We started a series like this when the blog first started about two years ago. Time to revisit.
So this week I will kick off with a simple and safe question:
Do you use a Travellers Notebook instead of a Filofax or as well as?
Please answer in the comments below, although I know a few of you will answer my question on Facebook.
I’ve never been able to use a ringed binder successfully, but TNs have been quite effective for me.
As well as! Some things make more sense in TN form, others in ring bound 🙂
Since I moved to using a TN, I’ve not been back in a Filofax. I struggled with a Filofax and really wanted it to work, but it seems I just work better with a TN!
I am dipping my toe into TN world. Still using filofax as main organiser and comparing the two systems. As yet I am undecided. I have always adopted the ‘one life, one filo’ system and am not sure whether strings can be as adaptable as rings.
I have used a full sized TN all summer alongside my slimline Amazona Filofax, whilst trying to decide what I like best. However, I’m now trying my Passport size TN alongside a pocket or mini Filofax. I prefer the smaller format as I don’t have to work, and my family is grown up, so the binders are purely for pleasure. The only thing I don’t like about Filofax is the fact that the rings get in the way, and the only thing I don’t like about TN is that once a notebook is full I need to do a carry forward of stuff I wish to keep. I love Filofax binders, and the concept of it all, so I’ll probably carry on chopping and changing.
Total TN now. Was a Filofax user for years, but have moved on. Well at least I thought I had until I saw the duck egg blue original personal sized which I ordered recently…..
I switched from a ring binder to a TN last June. I love my TN.
Right now I’m all over the place and can’t pick just one. I use a TN for more journaling/lists/trackers kind of stuff and I carry it in my purse. I use an Erin Condren for my calendar/weekly planner, that stays on my desk at work. I also have an Arc junior that I use like a scratch pad for projects I’m working on, meal planning, party planning, basically stuff I throw away when I’m finished.
I want to use a TN but I also want a notebook that will remain open and flat on my desk so I can always glance at it without opening it. Without using clips or weights, I’ve not found a good way to do that, so I’m using a Leuchtturm1917.
I really struggled to make Filofax and ring bound planners in general, work for me. Since moving over to TNs I have found a set up that works and I’m keeping track of everything I need to.
Work planner/journal + Personal planner/journal + Travel planner/Journal, 3 notebooks cover my life in one leather cover that just keeps getting better with age and use. An unexpected bonus, my handwriting skill with a fountain pen is increasing. Will never go back to electronic, I enjoy the time spent with my TN
Currently using a travelers notebook….in vinyl. It’s been an experiment and a successful one. Planning on upgrading to leather soon. Gave up ringed planners YEARS ago.
Went from discbound via Roterfaden and X17 to Travellers Notebook (DIY – both covers and inserts) and am very happy with this system! Never experienced with Filofax as I found my planner peace.
Travellers Notebook only…I could never use a ring binder successfully, & wound up getting frustrated & going back to trying to use Google. That didn’t work for me, & never really resonated. Once I discovered the Travellers Notebook system, I have used it exclusively & with great success!
I don’t like ring binder :/
I’m using TN since Sept 15 and falling in love with it ever since. Love the cover, love the leather smell…and effective as my planner, journal and as ideas keeper…
I use an A6 TN I made myself as a Bullet Journal, and also carry a slim pocket FF that is my reference book. Anything that I would want to carry forward from an old Bullet Journal notebook I transfer to my FF. Best of both worlds!
I use both, the Filofax for my diary, TN for my journal and 2 notebooks. The TN is also where I store documents that I may need in the future.
I use both, personal size.
My Filofax is my brain, my TN mostly my creative outlet. I also use an insert for my cat to have all the information in one booklet, very useful for trips to the vet. My cat has a tendency to have bladder stones and I got it as an emergency, so there are a lot of vet visits, special diet and weight controll in our life.
I got for TN and I dont like the rings in the way when I am writting
Midori TN has been my primary notebook ever since transitioning from Filofax and similar.