Daily Diary Decision

It didn't take long to decide which diary to use for which purpose!

In my previous post Daily Diary Dilemma and its associated video, I debated the pros and cons of the Quo Vadis Notor and the Undercover UK daily diary.

I'm pleased to report I've come to a decision!

I'll use the Notor as my day to day diary.

As I detailed in my video, I like having my scheduled events out of the way at the top of the page, leaving the rest of the page open for lists and notes.

The empty box at the bottom of the page encourages me to fill it with noteworthy happenings and things I want to remember, like a mini-journal. (And to be completely honest, the paper is so wonderfully smooth I want to touch it all day long!)


The Undercover UK diary will be used as my blogs diary.

The monthly calendars will be perfect for scheduling blog posts.

Since I don't have any appointments associated with my blog, the open daily format will be better suited for notes and post ideas.

Whew!  It feels great to have made my decision!

Daily Diary Dilemma: Quo Vadis Notor or Undercover UK diary?

I've just posted a video on You Tube detailing my current planner dilemma: Which to use, the Notor or the Undercover UK?

In the video I explain why, after much angst, I finally decided to stop using my pocket Moleskine day per page planner.

The video details the pros and cons of the Notor and the same-size Undercover UK diary. Which one will I choose??

For more information on each of the planners:

You can see my review of the Notor with lots of photos here.

Click here to see my review of the Undercover UK diary with lots of photos.

Quo Vadis Notor

Here is the Quo Vadis Notor day per page planner in the Lilac club cover.  I ordered this planner awhile ago to have on hand "just in case," and I'm glad I did because I've finally determined that my Pocket size daily Moleskine is just too small.

The Notor measures 4 3/4 inches by 6 3/4 inches (12 by 17 cm) which is my ideal size for a day per page planner. This has plenty of writing space and is still light and small enough to carry everywhere in my bag.

The Notor (January-December) is the same size and format as the Textagenda (August-July) which I've used several times before.

There is a full page for each day, even Saturday and Sunday. The timed schedule is at the top of the page, which is nice because it frees up the rest of the page for lists and notes. There's a space for the day's priority, and holidays are printed there too.

The majority of the page is lined, and at the bottom there is an open box for Notes. I like to use this box it to jot events that I want to write in detail in my journal later:

Along the side of the pages are the month indicators that I love so much!

Here you can see a comparison of the same day's page in my pocket Moleskine vs the Notor. With the Moleskine I had to make decisions about what was worthy of being written on the day's page due to space constraints. No such worries with the Notor, there's plenty of room for everything!

The Notor's paper is a dream: white and suuuper smooth. It's a joy to write on and takes any pen well.

Here's a pile of purple delightfulness: my pen, my Notor, and the Leuchtturm notebook I'm using as my self-drawn weekly planner.  Yum!

There are other features I didn't take photos of including an anno-planner for the current year with monthly columns and the entire year at a glance, and pages in the back for contacts.  There is a map of the US, Canada, and a world time zones map.

But I was very surprised that, unlike Textagenda diaries I've used before, there are no other maps, no international information or dialing codes, and especially surprising there's no anno-planner for the future year. I don't know if this will be changed in the 2013 diary, but the future year planner at the very least would be a nice addition.

For me the biggest advantages of the Notor are the super-smooth paper, the perfect size and the excellent selection of colored covers.