In this video, I’m flipping through my One Year Common Planner by Sterling Ink and sharing my honest thoughts after actually living in it. I’m a planner girly through and through, and over the years I’ve tried a bunch of systems—bullet journaling, Hobonichi Cousin and Weeks, Take A Note, and more. My ideal setup is simple: monthlies, weeklies, and blank notes pages in the back, so when the Common Planner came out, I was genuinely so excited because it felt like exactly what I’d been looking for. I start with my B6+ Moterm cover (always secondhand—especially leather) and show what I keep tucked inside: stickers (including some from my own shop), my 2023 goals sheet (very ambitious, not super realistic), and what I’m migrating into 2024, like my much more focused goals list and a 5K training schedule. Then we get into the actual planner: monthlies, my weekly “big fat to-do list” style (I ignore the timeline), color-coding keys I tweaked throughout the year, and the reality that I definitely go through phases where I don’t plan at all—and that’s okay. My biggest takeaway: I loved the paper quality, color, and elegant gold edges, but the notes section was way too many pages for how I naturally plan, so I ended up splitting the book and using the extra pages as a journal.