BuJo 1

• * 2017-01-07
• † 2017-10-31
• European Union-provided spiral notebook, ~240p

• Helped me through an internship, some exams, and entering a university.
• The spiral was a bit annoying, as I am a lefty
• The notebook’s thickness did not help with writing comfortably

BuJo 2

• * 2017-11-01
• † 2018-03-31
• A5 binder with graph paper

• I won’t have to carry around such a large notebook if I can just take sheets out of the binder as needed
• This technique is technically infinite since I can just take out sheets and archive them
• I can’t really have an index page…
• This was nice and useful for a while, but I really wanted a notebook.

BuJo 3

• * 2018-04-01
• † 2019-03-31
• Lemome A5 softcover dot-grid notebook

• Got it set up on the first day of living on my own, and filled it in 365 days
• First time using some 100gsm ivory paper with dot grid, it felt premium
• Nice experience, though I wondered if I needed something smaller because my pages were sometimes hard to fill entirely. I like compactness.

BuJo 4

• * 2019-04-01
• † 2020-05-28
• Rhodia Webnotebook Landscape 14×11mm Orange (118018C)

• The horizontal layout made me more creative with my layouts.
• The cover felt very sturdy and the paper was smooth.
• The smaller format made it generally more convenient, and prevented my pages from becoming a mess despite having a compact structure.

BuJo 5

• * 2020-05-29
• † 2023-01-07
• FNC-43b National Parks Mount Rainier
• FNC-43b National Parks Joshua Tree
• FNC-48c United States of Letterpress Starshaped Press
• Moleskine Cahier Brisk Blue
• 3× FNC-50 Fifty

• I love Field Notes and wanted to also switch my BuJo to it, but feared that migrating all the collections would mean I run out of space quickly and use a notebook a month, so I switched to multiple notebooks:
  • 1 “main” notebook is used for collections
  • N notebooks will be used for daily logs until the main one is full.
• I go through notebooks a bit faster, which makes me feel like I am being a bit productive (the large scale version of checking a task off a list).

BuJo 6

• * 2023-01-08
• † 2024-02-24
• Oxford staplebound notebook, 9×14cm, grid, 96 pages

• I just felt like going back to one notebook to rule ’em all.
• I found that monthly and weekly logs are not that useful to me anymore.
• I found that most of the collections I use do not last that long.
• This notebook holds quite a few memories of various trips, and I started collecting scraps to dedicate more pages to that.

BuJo 7

• * 2024-02-25
• † 2024-06-20
• FNC-43c National Parks Rocky Mountain

• I only had two pages to migrate from the previous notebook; that’s how much my use of long term collections has reduced.
  • One page might be moved to this wiki later.
  • The other page will disappear when I finish publishing my past dreams.
• I still do use some collections but they are mostly short-lived, things like preparing for one trip or keeping track of online orders.
• With so little to migrate, I am no longer afraid of using just one Field Notes as my BuJo.
• I might use the FNC-53 Ignition packs next time, since I would have no other use for them anyway.
• More trip planning and trip memories!

BuJo 8

• * 2024-06-21
• † not yet
• FNC-48b U.S. of Letterpress Ben Blount

• The cover on that Field Notes seemed like it would fit a BuJo: “DO - Get it done” on the front, “Think, Compose, Sketch &” on the back).
• One collection was moved to a OneNote page on AZF, another was migrated.