Jennifer W. from Middletown, CT asks, “I’m left-handed. It causes all kinds of problems with Notebooking. Any suggestions to make my Notebooking experience better (aka less messy)?
Greetings fellow southpaw! I have some good news and bad news. As far as notebooks, you can use just about anything those elitist righties use. That said, depending on your writing implement of choice, the paper in your notebook could become more important. Let’s go through a few:
- Ballpoint pen The great thing about ballpoint pen is that it is so lefty friendly. I, honestly, can’t think of a notebook it wouldn’t work on.
- Pencil This can be tough since smearing could be an issue. Most of the time, however, it won’t be. As for recommendations, General’s Layout 555 is my favorite as it is pretty smear resistant, round barrelled and slightly thicker than most pencils. This is good in case you hold your pencil all weird (as most lefties do). It does have scratchier feedback compared to other premium pencils, so I hope that’s not a deal breaker. Additionally, Apsara Platinum, Mitsubishi Hi-Uni HB, and Blackwing 602 are some of my favorites.
- Fountain Pen I have no idea about the pens themselves. I would think something fine point. As for notebooks, Rhodia seems to be a favorite among fountain pen people. Also, Lemome seems like it would be really good as they use 125 gsm paper (I think).
- Gel/Roller Pen These will fall somewhere along the spectrum between ball point and fountain. G2 seems to be the most popular but there are SO MANY better options. Even a Leuchtturm has decent enough paper for these. Just avoid Moleskine. They’re crap.
I hope that helps. Have fun and good writing!