My whole weekly spread bled through the page and ruined my monthly tracker

I was setting up my journal for next week and grabbed a new pen I got last month, some generic brand from the craft store. I did my whole Monday layout with boxes and lists, flipped the page, and saw it all ghosted right onto my monthly calendar. I tried to fix it by putting a sticker over the mess, but now the whole month's grid is off. Has anyone found a pen that really doesn't bleed on basic notebook paper?

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evan_carr10d ago

Wait, you used a craft store pen on a whole spread? Honestly, that takes some serious hope right there. Pat_wood is totally right about gel pens, I keep a cheap pack in my glove box for notes. Tbh I'd be scared to even test a new pen without a scrap page now.

pat_wood10d ago

Feel your pain, that exact thing wrecked my February spread. Learned the hard way that gel pens are the only safe bet for thin paper. My journal still has a few ghosted pages as a warning.