Keep on Top of Your Workload with These Beautiful Notebooks

As busy on-the-go career driven females, we are only too aware of how important it is to ensure our organisation is on form. Trying to manage your day job, side hustle, social life, relationship and pet (does our office goldfish count?) can sometimes feel overwhelming! We’re a generation of doers, we want it all and we want it now. We test ourselves, we challenge ourselves and we reap the rewards. Life in the city is oh so exciting, but it can sometimes feel as though you’re constantly chasing your tail.

This is where it’s important to organise your schedule, plan ahead, and keep a trusty notebook in your handbag to jot down all the details you’ll probably forget on the tube journey home. Whilst your phone is one handy little device, we will never give up a traditional paper and pen when it comes to scribbling down our thoughts, to-do lists and memos. There’s a certain charm about putting pen to paper and who doesn’t love a good doodle?

This season our new handbag must-have is a beautifully designed notebook from premium stationery line, Perfectly Penned. This small, British, family run business produce a chic range of notebooks and journals that knock your traditional Pukka pad out of the water. Ideal for young professionals, bloggers, bullet journal enthusiasts and students. Choose from a range of stunning colours and enjoy a thick, quality 120 gsm, FSC certified paper in either a lined or dotted design. The paper used in the notebooks is sustainably sourced, making these journals an environmentally friendly choice.

Not only do Perfectly Penned shine a focus on sustainability, all notebook covers are made with fully synthetic vegan friendly materials, meaning your plant-based pals won’t have to miss out on these gorgeous notebooks. Our vegan features editor was only too happy with this news!

With Christmas coming, it will soon be time to think about gifting your loved ones, and why not give them the gift of beautiful, high quality stationery? Each Perfectly Penned notebook arrives in a chic gift box, and you can select from a range of gorgeous designs.

Grey Lined Notebook

Enjoy a hassle-free writing experience with this elegant, minimalist grey lined notebook. Featuring a re-enforced rear pocket, dual page markers and an extra thick elastic belly band. The perfect gift for those who enjoy simple, functional, but stylish design. These pages are just waiting to be filled with inspirational ideas, dreams and master plans.

Pink Dotted Notebook

Are you a keen bullet journal user? Is your sister, friend or cousin a keen doodler? If so, this might just be the perfect gift. Featuring extra thick 256, 120 gsm, acid free, 5mm pages all of which are individually numbered. Did you know sketching can reduce stress levels and make you feel calmer? Give the gift of mindfulness with one of these dotted notebooks and a pack of coloured pencils, they’re the perfect stocking filler. We just love this striking pink design too, it will look just wonderful on any desk or coffee table.

Brown Lined Notebook

This design offers a more classic feel, perfect for the boardroom. Keep a track of meeting notes, upcoming presentations and coffee dates in one place. This notebook will ensure you feel organised and on top of your busy work life. Just what we need to avoid a surprise deadline!

Black Dotted Notebook

For that friend who’s allergic to colour, this notebook ticks all of the style boxes. Chic, minimal and a design that will never date. The vegan leather cover is luxurious and adds a premium touch. The lay flat design will also help you to stop fighting your notebook and instead focus on those all-important notes!

Turquoise Lined Notebook

Stand out from the crowd and add a splash of colour to your desk with this vibrant turquoise journal. With the days getting darker, this is exactly the pop of beautiful colour we need to brighten up our day. Featuring the same high-quality design and sustainably sourced paper, we’re ordering one for ourselves and one for our BFF.

Say hello to a new organised you! Revolutionise your daily routine with a beautiful, premium A5 notebook that will see you through your working day in style. Shop the full collection of beautiful journals at www.perfectly-penned.com and use our EXCLUSIVE discount code for YCB readers YCBNOV15 to receive 15% off at the checkout for the month of November.

Want to get your doodle on? Follow Perfectly Penned on Instagram for amazing bullet journal inspiration.

Tilly-Jayne Kidman

Tilly is a graduate in fashion marketing and currently works in social media. She writes for various publications including the Huffington Post as well as her own fashion and lifestyle blog tillyjayne.com. In her spare time she's usually wandering around her home city of Cambridge, making travel plans or finding a new restaurant to try out.