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Just wondered what everyone is using? Do you keep work and home in one notebook or separate ones? Are they different notebooks or similar?

January 30, 2012 at 20:51 |

Alison Reeves

Hands down my M-ARC Circa Junior. I design my own pages in Illustrator, use index cards, sketching paper... mix and match, all combined using a Levenger puncher (works with ARC). Love!

January 30, 2012 at 20:57 |

avrum

1 small spiral note book 25 cm X17 cm. For tasks it comes from "muji " I buy them by 5
1 big spiral A4 note book. I use OXFORD. It is for notes and ideas.
I don't have separates note book for I work at home.
I small 17 X 22 cm note book. Not spiraled. It is for day. One page per day. I use it when days becomes complicated and extract tasks from AF but I don't use it a lot.

January 30, 2012 at 20:58 |

FocusGuy.

Moleskine, index card sized. I could imagine there's better available, but not that I've seen. It fits in my pocket and doesn't fall apart.

January 30, 2012 at 21:03 |

Alan Baljeu

+JMJ+

I use AF only at home, work is too fast paced for it. I use 3"x5" top-spiral notebooks from Walmart with a faux-leather cover from Staples. Tough and inexpensive, always in my pocket.

January 31, 2012 at 9:06 |

nuntym

Moleskine pocket ruled notebook here, with separation by physical location:
- front pages for the office
- back pages for when at home
- errands list on the phone for when out and about

January 31, 2012 at 10:42 |

Hugo Ferreira

A5 with spiral wire spine - easy to remove unwanted pages.

I also use an A4 spiral wire spine for journalling etc, and for any "Dreams" exercises.

January 31, 2012 at 11:13 |

michael

Work:
Rhodia reporter's notebook, ie 14.8cm x21cm (approx 5.5 inches x 7.5 inches).
This has 24 lines per page.

Home:
A6 size cheapo notebook from Tesco. It has plastic covers to survive life in my pocket.

January 31, 2012 at 11:15 |

Donald

A Field Notes brand pocket-sized 48-page memo book and a Uni-ball Signo RT Gel pen (very fine line).

http://fieldnotesbrand.com/

January 31, 2012 at 18:47 |

Zane

Unlined Moleskine pocket. With notes in the back.

January 31, 2012 at 21:54 |

Will

I use a thin pocket notebook with subtle graph/quad/square ruled lines. Either Field Notes or Moleskine Cahier. I use ink color to tag Home vs Work contexts, but these tasks are all interleaved throughout the list, all in the same notebook.

January 31, 2012 at 22:42 |

ubi

HTC Desire smartphone with Google Tasks. I put a task entitled "BREAK" every 25 items or so to delineate a 'page' for AF and process them accordingly. 2 lists: "Inbox" for everything captured, "Dismissed" for you know what. After I begin a new 'page' I clear completed tasks to make review simpler. I always have my phone with me and always have an immediate backup of my list on any computer within reach.

February 1, 2012 at 12:51 |

JeffVC

Atoma A4 notebook, currently with a fountain pen.

February 9, 2012 at 19:41 |

Christian G.

Loose-Leaf in a cheap, thin notebook with re-cycled A4 paper, but three-hole punch. OmniFocus sync with iPad and iPhone for certain items (or for capture) when I feel like it, or want to use its great reminder features, or plan a project digitally.
I use an Excel form for AF sheets to get it like I want, but not so expensive with a laser printer. Loose-Leaf gives me freedom to add/remove/move, etc. Temporary context or project sheets, etc. can also be interspersed at will (and temporarily).

February 10, 2012 at 17:18 |

BKK

I use a ruled moleskine. It irritates me terribly though how in Waterstones and other outlets, they have a whole stack of moleskine wellbeing, dog journals and peanuts anniversary journals, but are usually out of stock of the plain black ruled notebook - which would probably be their bestseller if they put a few more on the shelf. Somebody needs to have a word with their merchandisers.

February 12, 2012 at 14:32 |

Mike C

Lately I've been using some lined pocket journals made by DiVOGA, which I believe is Office Max's house stationery brand. They're about 5x7" with 35 lines/page. Not as durable as a Moleskine but good enough considering how quickly I'm using them (the current one was started on 11/11/11 and will probably be filled before mid-March; the previous one was filled in about 3 months), and the price was right (I stocked up when they were on clearance for $2.50). The paper *seems* thin but it holds up to fountain pen ink quite well.

February 14, 2012 at 15:07 |

Sarah

My favorite by far is the X-47 organizer from Germany. The start-up cost is high, but replacement inserts are economical. I work from both an office and home setting and have been separating home and work tasks for about 6 months. For me this works much better.

With the X-47, I can carry 2 inserts for my task lists ( home and office) and one calendar insert. I just started this year with the Time Circles weekly calendar and I really like it. With the way the inserts are made they are very flat and have more writing room than a bound book, spiral notebook or binder. Currently I use the A6 size ( paper 3.86 x 5.71 inches.) My current X47 is about ½ inch thick with all my inserts and note cards in the pockets. Fits in my pocket or bag very well.

February 15, 2012 at 16:35 |

Jennifer B.

Was using loose leaf paper, I had some very nice letter size plain paper and used that up. I've now changed over to my favourite type of notepad, a Rhodia Webnotebook. They come in A5 or A6 and are similar to Moleskine (back cover pocket, elastic closure) but with much better paper. Covers are nice, come in orange or black. Paper is 90gsm, very smooth, in an ivory/off-white shade and takes fountain pen ink beautifully. Can be had plain, lined or dot gridded. Mine is the A5, plain pages with an orange cover - orange so it stands out and helps me not forget it!

February 15, 2012 at 17:25 |

Paul Taylor

Get Everything Done

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