It’s July already and we are halfway through 2026. So, I thought it would be a good time to stop and evaluate my current journal/planner/notebook set-up in an official Techo Kaigi (stationery meeting). I started the year with a B6 Aura Estelle Daily (5053), a Mark’s EDiT B7 semi, a Creeping Moon B6 Tarot Journal,…
For a few months now I have pledged to re-dedicate myself to journaling without any real direction. So I decided that for July I’m going to structure things a bit differently. I keep seeing Instagram challenges with 31-days of prompts so I went looking to see if there was one for journaling. And wouldn’t you…
YouTube is a rabbit hole. And sometimes I find hidden gems. Or, in this case, a friend sends me a hidden gems. I don’t know if I have the patience to do this, but it’s amazing.
Ana’s post about re-devoting herself to journaling made me want to take a look at my practice this year. This year I have been using three primary journals: For my daily planner, I use the Effin’ Birds planner. This is my third year using it and it just meets all my needs really well. For…
I recently discovered that I am the owner of not one or two but THREE different mini photo printers. Each of these photo printers work wirelessly with my iPhone. All three utilize their own unique apps to print images. Some of the software offers options to make collages, add “stickers” and other clip art but…
(Editor’s Note: I tend to use the terms of planning and journaling interchangeably since I write what I do, what I need to do and what I want to do whether I am writing bullet points or long form writing.) All of us have moments where we hit a mental roadblock in our planning and…
The irony of becoming a published writer means that I have less time to read them. I’m not counting the 20+ times I have to read my own work during the drafting, revising, and publishing process. Even though I take long breaks between reading books, I’ll never give up reading. I’m format agnostic when I…
