Wasted $40 on a fancy bullet journal before realizing a $3 notebook works way better

Bought a Scribbles That Matter journal online and hated how thick the pages were for my fountain pen, so now it's sitting in my drawer while I use a cheap composition book from the grocery store.

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flores.tessa1mo ago

Got a nice bullet journal as a gift once and felt the same pressure to use it. But honestly a plain notebook with thinner pages just works better for jotting stuff down fast. Made me realize fancy tools don't matter as much as what fits your flow

rosew371mo agoOG Member

Thinner pages? That actually threw me for a second because most bullet journals have thick pages on purpose so markers don't bleed through. Did yours actually hold up okay with pens and stuff on the thinner paper or did you have to switch to a different pen? I tried using a Moleskine once for planning and the ghosting drove me crazy. It's funny how we get sold on the idea of the perfect tool but the cheap stuff sometimes just works better for how our brain actually operates.

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hugoj8620d ago

My buddy Jake bought some expensive Leuchtturm1917 after seeing it all over Instagram and swore it was gonna change his life. He lasted about a month before tossing it in a drawer cause the paper made his fountain pen feather like crazy. I told him @rosew37 your Moleskine story and he just laughed and said at least you didn't waste the full price. He uses a regular Maruman graph notebook now that cost like 5 bucks and says it's the best thing he's ever written in.