u/Sleep_Paralysis_Wolf

Stressful evening, so wanted to unwind with something low energy.

Feeling sick so not a whole lot of energy to write. Drawing is still fun though.

Sucks getting sick lol. Don't feel like getting into my creative bag as much. Oh well, journaling isn't all about nice entries anyways, it's just about expressing yourself.

The joys of having a nocturnal sleep schedule: you're up all night thinking lol.

Blacked out a bit.

Been doing this format for roughly a week or two and it's definitely helped me find my rhythm. It's incredibly satisfying getting my thoughts out and then lightly decorating the page after.

Busy couple of days that led to me filling up pages a couple times lol. Settled on a chiller session today.

At the risk of sounding like an absolute child, the Tom Holland Spiderman movies continue to be a large source of personal inspiration. New movie felt like it healed my soul a little bit with how much it's messages hit me directly in the soul.

Rushed the doodle a bit today and had less space, but I liked including the ticket itself in the journal since I don't get to go out and do much these days.

I work overnight freight, so I usually try to fit journaling into my lunch break. Sometimes it's a little hard to get a good stream of consciousness going with the constant interruptions from coworkers but it still helps me unwind and relax quite a bit.

It genuinely feels so fulfilling drawing daily for almost a week now after always wanting to pursue it more as a hobby. It's like "oh shit, I'm finally doing it". Sticky note pad also feels like such a relaxing place to draw too, as opposed to the journal itself, since I'm not scared of fucking up the aesthetic of the page with pen tests lol.

I'm so so so happy with this one. I like a mix of organization but also clutter, so trying to figure out what I could add onto the page without making it too "messy" for my brain was an unnecessarily difficult task lol.

Starting to realize yellow may just be one of my favorite colors, goes with black so well.

My hand smeared the drawings even worse while I was writing lol. Carpal tunnel started acting up so I'm not too happy with the results today but that's life, we aren't perfect so neither is my work. The imperfections add character. Hopefully lol.

Thanks for the suggestions yesterday on filling up the space! Still tossing some ideas around. Gonna try to see if I can grab some more decorative supplies soon.

Honestly incredibly happy with how this ended up looking. In a year or two I think I'll have something I'd be really proud of :)

Any advice on what else I could fill some of the dead space on the page with? I'd love to eventually get some washi tape but atm I only have a nice selection of markers and sticky notes.

it ain't much but it's SOMETHING.

I know I'm not fooling anyone but feeling at least ambiguous made me kinda happy. At lot of people at work told me they wouldn't have guessed I was trans until I told them but I always took it as coworker niceness lol. You guys know how it is.