Lots of writing ought to happen, if improving upon technique and presentation is to be ostensibly obtained. This weekend I stumbled across a YouTuber named Adventure Denali when searching videos regarding the topic of Traveler Notebook (TN) setups...because of course I was. And I did enjoy the presentation of how she uses a leather folio common with TNs to bundle her varietal of notebooks, namely a large Moleskin (my current notebook of usage--at least for about 15-20 more pages of jotting thoughts). I'm certainly not a fully committed journal-er, but I do write often enough that I typically go through a 250 page notebook in a year or so. But Adventure Denali, she actually goes through a similar notebook in a matter of 2-3 months. Wow. And it's a daily practice. As I've delved deeper into what it means to have hyperactive tendencies (I'm not running around or visibly hyperactive, but I am mentally active almost always. To the point of exhaustion, I posit. I knock myself out with thinking, that in many ways I'm so used to that I forget it's not often productive or useful), I know I must incorporate more tools for channeling those thoughts out of my damn head. So I don't intend to downsize my notebook size, but rather I want to remind myself that writing is another means of going to the gym. The brain gym. Because if I care about the aesthetics and bulk of anything, it's my sexy but unruly tending brain (because I'm a human, duh. And I'm aware of it, too. But that power has perhaps been underestimated. There's time, if I'm lucky, to improve upon that [lack of] habit). The process doesn't need to be complex, in fact, it's likely better that it not be. Write out date and time and just write, with or without specific prompting or topic. Also see: art journaling.
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| Cover of journal I've been scribbling in since April 9, 2020. |
Additional takeaway//reminders from Adventure Denali [Thank you!]:
-I want to travel alone. Just me and me big ol' brain.
-I do want to slow down and simplify in all the ways I can (ex. today just had the thought it might be a worthy experiment to take most apps off my phone, because I haven't yet tamed the beast, that beauty).
-I really don't enjoy my main "hobbies" being sleep, phone usage, TV, and welp...overwhelm and anxiety, I think. I'm just primed to channel it and it's a rather undesirable continuous presence. Anyway, make time for hobbies, like really. Like pencil it in and drudge through the painful bits, all the bits.
-Yet again, I do want to better target updates and channel my "brand" (that sounds awful, but it's a digestible and helpful term). Do people even care about VLOGS and shit anymore? No idea, no concern really. Just curious. But sure, things like: journaling, curiosity, sociology stuff, handy crafts, wellness, sending mail, et al. Something like that is what composes "me." [[Related, here's this talk with Joseph G-L on not basing creative pursuits on attention seeking desire.]]
Random other thought generated: how can a person be equal parts complex and fascinating but also calming and simplistic? Investigations continue.
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That's all for now, delightful humans.
Rest easy. I'm gonna try my dandiest. Soon-ish.
