Favorite Notebooks and Pens

Gemütlichkeit, Gemütlichkeit.
In German, this refers to a sense of mental stability and comfort.

Encountering this word lightened my heart, which had been caught up in extreme minimalism.

I am seeking 'mental stability' within a simple and minimalist life.
I want to create a life filled with the comfort and warmth embodied by the word Gemütlichkeit.

For someone like me, 'writing' is a very important habit.
For a Gemütlichkeit life, writing is indispensable.

The reason I arrived at 'the right amount for comfort' and 'Gemütlichkeit' after going through a 'minimalist' phase is also because I couldn't stop pursuing the bare minimum for items used for 'writing'.
(Of course, that is not the only reason.)

About my favorite notebooks and pens.

Notebooks

Leuchtturm1917

For work, I use the Leuchtturm1917 A5 grid notebook.
I mainly use it for planning.

Leuchtturm1917 has been a long-time aspiration of mine.
The page numbers are very convenient and practical, and above all, every time I open it, it makes me want to do my best.

Once I finish this one, I plan to use the 'isshoni.' notebook with the fawn on the cover that I bought at the Stationery Girls Expo.

Because my name is Satoko Kojika (fawn)!

Nihon Note's Tree's

I use this for 'writing things out,' such as organizing thoughts and information.
Since it's not a notebook for writing neatly, I searched for something affordable with a smooth pen glide and ended up with this.

Personally, I feel it is more comfortable to write in than a Campus notebook.

Memo immediately!

I will say it again and again, and I want to introduce it again and again.
It is my other memory storage area.

Ideas that pop up while cleaning, things I suddenly remember, notes about running out of stock, words I want to engrave in my heart—if I think 'oh,' I write it down here immediately.

Humans are prone to forgetting things while thinking, 'I'll write that down later.'
There is nothing better than writing it out on the spot.

Pens

I use different pens for work and my personal life.
I use a ballpoint pen when I need to write a lot for work at once, and Juice Up pens for organizing key points.

Both are four-color types.
Since I assign a role to each color, it's easy to understand even my scribbles when I look back at them.

For my personal life, I use fountain pens.
I mainly use four of them, and they all have different ink colors.
I use blue-black the most, but I also love Pelikan's Royal Blue.

Fountain pens

I also use fountain pens for my diary, writing down quotes and excerpts, taking notes on books I've read, and scheduling in my planner.
I keep the four I use most often in a leather pen case.

Jetstream

A ballpoint pen I chose primarily for its writing comfort, specifically for the task of "writing things out."

I'm starting to be bothered by the fact that the green ink is a bit dark.
Once I use it up, I'm considering switching to Acroball (Acroball's green is very vivid. It's close to the color of the Juice Up pens I'll mention later).

Juice Up

I use Juice Up pens for work schedules, summarizing To-Dos, and organizing key points.
That's because the colors are more vivid than the Jetstream and catch my eye more easily.

I've decided to use Juice Up pens to write work appointments in my planner.

Switching my mindset with pens

I never use fountain pens for work.

I also use a JS Diary, but my main planner is the SUNNY planner.
I write all my appointments, both work and personal, in the SUNNY planner so I can see them at a glance.

When writing in my planner,
Fountain pen: Personal
Work: Juice Up. Since I've decided on this, I can tell at a glance which appointment is which (even though I separate the spaces).

I use fountain pens to carefully write in my diary and record my thoughts on books.
The relaxed time spent writing with a fountain pen helps me unwind.

A "writing habit" is indispensable for a Gemütlichkeit (cozy) life.
Neither my work nor my personal life would function without time spent "writing."

By writing, I organize my thoughts and sometimes give my brain a rest.

With my favorite notebook and pen, I am "writing" again today.

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