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Stopped by the new art supply store in Portland and their bullet journal section was a joke
They had a whole wall labeled 'journaling' but it was just fancy blank notebooks and calligraphy pens. The owner told me they sold out of actual dotted grid journals in a week and didn't plan to restock. It felt like they missed the whole point of the system being about function, not just pretty covers. Has anyone else seen a shop that just doesn't get what we actually use?
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faith125mo ago
Might be the unpopular opinion here but I think you're being a bit hard on the shop. A wall of nice blank notebooks and calligraphy pens sounds like a solid start for people just dipping their toes in. Not everyone jumps straight into dotted grids and modules. Some folks just want a nice notebook to scribble in and a pen that makes their handwriting look better. My wife started her whole planning system in a lined composition book with a cheap ballpoint. Took her two years to even try a dotted grid. @the_logan has a point about chasing the aesthetic, but a store that pushes functional layouts right out of the gate might scare off the curious beginners who aren't ready for that level of organization.
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the_logan6mo ago
Classic case of a store chasing the aesthetic without understanding the tool. My local spot did the same thing, filled a whole display with sticker kits and washi tape but only stocked one brand of actual dotted journals. They don't get that the foundation is a functional layout, not just decoration.
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