@paulasimoes @jarulf @bookstodon I’m still trying to deinfluence myself from the YouTubers with their elaborate journal systems with 8-10 notebooks and just stick to one like you do. I’m down to 2 now. A planner for tasks and schedules. A journal for everything else.
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paulasimoes@ciberlandia.pt 6 days ago @jarulf @imaginaryuncle @bookstodon I use mine for quotes and notes that then I use to review at my blog, but I also use it for:
- Titles I want to buy, but can't at the moment (sometimes when I go back, I decide that I don't want one or two as much as I thought, so I strike them, it helps to stop impulsive buys)
- If I want to read or re-read the series by order of publication, I make a page with the titles in order, so I know the next one
- If I find an author I love, I make a page with everything they published
- Titles or websites to check that are referenced in the book I'm reading (it happens in non-fiction mostly)
- At the end of the year I like to go through my shelves and decide my TBR for the next year, so I note it down too (never manage to stick to all but that's fine)
It's not pretty, sometimes I use colour or stickers, but it's mostly a working notebook, so I always remind myself it's ok to strike things, etc.
Leuchtturm is really good, never had a Midori, but see many talking about the paper high quality. My currently reading journal is a Waverley, mostly because the cover is in tartan, but I prefer the leuchtturm to write (I've been using them as my everything else needs, bullet journal, tasks, thinking notebook, etc)
imaginaryuncle@masto.nu 6 days ago
@paulasimoes @imaginaryuncle @bookstodon I'm going to steal some of those ideas, I think, when I finally get around to setting up my journal, probably next weekend.
But I'm also a bit wary of doing too much in my initial enthusiasm, so keeping it simple or relatively so is something I'll try to keep in the back of my mind.