Paper Planner

Photo info: FUJIFILM X-T10, 35mm, f/4, 1/60 sec, ISO400
“Planner” Cedar Park 2025

I recently bought a monthly paper planner to explore the world of non-digital planning. Right now, I’m figuring out how it integrates with my digital planning and journaling. To start, I plan to use it for tracking upcoming vacations and noting small wins throughout the day. While researching, I found it interesting that many people use paper planners as a logbook for reflection, while digital planners focus on future events. That approach makes sense to me, so I’m curious to see how my system evolves!

Photo info: FUJIFILM X-T10, 35mm, f/2, 1/60 sec, ISO320
“Planner” Cedar Park 2025

Stationery Shop

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“Kakuno” Costa Mesa, 2024

Today we visited the Maido stationery shop at Mitsuwa Marketplace in Costa Mesa. They had such a great selection of fountain pens and inks, but I’m proud to say I showed some restraint and didn’t buy anything – I have more than enough pens already! Still, it was fun to browse.

Photo info: Apple iPhone 15 Pro, 6.7649998656528mm, f/1.8, 1/120 sec, ISO125
“Fountain Pens” Costa Mesa, 2024

Next Notebook

Photo info: Apple iPhone 15 Pro, 6.7649998656528mm, f/1.8, 1/60 sec, ISO250
“New Morning Pages” Cedar Park, 2024

For my next notebook to fill with Morning Pages, I will use this small A6-size journal that I bought from Muji in New York City several years ago. It’s so nice to be able to use these for a nice purpose.