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October 22, 2008

Blank Page # 115

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Every Wednesday at Notebookism we open a "Blank Page" - your chance to ask, answer and discuss anything notebook-related. Keep it nice, keep it relevant.

Blank Page, an Open Thread.

Discuss amongst yourselves.

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Do you already have your 2009 calender? Which one are you using? Is it the same as in 2008? I am switching to Moleskine pocket format with the week on two pages. Used to have the bigger one with a page per day, too heavy, too thick.

Posted by: Alice | October 22, 2008 at 09:49 AM

I have mine and I've already starting using it because I really didn't like the one I had for 2008. This year I have a cheap weekly planner that's spiral bound. I also love that it has a pocket in the back for me to slip papers into.

Posted by: Holly | October 22, 2008 at 12:15 PM

I use a Miquelrius gridded notebook for my calendar. Since it's blank, it gives me the opportunity to write in all the dates with my fountain pens. The thicker journal can fit two years, with some free pages at the end. I use a leather cover with it, and the back flap works as a pocket for loose slips of paper and such. I keep there a list of events for the upcoming year, when I have to migrate to a new notebook.

Posted by: Cyril | October 22, 2008 at 01:28 PM

Do you convert regular notebooks into calendars, as Cyril outlines in the comment above, or do you use one of the many calendar notebooks out there?

If you convert a plain notebook, do you have any special format you use on each page, or is it simply the date at the top and a to-do list and an appointment list? Michael Rohde's planner is an example of using a clear format (see the pictures on flick http://www.flickr.com/photos/rohdesign/152626650/ )

Thanks

Posted by: darin | October 23, 2008 at 06:00 AM

Darin, I had a plain notebook first that I changed into a calender with the tips on Mike's site (I posted some of mine there too) but discovered the paper in that notebook did not do well with fountain pen so I went back to Moleskine. I tried the one with one week on a page and a page for notetaking but discovered soon enough that I did not have enough room for appointments. Back at the pocket version with a week on 2 pages! I do like the idea of making my own but it will look very much like the pocket version. What I have added is 3x5 flash cards I keep in the back for notes and place that within the week it applies to. What do you do?

Posted by: Alice | October 23, 2008 at 09:28 AM

Interestingly, I had a couple of months here without a planner. I took a regular spiral notebook, wrote a number for each day of the month on the side of each page and just put my appointments on the appropriate days. I'm really questioning why I would need a beefy planner at this point unless I could write to-dos in there. I guess I don't have as many appointments as I thought I did. If I were in school--then I would need more room (and what if I go back in September, then I may as well get the planner) but I will always from now on "keep it simple" in terms of what I use a planner for. You can overdo things here.

Posted by: Sophie Brown | October 23, 2008 at 06:26 PM

I make my own planners.

For 2008, I used a large classic Moleskine ruled. The main weekly section is based on Mike Rohde's design. In addition, there's also a monthly overview section (box format, 2-page spread), and a quarterly review (3 months to a page). Extra pages at the back are used for notes. Right at the back is an index section featuring page numbers and key words of what's in those pages.

For 2009, I will be using a large classic Moleskine squared.

Posted by: Chet | October 24, 2008 at 01:05 AM

I also use Mike Rohde's design, and since I've started my planner in July 2008 it will last me all through 2009. I'm using a pocket ruled Moleskine, with either rapidographs (0.3 & 0.1) or a Pilot Birdie Fine nib fountain pen (it's a dry enough writer to work well on a Moleskine). So far, I'm happy with the system and plan to keep using it in the coming years. There's something about making my own planner that makes me use it (if I would have bought one it would get about a week or two of use and then be forgotten somewhere).

Posted by: NKS | October 24, 2008 at 08:48 AM

I'm going to look for this design and see what I think. I had a planner with the week on one side and the lined page on the other--I guess i didn't have so much to actually write, or I should have used it more, but that particular Moleskine planner didn't do it for me. I think maybe I'll get the one with the week on BOTH pages and I think it came with a little blank notbook for an address book or something like that.

Posted by: Sophie Brown | October 25, 2008 at 04:17 PM

"There's something about making my own planner that makes me use it (if I would have bought one it would get about a week or two of use and then be forgotten somewhere)."

I agree!

I just bought a large classic Moleskine squared yesterday and look forward to preparing it for the new year.

Posted by: Chet | October 25, 2008 at 06:54 PM

"There's something about making my own planner that makes me use it (if I would have bought one it would get about a week or two of use and then be forgotten somewhere)."

I agree!

I just bought a large classic Moleskine squared yesterday and look forward to preparing it for the new year.

Posted by: Chet | October 25, 2008 at 07:46 PM

I think Mike Rohde's design is very similar to the Moleskine planner they have now with the week on both pages (I wouldn't be surprised if the commpany picks ideas off of these sites all the time). It's the same but if you hack it then you have a lot more paper in the back for notes. And if you're a square junkie I would maybe try the design he worked out because they don't have the squared paper in the planners.

Posted by: Sophie Brown | October 26, 2008 at 12:23 AM

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