6 months & over $9,000 dollars later | My First Techo Kaigi Planner & Journal Review | Mid-Year 2025

Welcome to my very first Techo Kaigi — a mid-year planner and journal reflection where I dive deep into what worked, what didn’t, and the real cost of my 2025 planner lineup. 📆 In the first 6 months of the year, I experimented with multiple journals, planners, systems, and creative setups. Some were inspiring... others quickly turned into planner guilt. And after a lot of reflection (and totaling up what I spent), I’ve made a big decision: I’m letting go of nearly all of them and simplifying down to just one primary journal for the rest of the year. 💸 In this video, I’m sharing: All the planners and journals I used (with quick flips) What was working and why What is kind of working What wasn’t working and how I knew it was time to stop A full cost breakdown of my stationery spending (gulp) And the ONE main system I’m committing to moving forward If you’ve ever felt planner overwhelm, budget burnout, or just the pressure to “keep up” with all the beautiful systems out there — this video is for you. I hope it encourages you to find a system that brings you peace, clarity, and joy. 👇 Let me know in the comments: What’s been working for you this year? And have you ever done a planner reset? 🛍️Items Shown: Holographic month stickers - [https://www.etsy.com/shop/pastelspell] Clear Glitter “Dashboard” - [https://www.etsy.com/listing/12942960...] --- ** Chapters ** 00:00 Intro 02:11 2025 Journal & Planner Line Up 05:14 Hobonichi A5 Avec (Work Journal & Planner) 12:23 Hobonichi A5 5-Year Diary 15:54 Traveler’s Notebook - Yellow Paper House Checkbook Register (Track Spending) 19:20 What’s working (Kind of) 20:08 Take A Note B6 Medium Weeks (Weekly Planning) 23:29 PaperTess Designs A5 Chapter 25 (Journaling) 31:09 A look at my journal pages 35:59 What’s not working 36:12 Paper & Sprinkles A6 Notebook (For daily prompts) 36:53 Hobonichi Weeks (Media Tracking) 39:18 Hobonichi Day Free (YouTube Journaling) 42:57 A preface on spending 44:35 Month by month costs for stationery, fountain pens, and YouTube in Quarter 1 & Quarter 2 48:38 Changes starting in Quarter 3 52:04 B5 Sterling Ink Common Planner Compact Full Year (One planner system) -- 📸 Subscribe for weekly videos on journaling, planning, fountain pens, and creative reflection. 🗣️ Let’s connect! Instagram: [  / whiskersandwashi  ] 💻 *Related Videos & Playlists:* Journaling → [   • Journaling  ] Plan with Me → [https://studio.youtube.com/playlist/P...] Stationery Hauls → [https://studio.youtube.com/playlist/P...] Fountain Pen Ink → [https://studio.youtube.com/playlist/P...] #techokaigi #techo #journalingcommunity