As a starter notebook, I didn't want to shell out $100 to $150 for a brand I hadn't tried out before. Whether it was hopping from meeting to meeting or throwing it in a bag for a trip, the Impressions Sliver has worked out in being easily portable. Whatever words you use, I wanted something that was easy for me to take. Levenger describes it as a "slimmer silhouette" (which is good marketing). The three things that got me to buy the Impressions Sliver: Levenger had what I was looking for in the Circa Impressions Sliver notebook. Starting out for me, I wanted something sleek, thin, and minimal. Her notebook was quite bulky (too bulky for my taste), but Levenger had the options for her to build the notebook that worked and looked good. She knew what data she needed with her at all times, that she needed plenty of blank sheets for her notes, and that pockets for holding her pen and business cards were important.
Word of mouth and a testimonial from a co-worker got me to switch my tried-and-true, no frills, pad and pen-only, notetaking system.įor my co-worker, what she liked was were the features available with her system. When she told me she used a Levenger and that 1) she had been using it for years and 2) she LOVED it, that's when I started looking into discbound notebooks and poked around on the Levenger website. Why Levenger?įrankly, this is the brand my co-worker was using and one day I asked her about her notebook. A little research shows that Staples' ARC system and Levenger's Circa system are interchangeble. A discbound notebook is unlike all the notebooks you've used in the past.Īlthough there are some reviews out there that say there hasn't been a problem with "mixing and matching" paper from brand to brand, there's not a standard for these notebooks and so systems aren't completely interchangeable. However you use the system, you'll want to insert your own pages and will need a paper punch specifically designed for the discbound discs.Īll four of these parts come together to create a planner and notebook system that looks sleek, tidy, and (very important) is adaptable to however you want to organize your paper notes. The shape of the holes allows for the pages to be removed and reinserted easily. Each discbound brand comes with its own paper pre-punched with the holes needed to fit its rings. Because of the disc binding system, the covers can be removed and replaced easily. The front and back of your notebook protect your pages and create first impressions of your notebook and planner system. Contrast this with a traditional steel ring binder where you're stuck with the size that you have. The discs come in different sizes, so you can change the thickness of your notebook. These are the most important part of the system and what makes the whole thing unique from past notebooks and planners. There are four basic parts of a disc-bound notebook system: Instead, this post is about what I'm currently using: The Levenger Circa system. I definitely won't be reviewing all of these brands.
I'll start with generically describing the disc-bound notebook system. Recently, however, my wife and I decided to make a a change and invested in the Levenger notebook system and this is a post on why we made the change. And even with all thew digital tools available like your phone and a tablet, I still stuck to my notepad and pen.Īnd so throughout my working career, I'd go from meeting to meeting, or at me desk, or at a project site with my trusty notepad and pen. Even before I implemented the Getting Things Done method in my productivity system, you wouldn't find me without my choice of two capture tools: a notepad and a pen.
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