Who else has a sort of obsession with empty notebooks and journals?
Ever since I was a kid, I’ve been weirdly excited about getting new stationary, journals, sketchbooks, notebooks – everything like that.
To me, there’s just something motivating and exciting about a clean new notebook, full of possibilities. New ways to be creative, express myself, get organized, improve my mental health, or have fun in other ways.
If you can relate to this, you can probably also relate to the fact that I have so many empty or half-filled notebooks laying around. 🙈
So how can we fill up all of these empty notebooks?
Well, we’re in luck! Because there are SO many creative and fun ways to use empty notebooks, and that’s what I’m talking about today. (:
Here are 40+ creative things to put in your empty notebooks and journals:
- To-do lists
- Journal
- Gratitude log
- Sketches or artwork
- Bullet journal
- Goals
- Meal planner
- Recipe book
- Monthly budgets
- Reading logs or book reviews
- Writing stories or poems
- Travel journal
- Special memories
- Scrapbook
- Password log
- Vision board
- Shopping lists
- Trackers (mood, habits, anything)
- Projects or art to make
- Inspirational quotes or lyrics
- Brain dumping
- Spiritual journaling
- Unsent letters
- Affirmations
- Record your dreams
- Books to read or movies/shows to watch
- Life lessons
- Bucket lists
- Things to try (foods, hobbies, anything)
- Work journal
- Study notes
- Random acts of kindness ideas
- Mind mapping
- Handwriting practice
- Event planning
- Novel planning
- Food journal
- Workouts to do
- Prayer journal
- Blogging or business ideas
Do you love empty notebooks? What’s your favorite thing to use them for? Let’s chat in the comments!
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This post is full of great ideas! I have so many empty notebooks as I never know what to use them all for lol
I love your ideas. I have so many empty notebooks because I get one if I love the cover. Which is often 😉
I love, love, love beautiful notebooks! I have to resist all the temptation to not add to my collection. Thank you for all of the great ideas on how to use the ones I have … and maybe justify buying some more!
We tend to collect empty notebooks. It is good to have some uses for them so they don’t go to waste!
I’m not one to write down very many things. However, having a journal notebook would be good to have around.
I have one with a bucket list for travel. It’s my most favorite notebook.
I love notebooks! You are right, you can do a lot of things with them!
I have never thought of this. A great way to use notebook that are just sitting in a pile in your office. Put them to good use.
We normally use my kids empty notebooks and turn it into a journal, I enjoy reading this thanks for sharing this with us
I am loving these suggestions and I so love good journals and notebooks. I have the most gorgeous of leather bound journals that I got about 15 years agp at Barnes & Noble and I am going to use one of your suggestions for it!
I absolutely love your ideas. Thanks for sharing!
these are all so cool ideas.. and i use notebooks for so many of these uses..
Empty notebooks, like blank canvases, hold the promise of stories yet to be told. Your article beautifully unravels the art of giving life to those pristine pages. From thoughts taking flight to dreams finding a home, you’ve painted a masterpiece of possibilities. Your insights are a guiding light for those seeking to dance with creativity. Just as a writer crafts their tale, you’ve crafted a guide to transforming emptiness into a haven for imagination. Here’s to the symphony of ideas that these notebooks will hold, a testament to the magic of turning nothing into everything.