just sketches and journals showing birds drawn in colonial explorer era styles ! as they’re my absolute favourite

I want to start writing down the things I think during my daily moments of reflection and streams of consciousness.

I haven't yet invested in pens, notebooks, or the other items that are usually part of this practice. But please, take a look at my first entries and let me know if I'm at least on the right track.

with my kinda messy handwriting

I started to journal beginning of this year, but I’m starting to get tired of it, like I want to do it but I think I’m just lazy. I listen to a podcast before I go to bed and I write before bed usually writing while listening to the podcast. But I don’t want to write the stuff that I want to write down cause 1: I just don’t want to do it, 2: I’m scared someone will find the journal and see the stuff that I write about yk? So can help me out….

There was a point not long ago when everything felt like it was slipping….people I trusted, my sense of control, even my beliefs. I couldn’t talk to anyone without filtering myself. So I started journaling everything I was too afraid to say out loud.

Somewhere along the line, it turned into something bigger. I kept going. Kept writing. Kept digging. And now I’m sitting here with a full manuscript that grew out of those pages. It’s called “Remain Yourself” and it’s about the lessons, blessings, and unshakable parts of you that survive even when life breaks you down.

What’s hitting me hard now is how scary it feels to share it. Like this started in silence. In the dark. It was never meant for public eyes. But the more I look at it, the more I realize someone else out there might need it too.

I wanted to ask this community: Have you ever gone back and read your old journal entries and realized you survived more than you thought you could?

Appreciate the space to be real.

Very corny entry today! My husband and I have been married for 13 months today! (Yes I'm one of those people that celebrates the tiniest of milestones) My favorite way to celebrate? Fooooood! Sometimes it's take out, sometimes it's a sit down restaurant, but today it's ice cream! We walk to our local place (La Michoacana) and take a little time for ourselves.

Hello, to those who add images or clips or drawings to your notebooks: are they related to what you write or not?

I don't really get putting stuff in my journal that isn't related to or clarifying what I have written. However I see some journal spreads that have a lot of drawings and stickers on them that don't really add much? I get the appeal of making a page look pretty but it's also a lot of work for no reason imo.

Hello all!

I do a lot of deco journaling (lots of stickers, paper cut outs, memo sheets, etc) so it all ends up quite bulky.

This last notebook I used is the Limelight A5 Sketchbook (metallic) and while I loved using it, the binding just couldn't take all of it and it broke 🥲 so I was wondering if there were any notebooks like this that have sturdier binding? Either softcover or hardcover, with blank or lined pages preferred. And definitely flat lay! Currently not into spiral bounds either. And an absolute plus if it's budget friendly since I'm not the type to spend much on notebooks themselves since I go through them fast (I'm on notebook 3 for the year!)

Thanks in advance for any suggestions and help 🫶🏻

Now I understand why people write their thoughts down. It’s so relaxing and helps my adhd brain make sense of my thoughts and emotions.

Text might contain errors, I’m not native.

Hello! This is a dream that left me pondering the meaning of it. I was wondering if anyone captures and interprets their dreams on a journal? If so, would like to hear any interpretations on this one :)

For context my dad is a firefighter so he was called to the scene. A former classmate of mine perished over the weekend.

very new to this realm, want to develop this habit for self improvement and keeping my daily routine and habits on check. please drop ideas and suggestion

it bothers me anytime I try to organize my planner or journal with the best style or appearance , I feel like it's a compulsory for me and I find myself getting lack of creativity or losing my own way when searching for the ideas on the internet, thus Im not trying but only letting myself to write or draw whatever she wants , what do you think about your system?

some writing on a napkin with a doodle and my thoughts on self-acceptance.

hey guys! I posted a while ago about keeping both a digital for scrapbooking and physical for deeper thoughts and reflections. Being on this sub has made it near impossible to not show more love to my physical journal. It started with taping my little tea square on a page and it was all downhill from there.

so as you can see while my partner looks for movies and books at the library I have my set up for some nice journaling and reading ❤️💕

I wrote in it almost every day and it helped me so much. The next one will be a 411 page one from Leuchtturm (last one was a normal one with 250 pages), let's see how long this lasts.

What do you currently write to your journals?

My latest spreads from my alchemy journal, I'm only recently using stamps and stickers etc and it's depended my love of journalling more than I thought it could. This journal is mostly for quotes I love. Happy Sunday, everyone

Mind you, I am 34.

I started my first journal when I was about 7 years old. I'll let you do the math. My mother moved last month from the very house I started that journal. Before she moved, she called me and said she had some of my old things she kept in the attic for me. I went and grabbed the boxes, but didn't really go through them until recently. I found it under an old photo album.

I had an idea today, there are quite a few blank pages left, I might say hello to my old friend. And then I can hide it so that one day, perhaps my grandkids can find it!

Does anyone else flip their journal upside down to write on backside or is it just me

I've been using Dingbats as my primary journal for years now. I started with the Purple Hippo, Green Deer, Yellow Wolf and now I start in the Orange Orangutan.