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Spent $47 on a "write every day" journal that came with a prompt on page 1, and I only filled 3 pages in 5 weeks
So I got suckered into one of those leather bound writing journals from a shop on Etsy, $47 with shipping, and the whole thing was centered on prompts to help you build a daily writing habit. Page one literally told me to write for ten minutes about a smell from my childhood, and I did it, felt great, thought I finally cracked the code. But here is the thing I figured out around week five: the journal was just a notebook with a gimmick, and the prompts were the same recycled stuff you can google in two seconds for free. I checked the dates on my entries and I had written on May 3rd, May 4th, and then not again until June 9th, so that $47 bought me three pages and a guilt trip every time I walked past my desk. What actually got me writing again was a dumb note on my phone that says "describe the last weird thing someone said to you" and I just type for five minutes when I am waiting on my coffee. So if you are looking at any paid prompt deck or journal, ask yourself if you already have a notes app and a boring idea, because that combo has done more for me than the fancy one. Anyone else got a cheap trick that beats the paid prompt stuff?
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