I really enjoy smaller notebooks, with lots of pages, but I will collect any that I find interesting. I don’t like bleed-through, but ghosting is fine, it makes a notebook feel used and like i’m accomplishing something when I write. :D  I’m actually not much of a fan of the higher priced, more used ones, (moleskine, Rhodia, Leuchtturm1917) though I have owned many and there are even a few in the pictures attached. It’s more so because I have a problem with commitment. I don’t want to spend that much on a notebook and bail on it, than spending 5$ on one that’s comparable and bail. Haha

I like to use journals for everything! Daily writing, notes, ideas, projects and I plan on starting a commonplace book soon, I can’t wait for that! It’s going to be a fun adventure. But truthfully, I have yet to fully complete an entire notebook. >< I have my daily writing one now that I’m committed to finishing though!! My goal is to complete it by the end of this year.

I honestly can’t even remember how I started collecting. I’ve just always loved to own notebooks, I had so many of the smaller, cheaper ones when I was younger even if I never wrote anything in them, but recently (the last two years or so) I just started buying them more frequently. I usually stick to getting them on sale from craft stores, we don’t really have any good stationary stores around where I live, so I’ve taken to looking for them at thrift shops, yard sales, etc., as well. I think I enjoy collecting and looking at them more than I enjoy writing in them, but i’m hoping to change that soon. The writing process is slow, the buying one, not so much. xD

Thank you for the opportunity to share all of my journals! It’s a lot of fun seeing what everyone else collects as well.