If you’re anything like me, you have a stack of unused, cute notebooks sitting around your home. Over the years, I’ve done a better job of actually using these notebooks instead of just stocking up for a rainy day when I want to crack open a new journal. I have five notebooks I currently keep up with:

1. I use the Rifle Paper Co. 5-year journal for bullet point notes of what happened each day. The space for each day in this journal is only about 10 lines or so, which means I don’t have a ton of room to keep going. It is great for recording highlights from the day.

2. I use a Rifle Paper Co. fabric journal as a journal where I can dive deeper into my thoughts. This journal is a companion to the 5-year journal.

3. I have a super cute May Designs notebook I use as a writing inspiration catch all.

4. I use this Rifle Paper Co. journal to keep track of my monthly article pitches for a freelance client.

5. I also use this Rifle Paper Co. journal to keep track of all my blog ideas and topics.

Here are some great ideas for using up those spare notebooks you have sitting around:

• Affirmations

• Address Book

• Blog Post Inspiration

• Bucket List

• Budget Tracker

• Bullet Journal

• Calligraphy Practice

• Creative Writing Prompts

• Current Events

• Date Ideas Journal

• Dream Journal

• Foreign Language Practice

• Garden Ideas

• Gratitude Journal

• Habit Tracker

• Morning Pages

• Novel Outlining, Character Building, etc.

• One Line a Day Journal

• Personal Journal

• Quote Journal

• Reading List (Books Read and Books You Want to Read)

• Recipe Notebook

• Sketchbook

• Therapy Journal

• To-Do List

• Travel Journal

How do you like to use your spare journals?