Ahhh thank you so much! Spoiler alert: I’m already almost out of space🤦🏼♀️ guess I should’ve done two pages because I obviously can’t control my book buying😅
Great video... really loved your discussion of adhd. Yes I've had all of those feelings and have handicapped myself so much. It's good to not feel alone. Your journal is great. 😊
Just found your channel and you only have 115 subs?!? I was sure you were a big channel lol. Love your vibes and the way you do your videos, and as someone who has ADD I love the rambles and random topics (and the kitties popping up too) I find it very soothing to have in the background while I work on whatever project so I very much look forward to future videos! Definitely just became a favorite channel of mine
@@Atlas_Reid 😦 WOW. You have no idea how much this comment means to me!!! This made my whole night to read, thank you so so much❤️ that is EXACTLY how I watch journal videos too, so I’m so glad you’re doing that with mine🥹 I can’t wait to get the next one up and see what you think!!
38:45 I'm here again to get all the great reading journal feels. And I don't know if this will help you but it really helped me: I watched an IG Reels where a neurosurgeon was being interviewed or doing a podcast. He wanted to see how ADHD brains work and scanned someone's brain when being asked to focus or do the thing they should be doing. And the part of the brain that typical brains light up and processes the request DEACTIVATES for us neurodivergent brains!!! So consistency is not our friend and we shouldn't expect to be consistent. I'm almost 50yo and I've just been diagnosed. I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that I've never been consistent at anything in my life, unless I set a really fun goal towards that consistency. I really hope this comment helps you in any way on your journey of acceptance and living as your most authentic self🫶
@@isirlasplace91 wow thank you so much!! ❤️🙏🏻 I have been seeing some doctors lately and getting real help and so happy that I’m moving towards a place where I’m proud of myself no matter how consistent or productive I am🥹
I really related to everything you said about ADHD. I only got back into reading since childhood recently and I’m loving it but it took a lot of dedication. Sometimes hobbies feel so stressful with adhd.
@@Toribell1928 they ABSOLUTELY do! It has helped me so much lately to allow myself to just enjoy one or two hobbies at a time and not feel bad about myself if I go a “long time” without doing a certain hobby.
I think advanced degrees in the sciences are difficult - I left my biology program and it took years to be ok with that decision and not feel like a failure, even though it wasn't the right program for me and definitely pushed me into depression that took a long time to come out the other side. Also, I feel like we all have seasons with our hobbies. I go through times when I knit a lot, and times where I won't pick it up for a while, but it's still there when I'm ready to come back to it!
I don’t have ADHD, but I am definitely a perfectionist, so I feel like I understand what you meant you said that a tracker feels ‘ruined’ and that you might as well give up and abandon it if you didn’t keep up with it every day. I literally cheat and open books in my Kindle on days when I’m not reading a Kindle book just so that the recorded reading streak won’t get broken because that would bother me. People always tell me to not be such a perfectionist. But I’ve been that way for as long as I remember (pretty sure I have a report card where my first grade teacher called me that), so I don’t know how to be anything else and haven’t figured out a way to stop being myself. At this point, I just kind of embrace it as a part of who I am and just accepted that I will probably never be satisfied with anything I achieve. LOL It’s part of why I’ve never started a reading journal. But I’ve been watching all these videos and have decided I really to do one, so I’m going back and filling it with all the reading info I’ve collected over the last year. I don’t have much artistic talent and so far it doesn't look very good, especially compared to others. Hopefully I’ll be able to stick to it long enough get better at it. So yeah, it’s pretty much going exactly as I expected it to with my perfectionism. 😅
Omg I’m so glad that you’re trying it, though!! You should definitely have a little pride in that. I’d say to try to keep going all the way until you finish the journal! I find that looking back into a finished journal is helpful for my level of perfectionism (which isn’t super severe, so I don’t think I have perfect advice). It helps me though, because I can see that things I thought were horrible in the past are really not that bad. Once you have a big full journal, you look back through it and kind of appreciate the totality of it rather than criticize things you hate about it. At least that’s what I’ve found!!
@@Carli_is_Reading Thanks for the encouragement! I kind of went overboard buying a lot of art supplies for it, so I plan to stick with it now that I’m invested. 😅 And yeah, the thought of looking back on it and reminiscing is kind of why I decided to get into it. I’m kind of a wannabe writer and I love looking back at my old writings/work. And yeah, I’m usually less harsh on it years later, especially because I know that I’ve improved since. I still look back at my teenage diary every now and then, and I actually still think my handwriting there was fairly nice, even if my ideas were a little off. I miss having a physical place to record my thoughts as an adult, so that was another motivating factor. I’ve been writing down what I think about the books I read in a notepad doc on my iPad but it’s just not the same. I don’t do reviews on GR or anything because I’d rather not be berated or censored for my unpopular opinions like I am on every other platform. Having a reading journal where I can more freely express myself both in writing and artistically seems like the best route for me.
Hello! I’m a new subscriber because I relate to a lot of your comments! I’m in STEM too (I did my PhD in Veterinary vaccine immunology). I used to try to keep my bullet journal in a very structured way, but also have AuDHD so the inconsistency and perfectionism with those set ups was very real for me too - if I was busy & didn’t fill it out for a week the rest of the month was essentially ’ruined’ because it was all set up but blank. I set up a reading journal this year (I set up one for the jubilee reading challenge, but that is for a big list of pre-defined books, most of them I haven’t read yet!)
@@sophiahodgson85 Welcome!!! Yessss! It’s so nice to know that others relate to me on this. It has helped me so much with my regular bullet journal to draw empty boxes and only fill them in as I need (this week I even filled in boxes by “types of tasks” instead of days of the week. It’s just what my brain needed) and if one spread lasts me three weeks or something, then so be it🤷🏼♀️ good luck with your reading journal/challenge!! I love having a nice long list of books I want to read (even if I scrap the list later, it’s still fun)🥰
hello from a fellow ADHDer, I recognize what you've talked about and I love your style 🖤 you got a new sub from me, can't wait to see your next spreads 📖
That is a great idea using the blank books on shelf to track your purchased books instead of books read. I really like that concept!😊
Ahhh thank you so much! Spoiler alert: I’m already almost out of space🤦🏼♀️ guess I should’ve done two pages because I obviously can’t control my book buying😅
Love the spreads! Your cat is also so adorable🫶
@@olivia_vermast awww thank you!! He appreciates that 🤭
First video and now a sub! The spreads are so pretty and the cat is cute!
Awwww yay thank you so much!!
Love the setup and the range of layouts you've got 😄 Thanks for keeping me company while I worked in my journal 💪💜
I’m dying.. I love your channel so much!!! I have watched especially your reading journal videos a million times! 🥹 thank you so much for watching!!
Holy heck your comments about hobbies resonated with me so freaking much.
I am a huge reader and I cannot wait to see more of what you do!
@@blewis8 Oh, thank you so much!! It is so crazy to hear how many people feel the same way as I do!!
New subscriber here! Love your journal and looking forward to more bookish videos 😊
Thank you so so much for being here!! Working on my February video this weekend 🥰
Can’t wait to see your journal and videos develop
Aw thank you so much! I’m happy to have you here!!
@@Carli_is_ReadingI’m starting to plan my 2025 journal and can’t wait
Great video... really loved your discussion of adhd. Yes I've had all of those feelings and have handicapped myself so much. It's good to not feel alone. Your journal is great. 😊
@@susan_brehm oh thank you so much!! I completely agree about not feeling alone. I can’t believe how many people feel the same way as us!
Just found your channel and you only have 115 subs?!? I was sure you were a big channel lol. Love your vibes and the way you do your videos, and as someone who has ADD I love the rambles and random topics (and the kitties popping up too) I find it very soothing to have in the background while I work on whatever project so I very much look forward to future videos! Definitely just became a favorite channel of mine
@@Atlas_Reid 😦 WOW. You have no idea how much this comment means to me!!! This made my whole night to read, thank you so so much❤️ that is EXACTLY how I watch journal videos too, so I’m so glad you’re doing that with mine🥹 I can’t wait to get the next one up and see what you think!!
38:45 I'm here again to get all the great reading journal feels. And I don't know if this will help you but it really helped me:
I watched an IG Reels where a neurosurgeon was being interviewed or doing a podcast. He wanted to see how ADHD brains work and scanned someone's brain when being asked to focus or do the thing they should be doing. And the part of the brain that typical brains light up and processes the request DEACTIVATES for us neurodivergent brains!!! So consistency is not our friend and we shouldn't expect to be consistent. I'm almost 50yo and I've just been diagnosed. I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that I've never been consistent at anything in my life, unless I set a really fun goal towards that consistency. I really hope this comment helps you in any way on your journey of acceptance and living as your most authentic self🫶
@@isirlasplace91 wow thank you so much!! ❤️🙏🏻 I have been seeing some doctors lately and getting real help and so happy that I’m moving towards a place where I’m proud of myself no matter how consistent or productive I am🥹
@ That's so great!!! I'm really happy for you🤗
I really related to everything you said about ADHD. I only got back into reading since childhood recently and I’m loving it but it took a lot of dedication. Sometimes hobbies feel so stressful with adhd.
@@Toribell1928 they ABSOLUTELY do! It has helped me so much lately to allow myself to just enjoy one or two hobbies at a time and not feel bad about myself if I go a “long time” without doing a certain hobby.
I think advanced degrees in the sciences are difficult - I left my biology program and it took years to be ok with that decision and not feel like a failure, even though it wasn't the right program for me and definitely pushed me into depression that took a long time to come out the other side.
Also, I feel like we all have seasons with our hobbies. I go through times when I knit a lot, and times where I won't pick it up for a while, but it's still there when I'm ready to come back to it!
I don’t have ADHD, but I am definitely a perfectionist, so I feel like I understand what you meant you said that a tracker feels ‘ruined’ and that you might as well give up and abandon it if you didn’t keep up with it every day. I literally cheat and open books in my Kindle on days when I’m not reading a Kindle book just so that the recorded reading streak won’t get broken because that would bother me.
People always tell me to not be such a perfectionist. But I’ve been that way for as long as I remember (pretty sure I have a report card where my first grade teacher called me that), so I don’t know how to be anything else and haven’t figured out a way to stop being myself. At this point, I just kind of embrace it as a part of who I am and just accepted that I will probably never be satisfied with anything I achieve. LOL
It’s part of why I’ve never started a reading journal. But I’ve been watching all these videos and have decided I really to do one, so I’m going back and filling it with all the reading info I’ve collected over the last year. I don’t have much artistic talent and so far it doesn't look very good, especially compared to others. Hopefully I’ll be able to stick to it long enough get better at it. So yeah, it’s pretty much going exactly as I expected it to with my perfectionism. 😅
Omg I’m so glad that you’re trying it, though!! You should definitely have a little pride in that. I’d say to try to keep going all the way until you finish the journal! I find that looking back into a finished journal is helpful for my level of perfectionism (which isn’t super severe, so I don’t think I have perfect advice). It helps me though, because I can see that things I thought were horrible in the past are really not that bad. Once you have a big full journal, you look back through it and kind of appreciate the totality of it rather than criticize things you hate about it. At least that’s what I’ve found!!
@@Carli_is_Reading Thanks for the encouragement! I kind of went overboard buying a lot of art supplies for it, so I plan to stick with it now that I’m invested. 😅
And yeah, the thought of looking back on it and reminiscing is kind of why I decided to get into it. I’m kind of a wannabe writer and I love looking back at my old writings/work. And yeah, I’m usually less harsh on it years later, especially because I know that I’ve improved since. I still look back at my teenage diary every now and then, and I actually still think my handwriting there was fairly nice, even if my ideas were a little off.
I miss having a physical place to record my thoughts as an adult, so that was another motivating factor. I’ve been writing down what I think about the books I read in a notepad doc on my iPad but it’s just not the same. I don’t do reviews on GR or anything because I’d rather not be berated or censored for my unpopular opinions like I am on every other platform. Having a reading journal where I can more freely express myself both in writing and artistically seems like the best route for me.
Hello! I’m a new subscriber because I relate to a lot of your comments! I’m in STEM too (I did my PhD in Veterinary vaccine immunology). I used to try to keep my bullet journal in a very structured way, but also have AuDHD so the inconsistency and perfectionism with those set ups was very real for me too - if I was busy & didn’t fill it out for a week the rest of the month was essentially ’ruined’ because it was all set up but blank. I set up a reading journal this year (I set up one for the jubilee reading challenge, but that is for a big list of pre-defined books, most of them I haven’t read yet!)
@@sophiahodgson85 Welcome!!! Yessss! It’s so nice to know that others relate to me on this. It has helped me so much with my regular bullet journal to draw empty boxes and only fill them in as I need (this week I even filled in boxes by “types of tasks” instead of days of the week. It’s just what my brain needed) and if one spread lasts me three weeks or something, then so be it🤷🏼♀️ good luck with your reading journal/challenge!! I love having a nice long list of books I want to read (even if I scrap the list later, it’s still fun)🥰
New subscriber 😊🎉. I absolutely love your style. You are doing a great job and I am looking forward to your next video!
@@angelas6354 oh thank you so so much!!!
16:59 As another ADHD brain, I totally understood where you're coming from😊
@@isirlasplace91 yeeess, thank you!!
hello from a fellow ADHDer, I recognize what you've talked about and I love your style 🖤 you got a new sub from me, can't wait to see your next spreads 📖
@@madelenleigh ahhhh thank you so so much!! 🥹🥰
Very nice!!!
lovely video! 🥰🤍 i am looking forward to see your channel grow. (i’m your 8th subscriber. ☀️🌷) cheers, x
@@cheriselle ohhh thank youuu, that means so much!! 🥹
Love your style, where did you get the Witchy stickers from?
@@irisquinones1275 the little witches are from Temu! I think they are sold out right now but I see some similar ones on there😊
Omg where did you get that tiny letter stamp set? It’s adorable
I believe Michaels, or maybe Amazon? I got these around 8 years ago😅 but I see that they are “Studio g” brand!
@@Carli_is_Reading daaaamn, 8 years! That’s good quality. Thanks, I’ll try to find it