My current notebook companions: a new “Oasis” small notebook from Profolio and an old Flame Tree large sketchbook that’s at least a decade old.

Five Reasons You Should Buy That Cool Notebook

Your hall pass to splurge without guilt at the bookstore

If that headline brought you into this article, welcome! You are most likely one of us. One of those people who will be stopped in their tracks at the craft market, bookstore, or even Trader Joe’s by the sight of a Beautiful Cover. Sometimes it’s with something witty on the outside (“DECOMPOSITION BOOK” or “<this.will.fix.everything.>” are a couple of my favorites). Sometimes it’s just beautiful craftsmanship or clever marketing — Archer & Olive or Dapper Notes just feel so good in my hands, and I’ve been seduced by the clever marketing and gosh-danged usefulness of a Field Notes release more than once.

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Which means if I make a stack of filled notebooks it will be significantly shorter than the stack of semi-filled notebooks, and embarrassingly close to the stack of empty notebooks I own. Add to that the hobby I have of making notebooks of various kinds, and you might think: Gray, you don’t need another notebook.