Posted May 15, 2009 by Leah Hoffmann
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Good question from a reader in Hoboken, who asked whether or not it’s possible to order a new planner cover without ordering planner refills.
The answer, happily, is yes: The Daily Planner, for example, would be happy to fill that order. So if it’s the middle of the year and something’s happened to your cover, you don’t have to wait to replace it.
Of course, you could also do something else with an empty cover. I use a teal Space 17 as a checkbook cover—the fit’s not perfect, but it works. I also have two different covers for my Sapa X, one in red, and one in a lovely spring green. I don’t change them often, but when I do it’s a pleasant surprise, a small way to get a fresh perspective on a familiar object.
Posted May 13, 2009 by Leah Hoffmann
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I love the Office Supply Geek’s idea of keeping his Rhodia pads closed with a binder clip. Even cooler is the way that clip can double as a notebook stand.
At any rate, it got me thinking about how to customize notebooks and planners to make them more functional (as opposed to more pretty or unique, which is obviously great, as well). The possibilities are endless, of course, and the hacks both big and small. Geralin Thomas keeps her life organized with a customized alphabetic planning system. I use a paperclip in my Habana to keep track of my place. John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, goes so far as to make his own planner every year with custom-made rubber stamps and a cloth-bound Clairefontaine notebook.
What are your notebook hacks?
