Friday, March 20, 2026

My Journal is MY Companion

I love my new Journal. I have been writing in it all day and its light weight and best notebook I have used. I am always going to get my Journals from Amazon as they are such a good purchase.

My Journal I am now using 

Since a kid I have journaled. Not everyday but now it is a must and I decided not to junk journal but write everyday to share feelings, goals and for memories and will be putting photos in it. It has been good to get it all out, of how I feel and want to do. 

It is good to empty the mind and was listening to Fearn Cotton Podcast and she says how she loves buying a nice notebook because it helps her to write neatly and yes I feel that way too. I love a good notebook and are my tools as a writer and content creator. 

I use a big black notebook for planning my radio show and one of planning meals and just find it so good to get everything down on paper and so why I like a good pretty journal and is like having a companion and would not live without them. 

If I was stuck on an Island I'd make sure I took a journal and use the river to wash and plants as food along with fish and use wood from the trees and twigs on the Island to make a bonfire to cook and whilst cooking write in my journal. 

Jamie Oliver uses a journal for his gardening and used it for one of his cooking programmes. Oprah Winfrey uses a journal and shared one on her show she had back in the 80's and 90's and she shared about her struggles with her weight. 

I think of Harry Potter where Dumbledore uses a well to empty out his memories and that's how I see journaling and I haven't kept them all or notes because I wanted to get rid of those memories and thoughts but now I add photos and greeting cards I've received then I do keep them. 

The one thing I am looking forward to is to go to a coffee shop and writing in it and have written that in it that I'd like to do that next week as we come to the end of this week where we already have plans and it I like to jot down the little joys aswell as the big joys. 

Everything I have written or listed in a journal has happened. I do use plain notebooks to write my to do lists with Notion but these I don't always keep and take out the notes I feel I need to keep will take out and put into a folder. I love writing stories on paper or on the computer and writing notes for my books and and it is important to store these and use your journal for a story you want to tell. 

Make your notebooks and journals your bestfriend and take them wherever you go. There are no rules and just write. I find once you begin you continue and it doesn't have to be everyday and not for very long. Just a sentence a day is still something and there is bullet journal where you have everything in one place. 



Tuesday, March 10, 2026

The Perfect Set up

It is good to have different areas in the home where you can watch something on the TV or now as I write this blog, which inspired this post, watched Youtube in the kitchen whilst I cut up some potatoes for my dinner and it is one of my favourite things. 


At the moment now I have my laptop on cushion on the sofa and it is good to be sitting on a soft seat. 

It is good to be comfortable and not get distracted. I love having that time to write and now I am no longer in #Wimbledon I have more time to write and spread my time out and tasks. I like working at a desk as I watch Youtube get ideas on blog posts, planning my week and I like having a different place to write and so it is good to have a good spots around the home to do what you love and Mondays I always stop in as I like to be out throughout the rest of the week. 

Sometimes I will use the edge of the sofa to type. In Atomic Habits he says you should have a different places for different purposes, so I will use the Living room to type and create a blog or work on a book and it does not come up with me to bed, but did once upon a time when living in Wimbledon and Epsom but prefer to work in the Living room.

When watching something though it is the in the Kitchen or Living room. 

For reading I like reading in bed but going to read through the day too and today had chill out music playing whilst I read and gave me proper break from my Laptop and when watching TV I am in the Living room and when travelling like to listen to music, podcast or an audio book. 

When getting fit I like to watch Youtube. At the moment I play four songs, but also to podcasts or videos. I I love creating playlists and will play different ones depending on what I am working on. It is good to have a good set up so prepping dinner is not a chore and takes the burden of making dinner away. It helps to stop me from Procrastinating and when reading I like to have to wrapped up and so relaxing and is a ritual for me. 

What areas of your home like to write or relax? You can use the comment box below. 

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Carrie X