![]() ![]() Ideally it’s a place where you’re comfortable and where distractions are limited.Ĭertain other variables in the environment may also aid the journaling process. It’s incredibly important to pick the right environment for your journals. But also keep in mind that, while writing every single day is admirable and productive and is proven to have more health benefits, you don’t have to do it if it doesn’t work for you (especially if it means you end up seeing journaling as a chore.) 3. As usual, it depends on what works for you. Maybe it’s after dinner three times a week and for as long as it takes to empty your thoughts and ideas onto the paper. Maybe it’s daily, at the end of the day, and for at least 10 minutes per entry. Commit to a specific schedule, a specific time of the day, and sometimes even a specific amount of time per day. It’s good to be ambitious and to hold yourself accountable but it’s also good to remind yourself that journaling isn’t a school project.ĭespite the development of that mindset, it’s still important to make a time commitment for keeping a journal. Never view keeping a journal as a chore or a burden. One thing to work on at the outset is developing the right mindset. It might not seem so at first (maybe you’re initially drawing off the passion of a new project or purchase) but after a while it may become a chore. No question about it, keeping a journal is a commitment. (Unless you’re fine with “feathering”…) 2. You don’t want to use a nice fountain pen on the poor-quality paper of a cheap generic-brand journal. You have to figure out what’s right for you and your needs.Īnother consideration: You may have to match your writing tool to your choice in journal. ![]() And before you dismiss the importance of picking the right pen or pencil, we’d like to mention the kind of passion our fans typically convey whenever they talk about their choice of pen! Some will argue that nothing beats the erasibility and even the sound of a pencil while others will swear by their particular brand of fountain pen. (It’s also important to note that, the more important each of these factors are to you, the more expensive the book will be…) How particular are you about pens?įinally, you need to pick a writing instrument. For some, a good choice in cover design inspires their writing and raises their motivation. Other factors to consider are closures (elastic band closures, locks… no closure at all!) and even the cover design of the book. There are a lot of important factors to consider for a writing journal purchase, such as the size of the journal (does it need to be small enough to carry everywhere? Or large enough for your long passages of text?), its paper quality (How smooth do you like your paper? What kind of pen are you going to be pairing it with?) and its binding (do you want a finely-constructed book that can weather any storm? Do you need it to lay completely flat when open?). However, from this point on we’ll discuss journaling mainly in terms of working with a writing journal (What can we say, we know our audience!) Picking a journal that’s right for you: Size, paper quality, binding, closures…įrom there you would need to pick the right journal for your needs. Pros for journaling in a writing journal: fewer distractions, portability, it’s always “on” and it never malfunctions.) Both computers and writing notebooks have advantages and disadvantages and it’s up to the user to decide which one works for their needs (Pros for journaling on a computer: security, searchability, and better for editing/re-writing. While we know many people are very passionate and opinionated about the purity and the benefits of good old fashioned writing-by-hand (especially here at Paperblanks!), we’re going to take the balanced view that neither tool is better than the other. The first decision involves choosing between writing in a writing journal/notebook or on a computer. Here are 5 steps for keeping a journal, no matter what form the journaling takes (be it a daily log, a creative tool, or an escape…): (Seeing someone at Paperblanks HQ jot something down in a notebook is almost as common as seeing someone on a computer.) Or a writing journal can be a tool for creative people or office workers of all stripes. ![]() A writing journal can take many forms: It can be a daily record of a person’s life, an outlet for a person’s deepest feelings and thoughts, or simply an escape - a space away from modern life pressures and the sensory-overload of an increasingly-connected world. ![]()
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