Perhaps odd for a big, bearded fella, but I bought myself a (slightly late) 2026 calendar to scribble things down in. And it's cool and artsy and has a fox on it.

I'm finding, more and more, I need to go analog with things. Having my Proton Calendar sync'd across devices is okay, but sometimes I need to scribble. Especially now everything is getting a bit 'ectic. It's breaking my head.

So I picked this up. From Prism of Starlings. Who is in Scotland. And it's ace.

#journalling #calendar

#journal #drawing #art

Looking to add some color to my daily #journalling - what do you recommend? Currently I use A5 notebook & black pens

Colored pens? Oil crayons? Colored pencils? Other ideas?

If you've got something that works great for you, please share - pictures & inspiration would be great to see.

new on my blog: An old project and a lot of new ideas

https://sylvia.studio/an-old-project-and-a-lot-of-new-ideas

#Journalling #Writing

Second year of keeping a #diary:
- going all in on the ring binding system, including getting the overpriced puncher was the right choice. I know from the past already that enriching the diary by taping or gluing stuff in just doesn't work for me. Punch a hole in it and clip it in works perfectly. I think without the puncher I wouldn't like it half as much.
- self design & print also 👍
- frequency and monthly reviews have room for improvement.

#journal #journalling

Art, sex, nature: why is everything sold to us as a means to an end, rather than an end in itself?

How a reductive worldview is stripping meaning from our most valued activities.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260414-art-sex-nature-why-is-everything-sold-to-us-as-a-means-to-an-end-rather-than-an-end-in-itself?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Art #Philosophy #Health #Society #Gardening #Journalling #Singing #Sports #Fun #Gratitude #Longread

Today and tomorrow are the last days that my #urbanfantasy thriller series "The Arcane Revolution Trilogy" as well as my tarot-driven #journalling #rpg are on sale until the end of the month, in all print and digital formats. I put them on sale to celebrate my rabbit's clean pathology and surgical recovery!

You can find more information about both projects as well as where to find them at:

https://arcanalabs.ca/writing.html

(sorry, character limit means no punchy blurbs)

#books
#bookstodon
#selfpromo

#AI #sloptimism

Who knows what sort of #ideas will grow in the new #culture being created by whatever AI #slop is releasing into the atmosphere of our digital environment.

#renaissance #homogeneity #handwriting #hobby #journalling #practice #writing #insight #process #evolution #humaningenuity

By the way: a few days ago I finally finished my custom traveller's notebook cover / wallet!

All in all I'm very happy with how it turned out. There are a few things I might adjust or do differently for a V2. For example, the money compartment could be a little wider and attaching bias tape straight is harder than I thought.

I'll have to tinker with the closing mechanism: in theory, there are magnets and ferrofoil in there, but although I tested it and thought it should work, in practice the adhesion through the two layers of leather is so weak that you barely notice it :( Maybe I'll try bigger magnets or a magnetic button.

But still, most things work just as planned in real usage and the aesthetics work as I hoped! I enjoyed working with this cork leather a lot (sadly the shop I got it from closed down, so I'll have to look somewhere else for fuzure projects).

The hardest thing for me about this project was serial decision paralysis. Since I planned this all by myself from scratch, every single measurement and design was a decision I had to figure out. Which was especially hard to do starting from a blank page. For my next project I'll probably do something guided with a pattern to recuperate :D

If and when I'll find the time, I'll sort out and upload my plans, in case anyone wants to make something similar themselves :D

#travellersnotebook #fountainpen #journalling #sewing