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It very bittersweet when you finish one.When you write in a Moleskine, you feel like a writer. I love it. It is small so I can take it everywhere. It serves as a reminder how I am to today, and where I could be in twenty years. I've always been very particular about the little things.But that's why the Moleskine is the perfect notebook, it satisfies the little things. I use Zebra F-301 Ball Point pen for the Moleskine, and they flow so well on the acid free paper.I love how compact and sleek it is. They aren't cheap, but they are well worth it. I've been keeping some form of a journal since I was in the first grade.
I love how the pages are thin but sturdy. The notebook is something that I can look back on and remember my time and my life as it once was.Again, it's the little things that get me excited. I'm eighteen years old, I use three at a time. The first is actually purchasing the notebook. I love how it looks when I flip though the used pages. I have always loved to write. But my problem was sticking with the journal I was on. But once you have passed the second hurdle, the hardest one comes, putting it down.
It's something you have to try for yourself. And this little black notebook has won my heart and my pen. I love the back pocket which is roomier then you would imagine. I carry mine everywhere.
The first word is always very daunting because it looks to perfect to taint. Buy one and try it out, you know you want to. The second is breaking it in. It was always to big or two small or the lines were to far apart or I had to use a specific pen etc.
There are three difficulties when it comes to Moleskine. I keep a picture of my mother when she was close to my age in there. The smaller lines allow me to fit more on a page and they allow my small handwriting to fill up the page as well. I love how it has an elastic enclosure and a bookmark to mark my pages.
I honestly don't know what I'd do without it. Truely, this is the iPhone of notebooks. What I' m about to relate is gushing praise, but I assure it's 100% true and not mere sarcasm: This is the best collection of unmarked pages between two covers that you will ever own.
And I have to say that I've found some el-cheapo Mead products that'll get the job done in a pinch, but honestly, there's nothing like this litte notebook. It's ten bucks. Ruled pages, hard cover, bookmark, inside pocket, they thought of everything and even managed to make it small and aesthetically pleasing.
Okay, I'll bite. Sure. Just get one, try it out, thank me later.
I've used a moleskine notebook as a day planner every year since 2004. Can you get by with something else.
I don't know that you could ask for more from a notebook but this has been the ultimate travel tool, body armor, brain dump, artistic escape, GTD list, shopping list, map holder, goal saver, love maker, and Thetan blocker that I could have ever asked for.
I diligently tried to go digital with a few different PDA's including my Blackberry, but I kept coming back to pen and paper. Very durable. I filled a few "Black and Red" brand notebooks, and while they are high quality they are a little big (8.5 x 11). The spine has a little give even though its a hard cover and I can sit on it and it isn't too uncomfortable.
It took a pretty good beating and it even accompanied me on an elephant ride. I use it for all my my notes at work (I'm an executive at a fortune 200 company), and the little pocket in the back cover is perfect for business cards. That way, no matter where I am, I've got my personal and business stuff handy.I've filled three of them so for. A few people made comments that you can't use gel type ink pens because the ink smears when you close the book. On my last one, the spine split during a three week trip to India, but none of the pages fell out. Paper doesn't "crash", it can't be hacked, copied or get infected with a virus.
All of my business notes are in the front and I start from the back for personal lists and notes that I want to keep. Didn't find that to be much of a problem.I'll never go back to a full size notebook and I'm hooked on this durable little guy. This one is small enough that I can put it in my back pocket (jeans or dress pants). your butt gets used to it.
Otherwise perfect for on-the-go note recording. I left a star off on the rating because as some have mentioned, if you write on both sides of the pages, these is a slight bleed through. There is not a thing I can add which hasn't already been said. My experience is that they hold up better than anything else I've tried.
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