The Weekly Spread

How to Use the Printable 2025 Daily Planner

The 2025 Daily Planner from Hemlock & Oak is designed for individuals seeking a full-page layout for each day. This planner includes an hourly schedule (5 AM to 11 PM) perfect for time-blocking...

How to Use the 2027 Signature Weekly Planner | Free Planner Download

Is the 2027 Signature Weekly Planner right for you? Explore its weekly layout, values exercises, goal-setting and habit pages, then download the printable planner for free.

Free 2025 Weekly Planner Download

In this blog, you’ll discover how to download a free 2025 weekly planner designed to help you stay organized, reduce stress, and align your goals with your personal values. This printable planner i...

What is better: A Bullet Journal or a Planner?

Are you struggling to decide between a bullet journal and a traditional planner to help you stay organized? With the plethora of planning systems available, it can be challenging to find the best f...

How to Review Your Year (Free Year-end Review Printable)

Table of Contents Memories and Gratitude Reviewing Challenges Celebrating Achievements What Five Memories do you Want to Cherish? Who or What are you Grateful for? Reviewing Values and Intentio...

13 Inspiring Ways to Repurpose Your Unused Agenda

Feeling guilty about that untouched agenda from January? Don't let that pristine notebook go to waste; there are countless ways to transform it into something creative and unique. So, gather up you...

Is an Undated Planner Right for You? A Buyer's Guide

An undated planner has no pre-printed dates, so you start whenever you want, skip days without guilt, and never waste a page — ideal if your schedule doesn't run on the calendar year. This guide he...

How to Stay Consistent with Your Planner

No one likes a planner that stays empty. We are all aware that the key to success with almost anything is consistency— this includes using your planner effectively every day! Unfortunately, no mat...

Finding Your Perfect 2024 Planner

Finding Your Perfect 2024 Planner Paper planners help you stay on track and improve your self-care. But it can be overwhelming trying to choose the right one with so many different planner systems ...

Is a digital or physical planner best? A brief guide

It might be tough deciding whether physical or digital planners are better for you.Do you prefer the act of opening a physical book and settling down away from a screen, or do you prefer to get it ...

Is a Daily or Weekly Planner Layout Better or Right for Me?

How do you choose a weekly or daily planner?  Having previously used a bullet journal, someone in our H&O Community Group recently asked the following question: which one is better - a weekly o...

Hemlock & Oak Bullet Journal (Notebook) Review

We're extremely grateful for the recent review that @elizabethturn shared of our new bullet journal!It's always a bit nerve-racking when a new product launches, and we really appreciate the candid ...

3 Hemlock & Oak Planner Unboxing Videos

We just want to take a moment to thank our wonderful community for sharing these amazing unboxing videos. We really appreciate the time and care that goes into making them, and want to show them of...

Hemlock & Oak Planner vs. Hobonichi Cousin (Avec) and Wonderland 2022

Hey everyone! We wanted to share an awesome video of our 2021 planner from dr_alvaplans.  There have been SO many improvements since this first iteration: the binding is even better and lays perfe...

13 Community Examples to Inspire Your Planner

Here's how a few community members use their Hemlock and Oak planner Looking for more ways to utilize your planner? Here are 13 examples from the Hemlock and Oak community to inspire you with new b...

A Guide to Taking Notes with the Cornell System (2024 Edition)

The start of a new school year always comes with heaps of readings, papers, and exams. Even if you start with new highlighters and a clean notebook, classic college-ruled paper often turns into a m...

A look into last year - behind the scenes

Hello, #hemlockandoakers!  As most of you know, Hemlock & Oak is a little team of three at the moment. We design our planners in-house and manufacture them with ethical partners and materials i...

The Power of Self-Compassion

There was a time when I was hustling hard to become an illustrator. Like most industries, it’s competitive and the bar is *pretty* high. Well, I set the bar even higher for myself.  Too high.  I to...

The Power of Personal Values in Decision-Making

Have you ever paused to consider the sheer number of choices you confront daily? From the moment we wake up to the moment we sleep, we're on a continuous journey of decision-making. These decisio...