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I am thinking of merging both my journals and just having one.

 

My journal is what I write in as and when I feel I need to work things out or get something off my chest and my visual diary is what I write in daily about what's happened during the day and adding photos or any other kind of mementos.

 

I find I am duplicating information sometimes and wonder if I would be better keeping just one journal for everything. I use A4 exercise books for my visual diary but, although they are light they can be an awkward size to carry around so I wouldn't favour this size of book for a general journal that I do carry with me sometimes. However, this larger page format is good for pasting things in.

 

For a journal I use an A5 notebook, usually a bound one but lately I have been favouring the top bound reporters notebooks for journalling as they are easier to write a lot on, especially as I am left handed. However, would these notebooks hold up to having things pasted in and would the smaller pages fit things in like pamphlets or such things I may want to paste in.

 

I don't know whether to just carry on keeping the separate journals but they do overlap at times, though the entries in the visual diary are much briefer.

 

Any ideas anyone?

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How about a Japanese B5 notebook? For example Apica's plain Premium C.D. notebook might be nice if you are ok with soft covers / using a separate cover (a Lihit Smart Fit Cover probably would hold scissors, tape & glue for pasting things).

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It would be better to go with A4 or something of similar size if you want to paste and insert things into the book. I would combine the two journals. You can look into drawing pads and books at art supply stores and large bookstores. I would get the spiral bound books so that you can work on a page with the pages flat.

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Thank you for your replies. The A4 size is a bit awkward to carry around if I were to use it for my general journal and harder to hide for the more private entries. My A4 book now just stays at home and is under the coffee table because it's not private.

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