TYPES OF DIARIES. HOW TO CHOOSE A DIARY FOR YOURSELF?
There are thousands, maybe millions of diaries in the world, and this means that finding the right one will not be difficult. For a successful purchase, find out in advance what they are and how to make the right choice.
Popular diary sizes
Diaries of A4 format are most often produced in the price and quality segment of the premium class and are intended for persons with high status - statesmen, officials, first-line managers. As a rule, only high-quality paper is used in the production of this size, smooth calfskin is used as the material for its covers, often copies with a gold edge and embossing.
The format of the A5 diary is the most popular, the range of prices, as well as materials, is very wide. This group includes expensive designer items, quite decent things at an adequate price for average businessmen, cute notebooks made from the simplest printing materials, available to the widest masses - students, schoolchildren, housewives.
The A6 format is another size popular with the target audience who prefers to have a pocket-sized version of the diary always at hand.
Types of diaries
The signs that divide diaries into categories are the presence / absence of dates and rulers. Therefore, all diaries are divided into categories:
Dated
Undated
Lined
Unlined
The classic dated diary stationery has a layout for 12 months, 365 days, and its average thickness is 200 sheets. This is very convenient for a person who plans his time without dividing it into weekdays and weekends. The first twenty pages are usually occupied by calendars and other business information, the last are blank and serve for emergency notes.
An undated diary is convenient for keeping irregular records, its content depends solely on the imagination and preferences of its owner, but just like the dated one, it has pages with useful data.
The line of the diary can be in a cage or in a line. Non-lined planners are good for those who prefer to plan using diagrams, drawings, graphs, pictures, and other motivating images.
How to choose a diary
Do not buy a diary that you liked only for the price - very little time will pass and you will regret your choice.
Remember that the diary should be as functional as possible, so it should have not only a ruler, but also a calendar, clock, bookmark and tear-off corners.
A diary is your companion at business meetings and negotiations, he can very accurately convey to the interlocutor from the opposite side your status and your degree of organization. That is why we strongly discourage officials from purchasing penny copies. Give preference to high-quality notebooks of well-known brands, with a sturdy cover made of leather or other durable material, with sheets of expensive paper.
As for the size of the diary, it largely depends on how much data you need every day, and on whether you solve your problems sitting at your desk, or travel around cities and towns, across countries and continents with a travel certificate. in the pocket.
The difference is noticeable and quite logical: a small daily planner of A5 format fits better in a travel bag, a more spacious A4 notebook is perfect at the workplace of a manager who constantly holds meetings, planning meetings, seminars.
Those who often work on the road need a diary all the time, and it should always be at hand. In this case, the optimal version of the diary is the A6 format, which can easily fit in an inner pocket or in an outer pocket of a laptop bag.
Diary as a gift
A beautiful diary is a useful gift for a loved one, colleague or boss you know well. It will not be difficult for you to find a version of the notebook that perfectly matches the color, design and format of the person you are going to gift.
If you want to present a non-binding present to an unfamiliar person, use the general recommendations:
Business women prefer brightly colored notebooks with leather covers in red, cherry, blue or green, preferably with a bookmark, expressive ruling and all kinds of informative tables inside.
It is better for high-ranking male executives to present an unlined A4 planner with a good leather cover in a red-brown, chocolate or whiskey color.
For schoolchildren or students, the option with a lining and cover made of bumvinyl or faux leather is suitable. Metal corners will add durability to the daily planner, alphabet cutting on the right edge will facilitate navigation - young people are very impulsive and do not tolerate delays in finding the information they need.
A special chic among glamorous girls is a diary with a cover with a metallic sheen and a gold edge. The double-sided sequin cover is reminiscent of fish scales - each touch changes the color of the notebook and affects the nervous system better than any anti-stress drug.
