# blog 10 // i love journaling

hello everyone ⸜( ´ ꒳ ` )⸝ i love love love to journal. it's so relaxing and calming and helps me get out so many different emotions. from this online blog to my sketchbook to my everything book, writing or drawing stuff down can really help me get my feelings and ideas out. i def would recommend it!!! i've realized i've got tons of journals/notebooks in use, so i thought i'd explain my system! :D

so i saw this tiktok trend a bit ago called a "journal ecosystem", in which people explain the different journals or notebooks they have & what purposes they serve!! i decided i'd like to give it a try :3 so here's my journal ecosystem!!

so the first journal i have is my sketchbook. i usually sketch landscapes or objects i have around me, nothing too crazy. i'm actually trying to get better at art to spite my former art teacher, and i think it's going well (?). (˶ˆᗜˆ˵) normally, i tend to rip out a lot of pages from my sketchbooks bc i get unsatisfied w/my work. w/this one i've been ripping them out less and less and just ignoring the ugly stuff! (,; ⩌ ;,)

i have a tiny white journal (i got it on sale). this is my scavenger hunt journal. i plan to make a huge scavenger hunt one day, years ahead, so this journal is helping me plan it. :3 it's going to take a lot of work, but i'm excited for it !!

the one i use the most is my commonplace book!! ꉂ(˵˃ ᗜ ˂˵) it was also a trend, but i think it's died out. in it, i keep mostly lists ranging from to-do lists to my favorite foods to bucket lists. i also do pros/cons and stuff like that, just to keep track of things. it's a gray mossery brand notebook, and it asked me a bunch of introspective questions in the first few pages with a couple graphs & charts. i found that really interesting!

my most recent journal is my media tracker. i spend a lot of time doomscrolling, so whenever i find myself getting too stuck in it, i open the journal and write about the tiktoks i have saved. why i saved them, what i like about them, and what i can learn about myself through it!! (๑ᵔ⤙ᵔ๑)

i also have a kinda fancy-looking tiny journal, and i'm trying to write down everything i remember. between covid, the elections, politics, and my personal life stuff, i think it's important to record my experiences just in case. ^^ 

my planner is where i write out my study/events schedule. i keep track of study days, important exams, birthdays, and social events! it's simple but very functional lol. 

lmk what journals you guys use/if you use any! im curious ^^