Finally got to open the notebook therapy lucky myth gift box and inside was - among many other fine things - this sweet little journal!
Now what do I do with this? Do any of you have such small journals and what do you use them for?
It would also be a good idea to write about the things you see. It could seem or sound like an easy task, but trust me, as you try the first time you'll see it's harder than you thought it was going to be. You can take it as a practice exercise for developing your vocabulary or describing skills.
I really like this idea! Was reading the other day about keeping a log of wins or achievements so you have a record to look back on if you ever feel like you're failing.
I actually got a ātravel journalā in the gift box as well so probably wonāt use it for that, although tbh I am not sure how people typically use travel journals?
I use mine as a kind of amorphous scrap book for travel. On the plane Iāll write a page or spread about the location and dates. Then during the trip I like to sit in a cafe and draw pictures related to the day, write down quotes or stories, paste in receipts and/or pictures/ephemera from various things I did that day or the previous days. Itās fun to look back on because it contains smaller details than I would have normally just remembered.
I wouldnāt dare to take my main journal out of the house so I keep one like this in my bag. I write anything that comes up while Iām away and then transfer that to my bujo. I also keep my kidās sizes and the roomsā measurements because I know weāll decide to buy curtains and we never remember how long/tall/wide anything is at home.
I used one of these for daily gratitude journaling. I just kept it by the couch and picked it up regularly to write three things I'm grateful for. It's a nice little place to jot that down.
I had one like that for silly quotes or flubs from friends. They knew I always carried it and after a verbal flub, we would say "5that goes in the book!"
I still have it about 15 years later and it is always a good read and walk down memory lane.
I LOVE THIS AND NEED THIS š no I donāt need this I have too many notebooks uuuh- I didnāt say thatā¦
Anyway, I have a very small notebook that I turned into an everyday tracker that you just can throw in your bag and use it where ever. Such as, water, did I go outside to day, shower, workout, spending money. And then you color in if you did it. But just a grid of colors at the end of the year. If you know what I mean?
I LOVE THIS AND NEED THIS š no I donāt need this I have too many notebooks uuuh- I didnāt say thatā¦
I got a doodle-a-day journal for Xmas from my SIL this year. I picked it up to open and immediately thought "fuck yea, another journal...wait, tf am I gonna do with yet another empty journal?? Oh, gods, my husband doesn't need an even bigger stack of empty journals in my craft corner. Omg he's gonna tease me relentlessly". I opened it, saw it was a doodle journal and went "oh thank the gods, they found a loophole"
Now I want a doodle notebook š« didāt know I needed it until now. A cute notebook from my massive 10 year worth of notebook stack wonāt do the same you know? You ruined it for me
Pocket journal for writing little things on the go! Inspiration, cool things to look up later, quotes, etc. I have one like this for when I think of something cool for a creative project so I donāt forget it and can work on it later when i have time :)
I have a little one that I keep bedside at all times. If/when I wake up from a dream I write down everything I can remember dreaming about. It doesnāt even have to be sentences or paragraphs just descriptions is fine. Iāve had some really weird dreams.
Well, youāre going to treat it like the cute little precious baby it is and probably sleep with it every night. Thatās what! Canāt remember the last time I saw a notebook that precious. š„¹
Gratitude journal? It would just be a list of one or two things per day.
I'm supposed to do a "1-3 characteristics i like about myself" each day and it can't include lots of qualifiers (e.g., "I like that I am a good communicator but only when I'm speaking you someone bc my text messages are a mess," isn't allowed, it gas to stop at communicator. Period.
A small book like that would make the accomplishment or gratitude item look like a bigger accomplishment.
Keeping lists, in general, is what I see.
-Lists of media you want to consume and/or that you finished, e.g., books, movies, magazines, music, etc.
-To do lists, shopping lists, etc.
-Lists of accomplishments. This can be big, e.g., work projects and home repairs. It could also be small items that you just never do, e.g., tightening the screws on the door plate so they don't catch. It could even just be as simple as you managed to get up, you managed to shower, etc. When I am highly depressed my therapist insists on celebrating even the slightest thing when doing even that is more than I can handle.
Lists of places you want to go, like that new restaurant that you saw next to your favorite coffee place or a vacation 2,000 miles away.
I'm sorry. My brain is getting carried away. You probably have lists and now you just get to figure out if you want to write them in that adorable notebook.
My grandad wrote in one of those mini post book diaries everyday. Usually 2-3 sentences a day. But geez they really tell the story of his life. I have his journals from 1948-1972. They have taught me a lot about my grandad that I would have never known if not for reading them. On special days, he'd put a reference star in and continue writing on a blank day. Those 4 lines seriously tell a story of his life, and i feel like i know my granddad in a more personal way now. It made me realize how young he was once and how many things were similar for young guys in those days. Like asking his wife out, meeting friends, losing people. It made me realise how affectionate he was for someone born 100 years ago and how little has changed as humans. They are beautiful to have. Do a one line a day journal or a page a day?
Something like affirmations? One on each sheet? You could tape in some cherished pics as well. Or maybe as you gather fortune cookies you could put the fortune in there
Gratitude journal - even if you don't do it daily, its a lovely thing to look back on. I use a tiny notebook to list a few things that I'm grateful for.
i love using little notebooks as vocab journals! any word you donāt know gets written down and defined :) as a perk it usually impresses professors/bosses/teachers!
It'd be a great "new word" book. I'm the kind of person to look up words I don't recognize when I see them online, in articles, or books. Sometimes collecting them and the definitions and the quote they're in can be fun.
I have a tiny, thin, pretty notebook that I use for listing goals in the front, and in the back I write wishlists. Or, maybe you could use it for a gratitude log?
Do a day Zero project (https://dayzeroproject.com), or any kind of a bucket list but spread over more time, that way you have a different notebook to keep with you rather than an old bullet journal?
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u/susie2625 1d ago
A daily brag? Find something each day that you are proud of yourself for and write about it.
You didn't eat that donut, you didn't yell at someone who needed it, you made the bed, you walked an extra half mile.
Could be anything!
I'll be doing a one line daily brag in my 2025 journal.