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November 17, 2020

Recollections Guided Journal Review (hybrid bullet journal / planner)

Recollections always have affordable planners and notebooks including one of their latest: their guided journals. Similar to the Cloudberry Journal, this one has some pre-printed pages as well as dot grid pages you can use however you please.

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Quick Facts

  • A5 page size
  • Hardcover
  • Undated
  • 80 GSM paper

Guided Journal

This reminds me of the Cloudberry Journal – a hybrid between a dot grid notebook and a planner that has pre-printed pages.

There are a few different covers to choose from – this was the only one I was able to find.

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Silver foil edges on all sides of the pages. Approx 0.75″ thick

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There are no dates so you could use some days of the week stickers or white out to change it to a Monday week start.

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Love this checklist – there’s no need to waste time drawing boxes or stamping them

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Unfortunately, the paper is thin – the ink on all of the pre-printed pages shows through

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Plenty of dot grid pages in the back half of the notebook

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The dots are 5mm apart.

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Pages lay flat on their own:

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Daily List book

This one has pre-printed pages throughout the entire notebook

  • Daily to do (could be converted into a weekly overview planner)
  • Weekly review
  • Monthly review
  • Monthly accomplishments
  • Custom lists

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Approx. 0.5″ thick

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I think the to do list pages are supposed to be used 1 page per day, but since they’re undated you could use this as a weekly planner instead.

There are sections for:

  • Top goals
  • To do
  • To buy
  • Chores
  • Don’t forget
  • Notes

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The week in review is a 2 page spread with 1 page for reflection and the other moreso for journaling:

  • Learned
  • Accomplished
  • I’m grateful for
  • Describe the week in – words, moods, flavours, objects, songs, colors, scents, patterns
  • Currently reading
  • Currently watching

The line spacing is 6mm

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The month in review is similar to the weekly spread with 2 pages for journaling and 1 page for reflection. Most of the journaling stuff I doubt many people would use … I don’t think many people would be bothered to record the sounds and scents of a place they went to?!

There are sections for:

  • List the best things that happened to do
  • Favorite meals
  • Favorite purchased
  • How can you make next month more – fun, productive, relaxing, health
  • Think of someone you spoke to – describe them, what did you like about them
  • Think of a place you went to – what colors did you see, what scents, what sounds, how did it make you feel?
  • List 5 things you want to remember

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Pros of the Recollections Guided Journals

  • Affordable
  • Undated
  • Functional planning pages
  • Nice cover designs
  • Foil on the edges of the pages

Cons of the Recollections Guided Journals

  • No page numbers
  • Only 1 ribbon bookmark
  • No tabs
  • Only 1 cover design for each type of notebook
  • Thin paper

Would I use these planners?

I like the hybrid bullet journal / planner – the no page numbers and thin paper are the only major cons for me. There aren’t many hybrid bullet journals / planners (yet) and I like this one better than the Cloudberry Journal.

I probably wouldn’t use the lists book. When I purchased it I thought it was going to have more list pages. There is too much focus on journaling (which I don’t use my planner for) and not enough on planning.

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