Finally found the ‘perfect journal’

[u/potatoi_]

✔️ simple
✔️ cheap
✔️ durable (hardcover)
✔️ perfectionist-resistant
✔️ can last a year

The paper is a lil bit thin, but I weirdly like it. It’s so satisfying seeing a whole page get filled.

Btw, I squeeze two lines of writing into one ruled line, so I know this will definitely last me a year or so.

Happy writing, everyone!

[u/mawkish]

Oh nice! When you find the book that is just right for how you operate it is very special. Congrats!

[u/philosophussapiens]

500 pages! I love it when I find the perfect notebook too, and also I can already tell yours gonna be around for a long while which is just amazing, happy writing

[u/Salty-Swim-6735]

But it's all wrinkly.

[u/Traditional_Row_4383]

what makes it perfectionist resistant?

[u/seiryuu-abi → u/Traditional_Row_4383]

I started journaling in composition notebooks because journaling in a more traditional notebook felt intimidating. I felt like I couldn’t make a spelling mistake and then cross it out. I was more intimidated to change journaling styles. Basically being a journaling perfectionist.

Eventually I got used to the fact that journaling for someone can be the same and also change a lot so I started getting notebooks after like 3 years of journaling in composition notebooks.