Time to crank it up, fellas! Two years ago, I wrote this post. Long story short, I failed. I was genuinely optimistic and borderline excited to write down all those in my pretty brand new diary, BUT! Laziness, procrastination, and eventually forgetfulness prevented me from truly embracing the traditional journal writing route. But I give myself some serious thought on how I will work it out—finally! And here we are! (Due to time restraint, I don’t yet have a decent photo to share, but I’m happy to say that I’m up-to-date with my diary—time stamp: 01/17/2018.)

Unlike before, I buy notebooks in January and then plan what kind of journaling I’ll do (like bullet journaling or sketching). Now, I’ve decided to make everything back to basics! Just a simple diary. I write my thoughts and maybe put some cute stickers here and there. If I’m in the mood, I’ll doodle on it, but the main objective is to write my thoughts of the day! I have never failed to write in my digital journal since I started three years ago (almost 4 years now, I think). There must be something in it that I find easy and motivationally advantageous that I manage to do consistently for years. I also noticed that words escape me whenever I sit down and write, as opposed to typing down my thoughts on the spot. I’m lost for words; hence, I feel unmotivated. I decided to still keep my digital journal and rewrite (or add more if I remember) my traditional diary. Yes, it’s going to be more ‘troublesome’ and redundant, but let’s just say I want to keep a ‘hard copy, to put it simply. But unlike the digital version, I integrated my mini-bible lessons into it! So yeah, I took note of those aspects and tried my best to implement them in my traditional diary! Making it now truly possible!

I enjoy hunting down washi tape, stickers, and sticky notes, and they are fun! This is also another motivation for me (not like I completely didn’t try that before, but now I found cute stores to buy those! Yipeee!). I just love how amazingly things turn out. As y’all know, I want 2018 to be different than 2017 because I was almost helpless and dejected about it. *chants: positive, positive!” * So this might sound ridiculously small-scale, but for me, it’s a big step toward a clean and organized 2018!