Bushimen 不是闷 X KOKUYO PAL Planner 2024
- Regular price
- $38.00
- Sale price
- $38.00
- Regular price
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PAL Planner is a new planner designed by Bushimen in collaboration with Kokuyo. 2022 was the first year of its release, and we are happy to bring it back this year. The starting concept of the PAL planner is "Plan And Log" by utilizing the division line in each daily section. An example usage is to have the division line as daily timeline. The left side could be used as daily to-dos planning, and the right side could be used as a record logging what actually got done. The division line is unmarked, so the timeline can be customized, and be flexible depending on your daily routine.
The planner is B6 with 4mm graph MIO paper by Kokuyo. It features yearly, monthly, weekly overviews, checklist pages and graph pages. All pages are numbered.
- Size: B6 (4.9" x 6.9")
- Language: English and Chinese (for denoting lunar dates)
- December Start
- Monday Start
- Total Pages: 192
- Breakdown: 2 pages of yearly calendars, 2 pages of yearly planning pages, 140 pages of monthly + weekly pages, 8 pages of checklist pages, 39 pages of graph pages.
Features:
Paper:
The MIO paper by Kokuyo is a lightweight paper at 60gsm. The paper has a slight texture that is great for ballpoint and gel pens. It also absorbs fountain pen inks quickly.
Design:
As opposed to separating planners by monthly, weekly and daily, PAL planners groups the monthly, weekly and daily pages together by the same month. It has plenty of spaces and the layout is flexible to customize tracking.
Monthly Pages:
Monthly pages feature a double-page spread, with a small overview calendar of the month on the left, and tracker on the right. The minimal design of calendar provides plenty of space for planning, and for writing down important plans for the month. The monthly tracker provides a centralized page to keep track of important updates and the tracker is flexible in either timeline or checkbox format.
Weekly Pages:
Weekly pages feature a small monthly calendar and seven daily sections. The mini monthly calendar highlights the week, and provides an overview space underneath for weekly planning. Each daily section is divided in half. The division can be treated as a flexible timeline or a division depending on your preference.
Yearly Pages:
A double-page spread with a full page of 2024 yearly calendar on the left and 2023 and 2025 yearly calendars on the right for a useful reference when planning ahead.
Yearly Planning Pages:
A double-page spread with a full page of 2024 yearly vertical calendar for planning ahead.
Being able to plan the day on the left and then actually log what happened on the right turned out to be the exact format for what I needed. If I don’t complete a task, I can write what went wrong or what I need to do to make it easier to complete the task next time. Over these past few weeks I’ve been able to pick up trends, both good and bad! Each day has just enough space to log without being overwhelming, especially since I like to fill all the white spaces. I’m so glad I found this planner!
I had been hesitating on what planner to buy, but Ashley's videos about the PAL planner absolutely convinced me to get this. No regrets buying it now that I have used it! Came with several other items that were edamame themed.
The pages of the planner are gel pen and fountain pen ink friendly (tried TWSBI ink, Sailor Manyo ink, LAMY inks, and FWP ink). Observed no feathering on the latter and ghosting is barely there for both types!
The layout of weeks makes this planner extremely customizable. Will definitely get it next year as well!
I've had many planners with different layouts throughout the years and finally found the perfect layout for my needs. I really like the overview at the beginning of every month, and the weekly layout is just what I need. The size is perfect, not too small or too big. The paper is delightful, the edamame theme is beautiful, and it's just such a functional planner. I hope it never goes away!
Perfect for my purposes! This is now my cooking logbook. Use for planning as well in conjunction with Plan to Eat app. I’d love to post a photo but don’t see how to do that here.
Planner was packed perfectly, shipped quickly and lots of personal touches from the shop. Will definitely repurchase from this shop again!