I loved my academic planner from last year, which is why I went to purchase a new one. However, in the year that has passed slight changes have been made that threw me off. The paper feels slightly different, maybe a different weight or texture? But mainly the ink is now darker. Previously it was a light grey, which was really pretty and didn’t make the see-through quality very noticeable. Now with the darker print, it’s quite bad how much of the next page I can see which is not great. Also, it’s just jarring to look at and I prefer the softer, lighter shade of last year’s ink. I like the addition of the second book mark, as I did find that one was lacking and used another bookmark in addition to the built in one, so that is one positive change (although I’ve grown attached to my second bookmark and will probably keep using that). The planner is really nice, handled being thrown around in my overstuffed backpack for a year like a champ, the layout is great and works for me, but the changes to print irked me a little, but definitely not enough to stop me from using what I payed for.