keeping a record

the only nice weekly spread from my planner i would never consider myself type a, but i love my planner. i started using physical planners in 2018 or so when i first started college and have somehow kept the habit to this day, though with varying degrees of diligence every year. the pandemic was particularly difficult, there was not much joy in planning out when i had to turn on my computer to attend class, etc. and i lost touch very quickly with myself and with time. in 2023 i bought myself what i considered the uber-special hobonichi-techo to get my shit together, thinking that an expensive planner would encourage me to use it frequently. this failed, obviously. i stopped maybe midway through. i did not (and still do not) have enough thoughts in my head to fill a page a day. but my boyfriend bought me a hobonichi weeks this year and i am determined not to waste it! it’s become an integral part of my daily routine. i wake up every morning at 7, have a glass of water, feed my cats,…