Editing The Pen Addict 202/transcript (section)

== Notebook System ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, yeah. So something else I had to figure out was this great product that I was sent called Keep a Notebook. I don't know if you saw. So when they reached out to me, wanted me to send me this stuff, I thought it looked fantastic. But I wasn't quite sure what I was getting into. You know, in a first look type of situation, it's a very Midori Traveler's Notebook setup kind of thing. It's got that shape notebook. It's got different types of notebook. It's got all kinds of accessories you can use. But what confused me, well, not confused me, but what surprised me when I got the package is there's not really, it's not held in like the Midori Traveler's Notebook leather style cover, right? It's not just like the single flap cover where you slide in the notebooks. You actually have to build the, it's almost like a folder. It's a folder slash notebook holder.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's really hard to work out what's going on here. I'm not kidding.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So I didn't know when I started it that that's what this was. I knew this in this bag was the note, was the thing you put the notebooks in. I didn't know I was going to have to like put it together. It's like an origami thing. I had a lot of fun after being like really confused because there's no English instructions, but you don't need them. The pictures and numbers worked out perfectly. Like I made this whole thing perfectly and it took me probably 20 or 30 minutes to do just because it's very involved. But the end result is like a file folder that holds like I think I have three of the notebooks in it right now. It's got two different pockets on the side where you can just like slot thing in. It's got a it's got a like a button button wrap pouch where you can put things that might slide in or out. It's like this whole kind of kit that you end up with when you're done. It looks like a notebook cover, but it's really more of a file folder if you're familiar with like a traditional file folder type of system. But that fits like the I don't know the exact size of it, but it's the Matori Traveler's notebook size. That's what the size that everyone is familiar with. It's kind of a generic term almost these days. It's really kind of cool. And they have about I think nine or ten different styles of notebooks you can use from standard journaling to scheduling to calendars to planning to travel. They're they're all kind of all kind of different choices you can make and I need to play more with it. I really like it. It's super unique. The one thing I haven't figured out is why I would carry it around as opposed if I was a Matori Traveler's notebook user. Why would I choose this file notebook system over the Matori? I mean, if you need more storage in your system, I could see that. But it's it's paper. It's not leather, you know, I mean, it's thick, you know, paper that's probably going to wear very well and hold up to a lot of things, but it's still paper.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Why this would be the choice if you're looking for this type of system. So I still have to play around with it, but it was so crazy putting this thing together. I mean, I'm sure you can't even make it out what I'm even doing in the one picture I put on Instagram, right?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Not at all. Yeah. Seriously, I can't work it out.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, it's I need I need the 360 degree camera for this thing, but it's like a huge. So it's almost a I'm going to go with two foot long, maybe two and a half foot long piece of paper that's laid out and it's all, you know, scored and and it's got all the flaps. Everything's built into it. Then they have these double sided stickers that this whole system walks you through putting these stickers on as you fold up the holder into the final product. These things stick to each other and it ends up, you know, you put basically put together the puzzle. It ends up in its final final form and it's pretty cool. So I have it sitting on my desk right now. I haven't really gotten into using the system yet just because I haven't had time, but I wanted to sit down and make the notebook holder because it's it's kind of cool. So there will be more on that for sure.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Cool.