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Comment by whalesalad

10 days ago

I used to have the same problem I would buy fancy moleskins or really nice Japanese grid notebooks, and I always felt like I had to model what I was trying to get out of my head to the medium rather than just focusing on getting it out of my head.

Not too long ago I accidentally bought a huge package of wide ruled spiral notebooks. I hate wide ruled and prefer college ruled. So they sat collecting dust for a long time before I finally looked at the pile and figured I'm just gonna start using these and treating them exactly like you do - a drainage ditch. So far so good, the pile is half gone. Definitely helps to go with the no fucks given approach.

Fancy notebooks are cheap enough to treat them like a drainage ditch. My no fucks given notebook is IMO the best Japan has to offer, and it’s just 10 euros. I have had more expensive sandwiches.