A few years ago YouTube recommended me a video of one of those aesthetic bullet journals, and I loved it. I've always journalled online, but it introduced the concept of scrapbooking alongside the entries. I don't journal in that same way anymore, but I fell in love with how tactile journals are, and I often find writing things by hand more cathartic for some reason too.

It also led to a larger stationary interest in things like fountain pens and fancy notebooks, and my journalling gives that stuff purpose.