They opened theirs. Here’s what they said.
“The quality of my journal is excellent! I absolutely love the charms I added.”
Verified buyer“The delivery was fast and product is beautiful!!!! Love it”
Verified buyer“I’m excited for this to hold my memories... I can look back on when I’m 70.”
Verified buyer
A customer told us she loves hers and is "just starting with my new chapter in life." Whatever yours is, here's why it deserves a place to land.
Under one of our ads this week: "Love mine.....just starting with my new chapter in life."
Another woman told us she's turning 69 and "thought I would do something different in my life." A lot of new chapters start the same way: with a blank first page.
Maybe the kids moved out and the first month in the empty house felt strange. Maybe you retired, or moved, or finally have a morning to yourself.
Whatever changed, there are new things to figure out, and none of it has a place to go yet.
One woman told us she used to write until "life took over." Years of school runs, jobs and everyone else's calendars.
A new chapter is the first time in a long time the days are yours to fill. Writing them down is how you notice what you're filling them with.
The pottery class. The new walking route. The recipe you're learning, the town you want to visit, the friend you called after twenty years.
A few lines a day, and a month from now you can flip back and see how far the new chapter has come.
A dated planner bought in January is already behind by the time your chapter starts. The Momento has no printed dates.
Start on a Tuesday in October. Skip the week you're unpacking boxes. The next page is just the next page.
Right now every Momento comes with a free charm that clips onto the elastic: a butterfly, a flower, a star.
Pick the Pocket, 4.25 x 6.89 inches, for your bag, or the Classic, 4.72 x 7.87 inches, for the desk.
Write down where the chapter starts: the date, where you are, one thing you want to try before the year is out.
That's page one. The inserts refill as you fill them, starting at $12, so the book grows as long as the chapter does. Right now the Momento is 50% off and comes with a free charm, with easy 100-day returns.
The complete starter kit. Your leather cover in the size and color you pick, two 76-page Daolin inserts (one lined, one blank), an organizer insert for cards, stamps, photos, or loose notes, and a linen travel bag. Restock Event adds a complimentary charm. Everything you need to start writing on day one.
A Moleskine is a notebook. You fill it, finish it, buy another. A Midori is a traveler's notebook system designed around buying inserts separately. Momento is the refillable cover plus a complete starter kit in one box, with US shipping and a lifetime warranty. Same cover, new pages, forever.
Pocket if you carry it daily and write in shorter sessions. Back pocket, jacket, small purse. Classic if you sit down to write. Letters, longer entries, sketching, planning. Pocket fits anywhere. Classic gives you room to breathe.
Pocket fits a back pocket, small purse, or jacket pocket. Classic is a bit larger than the size of a paperback and lives in a tote or purse.
Each insert has 76 pages of smooth, high-quality Daolin paper. It is fountain-pen friendly with minimal bleed-through and feathering, so it handles everything from a pencil or gel pen to a wet fountain nib beautifully.
Slide the used insert out, slide a new one in. Refills start at $12, about 76 pages each. Most customers set them on a 3-month cadence and stop thinking about it. Skip, pause, change cadence, or cancel from your account anytime. No phone calls, no retention scripts.
Binding failure, cover failure, and hardware like the grommets. If something structural breaks, we replace it for free immediately, no shipping fee.
Yes. Every Momento ships in a gift-ready linen bag, so you can hand it over as-is. It's our most-gifted product. If you're unsure on color, Bordeaux and Mocha are safe picks for someone whose taste you don't know well.
Try Momento for 100 days. If you don't fall in love, easy 100-day returns. Just email help@stillarchive.com and we'll take care of it.
Based on a survey of 3,000+ Momento buyers
87%
Stayed consistent longer
94%
Stopped reaching for their phone first
3.2 hrs
Fewer screen time per day
89%
Say it is the first journal they finished
Most of us have three of these already. Most of us stopped using all three within a month.
| Criteria | Momento | Your Notes app | Moleskine | Your last planner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Still being used 6 months in | ||||
| Off the cloud. Into your hands. | ||||
| A separate space for each part of your lifeA separate space for each part of life | Sort of | |||
| Runs out? Keep the cover. Replace the pages. | Sort of | |||
| Feels like something you want to hold | ||||
| Backed for life |
This is the one you keep, because it keeps up with you.
