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The Surprisingly Powerful One-Page Notebook That’s Always With Me

It’s simple, slim, and pressure-free

Photo of a One-Page Notebook created by the Author especially for this article (that’s why it looks so clean and uncrumpled)

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There’s a sweet little niche for everyday-carry (EDC) notebooks in stationery shops.

Field Notes, Moleskine, Rite in the Rain, Leuchtturm1917, Rhodia, good ol’ Spirax, and so many more. You’ll find them in stores and on websites guaranteed to make your paper-loving mouth water! Whatever your preference, you can find it in an A6 or A7 size notebook: lines, grid, blank, stapled, coil, stitched.

I’ve used (and loved) many of those little cuties, but there’s a new contender for paper notes that’s free of the pressure a proper notebook can imply, and it doesn’t cost a thing.

Always with you

Introducing what I have affectionately dubbed my One-Page Notebook (1PN). The One-Page Notebook is simply a regular sheet of paper, folded in half two to three times. It’s big enough to write on without needing a card cover, and small enough to fit in a pocket or in whatever you’re using to carry your stuff.

If you’ve ever played around with The Hipster PDA concept (another gift from Merlin Mann to the world), the 1PN…