory keeper (i have my 5-year planner for memory keeping) and i don't like keeping receipts but i made a better effort at preserving cute stickers and things from cafés and bookstores and other places (but only if i think they look good hahah). i also want my stickers and washi tape to look cohesive but it's a little hard for me because i operate on vibes (both artistically and generally) and never took any art classes or anything so idk if anything will look as "aesthetically pleasing" as i want it to. the only thing that saves me is my neat handwriting. but! my ultimate goal is to not be so hard on myself about how my planner looks since it's meant to be a functional tool. i do think i'm doing a good job on keeping it true to myself and my life 😎

anyway that was my ted talk and thank you if you made it this far!! qs for anyone who wants to answer: what is your 2025 lineup? are there any things you're bringing into 2025? what's your planner philosophy? i'd love to know !

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this past weekend, i got brunch with a friend at a cute italian bistrot and bookshop in the west village and made a necklace at an arts and craft workshop in brooklyn💗🌲☕️

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what i've been up to lately in the city (grabbing coffee, gallery hopping, exploring potential pottery studios) ! honestly, after the election, the future's been feeling bleak but i'm trying to be optimisitc and show up for my local community. if anyone wants to vent, my dms are always open for you 🫶

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reflections on my two weeks living in nyc again, feat. 192 books, a really cool bookstore i found in chelsea 💗 i'm still figuring out the trajectory of this blog but once i start work (tomorrow, eep!), this may just turn into a workblr or nyc "travel" tumblr??

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empties (bar prep edition) — i passed the bar exam!!! these are all the pens, highlighters, and white-out i used to study :D once i am fully registered, i will be tea-tuesday, esq.

i'm SO relieved. it's fun to go back and look back at my posts from this summer. although i wish i had posted more, i was so nervous about not passing that i didn't want to take too much time out of studying to take pictures and post them :((

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currently doing peachtober for the first time in my hobonichi 5-year🍑 !! i've never been much of an artist but this is my best attempt.. i haven't done today's entry yet but yesterday, i went into the city to trim my bangs and explore union market 📚☕️

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recently, i went to visit a friend in nevada and had a great time exploring cafés, bookstores, and vintage shops !! i fell in love with this portable royal typewriter with dark green keys but wasn't able to take it home with me :'((

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09/29/2024

really fun day today !! i took an inkmaking workshop at the smithsonian ✒️🫐🌼 we were instructed to forage for any plants or berries in our neighborhood, which i did yesterday ! i extracted ink from chives and pokeberries. we also had a lot of goldenrod ink left over so i was able to bring it home as a pen. our instructor told us that civil war soldiers used pokeberry juice as ink to write love letters due to its vibrant magenta color 💓 it also stains like hell whoops

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📦 guess what finally arrived the other day….. my 2025 hobonichi planner !!! i got the yumi kitagishi weeks and matching pencil board, as well as the 2025 weekly accessory and a lavender pilot kakuno with an extra fine nib

after much deliberation, i decided to keep it simple with only one omnibus 2025 planner. i was originally going to get two—one work and one personal, but knowing how utilitarian i am with planners, i was probably going to end up abandoning one. i do plan on using the 2025 weekly accessory exclusively for work, specifically tracking my hours and time blocking everyday

one of my planner goals in 2025 is to treat my planner as more than just a receptacle for to-do lists and appointments. thus, i decided to start an interest log in the back pages. it's basically my modification of a commonplace journal. but instead of doing a deep dive on one topic, i just want to keep track of things that have caught my interest (e.g., fashion show, poem, author, book, song...) and write down a short blurb or excerpt. the goal is to later return to them and do a deeper dive :)))

Q for my fellow stationery freaks: what's your 2025 lineup? do you have any 2025 planner goals?

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fun confession: this now-defunct/deleted tumblr (study-yrnotes) was my studyblr back in high school !! i don't really have any way to prove it but i will look for my old bullet journal since i'm at my parent's house :D i went a little "viral" with this specific post (this has over 14K notes atm) but back then, way more people were active on tumblr than they are now. also, the studyblr community was really big on consumerism (still is, tbh) but these mildliners had everyone in a chokehold so i "strategically" took a picture with the sets i bought hehe...

i'm really grateful that people reblogged my old posts so i can still find them floating around on the internet, despite me deleting the tumblr after like 5 posts. i got rid of my studyblr because i was self-conscious with the attention and because i started the blog right before i graduated high school, i had no content to post over the summer. i also only use planners for tasks so if i don't have anything to do, the planner will get abandoned. i sometimes think about how my life would've looked like if i maintained my old studyblr but a part of me thinks that i probably would've wasted too much time on it instead of studying (a pitfall with studyblrs, i think). hence, not starting my current studyblr until 3L fall when things became less busy for me :))

04/11/15

lazy saturday afternoon: a.p. gov revisions, planning the weekend, and amazon packages

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Hey, how are you doing?

i've been doing well, thank you for the ask !! i'm in this weird limbo time period atm because i'm no longer a student but i also don't start work until next month. all i do is watch films, go to pilates, and lie down in bed😁😁 which is awesome except i also have no health insurance and no salary, so i can't move in early or go anywhere to spend money haha

how are you??

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09/20/2024

i love autumn but it also makes me feel a little melancholy and wistful (ironic since it also marks the start of a new school year). this is my current read :))

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Do you know this feeling, that the world had brighter colours when you were a child? Your blog shows a little bit of these bright colours, and I like that a lot.

omg 🥺 what a beautiful compliment, thank you so much! it's funny you say that because i love bright colors and if i'm not all in black (my usual uniform), then i'm usually wearing a bright striped sweater 🌈

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(belated) new pen alert + updating my 5-year hobonichi ! a few months ago, i got a lamy safari in the piña colada colorway. unfortunately, the EF nib was SO scratchy and awful, but i got a replacement nib and switched to a different ink, and it flows much better! it is not my favorite fountain pen but i do love how colorful the body is. i'm also behind on my 5-year hobonichi so i have been filling in past missing entries, such as my trip to copenhagen and stockholm last month 💆‍♀️ although not being a student anymore feels strange, i have so much time to catch up on my previously neglected journals :))

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travel tales: copenhagen, denmark

my good law school friends and i went to denmark for our bar trip and had a relaxing and cozy time☕️🚲

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07/01/2024

a month left and i'm not panicking (i am)...! sorry to juxtapose beautiful flowers with a cursed picture of memorizing crim at like 3 am lmao. hope everyone's having a lovely summer and good luck to those who are also studying over the summer ! summer study squad🌞📚, let's go!!! may we be blessed with good grades, passing scores, and a stress-free autumn🙏