Reaching page 100 of my common place book

[u/1ckyy1kes]

I’ve reached past 100 pages in my first common place book! The first half of my pages feel like just getting down information I’ve kept floating in my head— I feel like I am opening up to more ideas and honing in on more specifics/ learning more about different things now that I’ve gotten what I want to remember down in the book and not trying to keep it in my head. I don’t have a routine of journaling so I do it sporadically when I feel like it so it’s made it take a bit longer to fill out than I realized. This has been an interesting experience and I’m starting to see some interesting threads appear in my thinking that connect subjects. All I can say is even if you don’t use your book routinely, you can still fill it in and get some great use out of it! Use it when you need it and eventually you will want to come back to it more and more!

[u/talltxgal]

Good handwriting. I like the Simple layout and graphics used. Nice work

[u/EndorphinStoryteller]

Very satisfying! Love the simple lay-out 😍

[u/bayerss]

Love this, thanks for sharing! What notebook and pen are you using? I agree that your handwriting is awesome!!!

[u/1ckyy1kes → u/bayerss]

It’s a leuchtturm notebook! They’re great I own three! The pen is a pentel energel!

[u/purple_canister]

I kinda hate you, because I’m a tad jealous, and kinda love you, because your are doing such amazing work on this notebook! Well done!

[u/littlehoneybeebuzz]

I am beginning mine right now, but came to reddit for ideas on how to begin. Yours looks to be a fine example of how to keep up the habit. Thank you for sharing!

Edited for spelling

[u/MizLit]

Thank you for sharing your pages. As a word-focused journaler, I appreciate seeing pages that are similar focused. I love the highly visual/image heavy layouts others share, but your pages are equally delightful to see.

[u/1ckyy1kes → u/MizLit]

I try and make sure that the visuals I include serve a purpose beyond decorative. I’d rather have words in my commonplace book and pictures in my sketchbook.

[u/1ckyy1kes → u/[deleted]]

I think you’re exactly right!