Why and How to Carry a Journal

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How are you doing with your New Year’s resolutions?

I’m crushing mine. It’s the best I’ve ever done.

My resolution: always carry a backpack with me. It contains everything I typically need, especially my journal and pen.

I already have 25 pages of new journal notes.

Larry David Carries One

In the sixth episode of season one of Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David loses his journal. He looks all around for it, even pestering Julia Louis Dreyfus at night (past the “cut-off” point for phone calls), thinking he left it at her house. She was annoyed, but he didn’t really care: he had nine months of notes in it.

Larry David is reportedly worth over $100 million.

So you see: If you carry a journal and put your spare thought change into it throughout the day, you’ll get rich.

“I have a lot of money because I take a lot of notes”

Bullet Journal — Commonplace Book?

Okay, maybe not. But I’m still a proponent of carrying a journal and pen.

Let’s be clear: The “journal” is just a notebook. If you want to be contemporary, call it…