My Midyear Journal Lineup 📚 Bujo, Reading Journal & More 

I have three journals in my regular line up. I use one A5 bullet journal for the entire year. I have a B6 reading journal that is for 2023-2024. And, I have a B6 Long Term Collections reading journal that has my extensive collection of books I own and had not yet read when I started the journal. It also houses long term challenges such as reading around the world, reading across the U.S.A., Newbury, Hugo, Pulitzer, and Nobel Award winners (novels). This journal is filled to the brim but is referenced often and will be relevant for years to come. All of my current journals are Archer & Olive, but I do have some LT1917 journals in reserve, as well as a couple of Amanda Rach Lee journals.

I have currently 6 journals A travel journal A monthly one A daily journal A reading journal A trial journal A magical journal for all kinds of nature and celestial stuff

I’m a little unhinged and I have like 15 journals rn? They’re not always in use but like I have my bullet, dream, work, memory keeping, pen/make up swatches, tarot, instruction manual, recipe book, non fiction book notes, fiction book notes, therapy journal, & a nature journal. My friends say I have a problem (affectionately).

I have, maybe four journals. 1.Hobonichi A6 for memory keeping and planning. 2.Midori Codex for longer writing and morning pages 3.Leuchturm A5 120gsm as my main sketchbook 4.Leuchturm A6 pocket notebook as my wallet and on the go sketchbook

Yes! I would love if you did a square reading journal!

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It amazes me how people can stick with multiple journals at once, like, how do y'all do that? I tried using 2 for bujo and writing for a few years but my brain could just never hahaha it felt like my brain would explode from seeing all the ntbks I have to write on. Since then I only dedicated one catch-all journal at a time.

Hey, Erin! Diana from Georgia, US, here! I love that B5 journal! I have the same one--as well as the other Archer and Olive journals you showed. I use mine as my regular bullet journal. I also use that blue A5 you're using for "research and development." I'm using that one as my reading journal. Apart from that, I have stacks of books I haven't used yet! Lots of plans! However, I'm using some Happy Planners as well for purposes where I have to create my own pages and move stuff around. A weekly business journal, a Bible study notebook, and a "book book" with all the notes I need for my writing. Journals changed my life. :)

I have my everyday, my reading, a long term collections, a yearly collections, 2 different 5 year journals, a gym journal, a gaming journal (that doesn't get much love) and a banking journal. I reckon a square journal would be great for a reading journal.

I currently have 2 active journals one bullet journal and one for my knitting and crocheting

I have WAY too many journals that I’m currently using 😅. They are mostly Archer and Olive brand. An 8X8 Reading Journal, an B5 2024Tv Journal, a travelers Daily journal, a notebook therapy original size Music Journal, an A5 movie Journal, an A5 D&D campaign journal, a B6 one shot D&D journal, and and B6 love note journal with my partner. And those are the ones I use on a semi regular basis. I have more that I use less frequently and are just “ongoing” until they are filled.

I switched back to an A5 after experimenting with multiple inserts for my bujo for the rest of the year. I will keep a separate art journal, and continue to use a separate R&D journal but otherwise am moving everything back into one notebook.

It's been such a long time since any of your videos have been recommended to me, and I'm so glad this one was. I love the way you explained how each notebook was or wasn't servicing your needs anymore. I've been in a huge everyday journal slump, so I've just been using my reading journals, but even that has been a chore this year at times. It's nice to see I'm not the only one who's felt a bit slumpy this year. Looking forward to seeing more of your new everyday journal. I just looked at the prices and I was amazed by how cheap it was for that many pages! I wish other companies would adopt square shaped notebooks outside of A&O. I just cannot justify their pricing with the shipping on top, unfortunately. Currently my journal line up is: My main reading journal, a long term collections reading journal, a pocket sized journal to jot down my reading each day (with any aesthetic fanfare. It's been so liberating), my everyday journal, and a budget/finances journal. I have a couple of others I now and then pick up but these are my core ones. I hope I can keep more up to date with your channel, I really do love your way of journalling xxx

I love square journals and sketchbooks! Ohuhu has a great square sketchbook

Hi Erin, I came across your channel yesterday as I was searching about PET tapes. I do not journal, however after watching a couple of videos I have ordered one. 😊

I had all my stuff in one bullet journal until recently. In March I went digital. I now have a reading journal, a thoughts journal, a book ideas journal, a bullet journal, a medical journal, and a important info journal which is like astrological dates, car maintenance, ect. And it's so much easier to want to journal. I went from dreading it to using it everyday. It helps that I chose a eink tablet that has a color screen and is around a b5 size, it's slightly shorter and thinner but it's still pretty big. I had always used a a5 for like 12 years until this year I tried the b5. The tablet is my ereader as well so my reading journal is immediately filled out which is so much fun I even track individual reading sessions now. Plus now I can journal anywhere at any time even in the dark which is super nice. I journal in bed all the time now. For the first time I've needed to switch to a six month journal. The digital ones can be hard to navigate without hyperlinks. And I journal so much more now.

what does a journal retirement look like though? where do they all chill after being retired? Do they even chill?

I have currently, 4 journals going, mostly notebook Therapy. I have my reading journal, for the first half of 2024; my new reading journal B5 which is my favorite size so far… for the next half of 2024 and all of 2025. Then, I recently tried a journal for both of my children, one each. I tried baby books for them, and couldn’t commit to finishing. I got the brilliant idea to journal for them instead. It’s easier to carry with me and work on, it fill my journaling fixation/mental health needs and it’s so much easier to document memories and write them my thoughts and feelinfa

Before I give my journal list, does anyone know of a dot-grid journal that's better for fountain pens than notebook therapy? I struggle to get the ink to lay down on their paper, probably because it's so smooth... That said, I have five journals on the go: A book club journal for the book club I run at work, A reading journal (A5 notebook therapy), a writing journal (A5 notebook therapy) and a journalling-journal (A5 notebook therapy) as well as my planner (filofax personal, week per view) which is also a daily memory keeper - I write what is planned in in pencil, as a forward plan, then once the day is done, write a short daily log in the box and decorate. If I've had an event, day out etc. I'll use a sheet of ff notebook paper or a postcard, decorate it the same way as my weekly spread and then write memories & paste small photos in. At the end of each year I make covers and bind the papers to keep. I also have two traveller notebooks on the go, but I view them as collections rather than journals - one's an anthology of poems I love, the other is the anthology of my own poems, which will grow slowly through my whole life.

“Oh, there’s so much cat hair on this journal!” *Mitsu has entered the chat* Hiya Mitsu! 😂

I’ve started using a Tiefossi journal and hate that the dots don’t line up from page to page, makes cutting waterfall tabs etc very frustrating because I can’t just count the dots and have them turn out beautifully even.

I have two journals my a6 five year journal and my Hobonichi Cousin. I love the tomoe river paper. I don’t use the dailies but I do the everything else. Want to make my own reading tracker/journal.

Let's not talk about how many journals I have on the go 😂 jokes, it's only like 9 🤙 not into double digits yet!

Hi Erin, this is my first time commenting and I just want to start off by gushing about how much I just love your channel, your art style, and your practical but gorgeous journal spreads! Thank you for putting in all the hard work to share those with us!

I've got 3 journals, though I really only use 2 regularly. Reading Journal to track my reading, Commonplace Journal for general regular journaling and note-taking and pondering my days, and the lesser-used one is Story Ideas Journal. It was so surprising when I finally finished as in filled an entire journal back in 2020! And I've just tried to keep it going even if a journal lasts me more than 1 year.

I have one journal, my reading journal that I use as a main bujo as well. It's from Notebook Therapy and I'm enjoying it so far. My next reading journal is going to be a square one but I've bought one from Scribble & Dot as I dont want to use my nice A&O one in case I don't like the sizing. I've just been brave and cut waterfall tabs for July in my reading journal, not sure how it'll work if I read more books than I've allowed room for but that's a later me problem. I'm considering myself officially influenced by you with the tabs lol

Research and development isn't a bujo, right?) I also use a journal with clear pages for my journaling (don't like dots or lines, also a clear journal doesn't confine you, so to say)

My photo for journals will be belated.. but I'll share on discord when I'm back home in a week or so. But I have my everyday journal an A5 linen cover from Archer and Olive.. Will be retiring my Teacher planner at tye end of July for my new one. It starts in August but I'll be fully using it in September!

I’ve been thinking of going from 3 (sketchbook, bujo, long form writing & journaling) to 2 by combining my planner and long form writing as it’s just when I need to brain dump anyway. Then again I adore the A6 size and the cover I have on it

My journal line up will get an addition in July. I decided to also start a separate finance journal after being fed up of having my finance information spread over several different journals and apps. For that I’ll just use a small and slim notebook I already own. In the future I want to utilise my TN more. I have so much fun using it for memory keeping and travel journaling that I might start using it as my normal planner. I use a black A5 grid notebook as a catch-all or common place journal 📓 And my reading journal is an A5 dot grid softcover with a beautiful peacock pattern. I’ve just started looking for my next reading journal but I can’t make up my mind yet if I want another A5 or try a B5 or even a square. And I’m torn between brands. A&O, The Quirky Cup Collective or Tiefossi? 📚 I’m also eyeing a Paperblanks but the paper they use only goes up to 120gsm which is too thin for my liking.

As someone that has had to notate dancing professionally your dancing journal is really good!!!! An excellent use of a portable journal. Also I’m 10000% an archer and olivie girlie now I just now got into bullet journaling and I love your channel

I use 5 as of the day before yesterday. 6 if you count my preprinted reading journal I got in a book box from a publisher here in Sweden. I didn’t realize how many books I was using until I saw this video. My lineup is: Bullet journal Work journal Watercolor book Gaming journal Dream journal Reading journal

I’ve used an A4 for my reading journal, I’ve loved it. I started a square journal last year and it didn’t work for me.

I wasn't subscribed to the Archer and Olive boxes back then.. but THAT particular mustard journal I have to say is my favorite one I have ever seen from them. So there's no accounting for tastes eh?? I'm glad you are using it for something special. 💟

Beautiful journals! I love the standard, or travelors journal size a lot. I'm on a mission to see if I can use it fir journaling,art amd cash stuffing 😅

At the moment, I use 4 journals: Daily bujo, tasklist and notes, reading journal (I’m using a square journal-so pretty but not enough space for the decoration I want and all that I want to write about the book so I’m going to a B5 next) and one for summer homeschooling with my daughter. I’m so inspired by your financial journal! That may be next!

I had about ten journals. I really want to make them all work but I’m wondering if going into the second half if I need something different. I just don’t know what that is.

I have an A5 lined journal from Archer and olive that I use as my reading journal and it's the perfect size and it gives me enough room to keep things simple.

Currently, I have a writing journal, a film production journal for a specific project, one for an event I run which is currently in hibernation since we're taking a break from it this year, and one single bullet journal which is entirely spreads and trackers. I haven't done as much as I'd like with any of them, really. I was doing quite well with my trackers until a few weeks ago when I alternately got very busy and then ill a few times in a row, and when I don't have a specific thing to fill in, I kind of forget to pick it up. ADHD. I also haven't had time to properly fill in many pf the spreads, which is a shame.

I have had a hard time keeping up with journals. I've only just started up again and would like to have 3 journals. Philosophy/deep thought, diary/journal, Book and TV. I may add a planner to that but it will likely be the hobonichi techo when it comes out for 2025

8 in currently use 💀 kpop and jpop anime multipurpose a planner for this year (that's basically abandoned and the paper in it is way too thin) original character info and collages traveling (long term use) a tiny one for random collages gaming (started this week) my favorite notebooks to use are really cheap, fabric covered journals from a local store here in finland, i make small collages to the cover with stickers based on the theme and i use clear packing tape to cover them 😅

I have 3 journals that I use everyday, first one for writing what I eat in the day and the calories, then second one for how I am doing and what I doing if I went out that day, then the last one I use to write done any cleaning around the hose I have done. The second one and the last one I do a bit of scrapbooking and drawing in.

Right now I only have 2. My reading journal and my bullet journal. I'm working on setting up my own 5 year journal right now though.

LOVE my square reading journal and it's much easier to do a split spread for 2 books, in my opinion. This is my 3rd year using the square and I do really love it!

I got a diary (so daily journal I guess?) and a random Journal/sketchbook combined for all the rest.

How many journals? I have an A5 reading journal, a B6 bullet journal, then for every day I have an A5 lined journal that I write in on the daily. I have a journal that is specifically for washi tape samples so I can “shop” my collection very easily and I have a journal for my fountain pen ink samples so I can also shop my collection. I also have a Hobonichi Techo Cousin in a size A5. I absolutely love my Hobonichi and I don’t let a day go by without writing in it. There is just something special about the Hobonichi. My every day journal is also really special. When I get stationery orders in the mail I tape in items from the orders as memories. My journals get really chunky because I tape so much stuff in! I love to look back at them. I loved seeing how many journals you have. It made me feel less alone in the number of journals I have. Thanks for a great video!❤❤❤

I only have one journal, and what seems like a thousand half filled notebooks.

I only am consistent with two a bujo and reading bujo.

Your journals are so pretty and inspiring!! ❤

Hey Erin! Love your videos! I was just wondering if you use you Hp Sproket a lot? I want to buy a zink printer and I'm not sure which one to get. Have you done a comparison video at all or could you do one in the future? I live in Australia as well! I'm looking at the Kodak Step because its avaible at officeworks and the paper isn't too expensive, but I see a lot of people say the HP Sproket is the best one and I'm just not sure which one to get! Do you like your HP Sproket?

what gorgeous journals 😊😊

I have 5 journals Self care journal Scripture writing journal Prayer journal Quotes journal 5 year one question a day journal I am most consistent with my scripture writing and quotes journal. But I usually get to the others at least once or twice a week.

You might already have a video on this but I’d love to know your journaling schedule/routine. Do you do it when you feel like it or at specific times?

I'm noticing your sweater and I was thinking what in the world? Where is she? It's at least 38°C with heat indexes of 40°+ (here in the US). Then I remembered it's winter where you are. I need to move. 😂

When it comes to b5 journals i find that it gets easier to open harder to close once your about 3/4 of the way through the journal. Might need another band to keep it closed once you are done. A square journal sounds different if you are looking into it. In terms of my line up: Beginning of the year-A5 bullet journal. Monthly journal. Computer spread sheet. Scarp book. App notebook. Mid year- A5 bullet journal(added my monthly into this journal), book review journal(new but I saw one that I liked and wanted to get back into reading), computer spread sheet, Scrap Book, app notebook, Letter sized disc journal. Overall some changes have been made but I like certain systems I have so it's just honing in on the systems that may not be working as effectively as I had hoped. Thank you for being realistic about the fact that sometimes you can set up journals for use and then just not use it, the example of having a brain dump journal set up for 2022 but still just working on it is refreshing to see because sometimes it is like that. sometimes the set up is more than the usage and that's okay.

I only started bullet journaling last year and used one journal for the entire year, for daily & reading. It was a cheap and cheerful Stationery Island 120gsm journal from Amazon, as I didn't want to spend loads if the habit fizzled out a couple of months into the year. (It actually held up super well). Of course I actually fell completely in love, so this year I decided to separate the reading into it's own journal. I thought I would comfortably last in 2 journals (Yop & Tom for regular journal and Scribble & Dot for the reading) but I realised recently that if I carry on using them both the way I have been that neither will last the full year. However there's also too many pages left to finish them in time to start second journals for July onwards 😅 So now I am having to be careful and ration my pages in both journals for the whole second half of the year which means no chance to play and experiment with new spreads and so on, and I'm feeling a bit grumpy about this! So next year I am already planning on using 4, and I've already bought 3 of them 😅 2 journals from Leela Journals, a blackout journal from STM,, and then I am planning on getting a square journal for my last one. I want to test different sizes and paper styles. I do also have a journal I have been semi regularly using for a kind of morning pages journal - it's a Day Dot journal, absolutely beautiful covers but fairly thin paper quality (probably 80gsm?) so just good for writing in really, but it works well for that.

I have 4 in my regular line-up and 1 occasional. Every day, reading journal, RnD journal, my collections journal and my book series I want to buy journal. (My reading journal is a tiny B6 journal and I didn't want my to buy list to be pretty lol)

I just have one journal and my diary. I tend to choose being practical over being artistic so everything is just in lists in my bullet journal. So it's lists and simple graphs to check my mood and habits, a list of things that happened in my day, and I keep a list for the language skills I'm practising. I do like the designs of your journals and I might use some of it as inspiration to experiment with being creative in my own journal :)

11:33 oh man!! A+O's vintage library box was the CUTEST thing ever. I wish the notebooks from that sub box were available in the shop year round, they were so beautiful!!

I currently have 3 journals in my lineup, which is a new record for me. I have one bullet journal, which I use to track habits, to-dos, reading, and finances for the whole year. The second is my work bullet journal, which I use to take notes for meetings, professional development, and keep track of what I need to do. The third is my daily journal, which I use to journal about my day, feelings, and events. Sometimes, I include memory spreads in that one, too.

Im trying to combine mine because I'm thought i would enjoy separate journals, but I'm trying to combine everything into my daily touch journal xx

I have a daily bujo, a sample journal for all the washi and other stationary stuff I keep buying and a travel journal. I am setting up a reading journal and one for shows/museum/cinema. I saw your traveller’s budget journal in the last video and loved it so I will do the same. My travel’s journal is for travel I have done but I love to make list and plan I might actually do a separate travel journal but with ideas of place to go, things to do, or maybe a list of all the countries visited up to now. My daily is the only one that will change every year, the rests are more long terms. They will be filled when they will be filled😊

You do you...but I think keeping the same size when it brings so much joy,...its a keeper....

my reading journal the quircky cup collective foil just disappeared 😢 its just a regular blue journal right now

I've got 3 journals I use the most often - everyday bujo, yearly bujo and reading journal. I also have a notebook for pen and washi swatches. I tried a 5 year journal but it isn't for me - I put everything in my everyday bujo 😊 my favourite brand is notebook therapy 😊 but I also use a local brand. Love your videos ❤

I want the A&O bookish A5 journal SO BAD!!! they went SO quick when they went out.

Oooooo I never thought of using a reading journal. I love to read, and this seems like a great idea to start.

Your Morris dancing journal is so cute! And so useable - when I was teaching/doing choreography (yeeaaaarrss ago now, lol) I had a little journal in my bag where I had orders of exercises, formation layouts, choreo notes for my different classes, etc. It was a cheap steno pad, so it fell apart quickly and I no longer have it, but a much sturdier journal like that little one from the sub box would have been great (I have that little notebook too and it's being used as a quote journal ;) ) So I have the quote journal, a big B5 "collections"/swatch journal for yearly collections that don't need to be carried around with my, my reading journals (NT original sizes, on No.2 for the year), and my daily journal which is an A5 and lasts me six months so I'm just about to migrate from my A&O to an NT (the NT is slightly shorter than the A&O in number of pages, but I only transfer over 4 spreads from journal to journal - my period tracker, a gift ideas page, a page for paying off a credit card (because seeing it graphed is so nice), and my physical therapy exercises) so it shouldn't be too much of an issue)

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