All those hours perusing for the perfect notebook on JetPens - it's stupid how much I covet writing instruments. I too use a lot of legal pads, no cover, always flushed with the writing surface, tear off for a new beginning. I always thought, cynically perhaps, that those awesome looking BuJos were made to be Instagramable and not for the use of the writer himself. I will add something in the same philosophical vein as "use cheap notebooks". I was once obsessed with getting the right "planning system" in place for my Get-Things-Done lists, one calendar, one brainstorming notebook, grooming and curation schedule, and the proper icons and markers. Once I accepted that there could be many places for my To-Do list, many places for my priorities-of-the-day, multiple lists in my life, it was easier to get things done. I don't live in one place: the office, the car, my home office, my phone, my workshop - it's fine to duplicate lists and items, the important thing is to have one in front of me when I'm executing on a project. Once I "allowed" myself to have an imperfect planning system, things can get done, instead of me going back for the 5th time tweak the meta-work planning.