Stationery Advent Calendars, SmartPlanner Time Blocking & getting ready for 2026 (Stationery Freaks)

Stationery Advent Calendars, SmartPlanner Time Blocking & getting ready for 2026 (Stationery Freaks)

From Stationery Freaks by Rob Lambert & Helen Lisowski

December 23, 2025 · 43 min · Episode 69

About this episode

The episode features a catch-up on stationery topics including advent calendars and planning methods as the hosts prepare for the new year.

It’s the last Stationery Freaks episode before Christmas, and after a slightly chaotic month we’re back with a free-form catch-up full of notebook temptation, planning experiments, and advent calendar joy. Helen reviews two very premium stationery advent calendars — Martha Brook(s) and Tom’s Studio — including what you actually get, which one feels more “decorative vs functional,” and the one item she absolutely refuses to touch (again). Rob shares his new structured SmartPlanner time-blocking experiment (and why he’s moved from pen to pencil), an everyday-carry bag confession featuring nine notebooks, and an early idea he’s calling The Wallpaper Method : learning notes on a giant scroll. We also chat about “analog wellbeing,” why January is peak notebook season, end-of-year reflection (hello, Collins ledger ), and what we’ll be tackling in the first episode of 2026.

People in this episode

Hosts: Rob Lambert, Helen Lisowski

Topics covered

  • stationery
  • advent calendars
  • time blocking
  • planning
  • analog wellbeing
  • end-of-year reflection

Keywords

  • stationery advent calendars
  • SmartPlanner
  • time blocking
  • analog wellbeing
  • notebook season
  • end-of-year reflection

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Martha Brook, Tom’s Studio

Books & works: Collins ledger

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