• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Contact
  • Shop
  • Freebies!

Tami Creates

creating a happy life

  • crochet
  • painting + drawing
  • creativity
  • journals
  • books
  • mental health

40+ Creative Ways to Use Empty Notebooks

June 7, 2023      Tami      13 Comments

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:

 

There are SO many creative and fun ways to use empty notebooks - from creative ideas to personal development. Here are 40+ ideas to try today!

 

  1. To-do lists
  2. Journal
  3. Gratitude log
  4. Sketches or artwork
  5. Bullet journal
  6. Goals
  7. Meal planner
  8. Recipe book
  9. Monthly budgets
  10. Reading logs or book reviews
  11. Writing stories or poems
  12. Travel journal
  13. Special memories
  14. Scrapbook
  15. Password log
  16. Vision board
  17. Shopping lists
  18. Trackers (mood, habits, anything)
  19. Projects or art to make
  20. Inspirational quotes or lyrics
  21. Brain dumping
  22. Spiritual journaling
  23. Unsent letters
  24. Affirmations
  25. Record your dreams
  26. Books to read or movies/shows to watch
  27. Life lessons
  28. Bucket lists
  29. Things to try (foods, hobbies, anything)
  30. Work journal
  31. Study notes
  32. Random acts of kindness ideas
  33. Mind mapping
  34. Handwriting practice
  35. Event planning
  36. Novel planning
  37. Food journal
  38. Workouts to do
  39. Prayer journal
  40. Blogging or business ideas

Do you love empty notebooks? What’s your favorite thing to use them for? Let’s chat in the comments!

Let’s be friends! Pinterest | Instagram | TikTok | Goodreads

Join the Tami Creates community!

Sharing is caring:

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • More
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Katherine says

    June 7, 2023 at 6:02 pm

    This post is full of great ideas! I have so many empty notebooks as I never know what to use them all for lol

    Reply
  2. Amber Myers says

    June 7, 2023 at 7:38 pm

    I love your ideas. I have so many empty notebooks because I get one if I love the cover. Which is often 😉

    Reply
  3. Megan says

    June 7, 2023 at 9:09 pm

    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!

    Reply
  4. Marysa says

    June 8, 2023 at 1:16 am

    We tend to collect empty notebooks. It is good to have some uses for them so they don’t go to waste!

    Reply
  5. Christy G says

    June 8, 2023 at 4:02 am

    I’m not one to write down very many things. However, having a journal notebook would be good to have around.

    Reply
  6. Rosey says

    June 8, 2023 at 7:51 pm

    I have one with a bucket list for travel. It’s my most favorite notebook.

    Reply
  7. Catalina says

    June 8, 2023 at 8:34 pm

    I love notebooks! You are right, you can do a lot of things with them!

    Reply
  8. laura says

    June 8, 2023 at 9:21 pm

    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.

    Reply
  9. Richelle Milar says

    June 9, 2023 at 7:27 am

    We normally use my kids empty notebooks and turn it into a journal, I enjoy reading this thanks for sharing this with us

    Reply
  10. Melissa Cushing says

    June 9, 2023 at 7:33 pm

    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!

    Reply
  11. Zab Zaria says

    June 14, 2023 at 1:42 pm

    I absolutely love your ideas. Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  12. vidya says

    June 15, 2023 at 4:09 am

    these are all so cool ideas.. and i use notebooks for so many of these uses..

    Reply
  13. Tanja gartenmoebel says

    August 18, 2023 at 8:06 am

    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.

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar


Hi there, I’m Tami!
Artist / Bookworm / Mental Health Advocate
I’m so glad you’re taking the time to read my blog and I hope you choose to stick around for a while. 🫶

search the blog

archives

currently reading:

Beyond Order: 12 More Rules For Life
Beyond Order: 12 More Rules For Life
by Jordan B. Peterson

The Family Game
The Family Game
by Catherine Steadman




goodreads.com

Copyright © 2025 · BonnAppTP on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in