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\n(Note: This is an old post but still relevant. Had planned to write
\nthis in 2011 but haven’t got to it until now. Going to do some reviews
\nof tools I use for my creativity. \ud83d\ude42 Just for my personal progress and
\nfor fun. \ud83d\ude00 )<\/p>\n

I wanted to start a journal this year (2011) but
\ndidn’t realize the types of journals there were or even what made up a
\n“good” journal. I had several journals already stored at home and ready
\nfor use but I never had the nerve to use them because I didn’t know what
\n to write in them. I’m still rather new to this so please be considerate
\n about the comments to my posts. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Michael’s “L-Block” journal<\/b>
\nOk, it was cheap, I
\nliked the feel of the paper and the cover. It was sort of
\nrubbery\/leathery feeling with thick blank paper. I like smooth thick
\npaper that didn’t show any see-through on the writing. I used mainly
\nballpoints and gel pens which worked. It was also on
\nsale for $1.50. It said it was a journal so I figured that I would start
\n using it for my Morning Journal<\/a>
\n and it had lots of pages so I thought, “Why not?” Big mistake.<\/p>\n

\n<\/a><\/a><\/div>\n

\n<\/a><\/p>\n

The
\npaper was fine (not fountain pen friendly though), everything was fine until all the pages started falling
\nout. lol This was before I knew about sewn pages and glued pages(for you
\n newbies who were like me: look for sewn notebooks, they hold up better
\nthan glued). I was getting frustrated about midway through the journal
\nwriting one page sheet a day since March. Now I made a pledge near the
\nbeginning of June (4 months later) to skip to a new journal in July
\nsince this one was falling apart.<\/p>\n

\n<\/a><\/div>\n

\nYou can see in the images the loose pages about to fall out. Luckily I
\n dated all the pages so was able to put them back in order when they
\nfell out. I ended up saving the rest of the pages to be made into a
\npocket notebook. Need a new cover and to sew the pages together.<\/p>\n

\n<\/a><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n<\/a><\/div>\n

\nSome decoration drawing I did on the interior. I was going to
\nelaborate on it more but couldn’t handle it falling apart anymore so I
\njust left it as that. Overall, this journal is cheap and not worth it if
\n you want a real journal. If you like the paper you can just buy it for
\nthe paper and make your own notebooks. lol<\/p>\n

\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/div>\n

\nTook the rest of the pages and plan on  stapling them together to make pocket notebooks or sketchbooks. These are part of my secret project that if anyone was following me on here and dA<\/a> would know about. lol I was able to make 31 signature of 5 pages each folded. That’s a good amount of books.:D Sorry for the horribly quality and the unevenness of the stack. They kept wanting to slide off.<\/p>\n

\n<\/a><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n<\/a><\/div>\n

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(Note: This is an old post but still relevant. Had planned to write this in 2011 but haven’t got to it until now. Going to do some reviews of tools I use for my creativity. \ud83d\ude42 Just for my personal progress and for fun. \ud83d\ude00 ) I wanted to start a journal this year (2011) but didn’t realize the types of journals there were or even what made up a “good” journal. I had several journals already stored at home and ready for use but I never had the nerve to use them because I didn’t know what to write…<\/p>\n

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