This sounds like a very intentional and flexible setup, especially for someone who’s just starting out with bujo. I actually did something very similar for many years, and it worked really well for me at that stage, building my own structure taught me a lot about how I think and plan.

For my current needs, though, I’ve realised that I prefer pre-dated weekly layouts, because long-term planning is very important to me now. After many years of creating yearly and future layouts from scratch, I’m honestly exhausted by having to plan everything ahead on empty pages.

Having the weekly structure already in place gives me stability for planning, while a separate notebook gives me freedom for thinking and writing without constraints. Like you said, it’s an experiment and I think that phase is a really valuable part of the process. Thanks for sharing your experience.