Leuchtturm1917 Review
It’s here, it’s here! My emerald green Leuchtturm1917 has finally arrived from Amazon and I was so excited to get started. At the same time I was slightly terrified of making the first pen mark. ?
This is my first official bullet journal! You can read my post about How to Set up a Bullet Journal. I was previously using a lined notebook from Primark but it worked well for a bujo beginner like me and you can totally use any book to get started.
This Leuchtturm in size A5 has dotted pages, which means no more obvious lines through my pages anymore. It’s going to be a little easier making trackers which I previously had to make on separate squared paper and stick into my journal with washi tape.
On first impressions, I am absolutely in love heart eyes with the colour. Green is one of my favourite colours and this is such a pleasing tone of green. The book also has a nice weight to it like you can put it in your bag and not be too weighed down, although my bullet journals don’t really leave the house unless I’m travelling. The Leuchtturm 1917 opens flat which is very important for me as I like to leave my journal open on my desk.
The pages are numbered right up to 249, which means no more writing them out by hand. Hurray! This will make it much easier to reference certain pages and add them to the index, which is also already set out. There are 2 green page ribbons for easy page reference too.
You can stash your favourite stickers and page flags in the handy (and sturdy) envelope at the very back of the Leuchtturm. In my old journal I would stick in envelopes with washi tape, so this is a lot more convenient. There are also official stickers to add to the front cover and the spine of your journal for when you want to archive it. I may use one of those on the journal I’ve just finished using, it’s so satisfying to actually get to the end and use all of the pages.
Leuchtturm Pen Test
What I’m also excited about is the pen test! My go to black pens are the Pilot Hi-Tecpoint in V7 and V5. The V7 is actually a cartridge system so I don’t have to run out an buy new pens all the time, just pop in a new cartridge. I’m eager to see how my favourite pens will fair on this journal which has ink proof and acid free paper. I also tested out my new Stationery Island Brush Pens which I will review in another post.
Here’s a little peek into my bujo now I’ve had a few days to use it. This page is for tracking any book, films + tv and video games played this month. This is fun to look back on for when I write up my monthly Geek Life posts. TV is going to consist of Game of Thrones seeing as I just started watching it!
Here is how I track my blog stats, which I will be talking about in another post I’m working on about using a bullet journal to organise your blog.
Price wise I was very pleased as I ordered from Amazon ES where this journal cost 11,53€ at the time.
Do you use a bullet journal? What kinds of things do you track in yours?
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What lovely shades of green! Green is my favorite color and always looks pleasing paired with pink. Those Pilot Hi-Tech pens look really neat. I may need to order some. Have you seen the Gaming Bullet Journals? There was one someone did that was a star from Mario but it was a mood chart I think. Looked pretty interesting.
Thanks! Yeah pink and green is my fave combo! There’s a Facebook group for gaming bullet journals, that Mario star chart sounds cute. I’m using a separate journal for tracking games, I have a Pokémon Go page and Breath of the Wild page so far. 😀 The Pilot Hi-Tech pens are really nice to write with.
I think I was in that Facebook group at one time, but I can’t remember the name of it now – BUJOGamers or something? This is the image I was talking about.
Since I’m playing BOTW right now, and had read your entry I am now wondering if maybe I should have started some sort of tracker – at least for all the recipes in the game. I really wish there was an in-game recipe book type. I think the strategy guide has all the recipes, but I have the collectors edition and it is HUGE so I don’t want to lug it on and off the shelf. Plus, I like to discover. Maybe I’ll just use a regular notebook and write down what I have.
Yeah BUJO Gamer Girls! I couldn’t keep up with all the groups I’m in so I left that one. Yeah I remember that tracker now! Not sure why the link didn’t show in here, but I saw it in admin.
You could totally track shrines and recipes and horses. I have the book not the hardback one, the other. Roaming around is so much fun, but sometimes I lose track of which way I’m headed so I when I was playing BOTW I’d have a look at the map now and then, then go off.
I like how you break down your journal. I have never done a bullet journal so I’m no expert but this journal seems great, and price isn’t bad either.
Thanks! It’s the ‘official’ journal that the creator of the bullet journal system uses. I’ve used other notebooks in the past but I’m really seeing a difference with how my pens flow on these pages. I like to write everything out so it’s not taking space in my head hahah. Keeps my websites organised too. 😀
I’m not normally a fan of green… I know WTF seeing as I love nature so much haha but this is so pretty, I used to keep journals and be super organised but I’ve been lacking so much in that department recently and I think I need to get back on track so this has given me some inspiration xoxo
♥ Cateaclysmic ♥
Hahah green is one of my fave colours but only certain shades of green. You will love bullet journalling if you used to keep journals in the past. I find it very therapeutic too, just setting out the pages and doodling. Glad to inspire you! ^_^
Awww it looks so stylish! I love it!! 😀 You do have lots of patience tho~ I’m not sure when I’ll end up trying to start my bullet journal xDDDd
Thanks Pepi! It’s become a great hobby of mine 😀
oooh I love your Stats page! That’s a great and cute idea, especially with the little arrows :D!
Hehe thanks! I’ve since added Domain Authority on the very end column. I’ll probably change it round for January. ^_^
Eeeekkkk! Love the shade you chose. After you described your last journal to me, I knew you would love this type, especially the pages numbered. Love the pages you have done so far xx
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Thanks Stacey! ^_^ I’m loving it so much, hoping to do a flip through video at some point to show it off some more.
Love the inclusion of the Yoshi amiibo in the photos XD And I really like how you manually track your blog stats!
Thanks! Haha Yoshi just had to get a look in. ;D