Chapter 5: It's Analog TimeHop!

This is almost actual size. 

Journaling can be hard work.

First of all, it requires discipline. Something I suck at. Real bad. But even if you are disciplined about it, there's the pressure of the blank page. All that space. All that expectation. So much potential. How can you fill up all. that. space? 

That's why I love love love this little journal. It's kind of genius.

It's cleverly designed to be your constant companion for five years. Five years! That's longer than my starter marriage. Longer than that time ombre' hair was a thing. Longer than the expiration time on a can of Spam. Longer than New Coke lasted. Longer than we'll have to endure "the current Administration!"

Ahem.

So here's how it works: For each day of the year, there are five entries, all on the same page. Each entry area is for a different year. So when you turn to a new day, you'll see the entries for that date from the previous years right there on the page. The layout is a little tough to explain in writing, and, for some dumb reason, the product images don't have a good shot of the pages to show you how it works.

You know how you love seeing your Facebook memories, right? Well it's like that! Only you don't have to see the photos reminding you how much thinner you were! Hooray!

And, to help with all that blank page performance anxiety, each day's entry space is small (hence the name "One line a day." Duh.). I'd say it's more like two lines a day, but po-tay-to, po-tah-to, right? The point is, you don't have to write a novel. Just make a quick note. Maybe your high/low of the day. Or the most important thing that happened all day. Or the funniest thing you said. Or the most beautiful thing you saw. Or or or...whatever you want to remember about this day. Or a friend who is trying to get healthy and wants to record their daily progress a la Bridget Jones: "Weight: 170 60 oz of water, 5 minutes of "exercise", two flame wars on TMZ."

I gave one of these to my niece who is wrapping up the seventh ring of Hell that is high school and will be moving on to the adventure that is college. This little journal will cover her entire journey, which I think is pretty neat.

I can imagine this would be a wonderful gift for a friend going on a literal adventure (G, if only I'd discovered this before you left!). Or for a friend about to embark on a life-changing experience, like their first child (Golly, if only I knew someone....).  

The journal is small enough to toss it in your backpack, your purse (well, my purse anyway), stash in your bedside drawer or your glove box.

In today's world of smartphones and tablets and Facebook and Instagram and Snapchat and and and...I find this little journal utterly refreshing and completely charming.

I give it a thumbs up and three totes adorbs hearts. 💙💙💙
And a unicorn. 🦄