Wow you’re winning!!!
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Yes, however a closer look shows it isn’t even made in North America. It’s designed in Europe and printed in China. Definitely not what I would have chosen had I known.
I don’t like the paper in it. It feels a bit like sandpaper to me. It’s recycled paper. I’m thinking of family or friends who might like a gift for Christmas or birthday.
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FWIW I have found very few planners that don’t print in China (I print my books in China too and almost all publishers print there) - that’s just where most of the infrastructure and economies of scale are for print at this point. Even pretty iconic Japanese and German brands all produce there. I know one made in Taiwan. And then one US anarcho brand that prints in East Bay
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Hi! Thanks for the info. I think I found one. Polestar Calendars I’m checking it out further today.
ETA: on further inspection it doesn’t go into enough detail for me.
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I just checked my planner and it says made in Quebec, so I’m pretty sure we can find Canada made ones.
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What is your planner? We might want to shift this subtopic over to the Canadian thread?
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I want to know what brand it is!
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Just a note, I found a Canadian one to download for free to try. It’s Hemlock & Oak.. I just printed their goals preamble and one month of the undated planner to try. If it works well, I think I’ll purchase the daily or minimalist one. And combine three journals into one. The minimalist one doesn’t have the goals preamble. Which I don’t really need. But someone a bit busier might find it helpful for setting direction and keeping focused.
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It’s this brand: https://papieretlatte.com/ (website in french only)
Their planners are expensive tho, 56$ CAD without taxes and shipping. But I love my planners and I have to refrain myself from buying other stuff like stickers and pens 
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You only need one! (Right? Right?!)
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hello planner friends! I’m wondering if anyone can help me with a conundrum, which is that my roommate’s planner seems to have been discontinued for 2025 and he is looking for a similar one. It was the Ardium Yearly Planner, which Ardium seems to not be making for 2025. Here are the features, in case you know of a similar:
- a5 size (or a little smaller like b6 but not super small)
- hobonichi weeks layout (so horizontal list of days on the left and blank grid on the right)
- NOT tomoe river paper (regular weighted paper)
- Months go directly into the weeks (instead of months being all at the front)
- “blank” months (so no grid pattern)
- bound ‘journal’ type book
- (not a dealbreaker but he would like it) keep-together elastic band
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Wondering if there is a planner built around the 4 seasons? That’s kind of how I think about my life & set goals, I’m realizing.
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Not sure about months going directly into weeks but the rest of it sounds like the Moleskine weekly planner
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If anyone likes trying out new layouts this seems fun:A Guide to the YOSEKALAB Planner Sampler – Yoseka Stationery
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this is fun!!! I got this for my yearly “nothing is working I need to put my entire planning life in a blender” panic and it helped a lot
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I am surprised at the number of people using paper planners. You youngsters! Is this a retro-cool thing like vinyl records?
I just use the digital calendar on my Apple devices.
i do not make extensive notes, just a few words to represent deadlines and obligations and events.
I am retired so my life is simple, but when I was still working I used Outlook’s calendar in the same way.
Ohhhh yes. Yes yes yes. But SEASONS and not freaking financial quarters. >.>
I keep getting tempted to get a discbound notebook for some very specific topical stuff but then I never select a system. Gyarrrr.
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YES exactly. Maybe I should use the search term “solstice” lol
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Omg that is so cool
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It’s an artistic hobby and not just an organizing calendar thing
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