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Keep a blank book handy for jotting down deep thoughts, lightning bolts of inspiration, and cuties’ phone numbers. They also function as terrific non-traditional note-taking tools for the randomly organized. Our favorite selections were found at BookPeople (pictured above) and the Paper Place.

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