New Blog!

As I begin my exploration into my third year of paper journaling, I have found myself being inspired by Lilly Ashton (her blog, + tumblr) and her beautiful online footprint, to begin a digital journal. I hope to keep updates inconsistent and sporadic, as it was intended. 

my paper journals from 2024, 2025, and 2026 (current)

Since I started consistently journaling in 2024, I have found immense joy in creating a personal archive of my life on paper. It has helped me see my progress, improve my understanding of self, and helped me slow down in my day to day life. Previous to starting my first paper journal in January of 2024, I kept a digital journal hosted on Notion for about a year and a half, but eventually lost momentum as it gave me no meaningful, visual, or material indication of the time passing or how much effort I was putting into it. I also felt majorly disconnected to it in general, I centre my life around art and creating, and this bland digital log gave me no space to express my day to day in that way.

When I began my paper journal, which is a mix of a commonplace book, a diary, and a sketchbook, I was worried it would be too slow of a process for me to latch onto it long term. Instant gratification is the new normal and I won't pretend I haven't been influenced by it. But the process of slowly filling a journal cannot be replaced by anything else. It has shifted in utilisation in the 716 days since I started, but has fundamentally stayed consistent. 

"So all this and you're going digital again?" Well... yes and no. I'm still writing in my journals, having started my new one only yesterday. I love my paper journals, but paper has it's bounds. I hope to use this blog as an extension of my paper journal, expanding on things I write about in there on here. Of course my paper journal is more personal, private, but I do hope to connect though this blog, and push myself to be more open. I also want to include things that I never would write about in my journal. I love analogue, but I don't have endless time to hand write everything!

my baby boy Clive

ok bye bye, see you soon! ♡