As a chronically indecisive person with a horror of doing anything so permanent as actually taping or gluing my precious random scraps of paper, my "junk journal" is a three-ring binder with clear plastic sleeves where I preserve and order all the cards, letters and other various life paraphernalia that has sentimental value but I don't necessarily want to look at frequently (or not much sentimental value but I am likewise too indecisive to commit to throwing out)
hahaha I love that idea! I'm also resistant to the idea of gluing anything into my notebook and making it all bumpy and wibbly so I liked an idea I came across of using an old lit journal you're never actually going to read as the base for a junk journal
I loved learning about the side shoots to the commonly-known commonplace book - they sound delightful and curiously alluring. I’ve kept an art journal which, when I look back on it, reminds me of a very particular slice of my life and evokes so many emotions. I have a collection of quotes from all kinds of people. I have a book that I bound myself (a proper, hardback book!) with disparate musings and images and snippets of tickets and tags and photos in it. I have all kinds of books that I tried to theme and I think I know now - theming is setting myself up to fail. So, I’m going to finish the unfinished ones with whatever I want, and it will take the time it takes.
As a chronically indecisive person with a horror of doing anything so permanent as actually taping or gluing my precious random scraps of paper, my "junk journal" is a three-ring binder with clear plastic sleeves where I preserve and order all the cards, letters and other various life paraphernalia that has sentimental value but I don't necessarily want to look at frequently (or not much sentimental value but I am likewise too indecisive to commit to throwing out)
hahaha I love that idea! I'm also resistant to the idea of gluing anything into my notebook and making it all bumpy and wibbly so I liked an idea I came across of using an old lit journal you're never actually going to read as the base for a junk journal
I loved learning about the side shoots to the commonly-known commonplace book - they sound delightful and curiously alluring. I’ve kept an art journal which, when I look back on it, reminds me of a very particular slice of my life and evokes so many emotions. I have a collection of quotes from all kinds of people. I have a book that I bound myself (a proper, hardback book!) with disparate musings and images and snippets of tickets and tags and photos in it. I have all kinds of books that I tried to theme and I think I know now - theming is setting myself up to fail. So, I’m going to finish the unfinished ones with whatever I want, and it will take the time it takes.
This is lovely, thank you for writing it! A no-structure notebook works best for me but I love the silva rerum facts!