Query: Journalling

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

And query for my flist:

Do you journal? If so, what about?

The issue is I have two daily agenda/schedule/calendar books for 2021. One, serviceable one I bought at Staples, which I plan to use as my 'Mom' one with to-do lists, reminders, dentist appointments, etcetera.

The other one is a nice Edward Gorey agenda book that my sister gave me for Christmas and I want to do something with it. It has a lot of nice artwork itself, some of which I've never seen before.

Ideas:

A diary (I've never been very good at keeping a diary but the daily section is small).

A creative journal (for my own poems. Or for things that inspire me or things I like.)

A crafting journal (I have my miniature coffee shop).

I have heard of gratitude journals. I don't know much about them other than the obvious.

Do you have/keep New Year's resolutions?

I suppose I could use it to keep track of resolutions but that seems a bit, well, sad, because I'd like it to be fun and resolutions are always a bit awful.

Anyway, if you do something with a journal or have any ideas about any of this, drop me a comment.

Comments

[smallhobbit]

I have three! One is a basic diary, which is a combination of Calendar (ie things happening), anything I particularly want to watch, general to dos, FutureLearn course breakdown, plus the week's writing allocated by day. The last bit generally doesn't happen on the set day, but it's useful to keep planned and then when I do stuff at the end of the week I get the great satisfaction of ticking it off!

The second, larger diary I use to record due dates for challenges/exchanges, plus also I keep a record of what I've written each day, plus number of words written (because I post all over the place), and DW blog posts of varying sorts.

And the third is just for all those notes I'm not going to throw away instantly, and may want to refer back to in a few days time (I used to use scraps of paper but I always lost them). I find it surprisingly useful.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

I am glad I asked because of all those meme responses of yours I've read, I never knew you had 3 journals. So give me an example of the last one. Are they fic notes or life notes? I am impressed at how much planning you do of your writing and challenges and exchanges, etc. I use the spread sheet for that for GYWO. Interesting that you write your entertainment on it. I shall ponder that, too.

[smallhobbit]

Flicking backwards through the latest pages: notes on a course I was following (a study of two paintings, built up over a number of days); summary of 'new things' from this year; list of ficlet prompts for 12 Days of Christmas, plus posting order; dates of tv programmes over Christmas; possible charities to apply to for funding; relationships for Heroine BigBang, so I can remember whose children are whose. So a complete mix.

A spreadsheet would work too for writing. I like having my 'to dos' for the week in diary form, visually the blanks show me how much time there is.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Wow, that is a mix!

The spreadsheet I use for submitting my word counts to GYWO at the end of each month, and I like it, but I don't actually use it to plan my fic. Just to tally the word count.

But you've inspired me be a little more exacting in planning my fic. For example, I got a trio of prompts from season of kink which is due on 14 Feb. And I totally forgot that I wanted to end my nocturne fic collection this month, so if I'd written it down maybe...

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

I will also see about entertainment. I have checked out a film from the library and still haven't watched it. Maybe if I wrote it down things would get done.