I recently found my way back to a Leuchtturm journal after bouncing around a few different brands and types of notebooks for a while. I even stopped a journal completely during my family’s recent cross-country move because I needed to focus on planning and to-do lists in my planner. However, it was time to move back into a notebook. As soon as I received my Leuchtturm in the mail, I remembered why I loved these notebooks for so long. When I first started bullet journaling in 2017, I was drawn to these notebooks because everyone said these were the “holy grail” bullet journaling notebooks. After years of poking around journals and trying to understand some of the lingo, I get the positives and some drawbacks of this style of notebook. This post is a review of the A5 notebook from Leuchtturm1917. It is set up in a Q&A format, and then you can take a peek at some of my Leuchtturm journals from over the years.

You don’t have to be a journal or notebook lover to be obsessed with office supplies! There is nothing like a new planner, sticky note, or pen to make you feel organized and on top of everything. Sometimes it feels like a journey to find the perfect notebook or planner. You may weigh in your mind things like size, paper style, paperweight, pen loop or no pen loop, hardcover, softcover, and more…the easier part of loving office supplies is browsing through journal accessories that will speak to your inner office supply lover and planner lover. 

Because who doesn’t feel more on top of things when they have journaling supplies in stock?

This post is a mini-shopping guide roundup of all of my favorite office supplies to buy…after the perfect notebook is already in your hands. If you are still looking for the perfect notebook or the perfect journaling system at this point, start with this post: “Choose a Journaling System That Works For You” to get you started. These are items that make journaling or using a notebook just fun and allows you to be really creative. You will also see pictures of my journal or planner because I use items like these all the time.