What do you use your pocket notebooks for? Let me know in the comments below 🙂

@kan-zee

7 ай бұрын

Build project ideas grocery lists Get Shit down around home Get missions done diy mapping of places phone contacts pop up ideas for work youtube ideas put in mini calendars with important appts / bdays etc passwords / numbers, certain words that I want to search out the definition for phrases that motivate me , inspire me Language learning (ojibwe)

@ericpfohl

7 ай бұрын

@@kan-zee Awesome - so many good things!

@kan-zee

6 ай бұрын

Thanks @@ericpfohl Your video is a fun learning tool...looking forward to viewing more of your, Show and Tell , Notebook ideas.

@moiramarques

6 ай бұрын

Poetry, sketchs, and English classes planning mostly on one pocket notebook, and planning, productivity, organization, and to-do lists on another one.

@jamessaretta8278

6 ай бұрын

I have 2 Field notes in my pocket. 1 for random thoughts, ideas, quotes almost a quasi common place book. Most of the stuff in this one makes it's way into my actual common place book. The second is for my 8 critical tasks of the day. I keep a long list of tasks and highlight the 8 most critical. Then cross them out as they are done. The next day the highlighted tasks that aren't become the start of the critical 8 list of that day. Thanks for the video!

I like the idea of writing your quarterly goal in the back of the book and writing all the daily steps that lead up to the "end goal"

@arkinfrany752

7 ай бұрын

Same thoughts! I think it's genius

@ericpfohl

7 ай бұрын

Glad to hear, Sam! It’s definitely been a game changer for me personally!

i am unemployed, don't have a fixed routine don't do much to be planed, but i still want to write, so i made diy pocket books and writing what ever in my mind and what i do. just practicing so i can start my diary or journal.

@ericpfohl

6 ай бұрын

It’s so important to document your life regardless!

@90w30n

6 ай бұрын

That's not practice, that's actually writing your diary/journal. 😊

@SAIEN333

6 ай бұрын

@@90w30n i just bought 2 notebooks few days ago and started bullet journaling and on another book i write thoughts quotes and book stuff.

@BlueSky-ms6vw

4 ай бұрын

Can you make a video? It could be inspiring for some people. Thank you

@SAIEN333

4 ай бұрын

@@BlueSky-ms6vw I don't think i can 😅

Planning, productivity and organization. A separate journal for each. Great idea. Thanks for sharing.

@ericpfohl

6 ай бұрын

Glad this could help! Thanks for watching, Mary!

honestly i hate most of these videos about having multiple things for diffrent purposes cause it usually an overkill but the productivity notebook is actually genius thank you so much

@ericpfohl

Ай бұрын

Dude, appreciate it Tony! And I totally understand, I’m all for sticking to one notebook and keeping your setup as simple as possible haha

My brother loves those Write in the Rain Notebook & there’s also pencils too. Great content 🤍

@ericpfohl

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Rosario! They're pretty great. Super useful!

I love old school stuff! ❤

@ericpfohl

7 ай бұрын

Same! It’s so practical!

tbh i'm amazed that those little books are enough for you. i use ~6 notebooks and 2 diagram books (i convert my writing into diagrams) that i write almost daily. i do like how you structured your goal book (aka productivity).

@ericpfohl

6 ай бұрын

I try to keep it as simple as possible! A majority of my longer form writing goes digital (Notion). Thanks for following along!

@90w30n

6 ай бұрын

Yes, I, too am a notebook/paper addict. ;)

Wow! I've been looking everywhere for an organized method for the using of my multiple notebooks, and you gave an initial and logical path (planning, productivity, organization) Thank you so much! From now on, count on me as one of your followers. Greetings from Venezuela.

@ericpfohl

6 ай бұрын

Happy to hear you enjoyed, Jorge! I appreciate you following along. Happy writing!

I like compartmentalizing my notes so your video was relatable and helpful. TFS! 🤗

@ericpfohl

4 ай бұрын

Happy to share! Glad this could help :)

For me I pile all in one pocketbook and organize with an index at the front with the page number for lists and goals. I migrate all important dates to the Cozi app so my family can see the dates as well.

@ericpfohl

6 ай бұрын

Sounds like an awesome system! Love the index idea.

Epic Eric! I use them too! I love using them for high level important tasks. These would be non negotiables for me. Loveeeeee seeing people still using notebooks. Apps have a place too, but the simplicity of a notebook is fantastic. Top stuff mate.

@ericpfohl

6 ай бұрын

Couldn’t agree more! The simplicity of notebooks is hard to beat. So good for important tasks. I appreciate the kind words!

The nice thing about the spiral ring of the notepad, you can clip a pen to it and use the pen like a handle to pull it out of your back pocket.

@ericpfohl

5 ай бұрын

Ahh great point! I'll have to start using that one. The easier to access the better!

I'm trying out Notion for this week...It's hard for me because I love writing on paper. I'm particular about my writing and stationery instruments. Interesting planner system that you have. Thank you for sharing it. I have a bunch of pocket notebooks, that I use for various things.

@ericpfohl

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the feedback Brittany! I definitely agree about writing on paper. I've found that Notion has been working great for me when writing longer form things and for overall idea organization. Super powerful app. I appreciate the input!

I love your productivity journal. That’s a great idea. Thanks for sharing

@ericpfohl

6 ай бұрын

It's definitely helped my focus the past couple years. Glad you enjoyed, thanks Katarina!

Thank you for giving perspective on how to use 3 notebooks. Sincerely appreciate. My best takeaway is how you use the field note. A concept I can copy

@ericpfohl

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, Muhammad! Happy to hear that concept is helpful for you!

00:00 📓 The speaker discusses three types of notebooks: Rite in the Rain Notebook, Field Notes, and Moleskine yearly planner, highlighting their portability and stackability. 00:25 📱 Physical notebooks are preferred over digital options for simplicity and focus, especially in environments prone to distractions like phones and computers. 01:09 📅 The Moleskine yearly planner is used for planning long-term goals, organizing weekly tasks, and setting quarterly objectives, offering a clear overview of the year. 04:08 📝 Field Notes Pocket notebook serves as a tool for daily productivity and goal setting, with a method designed to achieve quarterly goals within two months. 05:49 🗒 Rite in the Rain Notepad is utilized for organization, documenting daily tasks, notes, and ideas, providing a tangible solution for capturing thoughts and information. 08:26 💡 The versatility of the notebooks allows for various personal uses, from jotting down to-do lists to brainstorming ideas, offering flexibility in note-taking. 09:22 📚 The speaker emphasizes the convenience and effectiveness of these notebooks for planning, productivity, and organization, promoting their suitability for analog note-taking systems.

cool thumbnail and set! as a first time viewer I was surprised at how well you kept my attention guess I gotta subscribe to figure out how you did that haha

@ericpfohl

6 ай бұрын

Haha glad to hear that. Welcome aboard! Thanks for following along!

This seems to be useful please do keep uploading new videos frequently so that we can learn more and try more of these things in order to make our life more productive and meaningful 🙂

@ericpfohl

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for following along, Sijo! It's my goal to keep providing videos that add more value and purpose to your life!

Thank you for sharing your process. I love and use Notion as well for "forever" items.

@ericpfohl

5 ай бұрын

Of course, thanks for watching! Notion is awesome!

The sink thing made me laugh cause I did the exact same thing when I had a leak under my kitchen sick. I drew a full diagram of the piping in my notebook so I knew all the parts and how I could put it back together once I’d replaced the faulty section.

@ericpfohl

5 ай бұрын

Hahah it works wonders! I'm no plumber, so this helped a ton to wrap my head around all the pieces I needed!

It'd be great to see what format you use for your productivity notes

@ericpfohl

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the feedback! I’ll make a note to add that to the next vid!

Thank you for sharing this very clear video.

@ericpfohl

7 ай бұрын

You're welcome, thanks for watching!

This was a great video Eric! Looking forward to your future content and can't wait to watch your channel grow.

@ericpfohl

7 ай бұрын

Much appreciated Andy! Thanks for following along!

New subscriber here! I like simple planning and this gave me a few ideas thanks man

@ericpfohl

6 ай бұрын

Glad to hear this could help! Thanks for following along man!

One of my struggles about writing is the mess up I create... Seems like a good idea to separate things in different notebooks...

@ericpfohl

6 ай бұрын

I totally get that! Staying organized in different notebooks is a good way to change that. Or, transfer some most important things to digital. Thanks for watching!

Nice video. Good to see an organized guy. More organized than me! I have a huge planner compared to yours. Maybe someday I’ll downsize…we shall see.

@ericpfohl

7 ай бұрын

Haha, thanks Winnie! I find that the small planner gets the job done well, but most planners are definitely much larger.

How about combining the ideas by subject title into a 'commonplace journal/book', would that work to keep your daily notes by idea, subject, and or information?

@ericpfohl

4 ай бұрын

Great idea Larry! I didn’t know much about commonplace books until recently - now I’m sold!

@larryglatt2548

4 ай бұрын

@@ericpfohlI've keeping one for 2 years now & will try my own idea in the new journal whence it arrives. Keep it going.

I like to use Travlers company system for planning and Journalling but keep a field notebook in my pocket as a scratch idea pad :)

@ericpfohl

6 ай бұрын

They make the best scratch idea pad! Cheers!

Nice system brother!

@ericpfohl

6 ай бұрын

Thanks Spencer, much appreciated man!

I really enjoyed watching your video, thank you ❤😊

@ericpfohl

6 ай бұрын

So happy to hear that, thanks for watching :)

How do you define productivity? How do you use your productivity notebook different than your notes? Is it a more distilled version after some thought?

@ericpfohl

7 ай бұрын

Good questions Eric! I like to think of productivity in this sense as making progress towards my goal each day, and keeping me accountable to take action. The productivity notebook is mostly used for the documentation of this progress. But yes - this also includes more distilled down notes for more important, longer lasting ideas beyond daily to-dos and quick "throwaway" notes.

Great idea. Thank you

@ericpfohl

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for following along friend!

Cool video, keep filming!

@ericpfohl

6 ай бұрын

Much appreciated! Will do! :)

I have two of three of those notebooks in the thumbnail that I use LOL

@ericpfohl

6 ай бұрын

Hahaha awesome! You know what's up!

I like your concept of having three different notebooks for the things you talked about in the video but I feel like, for me at least, most of the stuff bleeds into each other so it's hard to make each notebook exclusive to "planning" or just "organizing." I bought three pocket sized notebooks but now I'm just wondering how to categorize them between daily and weekly to do list, work notes, journaling, quarterly goals, important dates, and progress towards goals without having 20 different notebooks.

@ericpfohl

3 ай бұрын

Totally understand what you mean! My processes/notebooks are always a work in progress. Realistically, a lot of my notebooks blend into one another and I'm never super strict about maintaining perfect boundaries within each one. Documenting things on pen and paper are worth it no matter how unorganized it becomes.

Ok I just picked them all up. How the heck do you carry them with you everywhere?

@ericpfohl

6 ай бұрын

Sweeeet! I typically carry my pocket notebook with me most places I go using the Welsh Mtn Field Journal (welshmtn.com/products/field-notes-journal), and my planner and notepad stay at home depending where I'm going. If I carry all three, I simply throw them in my backpack with my laptop if I'm heading out to work for the day at a coffee shop, etc. Hope that helps!

I am also using notion and i am super interested in how you combine those two organizing systems

@ericpfohl

6 ай бұрын

Great to hear - I'm planning to do a Notion video in the near future! Stay tuned

👍hello I have a question about the productivity notebook , could you tell me what time do you use it ? maybe the start of the day or the end of the day? maybe you can tell more details~

@ericpfohl

7 ай бұрын

Great question! I typically write in the evenings (end of day) and reflect on what I did throughout the day. If I don’t get around to it in the end of day, I will do it in the morning and reflect on the previous day. Hope that helps! 😄

I bought the moleskin planer based on your recommendation and I love it. It’s been a tremendous help. My only issue is the type of ink/pen to use. I love the sharpe gel and the lamy pens but the moleskin paper is way too see transparent. Any recommendations?

@ericpfohl

3 ай бұрын

Glad to hear you enjoy it, that’s great! I use Zebra pens (ball point) and really enjoy them. I agree that the Moleskine paper can be a bit difficult to write on. I have a link to the pens I use in the description of the video if you’d like to give them a try :)

Write in the rain was invented to assist hikers. There are others same shape just not water proof

@ericpfohl

5 ай бұрын

That's so cool, totally makes sense! Maybe I should pick up the non-waterproof ones!

They look like new, also the rain proffered paper sucks to write in, what do you talking about.?

@ericpfohl

3 ай бұрын

They’re fine to write in with a ballpoint pen! Gel doesn’t work well. :)

Good work bro

@ericpfohl

6 ай бұрын

I appreciate it man!

It's Mr Kotter!

@ericpfohl

4 ай бұрын

Haha good catch! 🥸

Does the waterproof notebook accept the fountain pen and water based inks?

@ericpfohl

Ай бұрын

That’s a good question. I used Zebra ball point pens and they work just fine on the waterproof paper. Not exactly sure how water-based inks would be - I’d guess they wouldn’t work super well! Rite in the Rain does sell non-waterproof notebooks to give a try though!

I just switched to obsidian

@ericpfohl

4 ай бұрын

I’ve heard good things! I still need to try it out myself!

how you record the stream do you have a camera or is it ok to use phone?

@ericpfohl

4 ай бұрын

I use a Canon R6ii, but yes, an iPhone is great for video!

Notion is infinite

I like your idea But I am only used simple classmate notes

@ericpfohl

5 ай бұрын

You can always learn to use it more! Just write whatever you wish 😄

How do you carry all those with you everywhere?

@ericpfohl

4 ай бұрын

I keep them at home most of the time when working there, but just carry them in a backpack with my laptop and other goodies when I’m out and about!

@rhoadestraveled

4 ай бұрын

@@ericpfohl nice system

Obsidian >>>

@ericpfohl

6 ай бұрын

I've heard a few people mention it - I need to give it a try! What's your favorite part of it?

4:46 “One quarter is typically 3 months.” Typically? 🤨

@ericpfohl

5 ай бұрын

It can also be 25 cents 😉 Haha good catch, didn’t mean to say typically!

Another mustache/notebook guy!!?

@ericpfohl

5 ай бұрын

Haha I guess so! 😄

So, the idea is to carry THREE notebooks?

@ericpfohl

7 ай бұрын

Yep, better get your cargo pants on! 😉 The idea isn't that you need to carry all three at all times. I put mine in a backpack along with all my other gear.

@DinoCorvino

7 ай бұрын

@@ericpfohl For me, the goal is get less notebooks to carry. I think a lot of this is specific to the work, and the person. I am 53, and have kept a journal going since I was about 12 (the last day of 6th grade), and this went through spiral notebooks through my 30s, then moleskines for about 20 years. For about a decade the Day Runner thingy was the centerpiece. Then it was a moleskine day planner, then the phone. Then Bullet journaling. I am trying to get this down to sort of 2 notebooks. A thing I carry every day to track stuff (sort of a Bullet journal thing), and a common place style collection book. But, I want less notebooks.

@ericpfohl

7 ай бұрын

@@DinoCorvino That's awesome - love to hear how long you've kept up with it! I agree, less is more when it comes to most things in my opinion. If I personally had to keep it to two notebooks, I'd definitely choose the planner and the pocket notebook. The "notepad" I talked about in this video is more of a quick catch-all for lesser important things. Thanks for the input!

@neville3059

6 ай бұрын

For a quick catch all. Samsung S23. When I pull the stylus out it opens to a built in note app. Click save slide stylus back in and move along. Items moved to where ever when needed.

@ericpfohl

6 ай бұрын

@@neville3059 Sounds like a handy setup!

Wait What?! You are an adult who can't remember the quarter of the year ends between march and april every year. So you have to write it in your notebook? I have a bad memory, but I can remember my birthday, Christmas and the four quarters of the year.

@ericpfohl

3 ай бұрын

It’s more like “putting a stake in the ground.” I write down when the quarter ends to signify when my goal should be achieved 😉

I wish there were pocket notebooks that girls could actually fit in our pockets. Like maybe the size of a phone. Also I wish there was videos of girls using pocket notebooks or at least someone who makes theirs cute. All the videos I see are of men with HUGE “pocket” notebooks and messy handwringing that’s all in black or blue with no doodles or anything. Ik this is specific and random, but I just really wish that existed

@ericpfohl

6 ай бұрын

Haha I totally get you Jennifer! The Field Notes pocketbooks are only a tad wider than my iPhone 14. Very similar size that usually fit well in back pockets! Field Notes also has some fun national park themed notebooks that are colorful and exciting. That's definitely the beauty of notebooks... you can make them whatever you wish!

@racheltrue3448

5 ай бұрын

Look up Seaweed Kisses - she has so many interesting videos on her pocket notebook setup 😊

@jennifermarea8011

5 ай бұрын

Thanks!@@racheltrue3448

damn mario.

@ericpfohl

6 ай бұрын

🥸

Do you have a new subscriber? My mind thinks like yours it looks like.

@ericpfohl

Ай бұрын

Glad to hear that! Hope I can share more helpful things for you!

Bro, does your mustache seem a bit wongky?

@ericpfohl

3 ай бұрын

Lol it got a little off in this video

fix your mustache

@ericpfohl

7 ай бұрын

It needs a trim up 🤣

@PlanYourOneLife

7 ай бұрын

@@ericpfohlYou look fine.

@carmenM-ey6qy

6 ай бұрын

Rude, get a clue!