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Ya'll may also want to check out Midori¹, a favorite of the journaling community. There's also Northbooks², a small American company. And Nanami Paper³ if you want to try out quality paper in the ultra-thin direction.

[1]: https://md.midori-japan.co.jp/en/products/mdnote-cotton/

[2]: https://gonorthbooks.com/

[3]: https://www.nanamipaper.com/products/cafe-note-b6-slim-grid....

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I am not much of a pen-and-paper kinda person, but I recently came across CPG Grey's Sidekick Notepad that made me think twice.

I like how it's designed to be integrated into a digital workflow and the "signaling" aspect of opening and closing the notepad is a nice touch too.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_7N8MFRJkc

Website: https://cottonbureau.com/p/XT9MRF/journal/sidekick-notepad

I bought one of the midori notebooks. It’s so nice that I feel bad about using it.

I've had that happen. I recently bought a few Muji notebooks for $2/piece[1]. They're thin, beautiful, and relatively cheap. I want to use them to doodle with less constraint or self-judgement, but still with a good experience. It's a weird balance between writing in a way that feels good, but also not judging yourself too much because you're using beautiful tools and materials.

[1] https://www.muji.us/products/bind-grid-notebook-9s62?_pos=2&...

Thank you. This is a good resource.

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