Notebooks

Back before laptops, tablets…heck, even before typewriters, the go to recording device for a writer was a notebook. And yet, even with all these devices at our fingertips, notebooks are a crucial tool no matter what your profession.

I have a ton of them. This picture is a small sampling.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I use them for the day job, for writing, journaling, etc. but I have yet to figure out my “perfect” notebook. I’m a big fan of Evernote, but could a regular paper notebook ever compare? I’ve tried putting sticky note tabs on pages, using multi-subject notebooks, etc. but I can never get it quite organized the way I want it.

Last week a friend of mine posted an article about how to hack a notebook to make it more organized. It was brilliant. You can read it here. Finally! I thought, the PERFECT notebook. But the more I thought it about it, that would really only work for certain applications, like the one used in the article.

Then I started thinking about Moleskine and Leuchtturm, and all the other notebooks and planners out there and wondered which one of those would be the best, and could they be used for different things or would I need one notebook for each subject? Or do they sell nice notebooks like that in multi-subject?

What? No. I don’t overthink things. Why do you ask?

I still haven’t made up my mind, about a perfect notebook, but I think I’m getting closer.

So what do you use to organize your notes, whether for writing, other creative projects, day job?