I have this thing about notebooks. Not only because i need them all the time to jot down stuff i need to be reminded of; or that they come handy on those occasions that ideas come to me in a flash but then gets completely forgotten later. But also because there's beauty in a notebook that goes well beyond its functionality. Like the kind that's creative and artistic. Or those that come in simple designs yet still manage to stand out for conveying an interesting idea about its creator or owner. Notebooks with personality, I'd call it.
Notebook browsing in stores is, as a matter of fact, one of my therapies. Here's one that i found while looking for a 2009 daily planner during one of my endless forays in a book store. It isn't actually a notebook but an organizer. And it isn't exactly the planner i was looking for. It looks like a notebook, however, as probably all organizers do, and functions just as much, so it pretty much comes within my loose definition of what a notebook is. Suffice it to say, I forgot the daily planner and bought this instead (note to self: next time, focus). It's elegant in its simplicity, it's red and it's definitely eye-catching if you'd go by the number of hands that admiringly held it. While i could have bought another stock, there was nothing left looking exactly the same. It wasn't however tattered or frayed at all. More importantly, it came in a good price - limited edition, it said - plus, I couldn't resist all that redness. And given my partiality toward anything nice resembling a notebook, having it was a foregone decision by then. But, of course, I could always use another notebook.
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2 comments:
I agree that notebook is essential. I used carry it with me all the time and it made me organized. But now, I don't know what happened, I don't carry it anymore. I tried to keep up though. (",)
That's true. It can be quite a challenge to maintain a notebook. :)
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