what to do with empty notebooks!!!

[@nugswhite4645]

I write letters to my cat that passed away. I write it in a journal.

[@phlasaban]

that is soo cute i'm totally not crying after reading your comment:')

[@m8nxy]

@Ilinca Sîrbu :(

[@lisag2680]

I am so sorry. That’s beautiful. I believe your cat Is in Heaven and that’s a great way to connect with him or her. My cat passed in August. It is hard. Sending hugs.

[@shannington]

oh my goodness,, that’s so cute :) they love it i bet

[@lcmari95]

Please publish these letters. Would love to read them!!

[@elizabethstocchetti909]

I started a birthday journal a few years ago! Every year on my birthday I write an entry, kind of like a letter, to myself. It can be about whatever I want, but I try to focus on the last year of my life and what I’m feeling in the moment. The only things i have to include in every entry are my current reads and my current favorite quote. :)

[@jacquelinegratton3672]

I really like this idea! :)

[@SunnySmith99]

I recently changed to just using one notebook for everything (ideas, lists, reminders etc.). I love this format, because it simplifies my life. When the notebook is full, I write the time span on the cover and start a new one. I love the idea of simple life tasks, such as grocery lists, being mixed with abstract artistic ideas. It seems like a very honest and authentic look at my life. Great video!

[@onota8527]

Sunny Smith Bullet Journal,you mean?

[@ell4736]

That’s what I do too :)

[@swimminginhoney]

@@onota8527 I know this comment is 2 years ago ahha but I find it so interesting that someone may not have known about bullet journaling and yet has fallen into the same format completely separately! Makes sense why it’s so popular!

[@jadareyes6553]

omg ariel i feel this! i always start a notebook with one idea and then i rip out pages because i'm unsatisfied but i tell myself to stop because it wastes paper!!! great video!

[@ArielBissett]

i've been there! where i rip everything out to "start" fresh!

[@MaxFadri]

THIS IS SO TRUE AHHHH

[@billybobjoebobjoe193]

The ones I've got going currently are: -quotes/poems I've collected over the years -"field notes" aka new words and concepts I learn -to-do list (in a pocket-size reporter notebook) -personal journal/brainstorm (for whenever I want to word-vomit about myself) I recently reorganized and reprioritized all my notebooks thanks to your last notebook video!

[@TheBookGoblin]

Notebooks are best for doodling - especially for doing doodles of goblins.

[@insomniacllama5044]

Goblins are my favourite

[@Phena]

The Book Goblin w22cäy

[@ilovecats6423]

The Book Goblin yeah but I wanted to know how to fill it with useful things...

[@narinari9201]

When you got up to get the book and we could see your reflection i was ... just ... i loved it I don’t know why

[@hernorthwind]

Nari Nari Literally same.

[@phlasaban]

same

[@jinjinjin4229]

ARMYYY

[@omidshirazi4166]

yeah that's why Im going to follow her she gives us motivation and its nice

[@alexisnicole5408]

"It just doesn't feel as mystical or fun" That is exactly how I feel about typing creative ideas or writing stories on my laptop!

[@lisza3955]

SO TRUE HAHAHHAHAHSIFFJBDIXKF

[@hellobookworms3083]

I just want to say that I really like your filming setup. Particularly, that we can see your bookshelves through the mirror behind you. One thing I love about your channel is that you do more than just book hauls and reviews and I think that shows in your setup. But the fact that we can still see some of the shelves, remind us all what we are here for (to talk about books) without getting distracted or overwhelmed by the books themselves.

[@ArielBissett]

Thanks, Hunter! That's really kind of you

[@TheReadersAthenaeum]

Yes thank you for this video, if nothing else I feel solidarity with you because I always feel scared to write in notebooks in case I 'mess it up' or change my mind about what I want to write. I've recently started a reading journal and try to take notes while I'm reading, because sometimes when I get to the end of a book I've really enjoyed, it's hard to remember all the details and reasons I liked it so it's really helpful to have somewhere to track my thoughts while I'm in the process of reading.

[@saniaann1179]

Sameeeeeee

[@claaaaaara]

I use a lot of notebooks and when people see them, they're always mesmerised by how do I do this because most people are afraid of messing up the notebook??? And I'm always like IT DOESN'T MATTER!!! JUST USE IT!!!!!!! So this video was a big loud YES!!!! And a classic tip: If you hate a page you did, you can just make some collage to cover whatever it is. I do this all the time. Anyway, I keep: - a bullet journal; - three art journals (different sizes, so I can practice different perspectives); - a notebook for letters I write myself every five years, where I talk about my life in the present, what I'm thinking about and the doubts I have about the future, which I LOVE. I spend weeks writing it, and forget about if for five years, and then I read everything and it's always very emotional and calming, I recommend the experience!; - a ~money notebook~, for all the projects that give me money (podcast, freelancing stuff etc.); - a tarot study notebook; - an astrology study notebook; - a ~letters journal~, which is basically the Sugar thing you're doing. I write letters to people about my feelings and the things that we've been through and never send it, because the goals is just organize the thoughts and feelings, not say the stuff to the people THAT'S IT!

[@Charli17x]

I saw this video in my sub box and literally said “YES ARIEL” i love all the videos you’ve been making recently and also adore the new set up xxx

[@ArielBissett]

Thank you, Charli!!

[@bintzubair]

same.It's such a treat to have a new video by Ariel!

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

I have WAY too many empty ones it’s ridiculous

[@RGCorr]

Jay G same!! I buy one then I use one page of it, then I buy another one the week after. So basically my notebooks have 1 page used and the rest plain

[@exercise4less915]

I have 32 and theyre so pretty but i haven't used any

[@ada3360]

I JUST COUNTED MINE AND I HAVE 32 im sure i even have more but dont know where i've put them... anyway ATLEAST 32 THATS EMPTY!!!! THATS INSANE

[@fangli7128]

Jay G Same I had 39 xD

[@Mstermind1]

I think archiving to-do lists is a unique spin on keeping a diary. And it would be fascinating to see how our daily/weekly tasks evolve over the years and adapt to different seasons of life.

[@KittenCece]

I've limited myself. XD I buy 1 pretty notebook for myself. ONE. And I use it for everything in my life. Recipes in games. Ideas. Journal entries. Course ideas for my next term. To do lists. Doodles. Some pages have my class notes , particularly on days when I am too emotionally exhausted to go to class / use my binder. People call this a bullet journal. But that didn't work for me because there was SO MUCH PRESSURE to make that beautiful, organized, make this beautiful thing with tape and with objects. Just blah. It's my notebook. It's titled "Cierra, Fall 2017 - xxxx" xxx is when I finish it. :) But I definitely want to get more beautiful notebooks. XD but I'm scared of the pressure!

[@ossswin]

that's exactly what i plan on doing with a gorge notebook i've been recently given. how practical is it in the long run? do you manage to find whatever you are looking for easily without using an index? any tips?

[@KittenCece]

ossswin really practical. And if something is particularly important I highlight along the edge of the page so when I thumb through it pops out

[@Becksnnc]

What you've described IS a bullet journal. I have a moleskin notebook that I use for exactly the same reason as you. I just throw every idea I have in there. It's not remotely pretty or fancy. The fanciest I've gone with it is using highlighters to go over things lol. A lot of bullet journals that you see are extremely artsy but that doesn't mean yours has to be. The purpose of them is to be practical. That was how it was originally intended and people switched it up and decided to get all creative with it.

[@juliannerichard9745]

this is exactly what I do and I absolutely love it! so practical and condensed (though I do have a separate notebook for long journal entries where I take several pages to work out my thoughts)

[@ossswin]

I've recently started going to therapy and i've thought about starting a notebook and writing a short entry after every session to summarize what i need to work on incorporating into my thought process when i feel overwhelmed by anxious and depressing thoughts into it, all i need to do is find the **perfect** one if you know what i mean xx

[@jacquelinegratton3672]

This is such a great idea! I wish I thought of doing that after every therapy session. I can imagine it would be quite useful to also reflect on especially if you change therapists or stop going to one altogether. I had to stop with mine because I left uni so now I am really wishing I had those notes to look back on. Thanks for sharing and good luck finding the perfect notebook! :D

[@idareads4460]

Another idea: Dedicate a notebook to be your "record collection". These days most of us doesn't own physical copies of the albums we like. So write the titles and artists down in a notebook, so you don't forget the music you once loved. I'm looking forward to flipping through mine when I'm 50, and re-discover my old favorites.

[@julietrosner9839]

This feels kind of overwhelming to me. I like to keep everything (besides novel planning and grocery lists) in one notebook so I always have it on me and it becomes a chronological organization of my thoughts in one place. I think it's beautiful and interesting when it's messy and honest.

[@decklededgess]

I bind my own sketchbooks when I'm stressed...I have about 20 from the past year all unused. I've started giving them to authors at signings lmao. I do have one devoted to my mom's recipes though. She does the thing where measurements are proportional and not numeric so I have her scale system written down for each recipe I get from her.

[@ArielBissett]

lately i build lego when i'm stressed, we all do something weird! but that recipe idea is a great one!!

[@katehickey2047]

Ariel, all of your DIY and not-directly-related-to-books videos always leave me so inspire to do work and create things, and I just wanted to let you know I really appreciate them. (Not that I don't love the book content too, it's just that these hit my soul in a different way.) Thanks. Keep it up. (Also, I'm having trouble staying motivated and getting through grad school as well so I guess I'd like to say that we can do it, we can get through it! I believe in us!)

[@rachelpatey1407]

how tf does your hair just do that. its so beautiful. i use my notebooks for writing ideas and japanese practice :)

[@sofiamarullo2978]

I LOVE the idea of articulating one's problems into a letter. I think I'll start adopting that excercise too. I think its a good way to rationalize and break down our own thoughts and make them easier to approach and solve.

[@ArielBissett]

isn't is such a cool idea?????!

[@user-jn3py7ut7i]

I use one of my note books to write my dreams, like exactly in every detail I can remember I sometimes also put notes on them, Actually I think that I can make a novel from some of them or at least a short story. it's a very useful way.

[@therealfirelord3359]

I kept one of these when I was younger. I had really bad nightmares and my doctor recommended it to help me process them, so that it wouldn't be as scary (since nightmares are rarely logical). I've wanted to start one up again but haven't found the right journal. Glad to know someone else does it!

[@mimiandthemuse]

I filled out two notebooks with my dreams and the possible meaning of them. This really helped to understand myself and my processes in daily life. I should start this habit again. Thanks for the reminder although I'm reading this 3 years later! ;-)

[@layma5113]

My favorite notebook is my movie diary(the one where I write the number of the movie, its title, the date of me watching it and the rating). I know you can perfectly well use Letterboxd or whatever, but I'd save this notebook first if my house caught on fire

[@atrisha5179]

I feel you girl when you said, they are so beautiful and full of potential.

[@Misseggy24]

I kept a ‘dream diary’ for a while, as I’m really interested in psychology, and wanted to see if I could find any correlations between my real life and my dreams etc. It was an awful experience, as that act of me recording my dreams seemed to trigger an increase in their occurrence, as well as them getting progressively more and more nightmarish... which in a way was actually really interesting, and added a new dimension to that little experiment I conducted with myself! I think that keeping a dream diary is an awesome thing to try at least once, but I warn you to tread carefully, because it ended up being far more confronting than I’d expected.

[@Frogdaisies]

i struggle with this daily, i love notebooks so much and don't want to mess them up and just never use them, lately I've been trying to actually use them and just be messy and free with them - these are some great ideas for notebook uses by the way

[@nathania9710]

Honestly, the video you made on your travel journals revolutionised my life. I remember being really inspired by that video, and a week or so later I got my own journal from Flying Tiger. I've now kept it up since November 2015, which means I've recorded getting to know some of the most important people I have ever met, some of my best friends, including my current roommate. I've recorded moving abroad and starting university. I love that I have these journals, for the same reasons you love the notebook idea for the books you've read. I love journalling so much, it helps me keep writing even when I don't have time to work on my novels, and I kind of owe that to you lol thank you

[@nathania9710]

Honestly, your journal/writing related videos are some of my faves, please keep posting them haha

[@StudioLindsay]

I love the letter-writing idea (as well as Tiny Beautiful Things!). I might try that too. I have one notebook where I list all of my goals for the year, and then keep track of my progress (reading, writing, KZbin, organizing, budgeting, etc.). I've had it for the past year and a half and it's been really helpful.

[@stephaniecameron3700]

I always do that...I always rip out my pages

[@kimberlylam5408]

A notebook of everybody you meet?

[@r0na]

Using pretty notebooks for to do lists is how I tackle bullet journaling. Because I don't like how intricate and complicated bujo-ing has become. It's original idea was a lot more simple and functional. So rather than spending hours of my day creating layouts and trying so hard to making it look "pretty", I use beautiful notebooks for to do lists (some short journaling too) and it feels the same as how bujo-ing has evolved to now. Idk if I'm making sense haha I'm not being that articulate in explaining myself I think. I feel like there's just too much pressure in the bujo community to be all fancy with layouts and decor. For me, it all takes away from productivity.

[@delisiajyotsnamartis4367]

I heard this idea somewhere but I think it's really cool. You make a character journal. It's basically a journal/diary but not of your life. Rather it's the life of a character you made up or anyone else who is not you. I think it's a really good writing exercise

[@Neverrgreen]

I have 4 notebooks on the go right now: a to do list one (not pretty but it works for me), a new to me vocabulary notebook that isn't used as much as I would like, a notebook the is all these inspiration things (quotes, ideas, anything that has caught my imagination side of my brain in the off chance I would write a book one day, an example I wrote half a page summary of an introduction to a novel I'll never write on what it would be like if earth had rings like saturn) and the final notebook is a mash up of a reading bullet journal and a 'scrape book' of my year were over the year I'll write a one line note about things that happened and at the end of the year I put them all together into a nice reminder. I'd really like to journal semi regular but it would be hard to start and then continue that habit over time but I think it's so neat to have a chronology of your life.

[@crimsonpeaks999]

that vocabulary notebook is such a good idea! i think i may start doing this too

[@cynthiadesgagne8548]

Your "Dear Sugar" journal made me think of a movie that you might want to check out. It is called The Answer Man. I love it, but I know not everyone loves it. The main character wrote questions down and sometimes he found the answers and wrote them too. It's definitely a good idea :) Also, as someone who has a reading journal, I will never stop doing it, so I can't recommend it enough.

[@readsreaders6672]

I started the Reading Journal for this year and I really love doing it. It helps me see all my books and thoughts on it as I go through the year. I can't wait to see how it ends for the year. I was thinking of doing one for each year lol

[@annaj323]

i have a notebook in which i take notes on the books i'm reading and make lists of books i want to read soon (which is always funny because sometimes i look back at one of those lists that i made 2 years ago and go "oh i still haven't read that one") or just any book related lists. it feels great to have my thoughts on the books i read all in one place. i filled one entire notebook doing this, i used it for 3 years long and it's great to see how my notes changed over time. it shows what you find important in books and how that changes over time, and there are books that are now my favourite books, of which i have notes from when i first read those books. for me there's nothing more fun than reading back my live reaction as i was reading my favourite books for the first time. i do annotate books as well by the way, but i use annotations more as a direct way of "talking to the author" and just to underline passages that mean something to me (because it's annoying to copy that all over into my notebook). the notes in my notebook are more along the lines of "omG YOU NEVER GUESS WHAT JUST HAPPENED:" or just me going on 2 pages long rants. it's great.

[@JamesLawner]

I once tried to start a travel journal like twice, but I ended up failing both times. I used to use journals for writing down random thoughts and ideas, mostly ideas for stories. I got super inspired to this after reading Agatha Christie's Notebooks, which is this biography about how Agatha Christie wrote down her ideas for her novels and how she amassed a collection of such notebooks. I hadn't finished reading it tho since like 2012, but I would highly recommend checking it out when you can.

[@anna-qf5qh]

i loved all of the ideas you suggested in this video so much! for me it has always been like i have to overcome the fear of messing up my pretty notebook, it not being totally neat and perfect. that has often kept me from turning my notebooks into the objects that i want them to be, which are a garden for my thoughts, a place to store and remember a part of myself. the fear of not being 'aesthetic' enough should not stop me from expressing myself in my notebooks, because they belong to no one else but me, and don't have to live up to any standards (just like i don't have to be a certain way to be good) i now use my notebooks any time i feel like i need to scribble down a thought or impression or to write down something i learnt that day. this video has inspired me to be even more creative and free with my notebooks and again reminded me that it's not about your notes being neat and prestine, but instead about them being your very own✨

[@AbigailD23]

I love this!! Your idea of writing letters to the author of Wild is such a cool idea! For me, once I gave up the idea that a nice notebook had to be used for something special, it made mundane things feel so special. And it also felt great to have used the whole notebook. I'm also a firm believer in using the same notebook for all ideas and projects, especially when the projects are still in their very nebulous first stages.

[@Larissa_KD]

First thought when seeing this video title: Yes please tell me, so I can use some and BUY MORE MWHUAHAHA.

[@coreasphodel29]

Great video! I recently started using multiple notebooks for different reasons and it has been SOOOOO awesome. I stopped using Goodreads, and replaced that website with a notebook and it had taken the stress off.

[@Iadoreferrets]

I actually just started a crystal journal last night. I paint on a tiny 2 inch square the crystal and tape it in my journal with the properties. This for the crystals I personally own. Heraddiction88 on ig if you want to see it ❤

[@frankstudent]

fortheloveofbooks I like it!

[@Iadoreferrets]

Frank Henry thanks 😁

[@MsLostsoul87]

I started myself a reading log in my bullet journal and I'm absolutely in love with it. I track title, author, rating, number of pages, amount of total books read, dates I started and finished, and my thoughts. It's so much more fun than Goodreads. I like the idea of Goodreads and it seems like something I should love but I'm so ambivalent about it. My reading log however makes me so happy. Being able to start an entry, read the book, and add the rest of the entry is so satisfying.

[@tracymccullough2178]

i have a Book of Books that i write in every book ive ever read and sometimes write my own synopsosis

[@klara7925]

i know this sounds weird but i recently started a notebook where i write everytime i cry and why i cried. and later i can see if the problem was solved or not.

[@leathehatless]

I have a beautiful notebook with my favorite theme, space, and I wanted to keep it for something special. I was so afraid to mess it up so finally I decided it was silly just keeping it around, notebooks are to be used! So I decided to atempt something I wanted to do for a while, start my Bujo. It was the best decision I made this year. This is a great video! Hope more people put them notebooks to use. :D

[@evelynslibrary5712]

Every time I watch one of your videos it feels like you're sending me excitement through the screen!!

[@Bam6am319]

All these comments are from years ago.... anyone here in 2021 😂

[@crimsonpeaks999]

this is way more inspiring than i thought, so thank you!!!! i have a notebook i use for the days where i'm anxious or overwhelmed, and detail in it exactly what i'm thinking or feeling, without the pressure to make it sound totally comprehensible or pOeTiC. its reserved just for those bad days, and i feel like its a really helpful as a de-stresser. on the other hand, after watching your video, i was thinking of starting a notebook where i talk about all my favourite things/the things that make me happy, whether that be certain books, movies, bands, etc. i think you're right when you said it'd be cool to go back and read about someone's opinions on books, so i was inspired by that!!! good job on this ariel,; this was a video i didn't know i needed💜

[@ivydeliz]

I started bullet journaling this year, which I loooove (one for work and one personal), and I do a spread whenever i finish a book with the rating and draw my favorite quotes of that book. I doodle things that have to do with the book as well! I love it, and because it's interspersed with my bullet journal it's chronological. For books, since they're a part of my life i can incorporate it into bullet journal. Now, for wedding planning I had a completely separate notebook. So we all have to find a out what works for you in a separate notebook (like a big project!) and what would blend all together in your main journal. Great video! :)

[@ExLibrisbyMikeBooklover]

Great ideas! Now I just have to find the courage to actually write in a notebook. Tbh I avoid buying notebooks because I can't bring myself to actually use them!

[@aaaaddddaaa]

I’ve decided to write in my notebooks. It was a hard decision...I’m still terrified I’m ruining everything jfkdkfkfkf

[@aaaaddddaaa]

I bought six decomposition notebooks and I have this newfound respect for composition notebooks!! You can’t rip out of them as easily!!!

[@vilkenstrutzutzutz]

I am an illustrator, and to warm up, I have this notebook (or I have several at this point, have filled quite a few) in which I make self portraits. In any style, using any medium. Some I work on for 30 seconds, some 2 hours. I also love flipping through them for inspiration. What I love about them is that I allow myself to make really sloppy, ugly pictures, if that's what I'm in the mood for.

[@nataliakozlowska6156]

I used to keep a reading Journal. Now I keep a 'normal' diary in which I often incorporate thoughts on the books I ve read and movies I ve seen! Loved your video, as always! :)

[@sherlymate9375]

I LOVE this video! I dont necessarily have lots of empty notebooks (i found ways to fill them up :) but i do have lots of ideas to use up (even more) notebooks. Also Ariel yr hair looks really good in this video, kinda looks different 👍

[@coolychunk2662]

I always use two pages of new Notebooks and off it

[@salmanaselhaj3447]

It's the first time i'll watch one video of yours .. and i'm in love with your personality and your way of sharing .. you're amazing and i'm a new subscriber in your pretty good channel . SALMA from Morocco 🌼 best of luck !

[@ArianneCriseyde]

I have a commonplace notebook for book notes and internet articles. By nature, a commonplace book can be unorganized but I can't help but categorize them like self-help, software tutorials and business 101.

[@jacquelinegratton3672]

This was such a great video! I always have people complaining to me that I have too many notebooks and I shouldn't buy anymore but with the help of your video and from everyone's comments down below, I NOW HAVE 20+ IDEAS SO NOW I HAVE PROOF THAT YOU CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MANY NOTEBOOKS!

[@cfloster]

I have created a great 2 notebook system. 1 journal that I don't have to worry about any format. I dump stories of my life, poems, drawings, etc. The other is for "business" (I'm still a student). Notes from meetings, research, brainstorming, to-do lists, and anything else. I ALWAYS keep this in my backpack. So nice to always have it on me.

[@EvieKing]

Great video, I can never bring myself to use my notebooks. Where did you get the purple desk in the background of your video, I have been looking for one just like it?

[@lilliancatherina7316]

Ahh I love this video! I was just thinking today about making a video similar to this! I sort of have two categories of notebooks: my writing notebooks, where I scribble down book/story ideas, and my diaries. I used to do very classic diary entries of the "here's what I did today" variety, but recently I've given myself permission to just DO WHATEVER, so I've been writing poetry, drawing little doodles, writing down song lyrics, etc., and it's been super fun.

[@chroniclesofjensjesper]

You should mAybE like don't have a hUnDrEd notebooks... you know... you should think of the EniRroMeNt

[@prisillaspace]

Great ideas!!! L💐💖🌟vely! I have one for drawing room plans & one for notes/thoughts I have when reading articles about gardening…. small business ideas & community dreams.

[@Chloe-cv1zx]

Interesting. I only have one notebook where I write every random thing that i would need paper for. Doodling, classnotes, reminders, study schedule, ideas, journal entries, important dates, scrapbooking, WHATEVER. I’m just a one book fits all kinda gal I guess.

[@ryelynnwrites]

Hey Ariel! I never comment on your videos. Usually, I'm a lurker who merely watches every one of your videos silently, but today you mentioned one of my favorite books of all time and I couldn't pass up the opportunity to leave you a note! Tiny, Beautiful Things is such a great read. It's not the kind of book I really gravitate towards, but I'm glad you like it and are introducing one of Cheryl Strayed's less popular books to your viewers! Great video, as always.

[@FeaturingRob]

Your opening reminded me of the opening lines from the musical 'Sunday in the Park With George'. A musical about a painting and the artist who created it...but the show becomes about art, creation, and life in an artistic pursuit. The opening lines: "White. A blank page or canvas. The challenge; bring order to the whole....through design....composition...tension...balance.... light.....and harmony." Where I placed the"..." is a musical cue of an arpeggio, and the white stage becomes the canvas of the painting 'A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte' by Georges Seurat.

[@hollyisblue]

Needed this! Recently I've been trying to stick to the same one until full by writing a date in the corner whenever I start a new thought and making peace with the fact it is more a stream of consciousness than a specific theme per book. Like the idea of pocket notebooks though, I get most of my writing thoughts when travelling too and it's so awkward opening up backpacks or satchels sometimes.

[@NandaMineirissima]

Ariel, your channel is amazing. Regards from Brazil. 😁

[@traceythibault4946]

I have 3 notebook's I use avey day 📓 1 my workout's 📔💪 2 eating health 📗🥗 3 drinking water 📘💧 I love writing in them 📚🖋❤💜

[@goldenhyung2289]

I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE!!! I always have the urge to buy new notebooks, collect them, but I either never write in one or I begin to write in one but I don't keep it consistent. This video helped a lot, thank you.

[@beatam4845]

Thank you for sharing your ideas Ariel! (btw, I used to live in Ottawa too) I am sorry to bust your bubble though; I have been using a Notebook for my To Do List for a few years now ;) I have had a Notebook for Books Read since 2000. I know, before your time, and certainly before Goodreads. Some of us started waaaay before thas such a thing as an App ;) I also have one for my Business Ideas (got my latest one at the Vancouver airport), and one for My Family Stories and Anecdotes. Here I quickly record stories my grandparents or parents told me). I also have one for Summarising Personal Financial Assets, and for Personal Exercise Tracking. Basically, for all those things that are important to me, or where I want to make a change. Hope that gives you some more ideas. Have a good day! Beata

[@jozeysteinhauer7327]

my general technique for filling notebooks is to write down ANYTHING and EVERYTHING in one journal (unless its somehting you need to keep track of) so art, poetry, todos, daily what-i-dids etcetc are all together and you have a record of what you did during that time period when its full.

[@Destinfabuleux]

I LOVE your channel. Have heard of a Commonplace Book? It's basically one notebook where you put everything in. And the way I use this is I have large notebook, and I brainstorm in the back, and I write interesting things I hear, I put quotes that inspire me in, I scrapbook a little in it (if I see a pretty photo in a magazine I'll put it in there). But also lists of things to buy in New York when I go next time, or things to pack. I love lists. When that book is full, I have a separate notebook with quotes that I fill with quotes that make "the cut" from the commonplace book. (Not all of them are worth keeping). A lot of the great quotes I get from Cheryl Strayed. She is so awesome. Have you read her book Brave Enough? It's filled with quoted from Wild, Tiny Beautiful Things and other sources. I randomly open a page each day to get inspired.

[@MikePagonis1]

The same thing happens to me, because I buy a lot of notebooks and I want to fill them up with something important, special to me and I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO WRITE! I really liked your similar thoughts! Btw thanks for the tips! And the essay idea, oh my god, that was so good!

[@ninanewman484]

Hey Ariel. Great video. I like to use a notebook to write down my thoughts when I'm feeling overwhelmed. It helps me make decisions. I'll do a mindmap, pros/cons lists, to dos or just scribble away in a long text until I feel i have emptied my head of all the thoughts. It's such a relief to get that stuff OUT OF YOUR HEAD. I'm also in grad school and it can be tough sometimes but we just have to hang in there. It'll be worth it in the end :-) xxx

[@sharontrimble7577]

Great ideas!!! You have notebooks, I have steno pads. I have steno pads for journal entries but also for haiku poems. I am just now beginning to want to read books. I've never enjoyed reading but that us changing. I think your Book Journal Rate and Review idea is really great. I'll do that myself. Thanks for that.

[@BickylaBiscuit]

I felt like this was made for me, thank👏you👏 so👏much👏for👏 the 👏inspo👏

[@OutsideTheCloset101]

I have a notebook dedicated to all my favorite poems I've written. its a small pocket notebook, but I get to decorate each poem I hand write in it. I carry it everywhere with me so that I may reflect on my writing every now and then.

[@gelica7325]

I use one of my many notebooks as a reading journal, another as a dream journal and a third notebook for my crafty projects.

[@sydthedreamer]

Love the video! I have a notebook called my notebook of lists. In it, I have a bunch of random lists covering things such as my favorite tv shows to types of fish I've tried to countries/states I think look like things to words I made up. It's my lazy version of a diary that compiles the randomness of my mind. Every now and then I'll think of something and be like, "I should make a list about that."

[@ezranexcalibur]

I don't have many empty notebooks purely because I don't have the money for them and I'm old enough that my parents say i should use my own money for them. because of that, i only really use one notebook at a time, my journal- ive been keeping one consistently since june 2016 in a specific style of kmart notebook, and i fill it with EVERYTHING. sometimes it's to-dos. sometimes it's emotional stuff. sometimes it's art, sometimes it's project ideas. it's so valuable to have such an in depth view of what's been on my mind over time and I can't imagine ever stopping :)

[@botflyguy7814]

I had so many notebooks I was too afraid to use (because I didn't want to taint them) and too many uncompleted notebooks or 5 different ones at once and that was very stressful for me. I gave them all away except one and I keep EVERYTHING in it. It is my agenda, to do list, journal, drawing/painting book, brainstorm book and so much more. I keep it organized with a table of contents and bookmarks. My whole life is in it. I've finished 2 now and I'm about to start my 3rd.

[@cb71798]

A great one I want to start is writing down interesting words i hear and their meaning. Also a recommendations book for tv/books/restaurants and then keep space with the entries for a review!

[@katieroot9274]

I relate SO MUCH to this video. I've been journaling since 2008 - its been 10 years of filling notebooks - and I STILL stress about making sure they look beautiful and cohesive. I just finished my most recent journal, and so I have to move on to my next one, but I've been so nervous to start it because I don't want to mess it up! I think the stakes feel higher because I got it while studying abroad last summer, so there's more pressure there. I just have to dive in and start writing in it!!

[@Larissa_KD]

I have one notebook which I've come up with to help support/improve my mental health: every time something good happens, whether it is as small as 'I did the dishes!' or as big as 'I had a great job interview!', I write it down. Then, when I'm feeling anxious and basically a failure, I read back my successes! Next to that I have a travel journal and a random journal for lists, ideas etc.

[@shanejones3955]

This video is therapeutic. I'm wrangling with the same feelings about the notebooks I've accumulated. And because I like writing first drafts of stories in notebooks, it's not easy to get the story out while I'm trying to keep the notebook pretty and organized, because a first draft ain't always pretty and organized. So this video is reducing my anxiety about finally putting my notebooks to use. Thanks!

[@twothousandwordss]

Love the idea of a notebook with book reviews and thoughts. I could call it my Book Book ha! Awesome ideas xx

[@NovaNyann]

I love notebooks, my problem was always that I couldn't keep up with many of them, would lose them, and then the idea is lost. Instead, I took to keeping one "everything" book, plus a pocket notebook for when I didn't want to carry my larger journal. Journal? Planner? Notes? Ideas? Things to remember? Just flip to the next page (or add the days date to the last page you were writing on), and start writing. No need to keep multiple books. I keep an index in the front (like a bullet journal, and it sometimes gets used for such as well) and if something seems like I'll refer back to it, it gets added to the index. There are page flags for things I'll refer back to often, like a printout of the weeks calendar. (I honestly just print the week from Google calendar and paste it in my journal. Or staple. Or tape.) They're honestly incredibly interesting to flip through later on, a packing list followed by notes from a conference, a hastily scribbled question from a lecture, once mysterious and now with a perfectly clear answer, a todo list from months ago containing items still undone, followed by the order from a few friends for a run to Taco Bell. What other book can you read that has notes from a lecture on colors of quantum particles, to "cheesy bean and rice burrito and large baja blast, no ice" I had a research advisor mention once that many great scientists kept notebooks. She meant of their ideas, but I wonder if my messily scrawled journals will hold any meaning after my life. (If so, they'll probably find me a bit of a lunatic. I'll let it stand that I'm far more interested in stars than the moon.) The only problem is that you end up filling them so quickly buying nice journals for them starts to feel awfully expensive.

[@tatianalifshits7278]

I have been hoarding notebooks for years now! I literally have one that I bought about five years ago and it is so beautiful and precious that I still cannot bring myself to either gift it or make use of it :D Ridiculous, isn't it? I've especially started struggling with it ever since I've started a bullet journal. Don't get me wrong, bu-jo has been just revolutionary for my life, the format (with extensive modifications, but the core is still there) does wonders for me. But now.. "why start a new designated notebook when you can just chuck it into the bullet journal? It's handier to have it all in one place anyway".

[@TheEllaDarling]

I used to have a HUGE notebook that I used for writing projects, but also remembering passwords, drawing doodles and keeping scores in different cardgames. It's kinda bittersweet looking back at memories from 4 years ago at people who back then weren't in super good spaces mentally, emotionally or phsycially, but seem to be doing better now, even though I've lost touch with them.

[@ke_nickie]

this video just gave me the strength to start using a notebook i've had unused for probably 5 years!! new reading journal! yay! 😝

[@laramelo362]

the most useful way a notebook can be for me is if i do EVERYTHING on it, i've been doing it for almost 3 years, and so far i'm almost completing my second notebook. I rate the books i've read, my unread books, i write stories, i draw, i write poems, i write ukulele chords/tabs, etc etc. I don't write every single day but I love it and it's really nice to have something to put my thoughts into.

[@MrGoMaster]

Nice input and ideas. Do you heard of the diaries of Kafka...i think he experienced some of the benefits and issues f diaries/notebooks... Long Story short: Its fascinating to see, which author used a diary/notebook and why (spoiler: there are some books about it..)Greetings from your german fan^^

[@pandypuddingpie]

I got a beautiful set of 3 notebooks that are roughly pocket sized. When I first picked them up I had no specific plans for them but then I realized they'd be perfect itinerary guides/planners. I always bought these yearly planners but then never really stuck to using them. With these I figure that I'll use each page as a separate day but the difference here is that they'll only be used for trips that I KNOW I'm taking. Not only will I have a handy place to look at for confirmation numbers, trip ideas, reservations, etc but it will be a really cool thing to look back on years from now. :-)

[@alwaysreadin163]

I got really inspired to have a notebook for "marvels and oddities" after reading Love From A to Z (it's written as journal entries from the two main characters' povs). In the book they each have notebooks based off of a painting called The Marvels of Creation and the Oddities of Existence. A marvel is something great, something you love (positive vibes) and an oddity is something that gives you pause. For every marvel I write an oddity and vice versa. I will admit I have not written in it in a hot minute and I want to get back to doing that daily. Edit: my notebook that I do M/O in is a mini but thick one

[@autumnrosedearborn8923]

By the way, I'm still waiting for you to write a novel and publish it so that I can BUY IT and READ IT! No pressure! But I support you.

[@laurac.4861]

Hola, me encantan tus vídeos! Yo tenia un montón de hojas y libretas con listas de cosas por hacer. Hasta que un día decidí pasar todas a una bonita libreta. Fue la mejor decisión. I love to do lists. Y tambien tenía una especie de diario donde hice la misma sugerencia que mencionas: escribir review de los libros leídos (y películas vistas). Lo deje de hacer y la verdad lo extraño, es una bonita manera de ver lo que pensabas en ese momento. Sigue haciendo vídeos!!

[@thesecretreader]

Loved this! Your videos always inspire me Ariel, and I'm definitely going to start writing about the books I've read!