Reddit reviews Black n' Red Hardcover Notebook, Twin Spiral Wirebound, Large, Black/Red, 70 Ruled Sheets, Pack of 1 (K67030)

If you're in America: Black N Red, Clairfontaine, Rhodia can all be had in spiral notebook form. (the Rhodia is top spiral bound)
Also, as I think someone else mentioned HP Premium laser 32lbs is very thick strong and FP friendly, almost no ink gets through. It is smooth, but the inks have a rougher look versus the other brands I listed, but this HP paper premium laser is IMO, miles better than Clairfontaine DCP. I have and regularly use all of these. While each have subtle pros and cons, all work great with FP's.

Honorable mentions: If you want to spend a bit more then you can try the Tomoe River offerings or Midori MD notebooks with thinner and generally smoother paper. Not really a notebook, but amazingly smooth paper is the top of the line Clairefontaine triomphe paper. All Rhodia/Clairefontaine papers are not equal.

Leuchtturm1917 is terrible, Life notebooks bleed easy, Maruman notebooks dont bleed much, but have a weird feeling I personally dont like. I have tried others that aren't noteworthy.

edit: PS: I also have this wonderful, but overpriced Quo Vadis Habana notebook. It is like an ivory colored, triomphe paper, for 2x as much and a pleather cover. But I found it at a B&M store with just the shade of turquoise to match my TWSBI ECO.

They're a tad more expensive than normal notebooks, but I quite like Black n' Red notebooks for everyday use. They behave very similarly to Rhodia notepads but for much less. I've also heard a lot of good about yoobi notebooks found at Target, but haven't tried them myself.

I prefer pen and paper. Writing by hand has always helped me retain more knowledge and memory than typing, and there's actually some science to back this up.

>According to a new study, Pam Mueller and Daniel Oppenheimer of Princeton University and UCLA Los Angeles respectively, students who write out their notes by hand actually learn more than those to type their notes on laptops. Over the course of several experiments, Mueller and Oppenheimer tested students’ memories for factual detail, conceptual comprehension, and synthesizing capabilities after half of them took notes by hands and the other half took notes by way of computer. Students who used laptops cranked out more words than hand-writers did, but the hand-writers ended up with a stronger conceptual understanding across the board.

This, plus I find the tactile feel of the pen moving and creating across the paper to be a deeply satisfying and somewhat spiritual experience.

I use a simple Black n' Red spiral notebook (LOL that Amazon price) because I find it easier to let loose and write down anything that comes to mind. The fancy journals I've purchased in the past always ended up unused because I was too anxious and self-conscious about marking up the pretty pages with thoughts that didn't seem "worth it." If you're going to start journaling on pen and paper, I strongly recommend starting with the simple route. Spend the money on something fancy when you're more comfortable with journaling.

I also strongly recommend ditching ballpoint pens if you're serious about paper journaling. Gel and fountain pens let you get your thoughts out much faster and with less pain. I use a Uni-ball Signo UM-151 and Pilot Metropolitan fountain pen. Again, I don't like to get too fancy with my journaling. It's more important to get the words out than fret over the tools.

As for what to write...write whatever resonates with you no matter how scattered or silly or unformed it may seem. Don't get self-conscious about it. Just get the words out.