Paper Lovestory { a lifestyle blog from a university student about stationery and organisation }

As much as I love that bullet journaling requires the bare minimum of materials (a notebook and pen is enough!), I'm someone who likes to have a few more things to make my 'bujo' that bit more ne...

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In December 2020, I decided to start running regularly. Having been a keen sportswomen prior to that (regular netball, the odd game of squash, basketball, etc), I had a good basic level of fitnes...

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The majority of my work days, I carry this Sweaty Betty quilted backpack. It's pretty functional and quite well built and considering that it's on the pricier end for a backpack, I would hope so!...

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Collections are a core part of most bullet journals I've seen online and mine is no exception. Today, I'm going to talk through a few of mine, how they are used and why they are useful to me.   ...

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As a huge lover of Christmas and festive tidings, every Christmas, I take great pleasure in ensuring a Christmas-appropriate ink is in situ in one of my fountain pens. Last year, it was De Atrame...

http://www.paperlovestory.com/2021/12/christmas-planning-and-card-writing.html

The one thing about bullet journals that I struggle with is putting in important dates for the year after. Because I'm not buying a planner every October in preparation for the next calendar year...

http://www.paperlovestory.com/2021/12/planning-ahead-with-bullet-journal.html

Midori are a brand synonymous with quality stationery products. I was looking for a notebook with about 300 pages which can lay flat and be bashed around day-to-day. This one fit the bill. One of...

http://www.paperlovestory.com/2021/11/midori-a5-cover-to-cover-notebook.html

Between August 2019 - August 2020, I managed to use all 300 pages of a Katie Leamon lay flat notebook. You can see my initial post about it here and how it ended up here . Later on in this post,...

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Some bullet journals that are shared online are so artistic, I can only envy their owners. Given time is a major constraint for me (along with artistic skills), my bullet journal remains as minim...

http://www.paperlovestory.com/2021/05/draft-keeping-my-bullet-journal.html

The last two hospitals I've worked at have had electronic systems for documenting and prescribing. As someone who loves pen and paper, this has been particularly tough on the soul! My way to comb...

http://www.paperlovestory.com/2021/10/work-notebooks-staying-analogue-when.html

Considering I've now been bullet journaling for over a year, this post is a bit late. Can I blame it on the pandemic...?!  Anyway, I first tried it out in July 2020 and used up a whole Papier ...

http://www.paperlovestory.com/2021/01/draft-six-months-in-my-bullet-journal.html

These are some of my favourite blog posts so of course, I had to kick off with another one in my return to blogging. Earlier this year, this bag caught my eye in the Smythson sale. I was on the l...

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In the last ten years or so, the quality and variety of notebooks available for fountain pen users has increased vastly. There's also been a shift to higher quality materials from what I've seen ...

http://www.paperlovestory.com/2021/09/review-galen-leather-notebook-cover-and.html

Earlier on this year, I was having a tough time and treated myself to a new fountain pen: this limited edition Sailor Professional Gear Regular Fountain Pen in Navy and Rose Gold. It came with a ...

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Back in November 2020, I talked about three months' in a bullet journal . I've now been using a bullet journal for over a year (how time flies...?!) and I wouldn't say I'm a seasoned user but lik...

http://www.paperlovestory.com/2021/09/how-im-getting-on-with-my-bullet-journal.html

Firstly, I need to apologise for the unexpected hiatus. Earlier this year, I was re-deployed to help with the stresses put on the NHS but the pandemic and since then, I've been trying to recover ...

http://www.paperlovestory.com/2021/08/another-hello-and-re-introduction.html

This Faber-Castell Essentio fountain pen has been in use for at least eighteen months now (I can't even remember when I bought it). It was an upgrade from the Lamy Safaris and Al-Stars I was usi...

http://www.paperlovestory.com/2021/04/faber-castell-essentio-fountain-pen-in.html

I'm a big fan of Pure Pens' own brand of ink. Having tried out Flower of Scotland , Windermere and Cwm Idwal in the past, I had a feeling Welsh Gold would be just as impressive, if not better ...

http://www.paperlovestory.com/2021/02/fountain-pen-ink-pure-pens-welsh-gold.html

Last year was the year of rose gold for TWSBI. Ever since they came out with the 580 mini in rose gold a few years ago, I've lusted after a rose gold TWSBI. I put off purchasing one a few years a...

http://www.paperlovestory.com/2021/01/a-twsbi-580al-rose-gold-with-extra-fine.html

I'm a big fan of De Atramentis inks: they have so many ink lines with interesting ink colours. A chocolate scented ink called Santa? Sold. I also like to write my Christmas cards using an ink th...

http://www.paperlovestory.com/2020/12/fountain-pen-ink-de-atramentis-santa.html

During the last twelve months, I have taken two surgical exams. Postgraduate exams are a whole new kettle of fish! At medical school, we needed to know a little about everything so you'd think re...

http://www.paperlovestory.com/2020/11/revising-for-postgraduate-exams.html

Having now used my bullet journal since the beginning of July 2020, trial and error has enabled me to figure out what works and what needs to re-visit the drawing board. I'm still in my Papier bu...

http://www.paperlovestory.com/2020/11/draft-three-months-using-bullet-journal.html

Over the years, I've mentioned journaling quite a lot on here . In 2019, I decided to start a five year memory book and opted for the Leuchtturm 1917 offering because it was guaranteed the paper...

http://www.paperlovestory.com/2020/10/journaling-little-every-day-goes-long.html

In the UK, junior doctors rotate every August. From August 2019 - August 2020, I decided not to do, what we call, a 'training job'. This meant that the year did not count towards my future train...

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As I've decided to give bullet journaling a go at some point in the near future (this might be a case of just 'shut up and get on with it' as I've been putting it off for a few months now), I ne...

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