Before Breakfast Desktop Notepad: Pale Blue

The pale blue is so calming on my desk, and having the grid on one side for sketching out ideas while the lined half handles my daily to-do list keeps everything in one place. It’s a solid weight too, so it doesn’t slide around when I’m writing fast.

The split layout is genius—I jot meeting notes on the lined side and sketch quick diagrams on the grid without flipping pages. The pale blue is calming enough to leave out all day, and the paper takes my fountain pen without bleeding through.

I’ve had this on my desk for a week and the split layout is genuinely clever — I jot tasks on the lined side while my doodles and diagrams get room to breathe on the grid. The pale blue is soft enough to not distract but still makes the page feel intentional.