Had to pick between a cheap spiral notebook and a $38 Leuchtturm1917 for my first bujo...

I went with the cheap one because I was scared of messing up an expensive book, and now the pages are bleeding through so bad I can see my grocery list from last Tuesday on the back of my monthly spread. Anybody else regret their first notebook choice?

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tessap7310d ago

OH MY GOD the bleeding through thing is the worst. I went with the cheapest composition notebook I could find at Target because I thought the same thing - why spend all that money if I might mess it up? But now I'm three months in and I literally can't read half my spreads because the ghosting is so bad. The pages feel like tissue paper and my pen marks show up on THREE pages behind where I write. I actually started taping scrap paper between the pages just to contain the bleeding. I wish I had just spent the money on something decent from the start because now I'm going to have to either deal with this mess or start over in a new notebook.

val_ramirez10d ago

Wow, THREE pages of ghosting? That's ridiculous. I'd lose my mind if I couldn't read my own grocery list from a week ago. @tessap73 I feel for you with the scrap paper thing, that's some serious dedication. I went with a medium priced notebook after my first disaster, and even then I had to switch to finer pens just to make it work. But honestly, the bleeding through thing messes up the whole point of a bullet journal - you're supposed to be able to look back at your spreads without a decoder ring.

mason_reed479d ago

Three pages of ghosting is brutal, I feel for you. That scrap paper trick is smart but it sucks that you have to do that just to use a notebook normally. Starting over in a new one is a pain, but at least you'll know what to look for next time.