I posted a few months ago about my experience with the Hobonichi. I was very positive back then but new to the Hobonichi planner and we all know new things are fun and shiny. I am now 4 months and 6 days in and I feel an update is in order.

To start with my conclusion, I am still really enjoying the Hobonichi experience. I adore the paper. This is the only notebook I own with Tomoe river paper and it gives a me the chance to use a fountain pen each day. I am still amazed at how thin this paper is and how well it takes fountain pen ink.

I use the Hobonichi Techo every day to summarise what I have done and record interesting news. Most of the time my musings are pretty dull. I would like to be a bit more creative with how I use the planner, there are so many different ways people use their planners so I would like to incorporate some different ideas. To get lost for a few hours looking at this stuff check out the Hobonichi love tumblr page or the Hobonichi usage examples.

My favourite thing about the Hobonichi Techo is the crinkling of the paper. Now 5 months I get a feel for how the Techo will look at the end of the year. Running your hand over used pages you can feel the indentation of the ink on the page and you get an old crinkle paper noise similar to what you may get with a newspaper. It's a small thing but I don't get this experience with any other notebook I own. My photo below gives you a view of the crinkled paper, its a great used look.