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ROMANCE SCHMOMANCE | DIGITAL JOURNAL | MY 2023 READING JOURNAL

Since I started digital journaling in 2021, it’s been a lot of trial and error, and figuring out what I prefer when it comes to my journal. This year, I decided to keep things a little simple when it comes to my spreads and use the same sets of stickers to create them.

Instead of buying a new journal, I ventured off and decided to create my own. After seeing how it turned out, I don’t think I’ll be buying another one ever again. I think I’ll share my process of how I went about doing this, but a simple search on your Youtube will bring up many to get you started.

ROMANCE SCHMOMANCE | DIGITAL JOURNAL | MY 2023 READING JOURNAL
READING CHALLENGE | ROMANCEOPOLY / DIGITAL STICKERS | DOWN MEMORY LANE | B&W FLORAL

What I Wanted in My Journal

  • simple layouts
  • Tabs
  • Hyperlinks (for each tab, months, blank pages
  • Monthly Calendar
  • Galleries
  • Trackers
  • Spreadsheets
  • Various journal pages
ROMANCE SCHMOMANCE | DIGITAL JOURNAL | MY 2023 READING JOURNAL
DIGITAL STICKERS | B&W FLORAL

Tabs

I knew that I wanted 6 different tabs for:

  • reading and blogging goals for the year
  • reading for:
    • stats
    • new to me authors
    • trackers
    • series trackers
  • blog and instagram content (a space to jot down ideas and journal prompts)
  • netgalley & edelweiss (my biggest focus for the year since I have a very long list of backlisted ARCs
  • challenges (a space for various reading challenges throughout the year)
  • recommendations (recommendations from friends and #BooktokMadeMeDoIt
  • monthly tabs, each month has:
    • a calendar for personal stuff and book releases I have ARCs for
    • reading tracker
    • audiobook tracker
    • monthly favorites
    • fanfic/wattpad tracker
    • monthly recap spread that can be screenshotted and ready to share in my Instagram stories
    • netgalley tracker
    • book purchases spreadsheet
DIGITAL STICKERS | DOWN MEMORY LANE | B&W FLORAL

Trackers

I’m tracking a bunch of different things this year:

  • the books I’ve read
  • reading stats
  • new to me authors, I have a goal of 100and
  • book formats
  • physical copies from my TBR cart
  • “clear out my kindle” = 1,072
  • series
  • netgalley tbr, my goal is to have an 80% feedback ratio
  • reading challenges

I don’t write book reviews in my journal instead just share my star rating for each one. I read very quickly and many, so my journal would have 100s of reviews … And my iPad storage would not be able to handle that.

Digital journaling has quickly become a hobby for me. I refer to it and update it almost daily and I love that you have complete creative freedom. And if you don’t like it, it’s easy to try something new and not waste a thing.

Next up I’ll share my journal spread process. Do you have a digital journal?

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  1. this looks so pretty, Malia! I really want to go full-on digital but I just didn’t have the time. I’m using a generic digital journal for now but I haven’t even started any spreads for 2023! haha

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