Journal Jam Fall 2022 Day 8

[lunabee34]

Day 8 Question:

Do you have any journal/planning role models? This might be celebrity diarists, famous journalers of yore, or people who are documenting their fabulous layouts on Instagram.

If you post elsewhere, drop us a link in the comments.

Comments

[octahedrite]

I love the handwriting of the person who does the JetPens videos.

[lunabee34]

Hard same. It's very beautiful.

But, of course, achieved by writing very slowly. I would drive myself mad if I wrote that slowly, especially in a note-taking situation. LOL

[annofowlshire]

I'm definitely inspired by "diarists (and letter writers) of yore" although not all of them are that "yore" XD I love Madeleine L'Engle's Crosswick Journals, Anais Nin's thoughts, and further back to Mary Shelley and many others.

In a more modern sense, I really love the Yarn Harlot's blog.

My own journaling is never quite up to parr but I also remind myself that these journals and letters are often edited before they're published to the public (to which extent I may not know) and that once paper was expensive and the act of writing more time consuming so maybe you waited until you had something Profound rather than just dashing stream of consciousness whatever and hitting "post."

[lunabee34]

*nods nods*

Victorian is my area, so I'm constantly reading letters and diaries from that century and finding my own journal which seems to be constant whining about my chronic illness rather wanting in comparison. LOL

I've read The Yarn Harlot before, I think via network here on DW, and I do like her writing style.

[mothereader]

I have a tendency towards perfectionism, so i really appreciate seeing people experiment in their journals. It reminds me not to try keeping a system that stopped working and to try meeting myself where i am, what i need in the moment. Several people come to mind in that sense: Sarah Gottesdiener, Xandra The Witch, and Alaina of The Organized Money (who has now been mentioned in 3/8 of my comments 😅).

[lunabee34]

So what I'm hearing you say is that I need to check out Alaina of Organized Money. :)

I hear you on the perfectionism thing; it's such an enemy, and it's so important to see experimentation or risk-taking with the possibility of failure is okay.

[mothereader]

Actually, now might be a good time to check out her channel. She started coming out with daily videos that go in-depth into her planning system. Don't know about you, but i find those kinds of videos endlessly fascinating.

[lunabee34]

Thanks for the heads up! :)

[kalloway]

Everyone here who is so much more organized than me! ^_^;

[lunabee34]

Heeeeeee. :) <3

[badfalcon]

Definitely agreeing with you there!

[badfalcon]

I used to try and emulate people like Caitlin DaSilva, Boho Berry, AmandaRachLee and Cindy Guentert-Baldo but used to get super frustrated and upset that I couldn't make it work. I'm not artistic and I was trying to copy their style as well, which didn't feel like it was organising me.

So I took the time to work out what I liked about their styles, compared that with what I needed to organise me and figure it out slowly.

I will still watch Cindy's videos though - so much love!

[lunabee34]

That's so smart to really think about what it is that appeals to you about their styles and how you can make it your own.

[seleneheart]

I mostly use Pinterest for ideas for my bullet journal spreads.

I have discovered a YouTuber who makes amazing Lord of the Rings/Hobbit/Middle Earth themed bullet journal spreads: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCod_soVUnuMEVZZzpU54hfw

She does water color paintings of Middle Earth scenes.

When I first started bullet journaling, I watched a lot of YouTube to get an understanding of how the system works, but over the years, I've adapted things for my own use. There are several artistic ones I watch because I enjoy their aesthetics but not because I'm going to use their ideas.

[lunabee34]

Oh wow. Gorgeous.

I am the same. I just enjoy looking at beautiful stuff I know I have no hope of emulating. Lol