Notebook Review: Midori A6 Commonplace Book (How NOT to Commonplace!)

The cover is a simple, cardstock cover with simple gold foil lettering on the cover. I picked up the Midori “Commonplace Book” ($5 and available in 2 colors) . This A6-sized, 61-numbered-page mini notebook includes a paper bookmark that is printed with lines to add your own key, a place to store your key in the book, and a 2-page spread index that is numbered to match page numbers. The Commonplace Notebook Features There is a little brochure included with the notebook that includes information on how to utilize the notebook. Unfortunately, the brochure is written in Japanese so I am following along with the pictures to try to best understand its use. Brochure included with Commonplace Notebook Close-up of brochure included with the Commonplace Notebook Example of color coding index The idea is that users will utilize the margin area on each page to color code the content in the main area to the key. Bookmark wrapped around the cover of the notebook Index Pages Then you can use the…