I bought a nice refillable journal on etsy that I absolutely love. This one: http://www.etsy.com/transaction/145265531 http://www.etsy.com/transaction/145265531

I bought a nice refillable journal on etsy that I absolutely love. This one: http://www.etsy.com/transaction/145265531 http://www.etsy.com/transaction/145265531 I love it for two reasons: 1) It's refillable with 8.5x11" paper cut in half. I print my own lined and music staff paper and hole punch it myself. 2) Because it's a ring binder, I can reorganize the pages at any time. This is nice because I don't have to worry about keeping like content together as you would in a typical journal. I use a TWSBI Diamond 540 fountain pen. My inner nerd is confirmed by my love of the clear barrel (called a "demo" style pen) that lets me see all of the inner-engineering of it. The current version is the 580, available here: http://www.gouletpens.com/TWSBI_580_Fountain_Pens_s/1120.htm http://www.gouletpens.com/TWSBI_580_Fountain_Pens_s/1120.htm If you only jot down the occasional sentence, a fountain pen is probably not worth the bother of manually refilling or the risk of a leak if you don't know how to use it properly. If you write a lot, I think it's a good investment, as it's much easier on the wrist. I am a huge advocate of pen and paper journaling. I've written in longer form about how it can be a tool for self-improvement and self-awareness here: http://wistia.com/blog/non-sequitur-fridays-journaling http://wistia.com/blog/non-sequitur-fridays-journaling