Main Books

Well, I am finally back with a couple of photos of just my main books that I use on a daily basis not including my diary I carry in my handbag.

Firstly, I have a patterned cover ring bound notebook that I write in every morning.

I love this book.  I don't have a special pen to write in here, I just use whatever normal biro is to hand.  I call it my 'morning pages'.  It isn't an expensive book and the pages are not very thick but it is just right to use wherever, on a desk or on my lap, whichever I decide at the time.  I adapted the idea from several videos I had seen on YouTube.

When I get up in the morning, I have my coffee and do one or two morning chores then I sit down and write whatever is in my head.  I try and stick to three pages so I don't lose a whole day it is so easy to get carried away.  I won't show the written pages on here because it is very personal.

As you can see, it has normal lined paper and I use it just to clear my head for the day ahead.  I will write about all the things that are bothering me, my priorities for the day and if I have a problem so that I can look at the different options I have to help me through it.

I find my day a lot easier when I have managed to write everything down before I get started on anything further.  To start with I didn't really find any benefit but I have been doing this now since August and definitely find it easier to handle what the days throw at me.  

My next book is my day-to-day Journal which I write in the evening before I go to bed.  As I am quite new to the whole journaling process, I have only completed three books so far and am nearing the end of my fourth.

Anyway... here is the cover...

I bought this from WH Smith.  The cover can be removed and used on the next book.  It looks very plain as do the book inserts but, I have plans to work on the covers in the future to personalise them more.

This is what the book inserts look like...

The inserts themselves are only £5 at the moment.  I have a fountain pen that I use to write in and it does not bleed through.  However, I have found that I need to glue two pages together when I use stamps etc because it will show through so, the paper quality is not fantastic but I do enjoy using them.

This is just a simple example of a goals page I tried.  I have not done another taking up two pages since.

Finally, here is my planner...

This is where I keep a note of all birthdays, events, appointments etc for myself.  I suffer with anxiety which is why I also have a plain simple diary that I carry round with me with the same information in.  

I bought this planner from Paperchase and it is the second year that I am using it.  I kept the diary pages from the first year so that I can look back at them in years to come but kept the rest of the pages in where they are still relevant.