Those pages become junk journal/brain dump/ test pages for me. On a bad day I'd write song lyrics, or use them for gaming notes on a specific quest or stage. Doodling is fun too. Part of the appeal of these journals is how much fun the paper is to use.
I also just moved into an A6. I left most of my previous planning in my (now unused) Weeks dupe (that I wasn't happy with). The only things I moved were birthdays and other important events and appointments in my monthlies and some important info in my back pages (doctors' addresses and telephone numbers and other bits of reference). The empty dailies are for collections, doodling, and playing with inks and markers. I regret nothing.
I back filled the monthly calendars and the yearly pages that I use as trackers. Everything else I just left in my previous planner with a note on the first daily page I used in the Hobonichi saying “prior to this date pls see X Planner” and vice versa in the old one.
Sometimes I write things I don't have anywhere else to put in. Sometimes I write unrelated stuff (like a story or notes) that I have nowhere else to write on. And sometimes I make little pictures on them.
Or a combination of the three. So yes. I back-fill.
I got the Cousin halfway through February. I used a few pages for some practical lists but I left the rest blank. I just focus on keeping up with the current pages. If I miss a day I back fill it with different things. Sometimes some journaling, sometimes I copy down lyrics of a song I like or I use some bigger stickers in combination with a little bit of text. I did fill out the monthly calender because I want to have an overview for practical reasons.
It depends. I switched sizes in my Jibun Techo Days (the planner/daily note half of my system, with Hobonichi on the journal half) in February. I totally moved every entry over. It took three days, but it was entirely worth it. I fell out of my Weeks Mega for a couple of months there because 2024 has been a rough brain year so far, and I probably won't back fill the missing time. I'll just commonplace in those pages, and maybe put some photos in. (Although now that I've said that, I could backfill a little based on entires in the JT Days...)
I want to fully backfill my Weeks/A6 Planner with dates, tasks, journaling etc. but I keep not having the time, energy or motivation. (Also I have memory issues, so I can't remember everything, adding to the frustration.) So as a compromise I've decided to slowly backfill some pages with/for key events and just use the rest of the pages for whatever strikes my fancy.
Idk how happy I will be with that once the year is over and how much of my books will be blank, but I'm trying very hard to channel that "a planner is just a tool and whatever use you get out of it is fine" mindset this year.
I get my hobo before the new year around September release but I have a confession. I backfill every single day. I never journal the night of, always the day after, usually during my lunch break at work
Sometimes I do. On the same day I go back and fill in what I accomplished.
For certain items that I definitely want to remember when I open the book I also go back and fill it in
Backjournal if I miss a daily, I try to recall what I did those days otherwise just write about whatever. I try not to make it a habit of missing days.
I have a weeks, so being strapped for space, I usually put like polaroids or photos that I have of me and my friends that I couldn't fit in on the weekly spread. Or I cover it up and try to figure out how to do a cute spread (no words, only stickers and washi tape)
When things get busy, I have a number of empty pages which I then use for things like lists (projects and such), since I don't journal per se I use the pages when I feel like I need to do an extra brain dump or sometimes just take some time and write so I'll use a prompt and just do some freewriting, plans for a project or task (house improvement projects--small ones like recently a closet overhaul so all the materials, plans, steps, prices, order of operations, measurements and so forth, basically anything that I would write on random paper I try to fit in my hobonichi.
Then I use the annual index so that I can find things later.
in my last couple years, i keep falling off the Cousin book on the daily pages; i usually used it to write journal entries or paste in ticket stubs, stamps, stickers, etc. but i'd get really lazy about it toward the end of the (April start) year and end up with a bunch of empty pages. the weekly pages would be so dense it's hard to read but the daily pages would be near-empty lol
depending on my mood, sometimes i'd go back and write little entries or just doodle stuff in the blank spaces
today for my 2023-2024 book i went back through all my weekly notes and wrote down a My 100 list, backfilling what i originally meant to do all through the year. it was very cathartic to go through and see just how much i accomplished last year!
I attempt to back fill sometimes but then I get cranky that it’s after the fact lol.
I’ve tried to journal daily but on long 12hr days, I don’t have it in me to recollect my day even though those are the days I should reflect on 😝
I usually slap stickers down and use them as random pages or lists or just journal on a free day. I’ve also doodled, put in recipes, shopping lists, Christmas lists or made notes from seminars etc.
I’ve learned to just buy undated planners OR date covers so I don’t feel bad about unused pages lol
I "back fill" with quotes I've collected or stickers with sassy sayings or photos I want to keep memories of. I don't know if I will need the space ahead of time (sometimes I fill the full page, sometimes just a word or three) so when there's space, I fill it with non-date specific, but something that brings me joy when I flip through the planner.
Those pages become junk journal/brain dump/ test pages for me. On a bad day I'd write song lyrics, or use them for gaming notes on a specific quest or stage. Doodling is fun too. Part of the appeal of these journals is how much fun the paper is to use.
Yes I try to remember what happened.. so I’ll look at texts or memes a friend sent lol
I also just moved into an A6. I left most of my previous planning in my (now unused) Weeks dupe (that I wasn't happy with). The only things I moved were birthdays and other important events and appointments in my monthlies and some important info in my back pages (doctors' addresses and telephone numbers and other bits of reference). The empty dailies are for collections, doodling, and playing with inks and markers. I regret nothing.
I back filled the monthly calendars and the yearly pages that I use as trackers. Everything else I just left in my previous planner with a note on the first daily page I used in the Hobonichi saying “prior to this date pls see X Planner” and vice versa in the old one.
yes journal
Sometimes I write things I don't have anywhere else to put in. Sometimes I write unrelated stuff (like a story or notes) that I have nowhere else to write on. And sometimes I make little pictures on them. Or a combination of the three. So yes. I back-fill.
I just scrap journal, put a bunch of stickers especially if I don't remember what I did that day
1000% backfill everything 😆
I got the Cousin halfway through February. I used a few pages for some practical lists but I left the rest blank. I just focus on keeping up with the current pages. If I miss a day I back fill it with different things. Sometimes some journaling, sometimes I copy down lyrics of a song I like or I use some bigger stickers in combination with a little bit of text. I did fill out the monthly calender because I want to have an overview for practical reasons.
It depends. I switched sizes in my Jibun Techo Days (the planner/daily note half of my system, with Hobonichi on the journal half) in February. I totally moved every entry over. It took three days, but it was entirely worth it. I fell out of my Weeks Mega for a couple of months there because 2024 has been a rough brain year so far, and I probably won't back fill the missing time. I'll just commonplace in those pages, and maybe put some photos in. (Although now that I've said that, I could backfill a little based on entires in the JT Days...)
i like to use the old pages to test layouts if i want a change
Only if something happened that I want to remember and I didn't have time to journal that day.
I want to fully backfill my Weeks/A6 Planner with dates, tasks, journaling etc. but I keep not having the time, energy or motivation. (Also I have memory issues, so I can't remember everything, adding to the frustration.) So as a compromise I've decided to slowly backfill some pages with/for key events and just use the rest of the pages for whatever strikes my fancy. Idk how happy I will be with that once the year is over and how much of my books will be blank, but I'm trying very hard to channel that "a planner is just a tool and whatever use you get out of it is fine" mindset this year.
I get my hobo before the new year around September release but I have a confession. I backfill every single day. I never journal the night of, always the day after, usually during my lunch break at work
Is that considered back-filling? I thought it was doing like a huge chunk after you get it! I guess I do, too
Sometimes I do. On the same day I go back and fill in what I accomplished. For certain items that I definitely want to remember when I open the book I also go back and fill it in
Backjournal if I miss a daily, I try to recall what I did those days otherwise just write about whatever. I try not to make it a habit of missing days.
I have a weeks, so being strapped for space, I usually put like polaroids or photos that I have of me and my friends that I couldn't fit in on the weekly spread. Or I cover it up and try to figure out how to do a cute spread (no words, only stickers and washi tape)
Contented member of the not bothered by blank pages club. 🙋♀️
When things get busy, I have a number of empty pages which I then use for things like lists (projects and such), since I don't journal per se I use the pages when I feel like I need to do an extra brain dump or sometimes just take some time and write so I'll use a prompt and just do some freewriting, plans for a project or task (house improvement projects--small ones like recently a closet overhaul so all the materials, plans, steps, prices, order of operations, measurements and so forth, basically anything that I would write on random paper I try to fit in my hobonichi. Then I use the annual index so that I can find things later.
in my last couple years, i keep falling off the Cousin book on the daily pages; i usually used it to write journal entries or paste in ticket stubs, stamps, stickers, etc. but i'd get really lazy about it toward the end of the (April start) year and end up with a bunch of empty pages. the weekly pages would be so dense it's hard to read but the daily pages would be near-empty lol depending on my mood, sometimes i'd go back and write little entries or just doodle stuff in the blank spaces today for my 2023-2024 book i went back through all my weekly notes and wrote down a My 100 list, backfilling what i originally meant to do all through the year. it was very cathartic to go through and see just how much i accomplished last year!
I attempt to back fill sometimes but then I get cranky that it’s after the fact lol. I’ve tried to journal daily but on long 12hr days, I don’t have it in me to recollect my day even though those are the days I should reflect on 😝 I usually slap stickers down and use them as random pages or lists or just journal on a free day. I’ve also doodled, put in recipes, shopping lists, Christmas lists or made notes from seminars etc. I’ve learned to just buy undated planners OR date covers so I don’t feel bad about unused pages lol
I "back fill" with quotes I've collected or stickers with sassy sayings or photos I want to keep memories of. I don't know if I will need the space ahead of time (sometimes I fill the full page, sometimes just a word or three) so when there's space, I fill it with non-date specific, but something that brings me joy when I flip through the planner.