What I love about...Filofax personal size binders
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| My personal size Filofax binders |
A personal size ring binder was the planner that got me started on my planner journey. A few years later I bought my first real Filofax, the black Buckingham at the right. And the rest is history, as they say!
I always tend to go back to a personal size Filofax in times of crisis or transition, and I've finally figured out why. I can have everything I need inside the binder, for grab-and-go efficiency. I've used a personal size Filofax in emergency situations and while living in places where I might have to get on an airplane to evacuate at any moment. When I have everything I need in my carry-everywhere Filofax, I'm ready for anything at all.
What I love about...A5 / Classic / Desk size binders
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| My A5 Filofaxes, Success Choice and Daytimer Malibu binders |
A5 (and similar) size binders are great because you can put A5 / 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inch pages in them, any brand or style you want. You can fold a full size page and put it in. You can print pages easily, punch them and put them in. You can even cut up a bound planner, punch the pages and pop them into your binder. This is the easiest size to customize because the paper is standard size. I wish the binders weren't so big and heavy, because I would love to use this as my everything-in-one book!
What I love about...bound weekly planners
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| Some of my 2014 weekly planners |
Of course I love weekly planners--I designed one! I love bound weekly planners because they give you maximum planning in the slimmest and lightest book. A binder with an equivalent page size will be bulkier and heavier than a bound weekly book.
I also love the variety possible with weekly planners--formats, extra features, other content, designs, quotes--the possibilities are endless, which makes them fun!
What I love about...day per page diaries
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| My 2014 day per page diaries |
I've had a special place in my heart for day per page diaries ever since I saw my sister's Textagenda all those years ago. My favorite planner I've ever used is a day per page diary. And last year I finally had journaling success with an A5 day per page diary after years of not being able to get into the habit.
There's just something about day per page diaries I love. I find the chunkiness of day per page books aesthetically pleasing. I love the amount of recording possible on the large daily pages, and I love the idea of having my entire year permanently recorded in one archival book. I can't effectively plan ahead in them, but day per page diaries are great record books.
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| 2014 Moleskine large and pocket size day per page diaires |
What are your favorite types of planners? Or like me do you enjoy different types of planners for different reasons?
This must be part of my planner problem--when I see a planner, any planner, I can list all the good points. I don't think of the negatives at all, whether they are actual problems (won't lay flat) or that they are negatives for me (too heavy for me). It's like I am a salesperson "selling" myself the planner and I can never resist the sales pitch.
ReplyDeleteUgh isn't that the truth!! I love one because it's comprehensive, but it's too heavy. I love another because it's so portable, but the pages are too small. And on it goes!
DeleteI'm no longer fickle about planners the way I used to be, but I can see your point. We want it all, but it's simply not possible -- for example, you can't have both portability and comprehensiveness, as you say. There's also the question of content vs. cover. How many times have we been seduced by a gorgeous binder or cover, ignoring the weird page layout or icky paper because we loved the exterior so much -- until we got it home and tried using that weird layout? Yeah. . .
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The ever present dilemma. I love all ring bound but I don't really like bound planners. I like being able to add, subtract and move around.
ReplyDeleteI KNOW ring bound is best for me. I know it.
ReplyDeleteEvery now and then, I stray. :/
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I have two ring-bound planners, one letter-size from Day Runner Business Pro System, the other a classic from Franklin Covey. I have used the Day Runner planner for 30 years. I set up the Franklin Covey to use the Getting Things Done system, but I have never "moved into it." Now I saw a letter size and a classic ring bound planner on Ebay, bid on them, and bought both. So I love ring bound planners but don't know what to do with the ones I have.
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