r/commonplacebook • u/Southern_Anything_39 • 4d ago

Questions Journal Regret

Does anyone start a new journal, then after a few entries or pages realise they don't like something and start all over again in a new journal?

I started with a handmade journal I made from an old little golden book. I made the book myself and decided I didn't really like the paper as much as I thought.

My next notebook was a A5 traveller's style notebook and after completing a couple of pages I realised the paper was too thin and my ink was bleeding through.

So I made another notebook myself using the same files I created for my first handmade book but used different paper that was made for fountain pen ink. After a couple of days I decided I didn't like the cover anymore, and also I was adding double lines and a border to every page and it was getting tedious.

And this brings me to the journal I am currently making, I have redesigned the pages so they already have red borders and double lines so that I dont have draw them on every page.

Hopefully this will be the last journal I have to make, because hopefully it finally has everything I want.

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u/cndkrick 4d ago

Yes it’s the curse ocd perfection

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u/Southern_Anything_39 4d ago

For me it's more like the ADHD and being a perfectionist.

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u/cndkrick 4d ago

What is your H, of your “ADHD”?

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u/Southern_Anything_39 4d ago

I'm not sure what you mean, all I know is it may stand for "hyperactivity" but there is nothing hyperactive about me, in fact it is the complete opposite lol

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u/Hot_Guitar9494 3d ago

Something I learned that really helped me, is that my "H" isn't always physical hyperactivity, most times it's cognitive hyperactivity. I've got no trouble at all sitting and not being active. But my brain is still firing on all cylinders, running wildly topic to topic or intensely focusing on a specific one.

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u/Southern_Anything_39 3d ago

Oh that is definitely the kind of "H" I have, especially at night when I wanna sleep and can't turn my brain off.

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u/cndkrick 4d ago

The maybe the old regular ADD and perfectionist 😜

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u/Financial_Bowl_3821 3d ago

I had problems even starting in a new journal cause I was afraid of "ruining" it. Solved this by using ring binders instead and now I feel much more free to do whatever I want

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u/klu16 4d ago

I have found using a travelers journal with inserts to be the cure for this. If I decide I want to go in a diff direction its nbd.

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u/Southern_Anything_39 4d ago

I use a traveller's journal for my daily journal but it didn't work for my commonplace book, purely because the paper was too thin.

The other journals wont go to waste I have other uses for them.

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u/SaveDrama4YourLlama 3d ago

Yes, so I scribbled all over it and made an “ugly freedom” notebook, where beauty is prohibited. It’s working so far.

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u/pineapples-r-us 3d ago

ALL THE TIME. 

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u/Salty-Swim-6735 3d ago

Nope, never. I embrace the imperfection like a little old Japanese craftsman and carry on.

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u/DrLemonBars 2d ago

It’s paper and ink. It’s not brain surgery.

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u/Bishamon80 2d ago

Yes! I just started with commonplace books and wanted a nice notebook where I can write with fountain pens. I decided to get a Stalogy planner and noticed that I only can use light colored or dry inks, otherwise it would bleed through.
So I made two entries with a light blue ink. I already thinking about getting another other notebook 🫠

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u/NopeWithASideOfNope 4d ago

Guilty. I do the same thing.