19/05/2026
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐
I tend to forget things easily, even the things I did just the day before. Thatโs why every January, I make it a goal to document my everyday shenanigans; what I do, what I eat, how I spend my money, and the moments I loved or hated the most during the day. But true to my never-ending cycle, the habit only lasts for a couple of days.
Most of my favorite vloggers journal, specifically junk journalingโso I wanted to try it for myself. I bought an A5 notebook and some glue, then started collecting receipts, packaging, and little keepsakes, which I later learned are called โephemera.โ That notebook became my first journal, where I wrote and pasted just about anything. But of course, being me, I wasnโt consistent with it.
When I was deciding which workshop to attend during PAPJA, I hoped there would be one about journaling. And there it was on the list: โWhere Creativity Meets Calm: Journaling for Inner and Everyday Sustainabilityโ by Sir Jurome Nexus Tobias, RPm. I registered expecting to learn how to become more consistent with journaling, but instead, I learned something completely different.
Journaling, after all, is not about consistency. What matters more is the intention behind the words, drawings, and ephemera we choose to keep. And that emphasis on intention doesnโt only apply to journalingโit applies to life itself. Before we do something, we can ask ourselves: โWhat is this for?โ
When we choose to bed rot and endlessly scroll through our phones, is it because we genuinely need rest after a long and productive day, or are we avoiding the tasks we know we need to face? ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐, ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ณ๐๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐๐น๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐๐.
So to my fellow CSUans, hereโs a question to reflect on today:
What are you giving your time and energy to right now, and does it truly align with what you need or value?
โ๐ป๐จ: Shella Mae Guerrero
