Here’s what I want from a paper notebook:
- Tomoe River Paper (with an exception for Midori MD)
- Grid (i.e. not plain pages, not lined pages)
- Page numbers (a new addition)
- Size (A5 or A6 or B5)
P.S. I can imagine using journals as notebooks (and the year doesn’t matter, I’m using an old Hobonichi for this right now!) because they do have some sort of indirection.
P.P.S. I’ve probably mentioned this before but WordPress doesn’t make it easy to reference and update past entries, so until I switch to an Obsidian or Logseq workflow, mentioning it is sufficient.