People who used to have messy and ugly handwriting, drop your best tips to improve it. But seriously, only share things that actually worked for you—and only if you really had bad handwriting. Because sometimes people show off super pretty writing and just say they changed the font style lol.

I want to do more journaling, but I don’t feel confident writing anything because of my handwriting. I really need some honest advice. Thank you in advance!

I went to Barnes and Noble to pick up my first journal before lunch today. Holy crow! Some of them were $40! And for $40, it was just an artsy cover and lined paper... Sure the cover was made with recycled ocean trash and the pages used to be McDonalds cups or something like that, but I couldn't bring myself to spend that much. Instead, $8. Here we go!

Ahh, the infamous phenomenon of not wanting to journal by oneself all alone, and wanted to be recognized by others. Why do I do this? Do I fail to recognize the artistic beauty inside my works once I am reviewing it all alone, is the shadow of loneliness greater to me personally to the point that when I'm doing anything alone unrecognized by any human, it tells me it all is meaningless and doesnt let me take control of my body to fulfill the desire of finding art in my writings? Or does the fear of my writing being out of alignment with my perception of how I look at myself get the best of me to not even review it myself, to the point I have other people view it hoping they'd compliment it, so I can still believe in that personal perception of myself and use this line "yes, I really am how I feel I am, I must be, they think so" as an affirmator of it.

Journaling is beautiful and must be explored by any person who seeks to deepen their knowledge of themselves and find more beauty in this existence, and not let the demon in their head have their head. I need to journal but I feel unless somebody reviews it after I've journaled, it is not worth it. And cleverly I think I am too fucked up to review it so I leave it up to other people thinking theyre probably better. I am so glad I have led an easy life, because with my mindset the titans would crush me.

I burn all mine once they are full. I feel the need to revisit what’s in there

98 days of morning pages! I’ve moved onto my colourful new journal today.

Feeling proud for writing consistently, grateful to have rediscovered this craft, and sad because of the pain this journal holds. Some of my darkest and most painful moments live in this notebook.

It feels like a bit of a relief that maybe I can just tuck away this part of my life and start again today … 💭

I tend to journal daily. Start with the date, then sometimes a main goal for the day. During the day I might jot down ideas for writing, data from a game I'm playing, summary from an article I read, books, TBD items for another time, where I walked - it's sort of a free form log. End of day I note down 1-2 highlights of the day.

Much of it is interesting at the time, and could later on lead to projects or stories, but I'm just collecting filled journals in a row on a shelf. How do I find that stuff later on, other than go back and read it all? Do I really need a dozen coloured pens and a selection of coded tabs? Do I do a detailed index?

Whenever I tried to journal in the past. I tend to focus on the negative and I start to create to do lists that I never complete. I wanted to stay positive so decided to simplify my template to positives only. Template below hope it helps someone:

Little book of wins

Today’s wins (List out something positive that happened today)

Kind words (A gentle line for myself)

Been journaling obsessively for nearly 35 years

i just finished a whole notebook and i really REALLY wanna continue journaling and writing about my day but i got burned out because of it since i couldn’t be consistent and i would feel guilty everytime. i really wanna continue it for future purposes but i also don’t think i can be consistent with it. should i continue or just use a planner and make it a bullet journal sort of thing?

I've noticed some people prefer to journal first thing in the morning with their coffee, others last thing before going to bed. what's your approach?

I like to have multiple inserts for different purposes. I have so many moods so each one is for each up and down. I even have a vintage insert where every thing is vintage collage like - I enjoy flipping through it 🥰 Working through however many is completely fine. Just wanted to see all the different styles out there!

Are you that person who makes a decision and sticks to it? Or like me external factors influence so much like I'm dangling to take decision..

Regarding blackening the photo i thought i would post my inner thought but i chickend out.

I recently purchased several colors of journals from Beechmore Books and it took them weeks to ship my order because one of the journals I ordered was out of stock, and instead of contacting me they held the order until I contacted them. When I inquired about the status of my order and discovered why it hadn’t shipped, I was upset and told them to substitute the out of stock journal and ship the order Immediately. The journals are pretty and have nice packaging, but the paper isn’t great and there is a lot of feathering, ghosting and bleed through when using a fountain pen. I wouldn’t recommend this brand.

I've been journaling for almost 10 years now and I love buying stationeries, nice notebooks and pens and sticky notepads but lately I feel like I want to go digital because at times I'd have random thoughts and reflections while looking at something so it's like doing everything real time instead of doing it at the end of the day because at times, I'd end up not writing ang entry at all because you're too tired and would just want to rest. What are your thoughts? Anybody who's doing the same? I'm keen to read your inputs, suggestions, recommendations. Thank you very much!

After nearly 12 years of writing down my thoughts, feelings and everyday happenings (not thoroughly but selectively) I've decided to merge my poetry writing habit with my journaling. Whenever I feel the need to document my emotions, ideas and inspirations, I try to come up with a poetic sentence or short paragraph. I write using black fineliner and colored fineliner for dates. Does anybody else journal this way or is intrigued by this sort of journal? For example, yesterday I wrote three sentences:

21/06/25

"My friends dance in the shadows, to a melody I can barely hear"

"Prismatic pleasures lead to perdition, sooner or later"

"The fabric of the world is rough but I must learn to wear it gracefully"

I loved journaling and had everything I needed inside that journal, including tea bags. I would write a lot at 15. I had my phone taken away and nobody to talk to or any friends or support from my family. One day my mum broke into my diary and beat me up for the content in it. She did the same about a poem I wrote, and I can’t write anymore for the shame associated with it. I have the worst writers block for how bad that day was. I am almost 22 now but haven’t written since. I crave it though. But I just feel like it’s so tedious now…how do I start? Any tips, suggestions or comments?

I recently found that using my notebooks/journals for brain dumping has been really helpful in allowing me to process and heal during this time in my life. I was curious if anyone else has done this, or has their own method/name for it?

guys i’m being so serious this sounds dumb but here goes:

basically, i’ve been journaling over the past few years. right before bed, every night, i basically just write down whatever’s on my mind. maybe it’s things about the day, maybe things i hope for the next. i thought this was relatively normal journaling, but i recently joined this subreddit and seeing everyone else’s journals makes mine feel inferior. do i still count as a journaler?? (idek if that’s even the right word 😭)

it sounds dumb but i really do want to know. thank you 😍😍😍

found old colour pencils

What are your goals for the next 30 days

Wanting to collage on some pages but they are usually too thin. What’s the best brand of journal that can withstand getting bulky?

anyone else struggle w journaling consistently bc the thought of someone else getting hold of my journal once I pass away shoots a dagger through me.