#Journaling

[thetypewriterdaily]

i hope something makes you smile today 💌💕🌻🥰

[arttreyn]

Second times the charm

Theyre gonna be put down soon 💜💜

[those-everyone-beautiful-withi]

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[bettsfic]

Do you have any preferred notebooks? Anything better than Moleskine which I don't think would be hard (!!??)... The ink bleeding through to the page behind is so distracting. Random question but I figured you'd be perfect to ask!! Thank you

i've been waiting my entire tumblrlife for this, anon. stationery is one of my most persevering special interests.

just to caveat, i still use a moleskine for my personal journal, but i only write in it once or twice a month so they tend to last years. i bought my current journal in 2017 before enshittification and so i haven't had a problem with the paper. i use a felt-tip pen on it mostly, but even the few times i've tried fountain pens, i haven't had any bleed-through. it's really unfortunate they've gone downhill.

and i mean, for context, i beat the shit out of my moleskines. and look how they've held up!

the one on the left i used from 2011 to 2017. it went all around the world with me and i carried it everywhere for 6 years. i taped every stupid scrap of paper i came across into it and that's why it's so beefy. the elastic band has stretched too far is all; i need to find something sturdier to keep it shut.

the one on the right i started in 2017 and i'm about 2/3rds through it. i tape some stuff in but not as much as i used to. at one point it was in my backpack in the overhead compartment of a plane and some guy's water bottle spilled all over it. i was devastated. but it slurped that shit up and kept trucking. you can't even tell it's waterlogged anymore.

my mom bought me a special edition van gogh moleskine for my birthday last year that i was planning to use for my next journal. i just tested the paper against the 2017 journal using a kaweco sport bold tip, and the van gogh paper does indeed bleed significantly more than the 2017 paper. a real shame. i'm probably still going to use it though, because i've kept the proud tradition of "use notebooks people buy me for my birthday as my next journal" since i was 14. also, i'll probably end up starting it when i'm 37, the age van gogh died.

last august marked my 20th anniversary of my journaling habit, btw. i was going to write a newsletter about it but it started spiraling into a whole-ass book and i had to set it down.

a close and higher quality alternative to moleskine, much beloved by bullet journalers, is leuchtturm. their A5 hardcover is very similar to the classic moleskine pictured above. i don't use one because i have no use for lie-flat notebooks for anything other than a personal journal (which is covered for the next decade or so), but i love buying them as gifts.

my commonplace notebook is the A4 rhodia top spiral, which i've mentioned in my newsletter before. there is something truly magical about this notebook. when i bought it, i carried it around with me everywhere even though i had no idea what to write in it. i started commonplacing before i even knew what that was, simply because the tactile and aesthetic sensation of filling each page was so satisfying. i go through 1-2 per year.

this isn't a notebook proper, but my research binders are B5 maruman clartes with their corresponding loose leaf paper. again, like the rhodia A4 top spiral, the sensation of writing on the paper and organizing the binder is very satisfying and so it encourages me to take a lot of notes.

maruman also makes the famously amazing mnemosyne series of notebooks. i haven't used one before but i really like them, and as soon as i need a high quality top spiral notebook that the A4 rhodia can't fulfill, that's what i'll be moving to.

my purse notebook is a field notes reporter's notebook. these are new so they haven't stood the test of time the way the others have, but i love the size and the binding, and afaik field notes is one of the few american stationery brands that hasn't fallen prey to a quality drop in paper. i also love field notes classic pocket notebook but have never been able to make a pocket notebook habit stick. it took me a long time to realize tiny notebooks don't encourage me to write in them, because a lot of my notebooking is about the thrill and aesthetic pleasure of seeing an overwhelming amount of text on a page.

my planner is a hobonichi techo weeks, which is the same size as the reporter's notebook and also goes in my purse. this is my first year using a hobonichi planner and i really love it. like the others, its quality encourages me to use it. i've found hobonichi overall is a really good notebook brand.

my sketchbook (which i don't use very much) is a strathmore 500 series mixed media softcover. i bought it before i realized how deterring i find lie-flat books and i think i would be more motivated to draw by investing in one of their wirebound ones, even though all the artists i follow on youtube tell you not to do that. i keep meaning to change it into a collage notebook instead, i just haven't had the time or desk space to do it.

and an honorable mention: before the pandemic, back when i did things and went places, i used a grand voyageur traveler's notebook from paper republic. i'm actually very sad i don't have much of a use for it anymore, but maybe one day i'll do stuff again and return to it. it's weird that i don't see paper republic mentioned often (ever) in bujo spheres, when i think their products are better than traveler's company (although i haven't tested one for a significant period of time; people swear by them though).

hopefully one or two of these stand out to you!

[raining-tulips]

been thinking about love letters to nature

[elonomhblog]

journal prompts: for when you're feeling lonely

do you feel lonely all the time or in certain situations?

how have you dealt with similar feelings in the past? are you happy with how you handled it then? why or why not?

describe the difference between loneliness and being alone. if you don't see a difference, write about why that is.

take a second to pause and look inward. what other emotions piggyback off of loneliness? are you feeling frustrated, sad or anxious? write about what comes up.

would reaching out to other people make you feel less lonely? why or why not?

write a note to your loneliness without filtering yourself. what do you really want to say?

what advice would you give someone close to you when they are feeling lonely? do you feel like you could take your own advice? why or why not?

how do you talk to yourself when you feel this way? are you kind to yourself?

what does self-compassion mean to you? how can you practice it daily?

list five things you can forgive yourself for.

[the---hermit]

26|04|2024

Today felt like a busy day even thoigh it wasn't, mostly because I feel like my energies are all out at the moment. The weather isn't helping at all, with rains and cold that makes it feel like we are in November and then random days in which the sun feels so hot. I did spend the morning rereading and annotating The Merchant Of Venice with the goal of fiding passages that might be helpful with the paper I have to write. I will have to admit my ability to focus wasn't really there so I felt kinda unproductive because I was getting very dustracted. I still managed to get some stuff done so I am happy about that. I then treated myself with the latest tmagp episode, and then in the afternoon a friend came over and we played board games together.

📖: The Merchant Of Venice by Shakespeare

[ivyandana]

Good morning! this is one of my fav morning journaling prompts to do every morning. I feel that when I journal in the morning, my day runs a lot smoother and I tend to find the positives more often. journaling helped me escape a feeling of being stuck in the creative aspect of my life as well as just generally be a lot happier. Try these prompts next time you journal!

-Anastacia

[remiaty]

I’m still thinking about you.

Every 5 minutes I catch myself smiling about it.

You taking interest in me awakens every good part inside of me.

Everything you’ve been revealing has hid for so long.

You’re untangling the knots in my roots.

We haven’t said a single word to each other, yet you’ve left an immense impact on my conscious.

I hope someday I’ll know for sure that you’re thinking about me, like 

I’m thinking about you.

[arttreyn]

Ignore the burnt corner i lit it on fire 💜💜

[amandaswork]

APR 24/24

sleepy April

[naturalist-journal]

[wearenotjustnumbers2]

Bisan's recent post. I think it's important for you to read it. Tonight 03.12.23, journalists in gaza share their last messages. There are no words to describe the horrors unfolding in gaza right now.

I no longer have any hope of survival like I had at the beginning of this genocide, and I am certain that I will die in the next few weeks or maybe days. I have been sick with severe viral infection for days and cannot move from the mattress!

I suffer from nightmares that are so closely resemble reality that I no longer differentiate between reality and dream.

I live in a world other than the one I claimed to be building! I am a community activist who lived on the fantasy that the world was free and just, and I sought to bring rights not only to my people, but to many men and women in third world countries!

I was shocked that I was not from the third world! Indeed, we are the most humane and moral! Yes, because the world approves, supports, and finances the genocide we are being subjected to, legislates it, and gives reasons for for 58 days! While we are a people who have been living on occupied land for 75 years and are still searching for our rights and communicating our voice to the world!

My message to the world: You are not innocent of what is happening to us, you as governments or peoples that support Israel’s annihilation of my people. We will not forgive you, we will not forgive you, humanity will not forgive you, we will not forget, even if we die, the history will never forget .

A Message to friends: Thank you and the supporters around the world. You have been compassionate and very strong. We ask you not to lose hope, even if the world seems completely unfair and your efforts have not yet resulted in a ceasefire.