BellaOnline Forums Beauty and Self Journals Is Your Diary Fancy?

I'm always drawn to those really pretty diaries with fancy papers and designs. But then they feel too pretty to handle all the time and I end up going with plain ones for my scribbling. Do you guys use a "pretty" journal to write in, or do you go with something more mundane?

[color:#993399][b]I used to feel this way, but now I will buy fancy/pretty ones if I want to. I've learnt to value the journal writing process enough to honour it with little gifts like gorgeous journals. It makes me feel good to write in a book I can enjoy. I do write in just about anything, though, when I don't have much choice.

At the moment mine is quite plain. It's just a softcover notebook with a removable thick plastic cover. It's great, though, because I can wipe it over when it gets a bit grubby.

In the long run, I suppose it doesn't matter what you write in, so long as you've got something to write your thoughts in. Looking forward to discussion on this one. ;-)

Heather
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I just use a spirial notebook...but I also have a diary on the computer that has pretty background... I like the notebook because it is more personal to handwrite my thoughts. But i love the computer one because it looks soooooooo much better and spell check is my best friend!

I like to buy an art sketchbook -- because it has thicker pages -- and decorate the covers (both inside and outside) with pictures, stickers, favorite quotes, or anything else meaningful to me at the time. I also illustrate what I write (thus the thicker pages) usually with pictures glued in or stickers. I'm not too good at drawing but I have some skill with a photo editor (lol).

Oddly enough, I learned to do this when in the hospital, at an impromptu journal writing class held by one of the other patients. I find that adding pictorial content to the words expands my creativity enormously!

I have, I guess you what you would call a pretty diary/journal.

I make my own, I take composition books or other plan notebooks and decorate with fabric, lace, beads, photos and different things to make it personal.

I decorate each of my journals different. For instance, my prayer journal is decorate to reflect my perception of God answering prayer. My spiritual journal reflects my spiritual walk in decoration.

Melissa
Journals Editor for BellaOnline

I was just thinking about this again. In a way these forums are my "public journal" because I write about how I'm exercising, what I'm eating etc. But there are times that something happens with my family and I don't necessarily want to make it public. I was really thinking about getting an actual written journal again. It would be nice to have a way to sort out those feelings, but to have it somewhere "safe" So I think I'll go roam on Amazon and see what they have ...

OK I just ordered a dragonfly journal



http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Embossed-Dragonfly-Leather-Journal/dp/B000OMIL0K

Hurrah! Progress!

I got my journal in! I am so happy Now to find some time to curl up with it and write a few notes!

Lisa, i used to feel like that about journals, but then Flylady taught me to treat myself like a princess and to USE my pretty things.

So now even for making just lists i use lovely journals. I find gorgeous blank ones at goodwill all the time. I have one on my desk and a small one in my purse at all times, with a pretty pen too.

I used to have the fancy journals but now I use the spiral notebooks. They are great to keep in the car, near the bed and in the kitchen. Then I don't feel guilty if I need to tear out a sheet of paper to write on for something else.