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Two different journals in one? (jlai.lu)

submitted 1 month ago by Libb@jlai.lu to c/journaling@sh.itjust.works

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This year, I wanted to start keeping a reading journal.

That’s certainly not a revolutionary idea, but I still managed to get stuck on a simple technical consideration: should I use a dedicated journal? Or write them in my existing journal, next to my usual entries? But then, how would I be able to easily spot my reading entries and distinguish them from the journal entries?

In the end, I decided I would do everything in my existing journal but that I would write reading entries in a different color from standard journal entries. It’s simple enough while still making it very easy to instantly tell them apart.

What would you do?

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[–] sortofblue@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I keep everything in chronological order and usually just put the review on a different coloured background. I like the idea that my opinion of a book is coloured by whatever else is going on in my life so keeping it in order makes sense and it means I can explain to myself why a re-read might hit different later.

I have a digital scrapbook for a journal though so things are easy to insert and re-sort compared to a paper notebook.

[–] Libb@jlai.lu 1 points 1 month ago

I have a digital scrapbook for a journal though so things are easy to insert and re-sort compared to a paper notebook.

It sure helps :)

Thx for sharing!