This is an unusual update for me– for the first time since starting this blog, I think, I am not using any Moleskine notebook in my daily carry. I just finished a Moleskine Sketchbook, and decided to replace it with a Leda Sketchbook (I will soon be doing a full review). I like the Leda Sketchbook, and it’s fun to try something a little different for a change, but I don’t think it will be making me want to get rid of my stash of 50+ spare Moleskine Sketchbooks!
I continue to use my 2018 Nolty diary as a logbook and planner, and my Bindewerk Dot-Grid Linen Cover notebook as my journal. I’m almost done with the Bindewerk journal, and I think when I’m finished, I will either start using the Leda sketchbook for journal entries as well as drawing, or I’ll go back to using a squared Moleskine for journaling. We’ll see, but my no-Moleskine phase may not last all that long!
The other change from my last “using now” post is that the Midori Traveler’s Notebook is not currently active. I was using it as my wallet for a couple of weeks, but then when I took off on a long road trip, I decided to leave it behind– I didn’t want to lose it or ruin it, and it was also heavier and bulkier than my other wallet. When I got back from the trip a couple of weeks ago, I didn’t switch back to the TN, but I’m thinking about giving it another try. I don’t want to spend money on buying any more travelers notebooks, but I’m slightly tempted to try a non-Midori one in a slightly larger size that would hold my Nolty diary. I do like the idea of a notebook/wallet combination, but the passport size TN doesn’t allow me to use the notebooks I want.
How about you, readers? What notebooks are you using lately?
Love your journal carry set-up! I carry a Moleskine Art Sketchbook (large) everyday, as my regular art journal (doodles, sketches, painting, writing, collage, shopping lists, notes, etc), and have a 2018 Punctuate planner from Barnes & Noble that I keep at home. I write my schedule and activities in the planner and input them on my cell phone. It’s nice to be able to reflect on an activity or add notes to an event in my planner at the beginning or end of the day, and see a week overview at once, on paper.
Nolty is definitely on my ‘ to try ‘list of planners. It seems so elegant. I currently use filofax as my planner and notebook(supplemented by my addiction to Asian sticky notes, memo pads etc) and Quo Vadis Habana A6 as my journal.
Wow, your “no Moleskine” phase will be interesting to watch! ;-) I use an A5 Leuchtturm as my daily journal/log book, a DIY planner made from another A5 Leuchtturm, a 6″x9″ DIY sketchbook, a daily-carry Field Notes for casual sketches, and a daily-carry Field Notes for memos. That’s been my setup for the past few years — the most consistent I’ve ever been — and it feels good to find a stable setup that works for me.
I have a pocket notebook by Two Little Boys that says “I Love the Smell of note books in the morning†for my daily task list and my yellow covered Mead 5 Subject College Ruled 200 sheet spiral notebook as my “zibaldoneâ€. I just filled up a Rhodia No. 16 spiral notebook that served as scratch paper for almost 3 years!