January means a new beginning for most of us. New year. New goals. But most importantly, new planners. Starting in September the planner and journal community start ordering and prepping for what journals to use and and and. Now is the time to break them out and put them to use. But first, take some time to do a little techno kaigi. Simply put, it means “notebook meeting.” You sit down and have an honest…
Odds are that if you are a notebook person, you have done some commonplacing even if you did not know the name for it. When you come across a quote in a book (or a shirt, or some graffiti) you really like and you write it down? That’s a Commonplace. Those screenshots you take? If you look back at them that’s a Commonplace. They are more like a database than a diary. – balzerdesigns How…
Get out your notebooks and pens, we’re going journaling. An informal poll in Discord proved that most of us want consistent journaling habits. We have the notebooks. Boy do we have the notebooks. We have the pens. The stickers. The ephemera. We have it. In piles. And now we’re gonna use it. But I have notebook paralysis! But I don’t want to mess up the first page! But it’s not gonna be IG worthy! But…
Sooner or later in the journaling community (probably sooner) you might hear a reference to a Traveler’s Notebook (abbreviated to TN) but what a Traveler’s Notebook is might not always be clear. Traveler’s Notebooks were created by Midori (now Traveler’s Company) in 2006. Surely people traveled and wrote about it in a notebook before then, but Midori put a stamp on it. It’s a well-crafted piece of leather, a few strings, and the rest is…
We want you to get to know some of the members in Houston Journal Society. Meet Toasty! Are you a native Houstonian? If not, how long have you lived here?Nope, but I’ve lived here 15 years! How did you first get into stationery? And how long have you been into it?I’ve loved stationery for as long as I can remember. School supply shopping was my favorite time of the year, and I loved going to…
Fall / Back to School time means it’s planner time. The most wonderful/stressful time of the year. Social media is full of planner choices for 2025 when we still have a quarter to go. Target and Barnes & Noble already have the calendars and planners on display. The Hobonichi line-up drop has you trying to convert time for when you can place an order to Japan. But if you’re unsure where to start, here’s a…
Bullet Journal (BuJo) Day is August 8th so you might have seen social media posts about the day. But a lot of people are intimidated by the process of bullet journaling so I’m going to give an overview! What is a bullet journal? Bullet Journal® (aka Bujo) is a mindfulness practice designed as a productivity system. It will meet you wherever you are to help you process the past, organize the present, and author your…
Our main goal at Houston Journal Society is community. That means supporting our local coffee shops and stationery stores, but mostly getting together to take time to journal. Sometimes it’s just a couple of people. Sometimes we take up several tables at a beirgarten. No matter where we set up, it’s always going to be a good time. The people in your life might understand your love of all things paper, but there’s something glorious…
We’ve all been there. You’re scrolling through social media, ignoring responsibilities, and you see a post with the coolest notebook you’ve ever seen. OR you’re in the store “browsing” and you come across the notebook. You know the one that is going to change your life. You buy the notebook. You get home. And then you don’t touch it because you 1. Don’t want to “ruin it” or 2. Don’t know what to even do…
If you’re new to the journaling community, it’s easy to get overwhelmed with lingo from people who have been around it forever. Or maybe you’ve dedicated yourself to one notebook type and have never gone astray so you have no clue what people are talking about. Here are some basics for when we talk about notebooks. A5 This is the most popular notebook size. It’s about the size of a paperback and can go about…