I abandoned my Hobo weeks, too! I may go back to it in the future. I have that same 5-year diary and, surprisingly, kept up with it all year! There were a few weeks where I had to back-fill, but, overall, I did much better than expected! I am determined to finish the full 5 years, but I doubt I will do another one. My life is pretty boring and the space is so limited, I feel like you are hard-pressed to find something substantive that will fit in the space. It's great that you had your emails to your Mom to help fill the spaces! Wish my kids would call, text, or email me regularly! Love how chunky your Stalogy's became! I need to put more tip-ins in my EDC!
I think you did quite well keeping up. I’m notorious for starting planners and never finishing. Except my pocket moterm. That’s my catch-all. I get busy, maybe a bit lazy…when my time becomes crunched, I tend to make things with yarn over spending time in planners. But I LOVE my planners/journals. I definitely need it all pre-drawn. I have been admiring your monthly layouts. They are beautiful. I’m going to start a 5 year gratitude journal inspired by you. I think I’m going to use a composition notebook for that. I really like the idea of having the comparison of each year. Looking forward to seeing what you do this year. Thanks for sharing.