i finally kept a journal this year for the WHOLE YEAR. not like, day-to-day anne frank stuff, but weekly writing and collaging or whatever. anyone else keep a journal? tips? i feel like i finally was able to keep it going (after many years of failed attempts) because i stopped thinking of my journal as this HOLY THING and just started jotting down meaningless stuff without thinking about what The Future Me would think when I read it.
Jamie <3 <3 <3 (luv ya brand new rookie tumblr)
i’ve learned with both journaling and comics drawing that you can’t be too much of a perfectionist about it or think of it as this special thing you need to set aside time for because then you will just NEVER DO ANYTHING EVER.
i use these books my sister makes out of poor art student supplies. she should do a DIY on it for rookie, yeah?
<3 Tavi
I used to be a pretty obsessive journaler, but got out of the habit so starting in tomorrow I’m going to try this new thing a friend of mine told me about: the 5 year journal. Basically you buy two of those black and white composition books (I loooove those things) and you put a date in (January 1, January 2, etc) one to each page on the upper outside corner. Then on the top line all the way to the left write the first year. Go 6 lines down and write the second year, and so on. Your first comp book will be January through June and your second comp book will be July through December. My friend says there will be extra pages at the end and she uses those for overflow on days she wants to write more than six lines. Obvs you don’t have to do it every day, but all you have is six lines to fill in or draw on or paste a concert ticket into or whatever. She says it’s super cool as you get to year two, year three, etc to see where you were/what you were thinking about on that day a year ago. It sounded like a cool journal/time capsule combo to me, so I’m definitely trying it starting tomorrow!
xo
Stephanie
Damn Stephanie that is such a good idea! I’ve been writing a diary since I was 13 and managed to keep it pretty consistent and also managed to get one of my holiday friends to start one too - without realising! As she said, it’s just a good thing to write stuff down. I love looking back at exactly how I felt and what I did on a particular day, so much so you can get lost in your own life so far. I have my writing diary, then a lyric/poem moleskine and then a notebook for doodles and crazy stuff.
Naomi
