It’s not very often that I’ll quit a project before it’s completed. I’m not sure why that is—just something my brain won’t allow for, even if that project no longer has any meaning or value. It can become frustrating and pointless and is absolutely a character flaw that I have an opportunity to work on.
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I’d planned to take a photo every day during 2018, and I made it all the way to the middle of October (with only a few instances of ‘cheating’, shall we say) and I’m pretty damn proud of that. But I realised over the last couple of months that it was becoming a chore, that I was no longer exercising my ‘creativity muscles’ to get interesting shots, rather I was just taking and posting photos for the sake of it. To finish the project.
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So... it’s time to move on! Back to my regularly scheduled programming. This project was fun while it lasted and has served its purpose, and actually spawned other creative projects—so I’d say that makes it a roaring success!
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Sticking with projects as a theme, I’ve decided on my analogue planning system to keep track of my projects for 2019. I’m foregoing the Hobonichi next year and keeping a traditional bullet journal (with a few tweaks) in a Stalogy A6 notebook, with a Pilot Vanishing Point fountain pen with Pilot Namiki black ink, a Field Notes notebook for random scribbles, all kept inside a @nockco A6 Seed case.
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My setup for 2018 was pretty similar (pics included!), except that I was using a Hobonichi Techo to bullet journal in, plus the A6 Weekly book for a weekly overview. It worked out OK, and I’d even recommend it to others, but ultimately—in my quest to simplify for 2019—the compromises and increased complexity are things I can do without. So, it’s back to the flexibility of a plain notebook.
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I even decided to start in the notebook this month rather than waiting for January to roll in, because... why not?
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Now I just need some more of these amazing stickers from @natelledrawsstuff to decorate the Stalogy. 😍
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