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		<title>2026 Nolty Gold Planner Differences</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 13:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Happy 2026! I can&#8217;t claim to have any major new notebook plans to report for this year: I&#8217;ll be sticking with the tried and true. But sometimes, even the tried and true changes a bit. This will be my 9th year of using a Nolty Efficiency Notebook. I&#8217;ve really gotten into a groove with Nolty&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="https://www.notebookstories.com/2026/01/16/2026-nolty-gold-planner-differences/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">2026 Nolty Gold Planner Differences</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Papier Platz Notebook Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2025 12:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s really quite dangerous for me to shop for pen refills at Jet Pens&#8211; I think I&#8217;ll be disciplined and just get what I need, but then I can never seem to resist throwing in a notebook&#8230; &#8230;such as this little cutie made by Papier Platz. Though the name sounds French or German, this is &#8230; <a href="https://www.notebookstories.com/2025/06/10/papier-platz-notebook-review/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Papier Platz Notebook Review</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The History of the Pocket Slim Filofax, Part 4: Oddities and Alternatives</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2025 12:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In Parts 1, 2 and 3 of this series, I traced the history of &#8220;pocket slim&#8221; Filofax models&#8211; pocket size, with no snap closure, mostly having smaller rings and no pen loops. But after poring over every catalog in the Philofaxy archives to build up my chronology, there are still some &#8220;pocket slim&#8221; models I &#8230; <a href="https://www.notebookstories.com/2025/05/15/the-history-of-the-pocket-slim-filofax-part-4-oddities-and-alternatives/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The History of the Pocket Slim Filofax, Part 4: Oddities and Alternatives</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The History of the &#8220;Pocket Slim&#8221; Filofax: Part 1</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nifty Notebook]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2025 12:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the introduction to this series of posts, I covered some background on Filofax&#8217;s rare pocket size offerings from the 1930s to 1970s. With all that history out of the way, let&#8217;s look at how the modern pocket size Filofax organizer was first introduced in the 1989 Filofax UK catalog. This year, the ultimate adaptability &#8230; <a href="https://www.notebookstories.com/2025/04/17/the-history-of-the-pocket-slim-filofax-part-1/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The History of the &#8220;Pocket Slim&#8221; Filofax: Part 1</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Kakeibo: Japanese Household Account Books</title>
		<link>https://www.notebookstories.com/2024/12/04/kakeibo-japanese-household-account-books/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2024 14:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In my trawling of various websites that sell Japanese notebooks, I&#8217;d often noticed a lot of listings for &#8220;household account books.&#8221; I figured using a notebook to track household finances must be common or traditional in Japan, but I never knew the full story behind it until I finally decided to do some research and &#8230; <a href="https://www.notebookstories.com/2024/12/04/kakeibo-japanese-household-account-books/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Kakeibo: Japanese Household Account Books</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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