I live in a dorm and have a lofted bed so what I did was took my notebook and put a string through the metal binding and then tied it to the middle of the string and the on the other end I made a loop and put the loop over the corner of my bed. I then took one of the ends and duct taped a pen cap to it so I can pull the pen off when I need it, that was I always have my notebook and a pen right by my head.