It has a sunshine orange plastic cover, not so bright as to make one proceed with caution, but vivid and trendy. The plastic cover is practical, easy to wipe clean. The Day Runner Life Tracker is made up of separate little notebook style components, called modules, which slip into the plastic cover, allowing you to customize your book to fit your life.
The X17 Modular Binding System has sleek black elastic bands to secure the modules. Just slip those custom components in under that elastic band and organize your life. It is comforting to me to think that when I am barely holding it together, those sleek black elastic bands will secure the pieces of my life. For an additional $8.95 I added an expense tracker, so that I can chart each penny I spend and figure out why I am broke.
I tied a pretty striped ribbon to the elastic bands at the top of the spine, so that I could use the tail of the bow to mark the calender page for the current week. The X17 lacks a pocket, so I taped an envelope to the inside of the plastic cover so that I have a place to save all these receipts until I have a chance to enter them into the expense tracker. In the past my day books have had a place to slip a photo of my kids, in case I forget what they look like while I'm at work. The X17 lacks this feature. I hope this does not become an issue.
The only real concern I have about this new day book is it's name. They call it a Life Tracker. When I hear the word tracker, I imagine an expert marksman, out in the woods, tracking a wounded bear in order to shoot it, and put it out of it's misery. Maybe this is a fitting image. Maybe what I really want is for someone to track my life, and put me out of my misery. I will try not to think about that. Instead I will focus on the positive. It is the end of March, and I have selected my new calender. It holds such promise, such hope.
I just know that now all my problems will melt away within the plastic orange goodness.
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