ahheck01;66526 said:
The size and style looks perfect! I don't need the fancy various kinds of pages, just consistent, lined paper, with plenty of reasonably priced refills. Also, don't need to spend $50 at this point.
Ah, I see now. Thank you for the clarification. Slender, gender neutral, functional, etc. I use the GTD Jr. Coordinator. I, too, wanted something low profile. Thus, I wanted to go 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. This was very important to me, to be able to slip out my system sitting in a car or a bus. Full-size pages were too big for this and didn't offer anything for me to counterbalance the size issue. I also wanted EVERYTHING in one place--not a calendar and address book on a PDA or computer, lists on paper, project notes elsewhere, etc. So, when I went to Staples and put together a Franklin-Covey calendar (the work to put together a DIY calendar in 5.5x8.5 size for the entire year wasn't worth it to me), a binder of sufficient size (5.5x8.5 with at least 1/2 inch depth), lined pages (also Franklin-Covey), I topped $50 easily. And that didn't include that I couldn't find tab sheet that were in an 5.5x8.5 size. So, I took the plunge and bought the $50 GTD Jr. Coordinator. I figured in my electronic day, I would spend at least this much on a piece of good software to do this (OmniFocus was $80 + $20 for the iPhone app). Additionally, I would have spent at least that much at a Franklin-Covey store just for a yearly refill and other sheets for a given year. So, it didn't seem out of proportion for me. Now, your mileage may vary, but those were my criteria and that made the GTD Jr. Coordinator a good buy for me from my perspective. I wanted to do paper right if I was going to dive in and do a paper-based approach. The purchase made sense and I've not once regretted my decision now about 2 months in. You need to do what works best for you, but I would highly recommend the Coordinator if you're going to go paper. It'll help guide you in doing GTD right the first time.