TMW you realize the DB project has gotten to the point you should probably Gantt chart the tasks so you can keep track of tasks done and what your pace is.

There’s some free jira-like boards out there.

Yeah, but somehow I want to record this in an actual physical notebook.

I do that myself. I am huge on writing physical lists.

Yeah, I've got a project notebook, but it's aactually more of a meeting bullet points notebook, not a real project planner, and keeping it neat is proving to be difficult.

turns out Molskine has exactly what I need, too.

Good ol' Moleskine