I've been looking for a day-book/journal for the past month and a half. I want to use it to record events that happened or what I did on a particular, not to keep to-dos or appointments. Yes, I'm looking for a memory enhancer. Of course, I could drop out of the human rat race, find a hammock on a thinly populated island in a warm climate, and be relatively sure my memory would be better for lack of stressors. BUT, I think that approach may be a bit extreme. For now. Also, I want to see how I use my time and maybe make a few changes. It is the most valuable thing I have and I know I'm not efficient. I don't want to be nuts about being active all the time but I would like to be able to show I did more than look at Pinterest all day.
My search found a wide range of planners. One key focus was to have the same amount of writing space for each day of the week. I don't know about you, but my Saturdays and Sundays are just as full as the other five days of my week. Apparently, a lot of planner designers must have pretty dull weekends. I also wanted the actual calendar day to be reflected without me having to record it. Yes, lazy-are-me. Finally, I wanted my daily journal to be relatively attractive.
Today, being almost one-twenty-fourth of the year past, required a decision. With the help of Bill at office supply store, I purchased a few items for a quasi-doitmyself planner. I am using a Day-Timer 1-Page-Per-Day Planner insert. It allows an a full day of space for each day and has some pretty colors. However, I didn't want all the bulk of the binders available. I am going to make a cover for my journal myself. I'll let you know what I come up with.
Good for you!
After doing a lot of looking, I realized that I would never find exactly what I wanted and I ended up settling because I'm too lazy to make what I really wanted. I can't wait to see how this works for you.
xo
Posted by: Cookie | Friday, January 13, 2012 at 05:32 PM
That sounds like a fun project and I'm looking forward to seeing what you do. Cloth, paper, scissors, yarn??
; )
Posted by: Vicki | Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 08:23 AM
I enjoyed making custom pages for my schedule with diyplanner.com. I have been a journaller for al out all my years. Now my schedule is in my iPad and my writing is done in a hard covered sketchbook (nice heavy paper). I also have an Oberon leather cover for it.
Good luck with the imaginings.
Posted by: LoriAngela | Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 10:45 AM
What a neat idea. I think being able to organize one's information is a MUST. And why shouldn't it be done creatively? :)
Posted by: Leigh | Monday, January 16, 2012 at 04:46 AM
If only there was some way to record things electronically.....
But I do love the idea of a journal! Although I'm pretty sure I don't want to know how much I sit on my butt.
Posted by: Carrie#K | Monday, January 23, 2012 at 08:00 PM