According to this Fox Business article, there has been a big increase in people stealing office supplies from their employer.: According to data from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiner, office Opens a New Window.stealing of noncash items — ranging from scissors and notebooks, to staplers and paperclips, has ballooned to 21 percent of corporate-theft losses in 2018 … Continue reading Office Theft of Notebooks and Pens
I recently got this email from a reader: I’m Riccardo from Italy and I love your blog. I think I have a “problem” with notebooks and paper in general. I want every paper object to be perfect. Today I misspelled my email address in my personal info in my planner and… You can imagine what a … Continue reading Notebooks and Perfectionism
I found this week’s addict on Instagram, where he displays an amazing 38 year loyalty to the Nolty diary. (The original text is in Japanese, but has been auto-translated into English in the image above.) See more at @motohashinobuhiro 5884
I thought I’d share what has become my ritual for setting up a new notebook. My new notebooks don’t always coincide with the New Year, but this year, I started a new daily journal just a few days before January 1, so close enough! For a new daily journal, which is usually a pocket-size hardcover … Continue reading New Year, New Notebook Set-up
Last week’s post about new Moleskine products for Spring 2019 got me looking back at my various posts over the years with ideas for what I thought Moleskine should be doing. They’ve sort of done a few of them, but here’s my current favorite ideas I think they should try. Moleskine Daily Art Journal Notebook … Continue reading Moleskine Monday: More Thoughts on New Products
Here’s something actually kind of interesting for a change! The late, great Moleskinerie website has been dormant since 2016, but its Japanese counterpart, Moleskinerie.jp, is still quite active. I noticed this recent article about new products being introduced at a Moleskine pop-up shop at Shibuya Loft. Moleskine Expanded Notebook Most exciting to me was the … Continue reading Moleskine Monday: Interesting News from Japan About New Products for Spring 2019
A few items of interest from other sites, in case you missed them! Midori MD Notebook Light A5 Review at The Pen Addict Notebook Review: Yamamoto Ro-Biki at The Well-Appointed Desk Tidying Up My Notebooks at Ooh I Love Your Notebook! Ideas, not Art – Students learn how to use sketchnotes to improve their note-taking … Continue reading Links I Liked
This is an interesting alternative to the Bullet Journal method. Torey Van Dot lays out each day’s tasks divided into categories and then slotted into time blocks on a schedule. As she writes in the linked post, a graph paper notebook made this layout workable. Who knew graph paper could make such a difference? She … Continue reading Daily To-Do Schedule Using Graph Paper Notebooks
Here’s a notebook with a layout I haven’t seen before: dot grid on one side and ruled on the other. They make a few different versions, each of which comes in various colors. Wide spaced with 100 GSM paper Narrow spaced with 100 GSM paper Fountain pen edition with 120 GSM paper (available with blank, … Continue reading PAIPURÂ Notebooks
As regular readers know, I am a big fan of the Nolty Diary. Also known as the “Efficiency Notebook,” this Japanese planner has deservedly become a cult favorite, with Instagram posts galore showing off how people use their Nolty diaries. After very happily using a Nolty diary all through 2018, I decided to spring for … Continue reading Review: Nolty Gold 2019 Diary/Planner