tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050255426939190817.post4784820500864235757..comments2024-03-27T13:16:55.299-06:00Comments on Narnia Mum: My Issue with JournalsJessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02806213335024533276noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050255426939190817.post-38135384373041680442011-08-29T12:58:36.287-06:002011-08-29T12:58:36.287-06:00Jessica, I feel the same way!! I hate putting the ...Jessica, I feel the same way!! I hate putting the first mark in the book, I have never bought (or was given) an expensive journal. I use a pencil too! lol! I have a composition journal that I write reviews in for the books I read. The last one I wrote I used a pen! yay!Candy @ So little time...https://www.blogger.com/profile/05308027187577034357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050255426939190817.post-16182840326896245052011-08-24T17:36:17.266-06:002011-08-24T17:36:17.266-06:00Josh - great idea with the colored pens! I current...Josh - great idea with the colored pens! I currently feel proud of myself for even using a pen at all, lol! I cringe too - but I overcame the cringe and drew a flower over one mistake ;)Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02806213335024533276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050255426939190817.post-67435358925787181992011-08-24T17:18:52.636-06:002011-08-24T17:18:52.636-06:00I have an Oberon Journal. I thought my feelings on...I have an Oberon Journal. I thought my feelings on Journals came from an inner strain of crazy, but I'm glad I'm not the only one. I finally started using it this years. Though I still crave perfection. I even have color-coded pens. Black for personal writings, blue for quotes, and red for Scriptures. Every time I make a "mistake" or misspell something I cringe like nails on a chalk board. It's a slow process, but I'm working on it.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17749138608266466706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050255426939190817.post-75889395358898841442011-08-24T17:14:11.966-06:002011-08-24T17:14:11.966-06:00Jamila - I kept a daily journal in school, but I w...Jamila - I kept a daily journal in school, but I was MADE to do it, so not quite the same :)<br /><br />Jennifer - Anything worth doing is worth doing imperfectly - so sayeth the Fly LadyJessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02806213335024533276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050255426939190817.post-82960822348416546922011-08-24T16:20:21.495-06:002011-08-24T16:20:21.495-06:00Oh my GOSH! I think I've found my perfectionis...Oh my GOSH! I think I've found my perfectionism twin. I now feel compelled to go post a picture of all the journals I haven't written in! For the same reasons!<br /><br />I did manage to write in one after I saw The English Patient. I hated the movie, but I got inspired by his journal. He just pasted stuff in it, and I thought it seemed like a good idea. So I did that, and once it wasn't perfect, I could write in it. I--gulp--even crossed stuff out!<br /><br />Yay for defeating the inner perfectionist!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802462399298945211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050255426939190817.post-37747489180553252012011-08-24T16:17:40.654-06:002011-08-24T16:17:40.654-06:00Yes, do it!
I have to admit, I've been writin...Yes, do it!<br /><br />I have to admit, I've been writing in journals since I was a kid. The thing I love most about it, though, is watching a brand new journal steadily decline into something that has been a little battered about and used. I love getting ink blotches, tea stains, and other stray marks. I adore it when leather covers get scratched up and scuffed. For me, it means that it's been loved, that I've managed to pour my life into it, and that it's no longer a new object that is external to my life, but intimately bound up in it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050255426939190817.post-32618266106117619792011-08-24T15:36:05.313-06:002011-08-24T15:36:05.313-06:00I am the same, but with sketchbooks. A crappy spir...I am the same, but with sketchbooks. A crappy spiral bound one that u can tear the bad drawings out, and end up using more for shopping lists and ToDo's that never get done? Yeah I can doodle in there. But the beautiful, bound ones? No chance! I'll RUIN it!<br />So am very impressed with you :D keep kicking arse!Torianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050255426939190817.post-16113282137898698602011-08-24T13:59:38.871-06:002011-08-24T13:59:38.871-06:00Oh, um... but I won't do scrapbooking or anyth...Oh, um... but I won't do scrapbooking or anything graphic, because I suck at it and it won't turn out perfect. So, you know. Pot, kettle.Nancy Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00209727822644631003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050255426939190817.post-15778643965975396522011-08-24T13:59:07.755-06:002011-08-24T13:59:07.755-06:00WAY TO GO!!! I am so proud of you, stepping out in...WAY TO GO!!! I am so proud of you, stepping out in this beautiful imperfect life. It's not easy, but I have this feeling that way more gets accomplished by people who are willing to be imperfect than by the ones who try to pretend otherwise.Nancy Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00209727822644631003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050255426939190817.post-27706435918233340342011-08-24T12:11:43.087-06:002011-08-24T12:11:43.087-06:00I totally do this too! That's why I think blo...I totally do this too! That's why I think blogging works for me better than handwriting or scrapbooking.Skookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08561981284201416183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050255426939190817.post-54673781572341944382011-08-24T09:41:05.930-06:002011-08-24T09:41:05.930-06:00Rebecca - Thanks! It was hard! But I was determine...Rebecca - Thanks! It was hard! But I was determined. <br /><br />Lucy - Whew! I am glad it isn't only me!<br /><br />Kathy - I'm learning to say that about my sewing too, it needs to bleed over into other parts of my life :DJessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02806213335024533276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050255426939190817.post-69020779327249740592011-08-24T09:31:56.620-06:002011-08-24T09:31:56.620-06:00You are so right - overcoming perfectionism is one...You are so right - overcoming perfectionism is one of the biggest challenges in my life too. I've got some 15-year old journals and scrapbooks still in their shrink-wrap to prove it. I like to say "finished is better than perfect" about my quilts and other creative projects. Also, I have 4 kids and it becomes increasingly obvious with time that life will never be perfect!Kathyhttp://carpelanam.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050255426939190817.post-25037759176207802872011-08-24T09:16:40.627-06:002011-08-24T09:16:40.627-06:00Omg, ME TOO!! So, good for you, cause I know how h...Omg, ME TOO!! So, good for you, cause I know how hard that was!Lucy The Valianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017727113612906573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050255426939190817.post-46906773884056577732011-08-24T08:45:14.871-06:002011-08-24T08:45:14.871-06:00Jess, I am *so* stinkin' proud of you!!!
::thr...Jess, I am *so* stinkin' proud of you!!!<br />::throws confetti::<br />::hugs your neck::<br />::hands you chocolate::<br />It's tough, it's tricky, but you are going to succeed at this like no man's business ;o)<br /><br />ps: that is a freakin' gorgeous journal - makes me think of fairy tales ;o)Rebecca (RivkaBelle)https://www.blogger.com/profile/18394998385496336450noreply@blogger.com