This is the kind of notebook you actually stick with for an entire year — one you plan in, journal in, sketch ideas in, fill with lists and project pages and half-formed plans until the softcover is curved to the shape of your hand. The Goalbook is Rhodia's version of that notebook, built around the 90gsm rhodia/clairefontaine paper that fountain pen people have been recommending to each other for years and a structure that makes it work as a planner, bullet journal, or general-purpose thinking notebook.
The 90gsm ivory paper is Clairefontaine's brushed vellum, made in France. If you've used a Rhodia pad before, you already know the surface: silky under a nib, just resistant enough to give you control, almost untouched by feathering even with wetter inks. Shading and sheen show up the way they're supposed to. Ghosting is minimal even with broader nibs, and the warm ivory tone reads more easily than the cold white that many notebooks ship with. The tradeoff is dry time — wet inks need a beat longer to set than on more absorbent paper, but that's the price of getting the best showing from your fountain pen inks.
Rhodia's dot grid lining is famous for a reason: faint enough to disappear under your work, present enough to keep handwriting and layouts looking sharp. Two perpetual calendars at the front let you anchor a year's worth of trips, projects, birthdays, and the slow accumulation of plans that turns into a life. Two ribbon bookmarks, for anyone who actually uses a notebook — one for where you are, one for the index or the calendar. An expandable inner pocket holds tickets, postcards, receipts, and the loose paper that always shows up. The A5 softcover fits without complaint into a large coat pocket, your bag, or the edge of a cafe table in a small French village.
Specs
- Paper: 90gsm ivory Clairefontaine brushed vellum, made in France
- Size: A5 (5.8 × 8.3 in / 148 × 210 mm)
- Pages: 120 sheets / 240 pages, dot grid
- Features: 2 perpetual calendars, 2 ribbon bookmarks, expandable inner pocket
- Cover: softcover
- Assembled in Morocco
