Journaling with Laconic

[halfcactus]

Hi everyone! I got into physical journaling (and stickers!) pretty recently and am very excited to find this comm!

I like using my journal to document what I'm reading/watching and to log my language learning when I encounter new vocabulary, but I'm often too lazy to sit down and update it...

Here are some assorted pages from my journal (currently using a Laconic planner) so far! Images are mostly hotlinked from my Bluesky account because I'm lazy, so I hope they display fine!

Comments

[adore]

your layouts are gorgeous! and doodles to go with your new vocab is so fun!

[halfcactus]

Thank you so much! I'm a visual person so doodling helps haha!

Love It!

[abyssal_sylph]

Man these look so fun to look at! It feels so cozy :3

Re: Love It!

[halfcactus]

Thank you! I'm glad it comes off that way because journaling has been my favorite therapeutic activity recently. :')

[lunabee34]

These are so beautiful and visually interesting. I love it!

I have been coveting the Laconic Gantt Chart notebook; all their planners and notebooks look so useful and thoughtfully designed.

[halfcactus]

I just looked this up because you mentioned it and I'm so tempted to get it just for the habit tracking parts if I happen to see it when I'm traveling, but I'm not sure it would be practical. /bad at keeping multiple notebooks

[lunabee34]

Laconic has several really cool notebooks. :)

I happen to be a multiple notebook person, but I completely understand being a one notebook person. It's whatever works for you!

[g_uava]

Thanks for sharing! The little doodles paired with Japanese vocab are so cute and reminiscent of public domain Japanese clipart floating around.

Also I watched 'Bad Genius' too and still on and off think about the Lynn-Grace relationship, pondering if the two could patch up their friendship somehow post-movie. Agree too about the moralizing last 10-13 mins but don't have any better ideas for concluding the movie.

[halfcactus]

I am low-key shocked because I didn't think anyone would actually read my little blurbs LOL. I love the note of bittersweetness in what was once a more innocent friendship—in my mind Grace thinks about Lynn a lot, post-movie, while Lynn grows and learns to form genuine relationships outside of school.

(PS. Not that this is a big deal since Chinese and Japanese share a lot of vocabulary in the written form, but I was learning Chinese hehe)

Thank you so much for your kind words! You actually made me look at Japanese public domain art and now I feel inspired. :>

[pauraque]

Nice! I bet the doodles help with vocabulary recall.

[halfcactus]

Even if they don't, writing the words down in bright colors does! XD

[nocturlune]

these are beautiful spreads-- and those stickers are so cute! did you print out the dunmeshi panels :D?

[halfcactus]

Thank you! Whenever I need motivation to journal, I buy stickers as a treat. XD

And yeah I printed out the panels!!! The manga is a gem ♥

[straightforwardly]

I love your spreads! They're so cute and lively.

[halfcactus]

Thank you!

[jellyfishlover]

These are so cute! I love all the little doodles throughout, especially the snake with legs! XD

[halfcactus]

Thank you! The snake with legs is also my favorite idiom :>

PS. Love your Chii icon!!!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Very nice! I too like the snake with legs!

[halfcactus]

I'm so glad the snake with legs is getting the recognition it deserves haha it's my favorite idiom so far

Wow!

[ysabetwordsmith]

Those look wonderful. I like your whimsical use of frames.