D*I*Y Planner | the best thing in printing since Gutenberg. A Beginner's Guide to Making a D*I*Y Planner. Many first-time visitors to this site are probably overwhelmed by the vast number of pages, templates, packages, sizes and loose forms available. This little all-in-one guide is meant to direct beginners to downloading the right packages, printing and preparing the forms, and setting up a basic planner or Hipster PDA using the D*I*Y Planner kits. The goal here is to teach you how to create an effective industrial-strength planner system that can last for years, yet costs next to nothing. This page might look a little complicated at first glance, but you'll be surprised by how little work is generally involved, especially after a little practice.
For example, I can now create a dozen double-sided punched forms in about three to four minutes, including printing, by using basic (i.e., "cheap") equipment. No special skills are involved, just a little patience and an hour or two to follow the step-by-step instructions the first time through. Choosing a Planner & Size My recommendation? D*I*Y Planner Handbook. Moleskine Mini Notebooks (3 pack) Moleskine Memo Pockets, two sizes. Tagsmith Leather Moleskine Covers. MSK 2.0. 13 Things to Do with a Moleskine Notebook. We here at Lifehack have been huge advocates of the Moleskine as a tool for ubiquitous capture — for jotting down ideas whenever and wherever they occur to you. They’re also great for keeping your task list and other information you might need over the course of the day. But those are hardly the only things a Moleskine is useful for! These days, Moleskines come in all sizes and colors, in a variety of specialized formats, and in both hard-covered and soft-covered versions.
From the just-bigger-than-a-business-card extra-small Volants to the nearly letter-sized extra-large Cahiers, there are notebooks that can be adapted to just about every purpose. Here are 15 ideas to help get you started. Feel free to share your own Moleskine ideas in the comments! 1. I run several blogs aside from the work I do at Lifehack. 2. Use a lined or grid-paper notebook to track expenses throughout the day. 3.
The last log, I promise. 4. 5. Use a Moleskine as a daily list of tasks you’ve finished. 6. 7. 8. 9. Mini. Moleskine Orchestra @ Milan Design Week 2012. My Moleskine® daily. Moleskine RTW diary 1 (not finished)