Buying Notebooks Before Finishing Older One!

[mhguda]

I looked in my cupboard and stopped counting at 150 different notebooks and pads. Reckon I am ok for while. I have about 12 of the old version Habanas before they changed them and destroyed the best ever notebook. But now I am too scared to use them because one day I will run out. So I look at them every day and think how lucky I am to have them. If anyone can refer me to a Pen & Paper specialist psychologist please pass on the contact details.

If you don't allow yourself to use them, can you really say you have them? I'd say use them - you could keep one untouched "for later"...

[Jadie]

Whaaa? Of course I buy as I use, I'm a multitasker!

 

That and the fact that some notebooks are only around for as long as you've got your eye on them...once you turn your back, they disappear without a trace (*cough, Exacompta Sketchook, cough*). So grab 'em while you can, and regret less later.

 

But generally speaking, I try to match my input with my output so I don't end up with a caseload of (brand new) notebooks. Sometimes if there's overflow I give 'em away to friends as gifts (except the ones I reallly like, like Paperblanks). Overall, I'm writing through my notebooks/journals at a good pace, especially since I keep three simultaneously (personal journal, writing work notes, misc. scribble-scrabble emergency jotting source).

 

Life is too exciting to limit yourself to one thing. Experience it all! I especially like switching between my active notebooks in the day, since the paper textures and behaviors all vary based on my pen/ink/nibs. Loveliness every writing moment~

[Bookman]

For my daily journal-notebook, I open a new one intending to fill it up before moving on to the next. I usually don't. I'm easily dissatisfied. I quit using my Levenger Ledgerdomain after 12 pages. I go back and forth between casebound notebooks and wirebounds: both have their advantages and disadvantages. The last notebook I completely filled and then replaced with an identical model was the old Moleskine Professional A4 Folio, before Moleskine switched from a high-grade FP-friendly paper to its traditional low-quality crappola. I have since completely filled one and only one notebook, a B5 Apica Premium CD. But I decided afterward that I wanted hard covers on my journal-notebooks. I switched to an A4 Kyokuto Cambridge notebook, didn't like its off-gray paper, stopped using it after about 20 pages, switched to a semi-B5 Kokuyo Campus notebook, like its ivory paper much better but apparently not enough, stopped after about 40 pages, and now I'm using a Paperblanks Handstitched Ultra Journal. I just started it last week. I'm at the end of the first of eight signatures. I guess it's an eight-week journal. I might be able to stick with it that long.

[Parker51]

I do not journal at all, but I do write in a variety of notebooks for a variety of purposes. Rather than getting bored or having writers block, I simply switch to a different notebook and write on the subject, style, or purpose that that notebook is dedicated to.

[oshizemi]

I hoard paper and journals like the apocalypse is coming haha. I tend to buy a bunch of something I like, just in case they change their paper formula down the line or it becomes a discontinued item. Or? The end of the world

 

I use different journals for different things, one for recipes one for daily unimportant notes and lists and other for quotes. Oh, one for my personal journal and another for sketching... I stock up.

[Josey]

I hoard.

 

But now that I've started using a Seven Seas notebook, I don't know how I'll go back. Tomoe River paper is just so superior to everything else... <3

[inkypete]

I hoard.

 

But now that I've started using a Seven Seas notebook, I don't know how I'll go back. Tomoe River paper is just so superior to everything else... <3

I love it too - if only it was available same surface but a little heavier.

[_Stormin_]

I'm a fan of one type of journal, and as such, I never let my stock of them drop below three unused journals as spares.

 

Speaking of which, two are nearing completion and as such I'll need to order some more!

Edited August 28, 2014 by _Stormin_

[Anne Louise Bannon]

I have boatloads of notebooks and journals. Long story from my days as a TV critic, but most of them were freebies. I'm probably stocked for life, but will I stop buying them? Oh, hell no! Because not only do I love notebooks/journals/things to write on, one of my dearest friends owns a small gift shop which sells the most amazing collection of notebook/journals/things to write on (and with), and I am pledged to support the small businesses in my community. There's a green composition book with my name on it on her shelf even as I type. Sigh.

[Newjelan]

I hoard.

But now that I've started using a Seven Seas notebook, I don't know how I'll go back. Tomoe River paper is just so superior to everything else... <3

Yes, I hate Tomoe River paper and notebooks because they've spoilt me for anything else.

[Sailor Kenshin]

Only the community of fountain pen aficionados could understand the recent Great Tomoe River Paper Scare.

[Millefleurs]

I hoard.

 

But now that I've started using a Seven Seas notebook, I don't know how I'll go back. Tomoe River paper is just so superior to everything else... <3

Same here. I have sooo many notebooks, but since I started using the Seven Seas notebook, I just can't see myself using anything else. Even in the larger A4 size, I'm thinking of replacing my Rhodia pads with Tomoe River.

[Millefleurs]

Only the community of fountain pen aficionados could understand the recent Great Tomoe River Paper Scare.

So true.

[WaskiSquirrel]

I like to keep some in reserve. On a writing streak, I can buzz through a notebook quickly.

 

I will also start a notebook for a new topic. I'm considering creating a video series of Algebra lessons, and a small notebook would be good for planning it.

[Inkheart]

I've also been victim to fabulous notebooks being discontinued when I went to replenish, or being changed somehow (usually cheapened in materials or formatting.)

 

My rationale beyond the above concerns is that... inflation bites. Buy now before things get more expensive. I'm not hoarding; I'm investing in my scribbling future.

[Kuscer]

I rarely finish a notebook

I also have loads

[debraji]

I, too, am suffering from Notebook Acquisition Syndrome. The symptoms are as follows:

 

1. Find a notebook I like.

2. Buy multiple copies.

3. Find a "better" notebook.

4. Repeat step 2-4.

[amcityink]

I had one I really liked that they discontinued, so I had to find a new favorite Journal. After that I started stocking up when I found something I liked.

 

This!

[jspatton53]

One? Only one? How awful! Part of the fun as I near the end of a notebook, is perusing my stock and thinking about which one I'd like to use next. This takes a few days. Then selecting the one I want, changing my mind, choosing another one and starting it. This can only be done in the quiet and solitude of my home office.

I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who does this.

I've been playing with fountain pens since the summer, along with a renewal of journaling. I've used a journal and fountain pens for years, but during my "career" I wrote with whatever was handy. Now that I'm retired and using fountain pens more, I've discovered that paper really matters. So, even though I have a box of assorted journals, not all of them have held up to the fountain pen test.

So this weekend was a trip to the state capitol and art supply store. And, joy!, --buy one journal and get one half off. I found two that were the perfect size for me and heavy enough for my wettest pens (I also paint in them). A friend I was shopping with said I had a shelf of empty journals at home. I wonder what his point was?

[Newjelan]

A friend I was shopping with said I had a shelf of empty journals at home. I wonder what his point was?

 

He's just jealous.