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I have never been a good or consistent journal writer nor can I draw, but I'd like to. I have been buying some Muji notebooks to try and find a notebook size and style that I know I will consistently use.
This additionally reminds me of a Bullet Journal; for me, a Bullet Journal fulfills the role of the author's sketchbook; the creator, Ryder Carroll, brands it as a planner, diary, sketchbook, calendar, and a 'catch-all for life': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullet_journal
Posts like these make me wish I could be consistant and keep a single notebook until its done and then move to the next. I always end up starting a project or scibbling down a thought on random scraps of paper. I try to organize and consolidate but really there is not much point after the fact since, if the note is made, transfering it is just busywork. I leaned into it last couple of years, I have a 2 corkboards (a…
On the other hand, I have gone from having a clutter of paper on my desk to having a clutter of notes on my Supernote, so maybe I've just moved the clutter from one place to another. But at least it's now less visible!
> Plus, I love the disconnectedness of a sketchbook. I can sit and think and plan in a sketchbook, and it doesn’t distract me from what I’m doing. This is why I still keep pens and physical notebooks on my desk. It's so much faster to flip it open and start writing than opening a 99th browser tab and navigating to an empty page on Notion, all while more desktop notifications start popping up on screen. Another side b…
The current dominant self is all about herself, addicted to gaming, distracted, annyoing and anxious, and yearns for the end of life when frustrated. I'd never noticed these things if I hadn't given them a voice.
goes like this:
I'm dumb, I'm worthless, everyone would be better w/o me
her voice: What happened?
current me: I can't do this, this should be easy, I want to be dead
her voice: That so? What's your fear with this?
current me: I could be seen as lazy, I'd rather be dead than be seen as lazy
her voice, ironic tone: seems rational
Then the voices just stop and I can refocus... it's really weird. Anyways. Journaling really helps!
oh if I could draw worth a damn, it is probably all I'd ever do. I used to draw a lot as a kid, I just never got good at it.
Its sort of a netflix of art lessons (although a bit more money since its niche). very high quality stuff.
focuses on classical art skills rather than modern styles of art.
During the Renaissance/Enlightenment, there was a lot of discussion among intellectuals on how to best keep notebooks/journals. A widely used system was to carry a small pocket notebook which was filled logbook style, with things entered as they came up. The material from the pocket notebook would later be transcribed to topically arranged journals. I believe I've read reference to this practice going back to Classic…