You will appreciate this….I have my Mom’s 5-year diary from before she got married in 1942.

Thank you

Love my fountain 🖋️🖋️ glad to see you got back into it:)

I loved this video. Makes me want to record a video of my own journals and what I’m using.

Thank you for sharing and inspiring!

You're amazing, thank you for sharing!!!

Awww that picture of the four of you is so wonderful!

I loved seeing your notebooks, they are pieces of art. Tyfs!

Love your "rambles" please don't stop!! Your journals and the covers you give them are stunning. Such a personal touch! Thank you for sharing!!

Loved this video….journals make us happy!

Always interesting to hear what kind of notebooks work and if fountain pen friendly.

Yay, journaling videos are the best! 😊

I love that you move through your journals by feeling. I get the fountain pen thing 100%, the Jetstream is such a smooth writer it really puts a crimp into your fountain pen game!

❤very cool, thanks for sharing 😊

One can never have too many journals…. I’m currently using an Orange Leuchtturm A5 hard cover for my field journal, my favorite! And B5 soft for my desk journal, plus a few travel size, two that I made up myself from sheet leather. Great video!

Wow! Great that you mentioned the connection between you and notebook. I thought it's not common to feel this way. Sometimes even I felt upset at myself because I was abandoning notebook. Have a great year with your notebooks and fountain pen ☺️

I also got the hobonichi 5 year and couldn’t wait to start it so I’m currently using the right side to document the last months of 2022 and I love it! 😊 Great video 🍀

I love the A6. I thought it would be too small for me but it fits in every bag i own, it’s not too heavy, and it just feels comforting having something the sketch in and write down my feelings when ever and wherever. I absolutely love it!

Alicia, I enjoyed your sharing and it was over too soon!😊 I love journals and also make them so journals are my jam and love to hear about others. Thank you! BLESSINGS

Alicia, you should try out a nebula notebook or the new endless recorders with regalia paper…they are lovely. Endless also has inserts called storyboards that are great!

I love all the journal experiments you tried this year. It's nice to see that you also quit journals when they don't feel 'right'. I want to quit the journal I'm in right now actually. Maybe I'll just allow myself to quit it on Oct 31st, no matter what 😄. Edit to add: woohoo for using the Weeks consistently! It's my main planner too. 2023 will be my 8th year in a row in one.

I would love to see a video of you doing book binding stuff, regardless of how detailed or broad.

I loved seeing the evolution of your journaling over the course of this year! I’ve also been kind of itching to try art journaling/collaging but after a spread or two I instantly miss the look and feel of just pen, paper, and words. Did you ever feel stifled by the process of decorating pages before you could get your thoughts down on paper? That’s the part I struggle with when trying to get more creative with my entries. Thanks for the wonderful video!!

I always enjoy your videos!!! I sure can relate about the 5 year journal. I completed one 2012-2016 and it was such a great experience I tried it again with the same book (Happiness Project one-sentence journal) but it was a fail after only a few weeks. Listening to you talk about coming back to your journals at a later time ... I know I can do this. LOL I didn't like the idea of leaving the top part empty and starting on the 2nd year ... so I may actually type and glue in up to the point where I wrote the first time ... preserving that first year ... but at least I can laugh about it and know that the book will not be wasted. I have a Leuchtturm I will also complete one day and some others that I've successfully come back to and finished years later which is so satisfying! Anyway ... all this just to say I appreciate you so much and your beautiful inspiring videos!!!! I don't comment enough ... I'm almost always in my library room watching on the TV ... and meaning to come back and comment later. :)

I could listen to your 'rambling' all day!

My second journal was one of those you find in a bookstore that has nice feeling thick paper and zip cover. I had to force myself to finish it because I felt guilty wasting paper but it was not designed for showing off beautiful inks. Turned out for the best though because I found I love journaling with broad nibs that REALLY show off my inks! I think next time i want to change journals with only a few dozen or less pages I will let myself. Just have to get over the "wasting paper" mindset, my journals have a good life and moving on "early" isn't a waste lol. I am starting my first 5yr with the new year. I decided to diy in a B6 slim Cafe Notes which I think will be the perfect amount of space since I also have a personal journal for long entries. I hope I can stick with it because I really want to use the Hobonichi A5 5yr in 2024 as a family journal starting when I get married.

Just few seconds in and already want to comment that the audio quality of your speaking voice is fantastic.

Ramble on! Love how some of your videos follow that stream of consciousness flow you express elsewhere in your creative life. Yes! Notebook/journal format preference is so personal; you definitely have to "feel" the format. Myself, I'm most comfortable w/ A6 but for my visual journals an A5 feels more expansive & capable of accommodating collage elements. These typically begin as handmade/unique notebooks I pick up here and there. Hardcover Leuchtturm A5 is my go-to for work and study notes (dot grid). I'm on my 2nd five years diary and once again MacGyvered an A6 Stálogy Editor's Series 365 w/ a Midori MD paper cover. Did consider the Hobonichi 5-year, love the paper, but dislike both the pre-printed years AND the cover material. Wish they'd make them w/ the same covers they use for the A6 techo (which I use as a daily planner/journal). Thanks again for sharing!!

I hope you enjoy the 5 year. One of my favorites. I cannot believe I am finishing my first one. You made me want to do standard size for my next journal...such a great size. Too many great sizes. Thanks for sharing. I LOVE your typewriter journals. so pretty!

Don’t apologise for rambling, I enjoyed every minute. 👌 I am tempted to get the 5 year Techo. Thanks for sharing 💕

Hello, 🙂 I have been using a Hobonichi 5-Year (A5) since 2019. I think you are going to like it. I found the paper to feel a bit to thin, but using a felt tiped pen (like a Sakura Pigma Micron size 01) really helped with the experience of writing (that and a pencil board). I hope you end up liking the Hobonichi 5-Year Techo. 😄

I enjoyed this video. Love seeing what others use for the year. I used Hobo Weeks for 3 years for planning, along with Regular TN Regular inserts for journaling. 2022 I decided to do something different, combining the two purposes into a Leuchtturm A5 Planner. Plans on the left, summary collage and journaling of the week on the right. 2023…Who knows???

Never apologize for the rambling...haha. Sometimes that is the very best part! I kind of think you'll just fall in love with the new 5 year, and that old one will be the lost writings? Like, you'll want another Hobonichi right away. :) Also, I'm still super loving the hair! 🏆🏆 As always, thanks for bringing us along on your journey.

I really wanted a techo this year but I felt like the size would be too confining if I had more to say than I could fit onto just one page 😅 I love the Midori A5 but I just wish the paper was white rather than cream. And now after watching your video I want a Five Year journal 😆 Great content! Keep up the great work 👍🏽

For work and sports scheduling, I use the softcover, Leuchturm 1917 weekly planner notebook. The left page maps out my week, while the right page leaves room for notes and planning. I use a Field Notes Brand 56-week scheduler for a daily diary/journal. Each day is only 6 lines or so, so it makes for a nice size entry to talk about the day without feeling overwhelming. For longer journal entries, I'm using a Lochby Field journal with their ruled inserts. So far, the paper quality has worked well with my fountain pens. In the past, I used the Code & Quill Traveler notebook for the longer entries and I may return to that sometime.

The Olive Midori is objectively the best and hard to find. I got mine on Etsy like 5 years ago. I use it for documenting vacations so it doesn’t get much use but I can vouch for how beautiful it is. It’s the one that if I could only have one Travelers Notebook the Olive edition would be my one and only

So fun to see how you move through different journals and understanding the meanings behind each one! I would like to know how you bound your typewritten pages, did you take a class on binding? I would love to do this w my blog posts, and some typewritten pages I have. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us!

I also got the 5 year hobonichi and am so excited to start it!

Always love your videos. Nothing beats a good rambly video to listen to (with good content) thank you for keeping me company while I watched and did cross stitch. 😊

I was struggling keeping up with the 5 year in 2018/2019 that it has Many blank spaces. (I got chronically ill) Once I resumed a cohesive routine I went back in, It really bugged me for a while; Until Midori released their gorgeous green leather cover 5 year. It dawned on me I could finish out those years when I came to it's Calendar end by covering them with Comic Book White to correct the year/Japanese Characters. (Washi if some don't mind the bulk may be another fix...) I'm happy to have found a solution because now I can extend my use of the "famous" paper that's no longer being produced by Machine 9 ☺️ Hope you can find a way to utilize that great paper!

Have you ever used discbound notebooks? They're handy for carrying a few pages with lists from one notebook to the next when you finish a journal.

Thanks for sharing! I love hearing about your journaling journey/process for this year. I too collage all of my pages in a journal before I start writing in it so that I don’t have to worry about having empty space. After merging my love for scrapbooking journaling, I can’t go back! I decided to use brown ink in my fountain pen to journal the entire month of September (random input, I know 😂). Believe it or not, I have never tried a Lechttrum before but I hear the paper is great. I’m still trying to figure out what my journaling books will be for 2023 so you’ve got me there! 😂. I like the idea of a 5 year journal/diary but I know that I would not make it because I write to much to be constrained to put a “brief” summary of each day. That’s Mission IMPOSSIBLE for me😂😂! Best of luck to you for your 2023 journaling journey. 😊

So many things to say! First up - I love your collages. I’ve tried to do it and I’m not very good. I mainly stick with stickers and washi tape (both of which I have an abundance of...) Do you think you‘ll ever sell the collage stickers in your Etsy shop again? I am in year two of the Midori five year and I’m loving revisiting what happened last year. It will just get better as the years go by! I got a Hobonichi weeks for the first time and am looking forward to using it in the new year. This was such a fun video - you’ve got such infectious enthusiasm for your “supplies”. Love to see it!

Love your journal videos! Thanks for sharing. I have so many blank notebooks and can't wait to use them all!!

I am using a five year journal now, but I can never ever remember to fill in each and every day for the whole year sooooo I just fill out the day with the current year whenever I do remember and then it’s just like a life journal instead of a five year 🤣🤫

While I'm not one to collage my journal entries (just plain writing for me), what I did have fun with for my current journal is putting stickers on the journal itself. It was quite a bit of fun picking out stickers and it was a good way to have a use for a lot of freebie stickers that I've been holding onto. I've put my journal in a plain plastic cover so I can see the stickers better and I've been enjoying it quite a bit.

Great videos and musings. Would you be able to tell me who makes that sweatshirt? It looks really well made. I like the seams and heavy knit fabric.

Have you done a vlog on binding techniques? I would love to see you actually bind some pages. Thank you.

I'm lusting after an Atoma Croco in read A5. Have you ever used an Atoma notebook? I'd love to know what you think of them.

Have you looked at Olive and Archer notebooks? They have hardcover Standard size notebooks in dot grid 😊

Hello! Yay! Journal video! 😊🎉

It's not too early! I'm deciding what to use next year, NOW! :)

Where do you get the wool folder inserts? Do you make them? ❤ I’ve been binge watching your videos. You are amazing!

Ok this is so random but I love your sweatshirt!!! Would you mind telling us where you got it?

You are so beautiful 😍

I’ve only had one leuchtturm and I did love it, I am curious now that I love fountain pens, how the paper holds up, does the ink bleed through and does it take a while for the ink to dry? Thanks for this video, loved seeing the journals you’ve gone through!

Very Cool.

What a great video! I've been using Black n' Red casebound A5 notebooks to journal in for fourteen years. Last year, I tried Leuchtturm, and fell in love, similar to how I had with the Black n' Red notebooks all those years ago. This year, I almost switched to Leuchtturms for my "daily" journal (I have a bunch of other notebooks for other writing). I decided not to partially because I don't usually like change, but mostly because, if I stick it out until summer of nex year, I'll have been journaling in the same type of notebook (mostly, the company changed hands a couple times) for fifteen years, which I think is pretty cool. Leuchttrum makes a five year journal, too. I haven't tried it yet, but I want to. The Hobonichi looks great, though. I love getting to see how your thought process comes together. Would ever be interested in doing a collage tutorial video? Do you use anything to coat the collages with?

This typed up journal is INTRIGUING I want to try it. so you typed it up like on a typewriter? I don't have a typewriter - but I want to try this, how can I do it on the computer? I guess I could just bind it after using coptic stitch, that should be easy I think. This is exciting. I HAVE to try it.

I bought a 5-year journal too and it stresses me out a bit 😅feels like a 5-year contract

Uzumaki! 💖 Thank you for making me feel better about repeatedly trying and failing to use the Hobonochi cousin 😩 having a love affair with the weeks now instead.

What is it about Leuchtturm that you like? I'm using one right now for my morning health journal but find too many inks bleed through. I keep going back to Tomoe River although I like MD too but they need to have a dot-grid paper style. I use mediums with an occasional broad and fines.

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I spy the Antiquarian Sticker Book!

What pens will you use?

You are adorable and lovely person and I love your content but I am watching quite some True Crime stuff atm and yt recommends me a lot of videos with that topic. Body language experts etc. and for a split second I thought this is a video about Richard Ramirez 🙏🙏😨😨😲😲 with that thumbnail. I am so sorry but you really look a bit like him here. Obviously two totally different personalities. I am glad it's you. KZfaq abyss... I need to watch more uplifting stuff again. Phew

Don't be sorry for rambling its apart of who you are.

Who's high Pitch?