@michael The initial work of making the signatures and sewing them takes me 30-45 minutes. Gluing them takes a couple hours, but that's a minute or less of applying glue every 15 minutes or so.

@flowcontrol For me, I chose a journal size (A6) and length (~32 pages) that makes it easy to do a page a day each month. The next part was making a specific time to do it - I take medications and do push ups as I transition from work at the end of the day, so I added this to it. And there's no limits: I can write a single word, draw something, or use multiple pages if I want. Just doing it is the goal.

@awoodsnet I enjoy the process of making my own, though! I purposely make them to have around a page per day each month, and prefer blank pages with enough weight to hold a variety of media (I use them to do short journaling and art). I use 180 gsm paper with 300 gsm for the covers, along with archival glue and stitched signatures. They'll last plenty long. 😁

@randomgeek Considering I hit burnout with the "do what you love" approach, I'm definitely in the "do not go there" camp.

@randomgeek I am guilty of doing this before.

@randomgeek Started it tonight - so good.