to lend my life an air of romance, I make sure to document all memories big and small. I personally have been journaling on a notion page I made that no one else can see (just because I like typing and it makes adding photos so much easier), but am thinking of switching to a physical journal to be even more romantic. I donāt think you can feel like your life has magic in it if you lack a coherent narrative and journaling does just that.
Jan 8, 2025
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I journal nearly every day and it has changed my life. I feel like I know myself much more deeply and remember things better because of it. Sometimes I write many pages and other times just a few sentences. I like how it can be as silly or serious as I want and I like how itās only for me.
Feb 7, 2024
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i love my journals. especially now because everything is online it is a great chance to hold something real and write!
i keep two- one for photos (a junk journal/scarpbook) and one for just my handwriting. itās not a diary, there are a lot of personal entries tho. itās more of a book for my daily thoughts and experience. whatever i need to write down! i study french in there, memorize lines, make to do lists, and doodle too! it takes the stress of the book away and lets me to really use it since thereās no limits!
itās also a great place to keep my stickers and postcardsā¦all the stuff you want to keep and donāt know what to do with!
Oct 29, 2024
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The other day I went to a coffee shop with the intention of reading my book but instead spent about two hours writing in my journal.
Iām not a great journaler. Itās the kind of relationship where Iāll pick it up when Iām going through something, be really consistent for a couple days, and then once Iām feeling lighter I wonāt touch it for months.
Iām definitely not in the easiest season of life right now, but im not actively shittingscreamingcryingthrowingup about anything at the moment. For some reason though, despite my mentally āupā state of being, I was desperate to write down everything Iāve been thinking and feeling in the past couple weeks.
I honestly think itās why the past couple days I havenāt posted anything on this app is because anything I wouldāve mused about I already wrote in my journal lol. I even considered just taking a picture of the journal pages and posting them here but that felt too intimate? Maybe?
Feb 23, 2025
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I donāt always want to post them but I find that getting into the habit of taking lots of photos, good and bad, both with people in them and not, makes me want to keep them safer than just on instagram. thatās my emotional support folderā¦ get away from herā¦
Nov 21, 2024
Mar 11, 2024
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Iāve been very slowly making my way through the satoshi kon filmography (like very slowly,,, I first watched perfect blue three years ago) and honestly this one might be my favorite?? a found family film through and through, which I am a gigantic sucker for. three homeless people find a baby in a dumpster and set out on a quest to find her parents, no matter the result. I think I was more receptive to it because it takes place on christmas eve and I was already feeling fresh nostalgia for a christmas eve that had just happened a few days beforeā¦ but I loved being in the world this film builds. a gross, hidden tokyo built upon the backs of small kindnesses. will absolutely watch again next year because I havenāt stopped thinking about it, wanting to return to that world for a few minutes.
Jan 4, 2025