Changing journals and changing headings for change’s sake
No plan survives a week entirely intact. The first two weeks of summer break strayed widely from my original plan of reading and commonplacing. Yet, there’s a strong silver lining. Summer months offer me the time and freedom to follow projects as they capture my attention.
And put them into new journals.
Walk quietly, carry moody blue pens
I get another week at home to work on projects that I find personally valuable. Reading and recording commonplace notes: yep. Journaling my way through the ongoing history-making government hearings: yes. Researching water parameters and a list of plants for a new freshwater fishtank: you betcha.
Asking the right questions, a mnml digest
Five links. Ten sentences or fewer. On asking the right questions. And attending to the answers you uncover.
Unexpected discoveries for holding sample vials and pens — and a new journal
Some of my favorite and most useful stationery tools are unexpected discoveries. Lovely little surprises I stumbled into. New tools that were thrust upon me by loved ones and the universe: a sample vial stand and a wood pen tray.