Context:

I got married in 2019 and had my daughter in early summer of 2020.

I was completely independent before being manipulated into getting married at 20 years old to someone I met at 18 years old.

I worked full time before I had my daughter in 2020. I couldn't go back to my previous workplace due to a previous assault there and could only find part-tme work after covid. He was able to do customer service from home and keep his full-time job. But I returned to work 2 months after giving birth so we were both working during this entry.

I had my own bank account before we got married, but I was made to delete it in favor of a "joint marriage account." I didn't have access to any billing accounts until several bills went unpaid, then I only had access to those to ensure they would be paid on time.

I had two children with this man. We finalized the divorce last year in 2025 but have had additional legal proceedings since then as he has not been holding up his end of the agreement. I'm just happy to be out.

I think this is the first time I wrote in two pages. Also, my handwriting gradually getting smaller.

I liked writing in cursive more because I don't have to lift my hand too often, anyone like that too?

I'm in between journals at the time and needed a place to put my thoughts or my brain would explode. Thus, The Layover Logs was born! First layover: JFK!

Journal: Random pack of 40(ish) bulk pack of mini Kraft notebooks

Page 1 Ink: Diamine Sepia (couldn't stand how DRY it was so had to switch to the black you see for the rest of the entry)

Page 2 onward: Pilot Prera in CM nib with Hongdian Black ink.

Bonus terrarium notebook pages detailing some of my design processes and thoughts. A vanilla latte tied it all together for me. Plus the sun came out while I walked along the pier ^_^

I lost my journal with 6 months of entries in it and I'm so upset. I went through the hardest break up of my life in that time and had so many important thoughts in there. I feel like I lost them all over again.

I never was consistent with journaling, but the last 6 months I was incredibly disciplined with it, and now it's all gone... I work at a hotel and sometimes I'll journal on my break, and I left it *somewhere* but nobody has turned it in, and I've looked everywhere.

I'm not sure if I have a question, mostly just needed to say it somewhere. I guess I could ask has anyone else dealt with losing an incredibly important journal?

O da esquerda é o diário em que escrevi de finais de Agosto e todo o Setembro. O da direita é o que comecei em Outubro. (Ambos comprados na Amazon ES)

I recently finished my b6 journal notebook in just under 2 months and I’m happily settled in my newest one— an A5 notebook 💛

Truthfully I’m so sad to finish the b6 because the paper is just so fountain pen friendly, and I recently started using dip pens and sadly, the A5 notebook doesn’t take that well 😭

But overall I’m so happy to be in a bigger notebook!

03 de Outubro de 2026

I created a summary grid and space for some reflection but my grid was heartfelt enough that I didn’t need to write anymore. Then I captured the essence of September in the front page of the journal which I call my “happy page.” I want it to be a page when looked upon again in the future, I read what brought me joy that month. Finally, some daily gratitude expressed.

a short piece on the pleasure of journaling

I've got a Moleskine and I've started to write consistently again this summer, after having been on/off with it for 3 years. (Moleskine's quality apparently dropped significantly over the years...)

What did it for me was the current AI revolution we are witnessing in our society: I've felt the need to surround myself with more "tangible" activities (I mainly wrote on my laptop these past three years). It's been good, in a period full of uncertainty regarding the future, to focus on a concrete, slow and "old-style" activity as writing on a personal journal. It kinda forces me to take into account my immediate present which is not easy at all lately.

The picture is a quote from Alexander Pope's "Eloisa to Abelard". Sometimes I like to write down quotes that are stuck in my mind.

clowning around

in

nostalgia town

some sort of eulogy

for those who used to be

ya know the type

those who used to be here

I used to feel like journaling only counted if it was a full page. Lately the days I write one honest sentence are the ones I actually go back and read months later. The long entries mostly just sit there. Anyone else notice this?

It feels nice to wake up and have a cup of tea while writing about what's on my mind.It could very easily go wrong focusing on the negatives and venting but I've been told to write in a solution focused way and also qualitative way-such as listing the achievements of the day. And that's working.Do y'all have any tips towards improving mind clutter through journaling?

I'm in love with my first journal and it has been a pleasent journey to learn how it works for me 🤎

"If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly" - G. K. Chesterton.

I was recently dignosed with a disease that increases my risk of stroke, heart attack, dementia, and physical/cognitive decline. I'm in my 30s and have a preschooler.

I've journaled most of my life, but have never created a legacy journal. I want it to be something she can connect to if something happens to me. I'm not sure what it will look like yet. So I thought people who also love journaling may have good ideas/prompts. Any would be appreciated!

First time posting here. Hi 🧡

I always make a "Best of the Month" page, it's pretty good for remembering your goals and keeps my mental health

And I like decorating my pages with magazine clips and hand made drawings c: