Now keeping a journal is more personal and intimate than keeping a blog usually or so I've heard. In either case you have to keep in mind that it will eventually be read by someone other than yourself. So you may want to keep that in mind. Many people who have disclosed information on blogs concerning their jobs or the people they work with have been fired after someone from the office read the blog. The internet is an open sewer, but sometimes you find gold, sometimes you find killer crocs, so be wise about what you write, someone will eventually read it. Journals shouldn't be left out in the open unless you have no sense of shame or embarrassment over what you have written in them. I generally place all my paper journals in a steamer trunk with a lock. I have some vain hope that once I've kicked the bucket so to speak some enterprising relative will or descendant would want to know what Anthony Stevens was thinking when he was up and walking around. In my experience I've known a lot of people who kept journals in the form of a simple spiral notebook, to more elaborate and expensive journals. It's really up to you what kind of journal or notebook you want to write in.
Moleskine notebooks are a relatively informal and cheap journals that are sold in nearly every book and art supply store. There are various kinds of moleskines for both writing and drawing. Moleskines are currently popular amongst informal diarists since there is a long history of famous people such as Ernest Hemingway, Bruce Chatwin, Pablo Picasso and Oscar Wilde who have used moleskines in previous versions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moleskine). I continue to use them myself because I really like the quality of the paper and that's a big thing with me. The paper must have a faint buttery cream color and ink even from a cheap roller ball pen makes wonderful impressions on it. And of course they are inexpensive, a large moleskine will probably run you about $17 to $18 dollars. There are similar notebooks to moleskines which I have not yet tried out the Piccadilly notebooks to assess the quality but I plan to do so. The Piccadilly notebooks are even cheaper (http://piccadillyinc.com/products_notebooks.php). If you don't mind the girlish website, you can order them online or you can find them at a Borders bookstore. Unlike molekines you readily find anywhere, the Piccadilly notebooks are sold exclusively at Borders.
One luxury journal which I've had my eye on for nearly two years is a leather journal sold by Epica.com (http://epica.com/The-Worlds-Thickest-Italian-Leather-Journal-p-10.html), reputedly the world's thickest journal with over 1,000 pages. If you follow the link you'll see the outrageous price tag for such a beautiful book and though I've spent hard earned money on other things that could be considered extravagant, a journal is a bit much. Epica sells some very nice journals but their prices are outside the ranges of most people currently with this economy right not. They sell the world's largest journal for $2000 dollars. The journal is about the size of a small child. Good place to shop if you have the money to seriously devote to this hobby.
Currently I'm waiting on an order put in with Aspinal of London(http://www.aspinaloflondon.com/) for two large hard back journals with amalfi paper. Now I've been ordering luxury journals from Aspinal of London for years, starting around the year 2000 when I was still in the US Navy stationed in Beaufort, South Carolina. Aspinal of London doesn't when it comes to making quality products that are pricey but affordable. I have yet to experience writing on amalfi paper which is made in some Italian seaside town of the same name. I shall have them in a week.
Whatever journal you decide to use or if you want to only blog, keeping a journal is a good way of organizing your thoughts, releaving stress and keeping track of events. Again keep in mind that someone other than yourself will read it one day.
Moleskine notebooks are a relatively informal and cheap journals that are sold in nearly every book and art supply store. There are various kinds of moleskines for both writing and drawing. Moleskines are currently popular amongst informal diarists since there is a long history of famous people such as Ernest Hemingway, Bruce Chatwin, Pablo Picasso and Oscar Wilde who have used moleskines in previous versions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moleskine). I continue to use them myself because I really like the quality of the paper and that's a big thing with me. The paper must have a faint buttery cream color and ink even from a cheap roller ball pen makes wonderful impressions on it. And of course they are inexpensive, a large moleskine will probably run you about $17 to $18 dollars. There are similar notebooks to moleskines which I have not yet tried out the Piccadilly notebooks to assess the quality but I plan to do so. The Piccadilly notebooks are even cheaper (http://piccadillyinc.com/products_notebooks.php). If you don't mind the girlish website, you can order them online or you can find them at a Borders bookstore. Unlike molekines you readily find anywhere, the Piccadilly notebooks are sold exclusively at Borders.
One luxury journal which I've had my eye on for nearly two years is a leather journal sold by Epica.com (http://epica.com/The-Worlds-Thickest-Italian-Leather-Journal-p-10.html), reputedly the world's thickest journal with over 1,000 pages. If you follow the link you'll see the outrageous price tag for such a beautiful book and though I've spent hard earned money on other things that could be considered extravagant, a journal is a bit much. Epica sells some very nice journals but their prices are outside the ranges of most people currently with this economy right not. They sell the world's largest journal for $2000 dollars. The journal is about the size of a small child. Good place to shop if you have the money to seriously devote to this hobby.
Currently I'm waiting on an order put in with Aspinal of London(http://www.aspinaloflondon.com/) for two large hard back journals with amalfi paper. Now I've been ordering luxury journals from Aspinal of London for years, starting around the year 2000 when I was still in the US Navy stationed in Beaufort, South Carolina. Aspinal of London doesn't when it comes to making quality products that are pricey but affordable. I have yet to experience writing on amalfi paper which is made in some Italian seaside town of the same name. I shall have them in a week.
Whatever journal you decide to use or if you want to only blog, keeping a journal is a good way of organizing your thoughts, releaving stress and keeping track of events. Again keep in mind that someone other than yourself will read it one day.
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