Anyone else use Moleskine planners?

[laurafoster327]

I have my final exam for my accounting course tomorrow (eep!), but after that I'm going to start working on my 2019 day planner.
It's been sitting on the shelf since August, still in the cling wrap. You have no idea how excited I am to finally open up a fresh new planner (I use the A5 Moleskine page-per-day hardcover planner).

Last year I ended up with 2 planners (the 2018 version of the Moleskine desrcibed above), and I only used the one like I normally do. I was going to use the second one for something creative every day (quotes, top 3, etc.), but I never got around to it. I'm going to change the dates to 2019 and use it for something else.

Any ideas?

Comments

[sparrowfart]

First: good luck with your exam! You got this!

Second: I'm only v new to planners and journaling in a physical format myself, but I do like the idea of having one 'official' one to keep track of things you have to do, and an unofficial one where you jot down/be creative/tack in anything of interest/inspo that you discovered on that particular day?

(I might actually do this myself now that I think about it, haha)

[laurafoster327]

Thanks! Exam didn't go so well, just waiting to find out my grade. I hope I passed the course!
I'm thinking the same thing, tracking writing projects (word count goals), how many pages I read, etc. Maybe start each day with a quote, list what I did in terms of creativity (toward wanting to be a published author), etc.

[gokuma]

IMHO you shouldn't force yourself to keep separate journals if you don't feel the need to. I do have two: one I carry around, with work-related stuff, important dates etc. and one I use as a diary (this one doesn't leave the house and contains swarms of stickers, tip-ins, watercolour doodles etc).

I don't use Moleskine though because it's too expensive here and I really like small formats (mostly A6)

[laurafoster327]

My main A5 Moleskine has EVERYTHING in it, birthdays, holidays, spending, meals, sleep, if I've changed a password (although not the actual password), etc. It's been helpful when something comes up a year later and I have to remember exact dates of payments, etc. This is the planner that acts more like a daily log for me, it NEVER leaves the house.
This extra one would just be for fun. I just don't want the journal to go to waste.

[shredded_paper]

I was going to suggest you could store the 2018 one until the dates line up down the track but it turns out that won't be until 2029 so maybe not, haha (I just spent an hour going through unused filofax inserts and found 2013 ones that will work for next year).

[laurafoster327]

Haha, I thought of that, too. I let out a curse when I saw 2029. I don't think I could let it sit there on the shelf and not use it before then.
I'll just white out the day of the week part and use it for quotes or tracking creative projects.

A belated response, with apologies

[dewline]

I haven't gotten into the habit of using the like yet. My journaling is more free-form with blank notebooks.