Talia Discbound Notebooks, Planner, Customizable, (Green Olive w/Green Olive Discs, Letter (8.5in x 11in))

I have been eyeballing this notebook for awhile, I have looked at a variety of other disc bound options as well - Talia offers the best bang for the buck - the price for the initial kit as well as the replacement options are all lower than others I have seen out there . Talia also offers far more color options (while still being a better price).The midsize is a unique option, not available from other companies (that I have found so far)- which does mean you can not purchase items from other companies if you desired - I weighed the point and after examining what Talia offers, and my preference for the midsize -- this made Talia that winner.Others had issues about having to assemble this notebook yourself - that was not a deal breaker for me. I am not sure if other companies send their notebooks disassembled too, but I was more focused on what each company offers & for what price. Assembly was extremely easy - and took no time, I actually found it enjoyable putting it together.Another issue I saw was about the stickers - a reviewer found juvenile - but the stickers are actually nice, a lot of great & useful stickers (not just stickers to be stickers - like a kid would opt for)-- there are calendar stickers (months, individual days - to customize the monthly sheets), plus a variety of task, reminder and other stickers included.I chose the "funky floral" - this set had nearly the lowest (if not thee lowest) price of all the styles, but I also really liked the combo of the cover & discs - very happy design. -- (touching on price, even the higher prices were still lower than most if not all the other competitors)The dividers are a nice poly-material, durable, and great mix of colors (making them easy to spot, and refer to).-- the divider labels - some came in creased, but that did not end my world, I am not sure I will use those labels anyhow.Calendars --Year: not quite sure how I will use this. the design is a little odd too - while two facing pages are a continuous year layout, before & after sides of the pages have half of the design on them, which makes them odd -- though if you purchase additional year layouts it makes them continuous -- but as a single year layout it is odd.Monthly: again while you have two pages facing are a full month, but the page before & after is half of a month layout -- while you can purchase & add more months it does still make the layout odd. That aside the monthly design is simple & nice. (that stickers include the day numbers, etc, to customize the calendar)I am very glad I chose to purchase this set -- oh and a BONUS that is not shown in the pix (that I saw) was a zipper case for the notebook - which makes it nice to store & transport - protects the notebook. The color is very nice too.Thank you Talia -- Great Notebook, I am going to enjoy getting a lot of use out of this notebook!! Love it!!

Super cute cover and so many amazing stickers that came with the set! I was really surprised. Kind of bummed I had to put the whole thing together, but hey for $20 and you get a carrying case too! Can't beat the price. Pages to insert are good quality and it has pages for month view to add those darn cute stickers to liven things up! They also included 5 dividers and a pocket divider that held the HUGE pack of stickers. They have a page for every month and then all kinds of activities and events. Great fir students too, there are several pages with stuff like "test", "study" "to-do" and many more. The Cover design is cute, but not sure how it will hold up compared to my Tul and Happy Planner ones. I like the Happy Planner that has a clear laminate over the front and back cover designs, but this Talia one is very nice for half the price. Will definitely buy again from this company.

This has been the only planner/notebook I have consecutively used. The ability to customize the system to fit your needs is awesome and so helpful. The cover is not flimsy so it holds up to my travel back and forth to work. I had never purchased a discbound product before, and I was afraid the pages would get loose and fall out. However, the paper is thick enough to not "wear out" and let's you move them around from place to place within the book. The "extra cost" of the notebook compared to others is worth it in my opinion.

I loved the size of this notebook, the number of pages it comes with, and how sturdy the rings are. I will purchase more supplies from this company. This may have been my first disc-bound notebook but it will not be my last.

As someone with ADD, I'm in a constant struggle to keep my thoughts organized. I have tried traditional planners, bullet journals, small notebooks... everything. Each time I end up getting overwhelmed by the big empty pages and abandon the notebook, so after a lot of research I decided to try discbound notebooks for the large variety of inserts you can buy or print for free. I decided on this item because it is essentially a starter pack - I didn't want to try and figure out exactly what I needed, so this is an easy way to try it out. I just got this notebook yesterday so I can't speak to whether it will keep me organized, but that's really more on me than the notebook. What I do know is that this seems to be exactly what I've been looking for.I ordered the junior notebook in sage green. The color matches the photo and it feels plenty sturdy. As others have mentioned, this comes with each part packaged separately - the pages, the stickers, and the rings - so you have to put it together, but I honestly enjoyed assembling it (description of how I did so below). I really love how customizeable they are, as in addition to various page options, I can swap out the rings and covers for nicer ones down the road (once I've proven to myself that I'll actually stick with it).Really the only thing I would change about this is the sticker pack that came with it. As others have mentioned, it really caters more toward students than adults, with a lot of school-focused stickers (exam, test, quiz, study, etc.). That said, it does include some fun stickers that I will definitely use, along with ones specific for each month to use on the calendar pages. I gave it 4 stars because I have no use for the school stickers. Luckily I work around students so I can give them away, but if I didn't they would just end up in the trash. I think that it would be more ideal to replace the school stickers with blank ones that can be written on.I will try to remember to report back once I've used it a bit, but I really don't foresee any issues with the notebook itself (just my ability to stick with it). It feels durable and although the pages are easy to remove intentionally, I don't think there's any chance of them just falling out.How I assembled the notebook:Place the front and back cover together. Snap the discs into place one by one (I found it was easiest to insert the discs into the holes at a slight angle). Flip the front cover behind the back cover. Take 15-20ish pages and snap them onto the first disc. Essentially rest each of the remaining holes on top of the corresponding disc, place your index and middle finger on either side of the next disc and press down to snap into place. Repeat until all pages are inserted.I found that trying to insert too many pages was nearly impossible, but once I started doing it with fewer pages, it was quick and honestly a little enjoyable. The plastic dividers are thick enough that I only did one at a time. All in all, it took me less than 5 minutes to assemble, and I'm certain it'll be much faster now that I've figured out a routine to make it easy.