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Notebooks

If you're like me, or most writers/artists/creative people in general, then you have dozens upon dozens of gorgeous notebooks.

And all of them are completely empty on the inside.

I don't know why notebook hoarding is such a common writing habit, but it makes perfect sense to me because I spent 40 bucks on this notebook, and it's too pretty for me to ruin by writing something garbage it in, so it's going to sit in my closet forever because that's a perfect plan.

BUT WHAT IF YOU ACTUALLY STARTED USING THOSE NOTEBOOKS???

Crazy. I know.

But then I actually started doing it, and I discovered that the only thing more satisfying than a giant pile of blank notebooks is a pile of FILLED notebooks.

Don't get me wrong though, there are tons I still have no idea what to do with, but after searching the internet high and low, watching dozens of repetitive "Fill your notebook" videos and reading articles on the same topic, I have found some actual interesting ways to fill them, and most of them, ironically enough, were my own ideas, because after awhile you just get sick of hearing about bullet journals.

So here are some of the ways I've been using my notebooks! I like to think some of them might be particularly helpful for artists/writers, so tell me what you think!

1. Art Journal

I'm not sure what the exact title of this books should be, but it's my favorite one so we're starting with it. I got a fancy leather journal from Barnes and Noble, and since it was so pretty, I felt like I needed to put something equally pretty on the actual pages. So I've been writing down quotes from people/movies/books that I like, and pairing them with little drawings. I'm not the most artistic person in the world (I mean come on, I've seen the fanart. I am not artistically gifted), so I've been sticking to simpler doodles I've seen on Pinterest (a lot of the quotes are from there too, I'm Pinterest trash). But with just a little work, I think you can make a beautiful notebook.