Creating a Custom Moleskine Planner
Moleskine is not as popular as before - but I am sure it still has its fans. Best of all it is elegant, it is free in style, you can customize it in any ways. Mike Rohde, a visual designer, shares his setup on creating a custom moleskine planner. He bought a new line-ruled Pocket Moleskine notebook and draw up his custom planner:
Planner Formatting
On the ruled Pocket Moleskine, I found I could divide the page vertically into 3 sections of 7 lines each, with room at the top of the page for the month on the top left of the page and week number on the top right of the page. I’ve even kicked around the idea of using this space up top for inspiring quotes.Next I added the days and dates to each section of the two-page spread, dividing the 6th block on the lower right page in half with a vertical rule for Saturday and Sunday. The Uniball Signo 0.38mm pen worked very well, as the thin line dried quickly and didn’t bleed through the Moleskine paper stock.
I continued with this format for 31 two-page spreads, through December 31, 2006. Pocket Moleskines have 192 pages, so it’s possible to do an entire year and have several pages left over for notes (one distinct advantage over a stock Moleskine Weekly planner).
Pretty neat.
Creating a Custom Moleskine Planner - [rohdesign]
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Clare says on July 12th, 2006 at 12:10 pm
I have a friend who has a moleskin notebook — but she has a hard time find anything that is “moleskin worthy!” I have a $1.39 spiral notebook, 5″x8″, and it works great. I carry it with me all the time and find lots to write down in it.
Mike Rohde says on July 12th, 2006 at 1:38 pm
Leon — thanks for the mention!
Clare, this is a common problem — the best way past this is to just start writing stuff in the Moleskine. It’s kinda like that first scratch or dent in your new car, after that you just use it as it ought to be used and lose the over-reverence. ;-)
jeremy says on July 12th, 2006 at 7:54 pm
I can not bring myself to write everything in my moleskine because nothing is worthy enough. This is why i buy the small Cahiers, I cover a cahier with duct tape to make it slightly more durable and then i slip it in my back pocket. It is flexible and for some reason i do not feel bad about writing in a cahier like i do with the hard bound books. My plan, once i have filled a cahier, is to transfer any ideas/words/data that is in the cahier into a full sized moleskine for more permanent archieving.
bruce says on November 10th, 2006 at 5:18 pm
I struggled with the same problem of not wanting to spoil my Moleskines with my writing, even as I acquired several of different sizes and styles. Over time I’ve found ways to get over this, more or less in this order: 1) I started using pocket Cahiers for “just anything” notes. 2) I like the squared pages much less than ruled, so I started using a pocket squared notebook that I bought in error (!) for storing quotes and passages from books (in ink, but I have a problem with errors and misspelling). 3) I started using larger Cahiers for study notes 4) I started using a larger ruled notebook for “keeper” notes from the Cahiers, but I use pencil so I can correct mistakes, and, most recently, 5) I found some pocket squared Reporter notebooks at a local book shop priced about $2 less than all of the other pocket Moleskines, so I bought a couple, stuck a local non-profit’s sticker on the front and I’m now trying out this model for my “just anything” notes and to-dos. It’s still evolving, but I’m finding the more I write in my various Moleskines, the easier it gets.