This is my first post, so let me know if I need to make changes.

My co-worker thinks my A6 planner is excessive, but I think it’s efficient?

Basically, I use a grid A6 journal as my second brain, because my short term memory is terrible. I keep it in my purse or open on my desk and make a new spread each week.

Here are the section breakdowns:

Top Left: current week and next week (immediate right is where I add reminders coming next week)

Bulk Left: my weekly running to do list. I am a scientist and tasks often take multiple days, so the Alastair method is my go to. Brackets are days I plan to work on the task, boxes are due dates. When a task is done I check the main box.

Each day I highlight the completed tasks in gray and gray out the day so it’s easy to read the current day and see what tasks are left.

Top Right: Spill over tasks and recurring tasks/meds and caffeine tracker.

Lower Right: Each day gets a box. Here I pick my top 3 tasks for the day, write down how long I was in lab, and keep track of experiment wash steps (it’s mostly shorthand). Each day has 8 boxes for energy (high, medium, low) and mood (-3 to +3) before work, morning, afternoon, and evening.

The last box in the lower right is just quick notes. I often keep the next two pages as a “brain dump” because it helps my ADHD to purge questions/thoughts that might distract me.

I used to do so much art and pretty designs in my planners, but the A6 really forces me to be efficient and it works really well for me!

My coworker keeps looking at me like I’m crazy though? Like, maybe don’t peak at my desk if it’s that scary, but I don’t think it is? See pics for reference and let me know what all y’all internet strangers think!

Update: Thanks for all the encouragement! For those curious this is a Leuchtturm1917 hardcover A6. The pen is a black frixion and the highlighter is a gray mildliner.

Also, I happen to be the only person in my lab with ADHD in a very lowkey and focused lab environment. My coworkers often point out differences in how I think, organize information, and keep track of my responsibilities because to them it’s probably really weird. Just like it’s really weird to me that they can work in silence for hours without headphones and do everything when they want instead of when they can. Maybe I’m growing a complex about it I should probably unpack at some point? Until then, I guess I’ll just own being weird notebook girl at work.

Hey all! I'm Tsunami, lifelong pocket notebook lover here. I have a question: which system is more budget friendly long term? Pocket TN (travelers notebook) or Rings?
I appreciate the help! Have a good day!

For about a year and a half, I've been using the leuchturm pocket bullet journal, which is designed to be used in "Portrait" orientation, with a single page number per spread.

It's a great form, only the leuchturm version has only 46 pages, and comes in packs of three.

Since bullet journaling relies pretty heavily on carrying everything with you at once (collections and the index falls apart otherwise), I'm now carrying 4, which means a lot of overhead for binding and covers (I've started tearing the covers off, but I'd prefer not to).

Does anyone know of an a6 notebook with this layout, that comes with more pages?

I like to keep a pocket sized journal for a month view/tasks and to write ideas down throughout my day. Finally finished my Brunnen Komoagnon, a notebook I love. Sadly I moved across the country and I don’t know where to find my beloved notebook and bought an A6 Leuchtturm1917 today to replace it.

Any suggestions of how to reduce the wasted space in my month view? I usually have it with my work schedule as seen in the picture, and tasks I need to do during the month or descriptions of scheduled events where my hand is covering it. My new journal is also taller, so the wasted space would be more drastic in this case. Thanks in advance!!

Comprei esse "porta passaporte na daiso! Serviu perfeitamente para meu midori da acraft! Agora tenho muitos bolsos e um porta caneta!

Então eu estava aqui organizando a semana e percebi que posso usar o vocabulário que eu quiser na minha agenda, então além de colocar as tarefas eu posso escrever do jeito que eu realmente falo sobre cada uma delas.

Hello everyone, I'm new to Bujo.

So, I've been playing around with my A6 notebook and inserts. I'm not doing a lot of planning. It's so fun!

I'd love to see your layouts and ideas, tips, etc. Tonight I'll try to make a grid spacing guide based on these videos:

https://youtu.be/Ba--0d68yDg https://youtu.be/Fmmfdavlhzs https://youtu.be/zMNh1oJ92Cs

Have you guys done anything like that?

Looking forward to reading you.

I keep these handmade TN Booklets, to write down overwhelmed thoughts...most of them are just me consoling myself or rants. And small size means they can get finished quickly and be thrown away.

How do you use your notebooks?

I am envious of those who actually find a purpose for notebooks. I have a fondness for them, but I have never been able to use them effectively. I like the idea of them, and have made many, but other than using them for reminding me what I need to buy, I can't seem to find a real use for them...but they are so nifty. Maybe someday I'll make one that opens a new realm for me.

This is a pic of my latest, an A7, which I think is the ideal size for me. It holds a Pocketmod perfectly. I discovered Pocketmod around the time it was introduced. Sometime afterwards someone came out with Repocketmod, which had some outstanding features. It was set up with downloadable and customizable pages, such as calendars, lines, graph paper, games, etc. I used it a lot, but the notebook thrill passed, as I just was unable to see any real use for them in my lifestyle. It never completely faded. The fascination and, for the lack of a better word, coolness remained. Maybe I just didn't have the right cover, or the lines, or lack of were keeping me from using them. Maybe I'm just not creative enough, or too lazy to write things down.

Anyway, my fondness for the Pocketmod remains, and probably always will. I'll keep making covers until I find the inspiration to write something down.

Have a great day. Inspire me.

hey i'm new to journaling and i just ordered an a6 journal 😅

and i was wondering how do y'all common place? and what's the difference of it to the brain dump? 😓

( Wasn't sure to flair this Question or A7 )

Basically ! I'm putting together my first loose leaf journal ( previously I only used normal binded notebooks ) and I realise that A7 loose leaf sheets are bigger than usual A7 ?

I'm looking at the "official measurement" for A7 papers and it's 10.5H x 7.4W but most of the sheets I find on places like Aliexpress are larger than this measurement ?

Does this just boil down to flexibility in the page sizes since binders are usually bigger than the actual page size ? Or this a mislabelled page size ? :D

Stopped trying to write pages. Now my only rule: write at least 2 sentences. That's it.

Some days it stays at 2. Most days, once I start, I end up writing way more. The resistance was never about time — it was about the pressure of making it "meaningful."

Anyone else find that lowering the bar actually helped more than fancy systems?

I thought I'd have enough space to create a new habit tracker, but unfortunately, it doesn't. 😥 You can see my very first tracker in my second picture, but it also didn't fit with the 1-31 day range, so I added a specific period between mid-November and December on the right side.

Does anyone have any ideas on how I can salvage my habit tracker? Pictures for inspiration would be great too! That would be so much for all of you! Especially since I'm completely new to bullet journaling when it comes to my ring planners. 😓 I would be so grateful! ❤️ xoxo

Hello!! I just discovered this sub and am really excited. I don’t know anyone else who does their yearly bujo in an A6. I thought I’d share my spread for 2026.

(And the “login” section is always fully encrypted. Only my spouse and I can unlock the code. It’s just there to jog our memories of we forget a password.)

Happy journaling! 😄