on keeping notebooks

Hell yeah dude! I have almost the same Midori notebook you've got that is my ideas/ white boarding spot for 2024. I got the A5 in grid~*~*

I have great admiration for your ability to do morning pages in an un-lined space. I started making my way through the Artist Way in October and finally putting the work to practice in a lined moleskine I got for the holidays!

Love those daily doodles! Thanks for doing this tour! Super inspiring :)

this is such a sweet video ❤

I love this kind of video!
As someone who does generally essentially keep a “captains log” style journal I think the grass is the same. I like to remember the things I do and how I spend my time. It keeps me mindful, in a similar way, I don’t want to write I was on my phone all day. And if did, I can remind myself that I don’t do it that often 😅
I have a collection of notebooks too! I have my log, my common place and a sketchbook

this sounds like a really interesting system! I love the idea of keeping a field notes journal for jotting down thoughts. I'm trying to design a personal planner for myself and I wanted to include brain dump pages, but the variability of the amount of pages I'd need makes a mini notebook sound much more appealing. thanks for sharing!

love this. I have kept journals/notebooks for many years and more recently sketchbooks. really loving the royal talens because they are nice enough but also not intimidatingly nice. sometimes I think of scanning parts of old books bc overtime they do take up a lot so space but I get super attached to paper ephemera 📝 thank you so much for your videos

I’m in the second year of my five year Hobonichi. I also use Field notes and moleskine pocket books that I carry with me in a leather cover and a fountain pen. Thanks for sharing 😊

So well edited and presented! Thanks for sharing! I love the Midori Cotton MD and Moleskine sketchbooks, but it takes me forever to complete cause like you said, they feel more luxurious. I use the CROQUIS sketchbook for actual sketches! ❤

Love seeing these kinds of videos! I really like impermanent notebooks - things with spiral binding so I can tear things out of it. As a writer, there isn't a tonne I want to keep and once it's been transferred to a digital file, or the tasks are checked off, or put somewhere it can be saved longer, I tear it out. I sometimes keep the empty cover of notebooks because I have a sense of achievement from looking at them! Look at all that work I did! There is nothing left in it.

Really nice to listen to while doing my physical therapy, hope you are doing well! I'm inspired by your tenacity with journaling and sketchbooking, really amazing. Happy new year!

These are my favorite kind of videos for sure! I find that while I feel a kind of freedom in my sketchbook, that it is more structured and there's a certain expectation that I place on a sketchbook's contents than a notebook. My notebook is a catch all, and I love it for that! I put everything and anything in it and it is not supposed to be polished. I enjoy using it daily and carry it everywhere! 😊 I use a Kokuyo Campus Smart Ring Binder in size A5 with grid paper. I have another in size B5 with plain lined paper too that I love to use

Dropped everything to watch Chris! Thank you 🤭

I love this video!!!! Maybe I will make a video to share my notebooks as well 🤔

Great video! Looking forward to your next sketchbook tour ❤

i started drawing and painting in my sketchbook because of your videos, you really inspired me to start creating more! i am also reading the ''the artist's way'' at the moment!
sending you lots of love 💌✨

thank you sm for this video 💜 I needed the inspiration to get up and grab my notebook

Loved this video!! I struggle to hold myself accountable to journaling, I would love to every day but barely make it once a week. Do you have any suggestions/tips please? I’ve been considering a sticker rewards system like in kindergarten…

I love your videos, thank you, have a good day!

I have kept journals in the past but haven lately. Definitely feel the need to write lately, especially being cooped up inside. Thanks for sharing! ❤

I love my midori MD notebook. There are sooooo many pages in it. I have also found that it handles almost any medium I choose to use in it. No bleed through even with heavy ink. The pages crinkle so good when I use wet media. It is dedicated to fast and loose sketches, paintings, and writing thoughts. I love it so much.

wow great video i just bought my first notebook. so much fun to do. I will also read Julia Cameron's book. Thank you 🙏💃✨

Omg I totally recognize some places in this bid! Hi!

I am a 3 ring binder person. I thrift paper use a bunch of different kinds. I made a 2023 flip thru and this video makes me want to experiment with pocket books that can unfold into binder sized sheets after they are filled.

Very nice video 😊

Absolutely loved everything about this video! It felt poignant and poetic. Your notebooks are beautiful! My favorite right now are the hobonichi a6 and stalogy✨

I love getting a peak into your system! A fresh notebook is so delightful but I do find myself treating them preciously. I appreciate the reminder that they look all the better for being loved and worn. I would like to see your favorite writing and doodling tools!

Loved seeing all the different notebooks and ways you use them. I've enjoyed Strathmore's brown hard and soft cover books. They're a great size to throw in a backpack or tote. I have a ton of scrap paper from books and big sheets and have recently started using a zip up A5 binder as my sketch book.

Awesome 😊

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This is such a lovely video! I also keep a bunch of different notebooks/sketchbooks at once and I love that I can compartmentalize because of that.

Funnily enough, I first discovered your channel through your "how I’m using the Hobonichi Techo as an artist" video so I'm biased in loving this kind of content (although I'm loving your art content too and going through your old videos! So many gems 😍).

I used to BUJO in sketchbooks but I realized that I was spending most of my time setting up the pages instead of concentrating on filling them with creativity, memories, thoughts, etc. So in 2024 I've changed my line-up to all things Hobonichi! I have:
-- A Hobonichi Cousin Avec for daily journaling (your reading of Joan Didion inspired my entry today!)
-- A Hobonichi Weeks for tarot pulls/readings
-- A Hobonichi 5-year for recording memories of my dogs (I know someone who started a journal when her cat was diagnosed with a terminal disease so she could keep as many memories of her last days/weeks/months with her cat as possible. I know a couple other people whose pets have died last year (including my sister's dog, who I loved dearly) and decided I didn't want to wait until something bad happened to start memory-keeping. 💜)
-- A Hobonichi 5-year for checking in on my yearly goals
-- A Moleskine as a commonplace book
-- An OHUHU Mix Media Sketchbook (cheap as chips from Amazon (boo) with fantastically thick paper that can take a lashing of gouache on both sides of the paper)
-- A Hobonichi for recording a colour palette a day (good motivation for staying aware of my surroundings because now I'm always on the lookout for inspiration, helps pass the time in Dr's waiting rooms, and good to look back on when I need inspo for art creation)

I realize this is A LOT but because I can't work due to my disability, I have more free time than the average person and I'm trying to integrate more creativity into my life. Art therapy is real! Plus, maybe it'll help build up my brain's stamina since that's the part of me that's """most disabled"""😅Besides, I'm not putting any pressure on myself to write in them every day. Ex: I'm not pulling tarot cards every day, and I'm not planning on writing in the doggie A5 every day (you can easily change the year of entry so that the journal lasts across 7, 8, 10+ years!)

Lovely video Kristen. I recently threw away my journals/planners from my 20s where a lot of my mental health lows were documented in real time. It was freeing!

I did want to ask, what black pen/marker do you use for your writing and sketching/drawing for outlining?

Just found you and loved this video. I recently discovered Midori and love the gridded one. I use seawhite travel journals for art and doodling - it’s a uk brand. I have lots of sketchbooks and notebooks on the go. I’m starting to get over my fear of using ‘nice’ books!

Thanks! ❤

Your art is gorgeous.

Oooooooh....cannot wait to see inside of that red sketchbook❣️😍 Waiting patiently. 😉

I got the hobonichi weekly planner this year and I love it so much! I'm a freelancer and it helps me stay on top of my to-do list much better than a digital calendar.

i loved this video so much! i'm a big notebook fan but sometimes struggle to actually use them because they feel too precious or i'm blocked. so videos like this are a great inspiration and reminder to grab a pen and just do it <3

loved this video!

I have so many notebooks with 1 page started and then abandoned lol😝

I’m a fellow artist and make Artist Vlogs with my lifestyle as a full time artist. Irene Torok Art. I’m also immune compromised living with crohns for 20 years. Many surgeries and bumps in the road. Glad I came across your videos. Cheers ❤️

I use a bunch of different "Margaritaville University' notebooks for most of my journaling haha but I'm trying to use up what I have before buying new things

i just did a cleaning and found 2 journals unused, thank you. I definitely learned so much from you! The poem was so fitting.

Hi Chris, im Ana Cristina. Love your video, ur inspired me to use my noteboooks !!

Just found you! Cool content - thank you. I started a paint every day practice in Jan, 2022 and end up doing a lot of that painting either on nice pieces of individual watercolor paper - or small sketch or watercolor paper books. It's been a great addition to my art and teaching practice. I appreciate you mentioning influences from Joan Didion, Julia Cameron and Georgia O"Keefe. Each of those women hold a special place in my heart. Thank you again.

Keep sharing….insightful content ❤

No better feeling than filling up a journal!

New-ish to your channel… really love your content. Thank you for all you share! I’m curious about your morning pages practice (love that you’ve chosen a writing time limit that works for you, btw!). Do you do your pages flip on waking? Upon entering the studio? Some other random time?
Curious because I often talk myself out of it if it’s not first thing…I really do let perfectionism get the better of me sometimes 😂

i love so much the way you see the life, the art and yourself. this inspire me a lot. thank for sharing.