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Community Update
Dear Sanctuary Members, We hope this message finds you well. After thoughtful consideration, we’ve decided to close our community platform in one week. We’ve heard from many of you that accessing the journaling prompts through a separate portal wasn’t the most convenient option. To better serve you, we’re excited to announce that our journaling prompt exercises will now be available directly on our website and delivered straight to your inbox. This change will make it easier for you to continue your journaling journey without any extra steps. Thank you for being part of our community. We look forward to continuing to support you in your personal growth through our new format. Warm regards, Team STM.
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New comment Sep 8
1 like • Sep 6
I will also miss it. It was fun to hear of other journal enthusiasm & share thoughts & ideas.
Simple musing - are there more righthanded or lefthanded journalers?
I am lefthanded and have been really surprised at the amount of social media content in which I have noticed that the person creating the journal is also lefthanded, us being in the minority and all. Is it just a strange co-incidence that I have ended up watching/reading people who are left handed in this community? Just thought I'd ask if anyone else has noticed this or whether you care to share your own 'handedness'?
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New comment Sep 2
1 like • Jul 25
@Dawn Kenny I like the gelocity pens, but my son has found that they sometimes smear when he writes with them. I guess it's the get vs ink? The gelocity pens have wonderful, amazing colors and are very bright and vibrant.
1 like • Jul 27
@Dawn Kenny I'm sure I have some of those pens - I have far too many pens! - I'll check to see if he's tried them. It's always good to have a back up brand! Thanks for the suggestion :)
I want to buy a journal cover but don't know where to start
Hello! The title says it all. I've recently started thinking I'd like to get an external cover for my journal. I use A5 size journals and I think it'd be nice to add an extra layer of protection. Plus, I'd really love to have some extra space to keep my sticky notes and stickers and stuff. Problem is, I'm an absolute newbie when it comes to journal covers. I did some research and it is mind-boggling how many alternatives there are, and almost all the ones I found seemed expensive. So any advice you could give me as I look for a cover for my journal?
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New comment Jul 29
1 like • Jul 26
Have you looked around on Etsy? I found a fabric cover for one of my journals there, and it had pockets in the inside and an elastic closure, and wasn't too pricey. How thick is your journal? I now use a Traveler's Notebook system for my journals and lists - it's an outer cover (made from leather, but there are lots of options) with bands to hold smaller journals to the cover, and I have an inner pocket and a zipper pouch that fits inside it as well, so I can add small items or notes. I've seen them sold at Barnes & Noble, but lots of options online too. I also have the STM zipper pouch for when I'm going to be away from home longer and want a few extra items. It's big, but secure with lots of pockets inside.
Mistakes
When you make a mistake on your page how do you cover it up? Me: Small - Scribble out or white out Medium - Sticker or lots of white out Large - Been known to pull the whole page out or glue it to the next one so it can't be seen.
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New comment Jul 29
0 likes • Jul 25
@Frances Brady There are some designs from Scotch Tape that are thick enough to cover writing. I think it's still sold at Staples and I think Target has some.
0 likes • Jul 25
I use post it notes. There are so many sizes and colors, even some cute designs, so it works for me. Or stickers.
What do you do with your finished/completed journals?
i was just wondering how people are storing completed journals/notebooks and how long everyone is intending to keep them for? I'm thinking more for ones that you use to keep your 'journal' pages in. So private thoughts and musings that you might never want others to see. How do you store them? How often do you go back and look at completed ones? How long do you intend to keep them for? Forever? I'm close to the end of my first journal and am getting nervous about what I do now!!!
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New comment Jul 25
1 like • Jul 24
I don't keep my personal journal pages anymore - I've had people read my journals far too many times. But sometimes I'll have an entry I want to keep, so what I started doing was to either use my phone to take a scan or a photo of the page(s) and I upload them to a password protected external drive. That way they are there if I want to look back, but not very easy for prying eyes to find them. Sounds extreme, doesn't it? But overall, when a journal is full, I'm done with it. If I really like the cover, I'll remove the pages and then re-use the cover for something else - create a new journal, make it into a make-shift Traveler's Notebook, etc... I burn the pages when I can, but if I don't have a place to burn them, I shred the pages. I read a book a while back where the character was a life long journaler, and kept all her old journals, but had a lockbox to keep them in, so she felt safe keeping them. I like that idea! Might try it out some time. Right now, we move a LOT so keeping 'stuff' is generally a problem, and I've had so many keepsakes ruined, it's better to keep a picture on my computer than the physical object.
1 like • Jul 25
@Dawn Kenny If you remove the pages from the cover of a book or journal - but keep the spine intact - you can attach notebook signatures to the spine with elastic bands or ribbons, etc. It's not as neat as the store bought ones :) but I've had a few journal covers that I just loved so much, I couldn't part with! :) The spiral bound journals I've repurposed by removing the pages and spine, then using paper the same size with a few of the hole punches matching up and then using something like binder clips to hold it together. I love working with things like that. When my kids were in school, we created 3-ring binders from cereal boxes, too. :)
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Cynthia Moss
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I'm not really a dog - I just don't have any recent photos of myself on my computer! I am a wife and a mom and a student (Accounting).

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