Good morning, Ginger (@gingerw)

I, too, have a slew of Julia Cameron’s books around here (“around here” is an indicator of my terrible job of organizing my books). I certainly didn’t mean to belittle her when I said I used to balk at friends assuming my journaling was due entirely to Cameron’s influence. In truth, I applaud her for leading so many people to the benefits of daily journaling. First-of-the-day journaling has become so much a part of my everyday routine, getting up and getting my day underway, that I can’t imagine a morning without a half-hour’s pre-cereal & toast journaling.

And I, too, write longhand. Like so many of us journalers (“journalers” is more straightforward, “journalists” could be confusing), I have auditioned dozens of pens over the years, from pricey fountain pens (nice, but messy) to one dollar and pennies use & toss pens. I’ve settled on UniBall Vision Elites, black ink, medium point, as my favorite; I’ve stuck with the Vision Elites for the past 5-6 years.

My journals (as you might guess, I have a shelf lined with “old” journals after all these years) are good ol’ inexpensive school Composition notebooks, the sort most everyone recognizes: black, with white squiggles, and handy reference tables on the inside back cover, should you, in the middle of a busy day, need to convert millimeters into inches or short tons into metric tons … things, in 50 years of journaling, I’ve never had to do. 🙂 )

Cheers!
Ray (@ray666)