This week's note

How I keep a five-minute journal that I actually finish

Three prompts, one page, no guilt about the days I skip. Here is the whole system, including the part where I gave up on being tidy about it.

14 MARCH 2026 journal habits
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Recent notes

six a season, give or take all notes →
28 FEBRUARY 2026

Twelve ways to use up a nearly-empty notebook

The last eleven pages are the hardest. Here is what finally worked.

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9 FEBRUARY 2026

A slow Sunday, written down

An hour-by-hour record of a day where nothing happened, on purpose.

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21 JANUARY 2026

Making paper from junk mail — badly, then well

Two failed batches, one good one, and the drying trick nobody mentions.

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From the shelf

things worth keeping the whole shelf →
pressed flowers cut from paper
pressed flowers, march
torn ticket stubs
ticket stubs from a good year
a stack of handmade paper
the junk mail paper batch

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