Recording Thoughts: Improve your life with pen & paper

  • XYark – Adult-sized Field Notes?

    So a long while back I used to journal in the pocket size Moleskine notebooks – the ubiquitous black hardcover ones. They worked pretty well but I slowly moved up the sizes until I was using the Leuchtturm1917 master dots size. A great size with lots of space, but hard to carry anywhere, so I…

  • Recording Thoughts Reboot

    Welcome to the reboot of Recording Thoughts! Back in March of 2005 I started a blog called Recording Thoughts where I wrote about pens and paper, journaling and writing, and how to record thoughts in general. I posted off and on up until about 2016 when life circumstances meant I just couldn’t writ much. It…

  • Moleskine XL review

    When I moved from the usual A5 size notebook to the Leuchtturm 1917 Master Dots it was quite a shock, but one I got over and I quickly got used to the extra space. But that book is pretty massive, and just to big to find in many bags. So then it was the BookFactory…

  • Tricks for keeping a journal that improves with age

    We all have moments when we just need to vent and poop all over the page. Fine, do it on a legal pad, fold the sheet and stick it in your journal. Look at it a month later and if you really think it’s got value leave it in there. Most of the time you’ll…

  • Tricks for keeping a journal that improves with age

    We all have moments when we just need to vent and poop all over the page. Fine, do it on a legal pad, fold the sheet and stick it in your journal. Look at it a month later and if you really think it’s got value leave it in there. Most of the time you’ll…

  • Parker Sonnet Ballpoint Review

    Parker Sonnet Ballpoint Review

    I bought the Parker Sonnet because I wanted a nicer looking pen for an upcoming business trip, and I didn’t want to take a fountain pen, and I wanted the pen to take Parker refills. Amazon had it on sale, so I ordered the black and gold version: The girth is medium, perhaps a bit…