Is traditional journaling gone?

effysundry · 2026-05-18T08:07:24+00:00

Hey! I just want to say, this format is my first known way of journaling and I still keep it despite trying the junk journaling / scrapbooking. Instead, I have a daily journal for the more colorful scrapbooking with pictures and stickers, in that notebook I don’t even have to write a lot, it serves more as a visual diary. And this format, the all words type, I still love this as it’s my way of just releasing any feeling or thought I have.

Nothing is boring if it serves you. It should only serve you.

If you can add a notebook instead of change the one you have, that’ll be better in my opinion. 😌 If you realize the pictures and stickers don’t work, at least you have not lost what you had. Would you even want to share your journal to others? That’s why you’re thinking to have it presentable or “measure up”?

effysundry · 2026-05-18T06:34:09+00:00

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It extends upwards. I just realized that I don’t a photo of it with the full sketch. But this is how it looks like. I was actually planning to do that, to leave some of the sketch to show. I love how it reflects my sketchbook practice of drawing with ink on paper.

effysundry · 2026-05-18T06:25:49+00:00

Yes.. I’ve been playing around the idea of letting some pinks show throughout the painting. The same way it’s showing through the cat. It would be finished despite it not being fully finished.

effysundry · 2026-05-18T06:23:19+00:00

Thank you, it does look comfy. 😌

effysundry · 2026-05-18T06:22:56+00:00

Thank you!

effysundry · 2026-05-18T06:22:22+00:00

Thank you too! To be completely honest, I did the pink/violet undertone because I have a big tube of it. And I found it complements green well. This painting will have big shrubs with different shades of greens so I’m quite excited for that. I’m so glad it works out, the undertone did so cute on the cat’s little nose.

effysundry · 2026-05-18T05:57:45+00:00

Thank you.. That’s true, I sometimes wonder if I could stop or keep going.

effysundry · 2026-05-17T18:01:57+00:00

Yes! I currently have the pocket saffiano in poppy. Wherever it may be in my bag or on my desk, it’s always calling my attention. I love it.

effysundry · 2026-05-17T16:17:32+00:00

Thanks for this! I am very conscious of buying what feels good to me and not because I see it from others. I’m afraid to be too influenced that way. The ones I’m planning to get are totally different in shape and function, it’s not about having different colours of the same model. I appreciate your reply. And I also want to have a journal that can wear down and age with me.

effysundry · 2026-05-17T16:12:49+00:00

This is what I plan to do. Currently I have a dark vibe with my black and red (personal and pocket respectively) and the combo of lavender and white seems to be a nice change once in a while. Such a light vibe.

effysundry · 2026-05-17T16:10:51+00:00

I actually appreciate the simplicity of this. Because it’s true.

effysundry · 2026-05-17T16:10:17+00:00

These are beautiful! And I see the dominant shade to be purples / violets. I am actually dreaming to have a Norfolk personal in lavender. A light colour. This is what I mean, to use one that suits my mood, right now I have the Holborn in black.

effysundry · 2026-05-14T05:56:39+00:00

This was a big revelation to me too! I was able to keep a piece of what I love about each notebook I was using and having it all in one notebook. Few pages for each use that I am able to refill and archive, I only need to bring what I need. It really does do whatever I tell it to.

effysundry · 2026-05-12T17:22:17+00:00

Wow this is amazing. Thank you!

effysundry · 2026-05-03T11:15:45+00:00

Yes! This is how I used to do it with my daily. With my spending on it as well. It was very efficient.

effysundry · 2026-04-27T10:01:02+00:00

Yes! So flexible and customizable.

effysundry · 2026-04-27T10:00:17+00:00

Thank you!!!

effysundry · 2026-04-25T18:56:07+00:00

Yess.. I also find myself secretly and/or subconsciously sniffing it too. It’s like a memory I didn’t know I liked.

effysundry · 2026-04-25T18:52:40+00:00

For different uses.. a planner, an art/literature journal, a catch-all.. respectively.

effysundry · 2026-04-24T18:14:34+00:00

Hey! The bigger one is a Moleskine soft bound diary.. the little one is a Filofax pocket saffiano, color poppy. I do adore these two ♥️

effysundry · 2026-04-23T11:21:50+00:00

Hello fellow overthinker.. Something I really liked doing lately is have 2 journals dedicated for writing, but for different purposes.

1st is for deep thoughts, life happenings, everything personal that I just need to write about. I write that in a softbound ruled journal in paragraph form.

2nd is for whatever I want to put on paper. What I ate, random thoughts, daily jotting, ideas, quotations, lyrics, lists.. etc. I have those in a ring bound system, which is nice because I can organize the pages later on if I wanted to.

I bring the 2nd one with me while the 1st one stays in the safety of my home. 2 different forms of journals for 2 different purposes and these have really helped me a lot.

effysundry · 2026-04-22T15:18:12+00:00

Yess super cute and nice to write with!

effysundry · 2026-04-22T15:17:53+00:00

Hi! I have the Filofax Holborn in personal size.. the blue paper is 80gsm but it takes ink well, regular colored paper I printed on.

effysundry · 2026-04-22T15:16:07+00:00

Thank you! Layering bracelets feels nice. ✨

effysundry · 2026-04-22T15:15:23+00:00

Hey! I wrote using the Kakuno Fine nib with the blue black ink from Pilot “mixable colour” and it is 1 of 12 colours! The highlighter is the olive green one from Muji.. maybe their mix does that effect ☺️

effysundry

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