The “Design-A-Day” Planner Notebook, 1991

The “Design-A-Day” Planner Notebook, 1991 – My current favorite Correspondence and Idea Organizer.

The “Design-A-Day” inserts all have this odd 7-hole format with the 2nd holes in being long ovals. This isn’t needed for the inserts to fit in the Design-A-Day books, but it makes the inserts compatible with *every other* day-planner system that was contemporary at the time. And because the Design-A-Day books use the standard 3-ring system, all other system’s inserts will fit in it as well! Day-Timer, Franklin-Covey, all of them!

Also fits EDCN!

Included this neat plastic divider with a ruler and spots to stick two handy Post-It pads for quick Post-it notes. Never seen that in other organizers.

In the back, a spot for a notepad and extra Typecasting-sized sheets.

Updated: August 11, 2026 — 4:57 pm

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  1. Neat planner.
    I’ve never seen one like that.

  2. That is very cool! Leave it to you, Ted, to discover this!

    1. I’ll have to look for one these the next time I’m in a thrift. I still prefer a paper calendar—with the one on my phone as back-up.

  3. Neat planner! Back when I was in in-person school, they used to give us one at the start of the year to plan our days. Me personally I hardly ever used mine, I was able to remember most of the important stuff without the book

    Say, are you still living in the temporary house? I sent you a letter to that address just yesterday.

    1. Yep, still here. Small town anyway. Mail lady already knows me and will forward my mail when it comes time. Small town mail carriers get real excited about people who get & send interesting letters, and take special interest. :D

  4. I went the “specialized punch” route for my a5 notebook. Edge punched cards were the goal, but i went back to e-notes instead.

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