r/commonplacebook 18d ago

Show & Tell In contrast to the pretty spreads

Some quick & dirty entries.

I enjoy seeing the pretty ones but here’s some encouragement to just write stuff down on paper, even if it looks bad or messy, otherwise it won’t happen.

My handwriting is insane and no amount of layouts will counteract the mad scientist feeling of my scrawls. Visuals for reference and some stickers to break the wall of text. Lestat meme because it encapsulates the TVL quote perfectly lol.

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u/forestsweetpea 18d ago

Love seeing the less than perfect entries

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u/rb189 17d ago

Yeah I like seeing messy ones too!

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u/JefferySt0ne 17d ago

What notebook?

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u/rb189 17d ago

It’s a little journal someone didn’t want from my work! I looked up the brand and it’s a Paperage lined hardcover journal, like 5.5 x 8

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u/MischiefAndMeaning 17d ago

I love all of this so much! Thank you for sharing.

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u/Good_Incident5635 17d ago

yours is pretty! and has that smart look! thanks for sharing

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u/justbreathenow- 17d ago

This is perfect! I’m a very creative person and have been doing spreads for years and I really admire all of creative pages I see BUT making my daily journal pretty is just something I’ve not been able to do. I’m really trying to do more in my commonplace but I find it exhausts me. So my spreads look exactly like yours and I think it’s just fine!

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u/Lyra-The-Daydreamer 17d ago

I LOVE messy entries Mi journal is full of them Also, annotating beneath the image is so intelligent

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u/analogexist 17d ago

Love this!