Nova:

Pastel Blue:

Pastel Green:

Pastel Pink:

In addition to these new covers, you can still get the soft refillable covers for the Textagenda planners too. You can see more details about the Textagenda day per page academic year planners here.

All the 2020-2021 Quo Vadis academic year planners are now available! See the entire range here. You can also see our newest planner, the 16 month September- December Note 21 week + notes planner, here!

Andrea G

Sharon F

Mark B

Congratulations! I hope you love your new planner!

And now, here is a peek at another new Quo Vadis planner this year: the Monthly 21!

The Monthly 21 is a months only planner that runs from July through the following December (18 months). It has a streamlined design that lets you see the overview of your events, lists and notes for the entire month.

The sewn binding lays flat for comfortable writing, and the fountain pen friendly 90 gsm white Clairefontaine paper is a joy to write on.

The Monthly 21 is available to buy now with a variety of soft refillable covers. Click here for more information including where to buy!

It’s giveaway time! We are giving away three of our brand-new Note 21 week + notes planners, with brand-new covers!

New York:

Pastel Blue:

Pastel Green:

The Note 21 planner has a week + notes layout with equal space for every day and a full page each week for lists and notes, monthly planning pages, pages for goals and lists, and much more! It is a 16 month planner, September- December. Click here for more information about the Note 21 planner.

There will be three winners. Each winner will win one Note 21 planner with their choice of cover: New York, Pastel Blue, or Pastel Green.

Winners must have a USA shipping address.

Here are the giveaway rules:

1. Standard giveaway rules apply: no cash or substitutes.
2. One entry per person, one prize per winner.
3. We will send prizes to addresses provided. Since we are unable to mail to an incomplete address, entries without complete addresses will be automatically disqualified. Make sure to enter your complete address including correct zip code!
4. We will contact winners via email so make sure to enter your correct and complete email address.
5. Winners will be contacted via email and announced here on Quo Vadis blog on Friday July 24th, 2020.

This giveaway is now closed. You can see the list of winners here. Winners have been contacted by email.

At the beginning of each month there is a two-page monthly calendar for the month’s overview. There are also goals pages, holiday plans, pages for lists, and lots more in a compact and very portable 6 by 8 1/4 inch book. The lay-flat binding lets you write on the entire page easily. The white 90 gsm paper takes fountain pen and other inks very well and is a joy to write on.

Watch this short video to learn more about the Note 21’s features:

The Note 21 planner is now available at Classic Office Products! Check back here on Quo Vadis blog for more information coming soon!

All Quo Vadis 2020-2021 academic year planners are now available. You can find all the planners, or just your refill, on the Classic Office Products Quo Vadis page!

Hello everyone,

Quo Vadis blog is on hiatus for the time being. This includes our Facebook page and groups (Page Per Day Journaling and Quo Vadis Planner and Notebook Users). Hopefully this will be a short break and I’ll be back with you soon!

Thank you all so much for reading Quo Vadis blog. While you are waiting for it to get back up and running, look in the sidebar where you can check out our blog archives and Categories to see all our posts over the years. You can use the Search bar to find anything specific you want to know about topics or products.

Take care everyone!

Laurie

Continuing our series on daily journaling prompts, here is a list of journaling topics for every day for the upcoming month! This gives everyone some new ideas for journaling, and can help take the pressure off to think of something to journal about every day, especially for people doing our Page Per Day Journaling.

Some days are the same each month:

At the beginning of each month we write our goals for the upcoming month. Even if you did this earlier in the year, things change so it’s a good idea to re-set and update your goals each month. We also write what we are looking forward to this month.

Mid-month we see what progress we’ve made. This is a chance to jump-start any goals that have slipped off your radar and regain focus.

At the end of the month we write about good things/ favorite moments for the month, and evaluate our goals progress to see what still needs work in the upcoming weeks.

All the other days have new journaling topics and writing prompts!

This month’s topic is after the quarantine! Most of us have been on some form of lockdown for awhile now. Our lives have changed a lot, and I know we are all looking forward to things getting back to normal. This month we will explore how our lives are different now, what has changed, and what you are looking forward to when things get back to normal.

1: What do you want to do this month? Write your goals for the month, and think about what you need to do to accomplish them. What are you looking forward to this month?

2: Which people did you miss seeing during the quarantine? How did you stay in touch with them?

3: What types of social events or get-togethers are you most looking forward to when they are possible again?

4: Which restaurants did you miss the most?

5: Which foods did you make at home for the first time that you really enjoyed and would like to make again?

6: Which recipes did you try that did not turn out well and you never plan to make them again?

7: Which new movies are you looking forward to seeing when they come out?

8: Which movies did you enjoy watching at home during the past couple of months?

9: Which places did you fantasize about visiting?

10: Which of those places will you actually go to when you are able?

11: What did you enjoy doing most during the lockdown? (Reading more, exercising, relaxing, etc.)

12: What did you like least about the lockdown?

13: Which activities did you miss most? Which are you most looking forward to getting back into?

14: Do you think you will try more new things, in general, when you are able to than you did before?

15: Mid-month review! How are your goals coming along? What can you accomplish in the remainder of this month?

16: How has your view of working changed over the past couple of months?

17: How has your employment situation changed over the past couple of months?

18: Given the option, do you think you would like to work from home more, or less, than you did before?

19: How has your view of the world changed in the past few months?

20: What do you hope will be different now?

21: What do you hope will go back to the way it was before?

22: Which people do you value more than you did before?

23: Which people do you plan to spend more time with than you did before? Which people do you plan to spend less time with?

24: How have your values and priorities changed over the past several months? What is more important to you now than it was before? What is less important now?

25: Do you think you will live your life differently now than you did before? What will you change?

26: How do you view your role in the world? Is it different than how you viewed it before?

27: Looking back, what lessons have you learned in the past couple of months?

28: How will these lessons impact your life going forward?

29: Thinking ahead to the upcoming year, what do you want to happen?

30: What good things happened this month? What were your favorite moments this month?

31: It’s time for your Month Review! How did this month go? Which goals did you complete? What do you still need to work on?

As I’m sure is the case for many people right now, I am completely off my normal schedule. I keep feeling like I’m forgetting something. I have found it helpful to keep a notebook in my pocket at all times to write down everything that comes to mind so I can catch thoughts before I forget them.

Carrying a pocket notebook is especially helpful right now. Even though I normally work from home, my routine is completely off with everyone else at home too. I normally would be sitting at my desk and consulting my planner regularly. Now I’m floating room to room, staying out of the way of my husband (who is on video calls for most of the day), and my kids who are on video calls with their teachers and classmates for virtual school. These days I do most of my work at the kitchen table, but sometimes I move outside. Even while I’m not working I think of things to do later, people I need to check in with, and other random thoughts.

Carrying a pocket notebook helps a lot when I’m feeling particularly scattered. I can grab all those thoughts as they flit through my head. Once they are down on paper, they are easier to work with.

What is helping you feel less scattered and more in control these days?

Notebook shown: my well-worn Clairefontaine pocket notebook

Welcome to this month’s post in our series designed to help you do your Month Reviews!

Monthly reviews help you see what worked well and what didn’t in the past month. This helps you prepare for success in the next month. Doing monthly reviews regularly can help you stay on track with your goals and priorities.

In this monthly review series, each month has a new theme. You can pick the theme you like best and do that every month, or you can do the new theme each month, or pick and choose the elements you like from all the month themes to do your monthly review. Remember, this is all about you! Do what you find most useful.

You can see how to do a basic month review here, and you can see all the month review themes so far here.

At the beginning of this month, this Month’s Theme was to create a new focus for each week. This was to give you the opportunity to explore your interests and break up the month. By creating week-long goals, you were able to accomplish something meaningful in a short amount of time, and explore a variety of interests throughout the month.

How did you do?  Look through each week in your planner or notebook and ask yourself:

What was your focus each week?

What did you learn or accomplish each week?

What was your favorite thing about each week’s focus?

How will you continue to explore each of these in the future?

I hope you found things you enjoyed each week and that it helped boost your morale and motivation!

Jeff at The Pen Addict recently reviewed the Clairefontaine Triomphe A5 writing pad. He said:

If you’ve never used Clairefontaine paper before, do yourself a favor and add some to your next stationery order. It’s smooth, delicious paper that handles different types of pens with aplomb.

(He notes that the Triomphe writing pads only come with lined or blank pages. If you want the option of grid or dot grid pages in a writing pad with similar paper, check out Rhodia‘s.)

He praises the quality of the paper and shows the performance of an array of inks and pencils. He also likes the overall construction of the writing pad itself and the ease of tearing off the pages cleanly. He said:

The binding at the top of the pad is an adhesive layer that easily allows you to tear out a single page with little effort. The pages aren’t perforated, so there aren’t any tiny teeth at the top of the page after you tear it out. This makes the paper an ideal candidate for letters and clean notes. I’m also really content with how easy and clean these pages tear out. I’ve never had an issue with the sheet ripping when tearing it out of the adhesive binding.

You can see Jeff’s entire review of the Clairefontaine Triomphe A5 writing pad here.

Anxieties are high right now, and things seem to change on a daily basis (and yet somehow not change at all). I’m finding it helpful to do morning and evening brain dumps.

If you’ve never done a brain dump, or aren’t sure about how to do one, see this how-to. It’s really simple: get a big piece of paper, and write down everything that’s swirling around in your mind. Don’t try to categorize or label anything; that will come later. Right now just get it all out in front of you.

Write down all your tasks, nagging thoughts, things you need to remember, and any plans. When you have it all out in front of you, then you can write your categorized lists, prioritize important tasks, and outline any projects.

Doing a brain dump in the morning helps my mind catch up to my new reality and helps me feel more in control. I can see what I need to do and adjust to my new schedule and routines. Doing another brain dump in the evening lets me clear my mind and relax before bed.

Sometimes my brain dump turns into a worry dump. That is okay. A lot of people are worried about a lot of things right now, and the worries can change frequently. Write down everything you are worried about. After you get it all out, divide the list into things you can control, and things you can’t. Write action steps for the things you can control. This will help you feel more empowered, and an action plan will give you direction.