I started bullet journaling (mine is not this put together) a while ago because it’s really great for self-care, keeps me organized, and as a writer allows me to keep notes of every weird thing that anyone says in my vicinity ever (my friends hate this about me). But I’ve had a hard time using my bullet journal as a planner because I fill up my journals so quickly with daily notes that I had to start new notebooks constantly and re-draw my monthly and weekly planners over and over again.
My brain is a looney bin. It’s chaos in there and without a system to stay organized I have a hard time staying on top of things, I get overwhelmed, anxious, and confused and instead of being productive I’ll spend hours Googling, “who was Jeffrey Dahmer,” or “Do ducks really have corkscrew penises?” So I need a simple way to plan out my month, keep notes, make lists, jot down blog post ideas, doodle, write stories, to stay on top of life so I can actually get things done.
Recently I started to look for a better solution and came across Mochi Things. I’d never heard of the company before but holy shit, I’m obsessed with them now. I immediately ordered the MYO String Tie A5 Planner Organizer in black (like my soul), the monthly notebook and the weekly notebook. I plan on using my regular A5 (from Amazon) dot notebooks for everything else I need.
I just got my order today and it’s perfect. The organizer fits 6 A5 notebooks, has a space for earbuds, pens, and cards. So I can basically put my entire life in one place: My monthly planner, weekly planner, daily bullet journal, sketchbook, and idea/draft notebook for book/essay ideas, etc. I’ll post some photos and a video on my Instagram page so you can see exactly how I’m using it, but ya’ll, I’m in love. I feel so organized I might actually celebrate by doing nothing this weekend but watch eighties hits and stare at a wall. Winning hard.
PS. This is NOT a sponsored post. I didn’t get paid in money or goats to write about Mochi. I’m just way into it right now.
m.e. evans 
As someone who is obsessively organized, these Mochi things appeal to me tremendously. However, if I got one (or everything they make), I would spend all my time “organizing” and no time actually “doing”. So for now, I will stick with my (very) old school Week-At-A-Glance/Daytimer calendars I buy each year at Staples. SOMEtimes, when I’m feeling particularly ambitious, I will take a blank, unlined sheet of paper from my printer and make lists under the headings, “Now”, “Month”, “Quarter”, “Year”, listing out things to do or goals. And when doing long-term travel planning, then the big guns come out: Excel spreadsheets!
Isn’t being organized FUN?! Oy. Have a great weekend, M.E. xo
Haha I feel you! I also do the Now, Month, Quarter, Year goal lists. I usually make them at a coffee shop and spend hours on them like a lunatic. Funny story: that’s kind of how I ended up in Italy. Lol