I’m so excited. There is nothing quite like starting on a new journal! Brand new pages, an open slate stretching forward in time. I use the journal as my memory, not to record every moment, but to recap events so I can look them up. It is not a diary, not a bullet journal (although I do sometimes have a doodle or two to make entries easier to find), and not a lab notebook (although that point could be argued about my past journals).

My new journal has a beautiful tree embossed on the cover and is the first one I’ve purchased online. It is more the size I usually use. When it was time to get my last journal, I had a terrible time finding one I liked. I ended up with a book twice as big and it took me over two years to fill it. The fabric cover wasn’t as durable, and the spine broke. Since the brick and mortar method of shopping failed me, I figured it wouldn’t hurt to risk an online journal purchase. We’ll see how it goes!