You guys! I was so close to throwing away my reading journal! It's ugly and the pages are sticking together and it's not updated and I don't even want to work in it because I'm so disappointed with it.
I haven't tossed it yet, but only because the idea of reprinting everything and setting up a new journal feels too overwhelming. I'm just not sure that it's worthwhile to do anything with the current journal. I already have ideas on how to do it better next year, but for this year? Now what?
I have some really nice pages in the beginning of the journal and I used a lot of my supplies to make them. I was thinking I could cut them out and reuse them, but then I realized they're double sided and I'd only be able to keep one side. Another reason why I didn't attack the journal.
Not only is the journal ugly and the adhesive is causing massive sticking issues, I also created another problem when I set it up. I used a craft knife to cut washi tape and accidentally sliced into the string holding the binding together. Now I have a whole signature of pages trying to separate from the book.
Something else that leaves me disappointed with the journal.
So what do I do? Do I just forget about using the journal for the rest of the year and keep this dilapidated thing? Do I throw it away and just not have a book journal for 2025 to keep? Do I remake the 2025 book journal and toss that mess away?
I just don't know.
Also, I am writing and the book journal takes time. Just setting up the 2026 journal will be busy enough. Remaking 2025, too? Gah!
So what would you do? Visit me on Facebook and offer some sage advice!
