5 Tips to Start a Journaling Habit in 2025 📔 | Abbey Sy

[@AbbeySy]

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[@Andidejager.]

This was a really nice video. The aesthetics are immaculate. I used to go crazy with washi and stickers and stamps and collage in my journal but I’ve come to realise that it’s just not me. It took me 3 years to realise that a few little illustrations (mostly of my pets) every now and then is what works for me. I used to lug a whole big bag of supplies around with me but now all I need to decorate is a pencil, my tiny watercolour palette, two travel brushes and a pen with waterproof ink.

[@AbbeySy]

Thanks for watching! And yes, you definitely don't have to go crazy with all the stationery. I like to keep it minimal too so I can have space to write and reflect, which is super important for me :) I'm glad you found what worked for you!

[@mylovelyclementinemylovely904]

Awesome video! The most important thing that’s sets you apart from other KZbin videos is the inspiration you give to your audience to start journaling. I’ve watched hundreds of journaling videos but you are the one that really inspires me to actually do it. I think you make yourself more relatable. I also think it’s your space, the aesthetics and the good vibes you emit. In other words I love your videos. Thank you.😊❤

[@AbbeySy]

I really truly appreciate this comment, thank you so so much :')

[@brittanyfreeman9101]

Great video Abbey! My son who turns 3 this week is enjoying helping me journal. He draws in it with markers, glues in things and adds stickers. It makes it all the more memorable!

[@KeiraSoleore]

Love this! When you come back to this journal, 10-15 years down the road, you will LOVE your collaborative journal, for all the memories it’ll resurface.

[@AbbeySy]

That's so fun, Brittany! Happy birthday to him and it'll be so nice to look back at this lovely collaboration 🫶🏻

[@NYZETV]

I always spend my weekend updating my journal. I just list the events of everyday on Keep Notes. Like what I ate, who I was with doing whatever, what I felt about a situation etc. In that way I could look back on my list and reflect about each day and journal about it. This took away my anxiety of missing days in my journal. If i dont have words, i always see to it that i took photos of even the simplest things each day and then stick it. Like the blue sky, the pavement or even a fly lol!

[@AbbeySy]

That's a great way of documenting and not having to miss days :) Glad you find a workaround! the blue sky is ALWAYS a treat

[@jaimsmp]

How do you print them?

[@EvanLuke3]

My life is not grand. I have a chronic illness and there can be days that go by that I don’t even leave the house. But I do have three teenagers and a husband. I write about everyday things. I write as if I am writing to a good friend and tell that friend everything. In my journal I write about a new ink that I got in the mail, what I ate for dinner, how my pain was that day, and even how much laundry I got done that day. I imagine someone reading my journal 100, 200 or even 300 years from now. People from the future are going to want to know what life was like in 2025. So I add in all the details. But I also don’t hold myself to any rules. Some days I write one page and other days I write many pages. I just go on how I am feeling on that day.

[@nicoleduret]

This is LOVELY ❤

[@AbbeySy]

This is how exactly journaling should be-whatever excites you and makes your days brighter, no matter how simple or mundane.

[@typejanina]

Thank you for these tips Abbey, it made me realize my own mistakes. I've been trying to journal for at least more or less 6 years, but I still haven't got into doing it consistently. You're actually one of the first people who inspired me to do journaling (and calligraphy, I bought your book before!). I realized that being a perfectionist had stopped me from journaling everyday. I really liked how you also do movie reviews in your journal! I will also try to do it so there's something I could look back into and compare my perspective from before vs now (instead of just discussing it verbally with people then forget what my initial thoughts on the film haha)!

[@deborapinto737]

Loved the video. I've started a journal/memory keeping journal at some point of last year and I'm using a basic Muji notebook, with blank pages and craft cover. I've never been able to be consistent with a notebook but I'm still keeping it and I just love to do it. I don't write everything that happened on the day, I just talk about something that marked the day and I write for as long as I feel like it, without even reading it. If I have, I had some photos, tickets from doctor appointments, restaurants.... whatever. On the days that nothing happens I print the poster of the entertainment I've been following...books, series, movies, music... It really is like therapy for me. I don't write every day so I keep a list on my planner where I just annotate the "something special" I want to talk about.

[@AbbeySy]

Yeah you don't have to write everything! I tend to do that because I like to report how the day went, but you can always choose what to write to remember. I love the "something special" idea, thanks for sharing!

[@НатальяКостенко-я3ь]

First I need to clean my flat and then I'll try to start journaling😊

[@rednaxelakristin]

YES YES YES to the bonus tip! Seconding that we should talk about it here soon~ For instance, I got my 2025 mail from Patreon yesterday, hence I plan to use that 2025 sticker stat!

[@AbbeySy]

Yes will touch on this more in future videos!

[@DoYouSalut]

I finished your skillshare course two days ago. It was great. Short simple and easy to digest chunks. My favorite tip is no more than three days without journaling. Thank you ❤

[@AbbeySy]

Thank you! Yes 3 days is the best rule

[@fd171994]

Thank you, Abbey. You have been one of the inspirations to keep me journaling! 😊

[@AbbeySy]

You are most welcome!

[@marianedorothybatoctoy2440]

My fave tip is to find time and make space 💕 I recently bought the Hobonichi Techo A6 for my journalling cause I've been seeing it in your instagram posts/videos for years! I love how you emphasize to find joy and appreciate the mundane things ✨

[@AbbeySy]

Thank you so much! I hope you enjoy getting the Techo and documenting your days :)

[@christis7414]

Thanks for taking the time to make videos! I am a former scrapbooker and have alot of stickers ... I decided to let the stickers dictate some of the things I do this year (ie - I have movie theme sticker so going to make sure I go to the movies so I can use them). Also reinforces my New Years goal of doing more things instead of buying "stuff"

[@AbbeySy]

That's such a cool idea and a great way to use up those stickers!! Shop your own stash is my favorite thing to do :)

[@kayefer]

Happy New Year, Abbey! 🎉

[@AbbeySy]

Happy new year!

[@ruthiev618]

Thank you for all these tips! I'm still trying to get the hang of journaling every day!

[@AbbeySy]

You can do it!

[@andreacervantes8905]

This video came on while I was journaling, lol. I'm trying to get back in the habit again - I wrote in my journal the whole July last year but fell off the habit the following months. Catching up and hoping for the best.

[@AbbeySy]

Lol just in time!! Good luck, you got this-don't stress yourself too much :)

[@marihiraya.archives]

Love all the tips! It has taken me a good 7 years to get where I am in my journaling practice!

[@AbbeySy]

Good things take time, and it'll always be worth it :) Thanks for watching!

[@8randomprettysecret8]

Thank you so much Abbey! Admire your creative style and editing. Nice KZbin channel. Your handwriting is pretty lovely 🥰

[@AbbeySy]

Thank you so much!

[@vickyyilmaz3396]

Hello Abbey! Thank tou for this video. What is the warm brown ink color you use at 10:40 of the video? Thank you❤

[@AbbeySy]

Pretty sure that's Kobe 21 Taisanji Yellow!

[@maritaranda7782]

Love this video ❤

[@AbbeySy]

Thank you!

[@gayleyip6689]

I took your Skillshare course- fun❤

[@AbbeySy]

Yay thank you so much!

[@katana_]

For this year I am using a Midori Datebook as my "catch-all", or kind of an EDC? Just something where I can plan and write about what happened during the day without caring how it would look like. What's important to me also was that I can take it anywhere with me. And then I use that as reference whenever I have time to update my 5 Year Techo and my A6 Journal with all the ephemera and photos I have collected by then, usually that happens after 3 days, or if I'm really busy then it's once a week. So far that has taken away the guilt and anxiety not using my journals.

[@AbbeySy]

Yes! That's a good setup :)

[@pbnjezly404]

My favorite tip is, Find your Format

[@AbbeySy]

Yes!