Hello everyone!
Today I went to Staples and I bought a few new stationery items for the new year so I
thought I would show you what I got.
Instead of playing it safe I tried to look for a couple of things that I had never used
before and I wanted to try out.
One of the first things I got was an A4 Notebook using the Staples Arc system.
You guys have been mentioning this system for a while and I never got my hands on it
so I wanted to see if I would like it so I could come up with a cool setup for a notebook.
This is the leather version and the cover has a back pocket in the right corner.
The arcs allow the notebook to flip all the way open and as long as you have the special
perforated pages you can insert any type of papers, inserts or template.s Staples has
tons of different inserts like agendas, project planners and to do lists but if you buy the
Arc hole puncher you can insert any type of insert that you create and print yourself.
The standard notebook came with ruled paper but I also got a set of grid paper and a few
plastic dividers.
If you are someone, like me, who hates the lack of flexibility that regular notebooks
give you, perhaps this Arc notebook would be a good way to make the change.
Since you can easily remove and add paper, you can customize your notebook will different
types of elements, rewrite your notes, remove messy notes and add perforated handouts or
study guides.
I also bought some Navigator paper for printing and I prefer these smaller home packs, with
half the paper, as I lack the storage to keep the larger packs.
Then I found these Stabilo pastel highlighters.
Instead of the traditional bulky highlighters, these little guys are very handy to keep in
your pen case and they have the exact same colors from the original Stabilo pastel highlighters.
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Then I got a couple of items from this new Exacompta Campus stationery line.
This first item is a really handy thing that I had never seen before and it’s this folio
slash compact organizer.
When you open it up you have tons of pockets in the left side to keep all types of things,
from notepads, pens and even a slim device like an ipad.
On the right side you can keep an A4 notepad to jot notes on the go.
The surprise e happens when you open this small latch and find you have a full-fledged
folio organizer here with customizable tabs to keep handouts, notes and documents for
each one of your classes.
This is really the type of thing that I would use during Law School when I was taking multiple
classes every day to keep my most important documetns nearby while also having the flexibility
to carry loose paper with me and then archive my notes when I got home.
Also from the Exacompta Campus Stationery Line I got this large filing binder.
It has a hard, plastic cover so it’s resistant and holds tons of things.
I am going to use this binder mostly to organize paperwork and finance stuff for the next year
but this is great binder for filing notes.
It has only two rings so that means it’s more prone to rip the paper but as long as
you use it for archiving and are careful when flipping over the paper, you will probably
have no problem using it.
It also has a few plastic pockets in the left and right side so that’s useful to hold
a schedule or other useful documents.
To organize my paperwork I bought two sets of plastic dividers, one from Exacompta and
other from Staples.
The Staples numbered dividers are great to divide things by month or date while the Exacompta
plain dividers are good to divide things by topic.
You can either use the standard white index in the front or print your own labels and
stick them in the tabs.
As long as the label paper is fit for sticking on plastic, that will probably be the best
way to organize your paperwork.
For the more boring stuff I bought a mini stapler.
Since I moved in I haven’t bought a stapler or a hole puncher and I remember having one
of these mini staplers for years until I lost it so I decided to buy another one.
I also bought a Leitz hole puncher and this one was a bit more expensive but I was using
a single hole puncher for a year and I was taking a terrible amount of time just hole
punching all of my papers so I decided to save some time on that by purchasing a better
quality hole puncher.
And finally I bought a little pack of Post it adhesive tabs.
These are the super thick tabs.
I tend to not buy a lot of Post it products because I think that they are ridiculously
over-priced but I simply love these replaceable tabs since all the other ones get ruined in
a couple of days.
And these are all the items for this year’s haul!
I’ve put the information to all the products down below in case you want to purchase something
you see on this haul.
I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s video and I will see you next week.
Bye!