Word. Notebooks Giveaway

My friends at Word. Notebooks reached out recently and offered up A BUNCH of notebooks for readers of The Pen Addict. I am a fan of these wonderfully designed and extremely functional notebooks. If you are not familiar with Word. they are set up perfectly for tasks, lists, and to-dos. Sure, you can use them for anything, but the bullet point layout is an excellent feature.

I have (5) 3-packs to give away, all pictured above. From left to right they are: Black, Swedish Camo, Orange, Traditional Camo, Natural. That's not all they offer so check out their full lineup for other options you can purchase. JetPens has even gotten into the Word. Notebooks game and are stocking four of my favorite colors.

There will be five winners of this giveaway, each taking home one of the 3-packs pictured. Winners will be able to choose their favorite color on a first come, first serve basis once the winners are announced.

Here is how to enter:

1. Leave one comment on this post anytime between now, and Saturday night at 11:59 PM Eastern Time. You are limited to one entry. This contest is open to US and International readers.

2. For this contest, I will pick five winners at random from the comments section of this post. The comments will be numbered in the order they are received, i.e. the first comment is #1, the second #2, and so on. The Random Integer Generator at random.org will be used to pick the numbers of the winners.

3. The contest winners will be posted on Sunday, March 30th. The winner will have one week to email me via the Contact link at the top of the page.

Thanks and good luck!

Word. Notebooks Review

I love pocket sized notebooks. I love making lists. Word. Notebooks combines both of those things into a simple system to keep you organized.

I am not a fan of overly complex GTD-like systems. I like my lists, I like boxes and checks, and I like to scratch things off. My system mostly resembles the Getting Sh-t Done system I came across several years ago, and Word. follows along a similar path.

What you will find on the pages of the Word. Notebook is lined paper with a bullet point surrounded by a circle in the margin of each line. This is where the Word. System takes place. It is simple in its execution: bullet point for a new task, circle for important, slash for in progress, and X for complete. It doesn't get more straightforward than that.

Aside from the task list system, how does the paper handle inks? From the About page, the paper is Lynx Opaque Ultra smooth white 60# text (for comparison, standard Field Notes is 50# and the America Is Beautiful edition is 70#). It does a good job with the pens you would expect it to, like gels and ballpoints of all sizes, is average with rollerballs, and fountain pen inks are a mixed bag. In other words, standard performance for almost any pocket sized notebook.

I am a fan of the overall design of the notebooks, and the people I shared them with were thrilled with them. They won't make my regular rotation because I can't handle lined paper on a daily basis but I can see Word. Notebooks meeting a lot of peoples needs. Even I may not be able to pass up the blue and red floral designs from their new Fresh Series.

Thank you to Word. Notebooks for sending me these samples to review. Much appreciated!