I love email. It’s one of my favorite forms of communication right now. I’ve been working on a longer Saturday newsletter about why I’m no longer on social media—and a lot of it has to do with email. I’d just rather chat with people through email then spend my time scrolling on apps where I’m being bombarded by advertisements
Which makes it one of the reasons I love chatting about Daily Pages this way. I’ve tried share my Daily Pages in a million different forms. The honest truth is that I’ve never been able to keep up sharing it to any one platform the way I’ve been able to do it with email here on Substack.
I can write a tiny bit about my day, or what’s going on creatively—the same thing I might have shared on social media back in the day—and I know that the people who want to read it are able to. I don’t have to worry about whether or not the algorithm has decided that my Daily Page today is worthy of your time—you get to make that decision.
Those thoughts all came about because today’s page is really cute, and I love it. But it’s not a page that “would have done well on social media”. And I think it’s super important that we are creating art for other reasons than “it’s gonna do well” on some app owned by a megacorporation. This is ESPECIALLY true for the everyday art that we’re creating to build up and sustain our creative habit.
Technique of the Day
For today’s page, I started out knowing that I was going to create a Thursday3 page. And when I opened up my notebook, I was reminded of these fun journaling lines, that I don’t usually have in my books. So I decided to grab the spooky bag, and flip through the stickers. I was looking for a set that had at least three larger stickers that I could use to pair up with my numbers. I found this book witch set which is perfect.
After adding three of the larger stickers (and a fourth one for my title space), I decided that I wanted to write out my numbers as headers. The pencil was perfect for creating the exact look I wanted before permanently inking it in there with the pen. It’s not something that I do for much of my Daily Pages journaling—I’m usually a lot more carefree with my notebook journaling. But writing things out first with a pencil is a great way for you to ensure journaling you’re happy with before you make it permanent. It’s the perfect get out of jail free card.
Supply List
Pipsticks
Pens: Blick, Sakura
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Tips & Creative Wisdom
Pencil Is a Superpower
A light sketch before the ink can take the pressure off—especially for titles or journaling you care about.
Pro Tip: Draft your words in pencil, make sure you like the spacing, then go over them in pen. Erase the worry along with the lines.
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