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JOURNALING JOURNEY
Posted on June 21, 2021 @ 8:06β―PM < 0 comments >
Assalamualaikum and hello, everyone.
It's me! I'm back!! Back to this blogging world. As you can see, my last post (my only post) was in 2019. Almost 2 years of idling and suddenly I have a resurgence of interest to write again. Thanks to Miss Rona.
I feel like I owe my non-existent readers an explanation regarding my retuning. Why do I choose to write again? Well, to fill my superfluous free time and I just miss writing. I miss the cathartic effect it gives me. God. I miss you so much, dear blog. Sorry for being inconsistent and abandoning you π’.
I tried to find a new hobby which I DID! Journaling! Hehe influenced by TikTok videos. I spent almost RM200 to buy all sorts of stickers, brush pens, stamps and whatnot. Dedicated a time after Fajr prayer to do it every day. OMG. What a lie. Hahaha it happened for ONLY. ONE DAY. One day guys π€¦π»ββοΈ And then I got lazy and forgot about it. Mind you, this was in January. Was still studying and had upcoming finals and teaching practice π¬π€ Manalah sempat kan hehe
Tbh, journaling is fun. Also, tedious. Tedious when I want to record the whole process. Thinking of what kind of content, aesthetic or concept I want to do for that particular page. I don't know how those TikTokers do for every videos. I don't think I can be committed in doing that. Takes up a lottt of time and I had little time before π Or maybe I am not that creative. Haha. And sometimes when I have a lot of references for inspirations, it overwhelms me. I dont't know how to start. Which sticker do I put, which paper do I paste, which tape goes with this whole concept. After choosing, I need to think of where to paste it pulak and how?! like horizontally? vertically? diagonally? Gahh so many things need to consider to finish one page. I just can't do this. Weak. I know. π
Imma show you my masterpiece. Tadaaa
My journal is from Typo. Got it for RM10 only πππ» And there you go, my masterpiece. What do you think? Bhaha the first page took me almost 2 hours or more. I don't know. I can't remember. Meanwhile, the second one was done recently during Eid. It didn't take long. I used Petit Moi thank-you card and their wrapping paper to create my Eid theme. Also, sticker from dUCk and random ribbon I took from my dad's gift bag to complete the look because I felt like something needed to be put on the top corner. I think it complements everything. So, yay.
From what I noticed, my journaling journey has made me become a hoarder. I hoard tissue paper (the one in gift bag), tags, ribbons, cards and anything that I think can be use for my journal lol. The problem here is all the materials just keep accumulating, but I don't continue to journal. Sigh. And before you think I stopped journaling at the second page, lemme stop you there. I did continue. I am not that lazy π€ͺπ€ͺ Come on haha I have another 4 pages filled but it is personal and one of it is a failed artwork haha I would rather not show it to the world. I will continue to journal but not making it as my hobby. I will take my own sweet time to make it to the last page π
So, that's that. Whatever hobby I try to pick up, writing always come back to me. Writing here makes me feel like home. Back to a familiar place. It's truly HOME to me. Nak nangis π’ Emo π₯Ί I really sayang my blog and I love what I'm doing now. It doesn't matter if no one is going to read this. I like talking to myself lol what matters is my own satisfaction of expressing myself and putting my feelings into words. That has always been my purpose. I think that is all for me for this post. Till next post okie! Byebye
With so much love,
Addina
P.S. I have a 2019 draft about my second day orientation but honestly, I could not remember much details on that day to continue haha I am planning to write more about my Erasmus experience, so maybe I will just compile or whatever. We'll see hehehe
