Art of Journaling
The process of reflecting on our deepest thoughts and feelings, and giving it an outlet for expression without the need of communicating with another person is known as journaling. If you’re someone who is looking to practise the process of channelling your inner thoughts and putting them on paper for clarity, a handmade journal is something you must own.
Many people follow the ritualistic process of writing in their journals at the end of the day. It is like pouring your heart out into the paper and clearing your head before going to bed and calling it a night. People often go creative with their handmade diaries for journaling and paint in them, paste different kinds of stickers, flowers, feathers etc. to make it pretty.
Handmade paper diary are exclusive for journaling as people keep them very close to their heart. The only rule of journaling is that you write in it everyday. No matter what you write, it has to come from you and should be something that you think of carefully during the day. Writing in a handcrafted diary creates a deeper sense of self-awareness and roots to our core thoughts. It is through journaling that we often discover thoughts that we didn't think we had at the first place. Journaling is liberating in ways and often kickstarts the creative side of our mind.
Different Kinds of Journaling Diaries
Handmade Journal
Handmade journals are the most popular journals of all time. Handmade diaries are made with compostable paper with different kinds of textures bound together. It is often binded with beautiful and creative covers as a handmade decorated diaries.
Printed Handmade Diaries
Handmade journals with eco-printed covers work well as a diary, or sketching book for the creative journal enthusiasts. A simple, light-weighted notebook to keep all your recipes and important memories inside it, this handcrafted diary is perfect for those who want to note down each thought you have anytime of the day.
Recycled Eco Friendly Diary
Bamboo diaries make popular handmade diaries when it comes to craft journals or eco friendly diaries. The uneven texture of its pages gives a raw, natural look to it and engages the user to make it more attractive by using water colours or charcoal pencils to express their thoughts.
Types of Journaling Ideas
As we know, there is no one perfect way of expressing yourself when it comes to practising journal writing. Different people pour their hearts out into a handmade decorated diary in many different ways when they are left with their emotions, thoughts and a piece of paper. There are multiple ways of journaling, such as -
Gratitude Journal
Many famous celebrities have confirmed the benefits of journaling as their routine activities. Journal keeping has helped them in focusing, meditating on their thoughts, brainstorming and reducing stress.
With a gratitude journal, it gets easier to align your thoughts for the day and strike out what made you feel good, bad, confused and happy. It has been clear that writing down your thoughts into one of your handmade diaries is to cultivate a sense of appreciation & positive emotion within yourself.
Self Reflection Journal
A self reflective journal is a neat way of expressing and reflecting on the happenings of the day. Once you start the process of self reflection, you can churn out the experiences from the past, and reflect on them as well.
Handmade Diaries helps you to drain your thoughts and realise your own thoughts very carefully. You can either choose to work on your own actions in a situation with this self reflection journal, or you can make notes on what you want to work on in any similar situation in the future.
Future Plans Journal
This is a multi-purpose journal that can be used for self reflection, gratitude and more. Future planning journal or a 5 year journal helps note down your achievements and life altering events that have happened down the road.
You can use any handmade journal you currently have or buy stack of handmade diaries online and get started with it.
Artistic Journal
If you think you have to be an artist to keep an artistic journal, it is not like that at all. You can pick up a pencil, a crayon or any other art supply and express yourself visually through a picturisation of the same.
A handmade paper diary can be the best choice to make an artistic journal, as its naturally uneven texture creates an aesthetically pleasing feel to it.
Pocket Journal
Pocket journal is the easiest and travel-friendly way to carry an eco-friendly diary with you all the time. Pocket handmade diaries are the best handmade diaries online available to capture quick thoughts and ideas.
Productivity Journal
If you struggle with deadlines, procrastination and sometimes set unrealistic goals for yourself without any plan to follow through with it, you can work through a plan with a productivity journal.
Productivity handmade journal helps in prioritising your work according to the deadlines and keeps you focused without letting you procrastinate the task.
