Appreciation post: That $15 antique journal I bought on a whim in Portland

I used to think expensive leather notebooks were the only way to go for writing prompts, but I grabbed this cheap one from a flea market for $15 and it's got this rough paper that makes my ideas flow way better. Seriously, I wasted like $80 on fancy Moleskines that I never even wrote in because I was scared to ruin them. This thing is stained and messy already and I've filled half of it in just two weeks. Has anyone else found a random cheap notebook that just clicks with your writing style?

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lee.cora1d ago

Dollar store spiral notebooks are all I use now, no pressure to be perfect.

sam_cooper1d ago

Totally get that. Picking up a plain spiral notebook feels like you're allowed to make a mess and that's the whole point. No worrying about the margins being straight or the ink bleeding through. It's actually way more freeing than the expensive stuff.

jessica3311d ago

Okay so I actually started doing the EXACT same thing last year and it really helped me get over my perfectionism with writing. I used to buy those fancy $10 journals and then get SO scared to mess them up that I'd never even open them. Now I just grab the 50 cent spiral ones from the grocery store and I can write whatever garbage comes to mind without caring if I make a typo or spill coffee on it.