hypergraphia

I started using fountain pens in elementary school with blue ink, and now, many years later I am about to finish my stack of 500 ink cartridges, and I was wondering if I should switch to black next.

Yeah I have a whole color scheme! I use black for impersonal stuff, so my school notes are in a black notebook and written in black ink:

Blue is my color scheme for personal stuff, so my journal is a blue notebook written in blue ink:

My commonplace notebook where I make my to do lists for the day and keep important information is a mix of personal and impersonal, so it's in a blue notebook but written in black ink:

Finally, my handwriting practice notebook is green and written in green ink, because green is my favorite color. Green ink doesn't last as well over time, which is why I chose not to use it for my journal or my notes. Most of the stuff in this notebook is just me copying newspaper headlines:

Here they all are together:

Thanks for giving me an excuse to talk about this! It's something I really enjoy but I don't get share it super often.

the pandemic journals

Charles Darwin’s missing notebooks returned to the Cambridge University Library 22 years after he went missing

Two notebooks that belonged to the British naturalist Charles Darwin have been returned to the Cambridge University library, more than 20 years after their disappearance was reported. Key points: Two of Charles Darwin’s notebooks were left anonymous in a gift bag in the Cambridge University Library The notebooks disappeared in late 2000 but were only considered stolen in November 2020 The…

2.1.19 // here’s my collection of mood trackers from 2018!

I actually did this every month but I put the middle bunch in since tumblr wouldn’t let me add 12 pictures… The last one is only half complete and the first few were trial and error so it cool.

I would recommend this system for sure if you want to try mood tracking. I often would see patterns in my mood through the month, linked to hormones or just linked to my mood on previous days. I linked them to my habit tracker too and was able to see how my behaviour linked to my mood.

21.03.22// 15 of 50 days challenge

Time is flying.