In praise of rough notebooks I am a person who prefer rough notebooks instead of beautiful notebooks.You may feel confused, because it is obvious that a beautiful notebook is better than a rough one. Yes, notebooks are more beautiful and have higher quality of paper. However, whenever I write on a beautiful notebook, I can hear a sound, it says to me "keep me tidy! keep me tidy! " And I would feel bounded to write, just like someone watches as I write out each word... While a rough notebook is different. It is indeed ordinary, but you may not know it is quiet at the same time! It offers you nothing but a copy of blank paper! It won't ask you more than writing things down. It just accompanies you.