Paper Everyday-Carry: Notebooks Worth Keeping in Your Bag
The best notebook isn't the most beautiful one on your shelf. It's the one that's in your bag when you need it. An idea, a name, a shopping list, a thing you must not forget — they never arrive when you're sat at your desk. They arrive on the bus, in a queue, halfway across town.
Small sets, so there's always one going
Buying notebooks in small sets is the trick — you're never caught with a full one and no spare, and you can leave them in different places. Pocket-sized A6 notebooks come in threes; a slightly larger A5 pair suits people who like more room per page; and a set of colourful A6s is another easy way to always have one going.
Keep the loose bits together
A notebook rattling around loose with keys and a water bottle doesn't last. A small box keeps the little stuff — notes, cards, odds and ends — in one findable spot, and a slim pencil case does the same for your pens. Then carry it, and use it the second a thought lands — don't tell yourself you'll remember, because you won't. A caught thought on paper is worth ten that got away.
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