My Universal-Notizbuch

Hey internet! It's been a minute. I have SO many things to share, but that will come in time. Ahhh, time. That thing we never seem to have enough of, right? Haha. I'm hoping to be back on my semi-regular blogging schedule as finals and things allow, but for now, I thought I'd ease back into things by sharing this lovely notebook my friend brought back from Germany. I'm a moleskine kinda girl, but this adorable thing has totally captured my heart. It's practically pocket-sized! With GRAPH PAPER. I was told that there's an entire shop filled with these; mainly literature translated in German, English, and Spanish (?). And, obviously, blank notebooks. I MEAN. Tiny baby shelves lining the walls of this place...I can't even. Adding it to the list of Places I Must Visit Before I Die, Or Else. 

Sidenote: In conversation with said friend I decided that maybe Germans don't believe in mistakes, as there's no eraser on the pencil. Perhaps it's a character-building ideology? Es gibt keine fehler. Who knows. 

Hope you're having a great weekend! It's getting chilly! 

Letters to Germany.

My friend Andy recently returned from a month in Germany and I finally got to spend a little bit of time with him last night! After our brief (to be continued!) conversation, all I want to do is see what he's seen. And hear more about his adventures. And you know, be there. 

And because I'm terrible at keeping up with people when they're out of the country (but also feel like, ok, they're in another timezone having amazing experiences, how can I interrupt that?), I decided to write a letter a day. Letters never to be sent, but a collection to be given upon return. 

So that's what I did. 

It was a really interesting exercise in journaling (though I threw a few art journal-esque pages in there, DUH), and got me thinking about what of our daily lives we choose to include in journals (if we keep them)...what's journal-worthy and what's not. What to write on the days when nothing exciting happens. But then that's the beauty of it; finding those tiny moments of magic to put down in writing; things potentially/completely unrelated to the day itself.  

The more I thought about this concept, the more I realized it was like "blogging" for an audience of one. Granted, I could be extremely specific and share personal information with this friend I've known since kindergarten. But the question of how to keep it interesting without being all Dear Diary blah blah blah remained constant.

Now that the month is over, I find myself still thinking AHHH letter time! But no. I'll channel that for the blog and my own personal projects. Quite an exercise indeed. 

Do you journal (writing) or have an art journal? How do you record major events, and what drives you to record them? Why and how do you express these things? I'm so fascinated by the question. Help a girl out!