The Moleskine Little Prince diary – A perfect synergy

Like pretty much everyone on Earth, I love Moleskine notebooks. They are beautifully crafted yet solid enough to survive the punishments of travel. Then they also come with a history that sets them apart from other stationers: with the illustrious writers who made their name and the company that was brought back to life after the original makers went bust. As you may remember, I also love Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince so imagine how my heart and wallet was open to this Moleskine Little Prince diary:

Nice work, marketing team!

Inside it is mostly the usual Moleskine day-to-page diary that I can’t seem to function without, but there are also some sweet little touches here and there. The back cover has a favourite quote from the book. The paper insert features another, as well as passport details for our small royal. And I should not be forgetting the ‘Adhesifs en Edition Limitee’. The eternal child in all of us couldn’t fail to be excited by these limited-edition stickers:

When I was a small child, I remember my mother taking time out of the busy pre-Christmas schedule – usually on a Sunday, it would probably be raining – to copy out the birthdays and important anniversaries from the old diary to the new. I might sometimes sigh over her shoulder at the months and months I had to wait until my birthday, but I loved the ritual of marking out the year’s important events. It is one of those essential yet time-consuming life admin tasks that can fill you with a nerdish glee as they progress.

I haven’t filled out my Moleskine Little Prince diary yet, but I am very much looking forward to doing so, as well as to seeing what the year held within its pages has to bring.

For some, who are travellers, the stars are guides.
For others they are no more than little lights in the sky.

Pour les uns, qui voyagent, les etoiles sont des guides.
Pour d’autres elles ne sont rien que de petites lumieres.