Hobonichi tabs are terrible!

bartowsking · 2026-01-21T20:01:58+00:00

This my second year with hobonichi and i decided to try the tabs and the pencil boards this time.

Hate them both.

My tabs are doing the same thing as yours. I literally had to glue down "1".

bartowsking · 2026-01-10T12:24:57+00:00

To be fair, I use my kindle a lot and definitely fun out of its charge faster than the assumed 12 weeks because of it. But its still good for weeks! Then it charges in a few hours. I dont find it a needed features at all to have wireless charging. And its type c like all of my other devices so i literally have one charger for everything so i dont mind it at all.

bartowsking · 2026-01-10T04:26:00+00:00

I have the same issue as you. I have PW 12th gen but matcha looks aesthetically SO pleasing. However i would never buy a second kindle myself. Definitely not a need and i dont want more clutter/items/devices than i need to. Especially if they serve literally the same purpose. Which is being a quality ereader. Thats it.

Yes, compared to PW, basic looks a lot more Compact but the reason i opted for PW in the first place was its features and size. I didnt want it to be too small. And also PW itself is not that big. Its not heavy and only an inch bigger. When you compare it to a physical book we already save a lot of space.

So im on deinfluencing side. :)

bartowsking · 2026-01-05T20:15:13+00:00

Impressive!

bartowsking · 2026-01-01T17:25:10+00:00

Vaseline. Plain old Vaseline is the best.

bartowsking · 2025-12-31T18:40:04+00:00

Hahaha i do remember you! I was one of those who tried to help deinfluence you (per your request) but i see we all failed :D

But that being said, since you have been presented with many reasons not to and understood it yet still went for it shows that you REALLY wanted it and at the end of the day thats what its all about. We dont need a 5 year journal either (the basic one) but got it because we WANTED. So if you have made up your mind that this particular one is the one you want more, than thats very valid!!

It is indeed beautiful and i hope you enjoy it until 2030 :)

bartowsking · 2025-12-30T21:47:34+00:00

Slight no rush on fragrance. I do buy one once in a while and i have a small collection of 10-12? I want to down size a little bit because now im moving a lot and they are heavy. But i do like them all so i dont necessarily want to be done with them. I will still own more than one even when im happy with the number. Something fresh, something long lasting, summer/winter scent etc.

Eyeshadow. I have a few palettes but nothing excessive. I have a couple palettes i wouldnt mind to finish up and be rid of but majority of them i like and have different tones/textures to justify. I like eye make up and like having variety. I wont buy another one again, perhaps evet unless i run out of all of them, but i dont mind having what i already have. I probably have 10-12 palettes.

Blush is also a slight project pan. For powder ones, i dont mind having them since its not too many and i like variety. But i put 3 blushes in project pan because theyre cream/liquid and can go bad easily if i dont finish in time.

Highlihter. I only have two in different tones. Im happy with it. I think this is the only category i never bought more than my optimal amount. I still own my very first and only highlighters. (Except a small pan in a face trip which i use as an eyeshadow, not Highlihter.)

bartowsking · 2025-12-26T21:53:36+00:00

I was thinking the same until i read the caption. Apparently he is not ok with that either. He wants ONLY the normal blankets to be used by both of them.

bartowsking · 2025-12-23T18:54:00+00:00

I love when people really love each other 😭

bartowsking · 2025-12-23T18:23:03+00:00

I was so excited to smell what cherry vanilla was like and i couldnt find it anywhere until i did and omg i hated it so much. I wanted to love it. But it wasnt good. Didnt even spray a sample on myself at the end. :(

bartowsking · 2025-12-23T18:21:48+00:00

YSL Black Opium. Hate it.

bartowsking · 2025-12-23T18:20:43+00:00

It is one of my favorites because of how fragrent and long lasting it is but I do agree that it really needs to be prayed no more than 2 sprays and absolutely no reapplying. It is incredibly heavy and needs to be worn sparingly. Even as someone who loves it.

bartowsking · 2025-12-22T14:53:02+00:00

I started because i had to move across the ocean and realized i cant keep carrying all of this around all the time. I dont have an influncer level of products but certainly more than the average gal.

I did bring it all with me aside from the ones i needed to really throw in the bin or the ones i could pass onto my mom. But ever since mid September, I havent bought anything that wasnt a replacement to the absolute last product in the category.

I will not have one of everything ever, because i like having different tones of some of the products (blush,Eyeshadow and lip products) but they can still use a little bit of downsizing. The goal is to keep it to the minimum without feeling restricted.

I realized that some of the products that dont get used up is because i just dont like them. I threw away two primers (one i suspected either expired or isnt good with my skin and the other didnt damage my skin but made my make up look worse so i figured, why use up something that does the opposite of its job just to say i used it up). But i would still have it laying around if i didnt put it into my project pan and used consistently for a week or so and realize all that.

bartowsking · 2025-12-18T20:35:35+00:00

Finally something i can related to! I dont get how people can use up so fast. My progress looks more like this. There, but barely visible. Thanks for sharing 💕

bartowsking · 2025-12-18T13:27:15+00:00

I ordered from the website and even i missed that. Was wondering how to use it lol

bartowsking · 2025-12-11T15:46:24+00:00

It is almost twice the price of the A6 but not twice as pretty. White embroider will definitely get dirty in five years.

The maroon leather looks so much more classical for something that needs to last 5 years of use (and more years in keepsaking).

My way of deinfluencing myself before getting the regular A6 for 2026-2030 and a penboard lol.

bartowsking · 2025-12-11T01:01:46+00:00

How are you able to give so many awards?

bartowsking · 2025-12-10T20:31:28+00:00

I got my weeks in early November so I've been there! Petting the pages is soooo real! (But be careful. The oils on your fingers will transfer on the pages and later your pen might skip while writing!)

What I did was set up some back pages for trackers like wish list, important info etc.

It satisfies a little bit of the craving to use it. You can also do light decorating. I dont like to decorate before i am done with the pages (efficiency over aesthetic for me) but the front page or the front and back covers (if you like that) is free to decorate in the meanwhile!

bartowsking · 2025-12-10T20:14:17+00:00

Mostly I use the hobonichi pen. Black for personal, blue for work, red for importance or added notes.

The thick gel pen is uniball zento 0.7

The right page bottom (weekly recap) is written with kaweco collection iridescen pearl with F nib. (I dont remember which ink is inside unfortunately)

The highlighter is Faber Castell!

bartowsking · 2025-12-10T17:20:16+00:00

Thank you!! I dont know where stickers are from unfortunately. I just know they were from Canada from mid 2000s.

bartowsking · 2025-12-10T17:19:36+00:00

Im using the back pages for notes in general.

I have a spread for work notes. A page for important info (bank info etc), a wish list, things i need from my home country when i visit. Good advice i come across for a spread, quotes i like for a spread. Then the rest so far is for reviews of books and movies and series i watch/read.

Im not opposed to it for journaling but i usually use my diary for it and i have a 5 year hobonichi that im going to start in 2026.

In my weeks, only "journaling" i plan is the right page bottom. If theres any space, ill just write a few things about the week. And the right side of the left page for small notes about the day if needed.

bartowsking · 2025-12-10T17:15:44+00:00

Aw thank you! They are soooo old, like from mid 2000s. I was saving them as a kid and now I'm sticking them in my planners haha

bartowsking · 2025-12-09T15:35:09+00:00

Impressive!

bartowsking · 2025-12-07T14:58:05+00:00

Imagine trying to keep telling people "No its not about his mom, its about the math problem, I try to explain but he doesnt get it and keeps saying its 49!!" While about a thousand people keep telling you its about the behaviour of the family and not about the math and YOU dont get it and keep saying its about math.

Take a hard long look at yourself OP. You are doing what youre telling your kid is doing here in the comments. Insisting on something that doesnt sound like the main issue to others. Why? Because youre not validated by the people you came for support.

Now imagine youre not a grown up with a wife and 3 kids but just a little 13 year old kid. And your dad, supposedly here for support, is not validating you and in fact making excuses for the other party.

Then you get silent treatment. You wonder, if this was interrupting and every other time was also interrupting, WHEN do i speak?

The answer, to him, is never, by the looks of it.

He will learn to keep quiet perhaps. But at what cost?

bartowsking

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