📖 Journal Ideas: Missing Days 📖
If you create your journal spreads in advance or use a dated journal, chances are you’ve missed a few days and the empty space mocks you.
Or, maybe you skipped a whole week and can’t fill it in because…forgot what you did. (Happens to the best of us!)
The blank space can be intimidating, can instill an odd sense of guilt, or even discourage you from journaling all together.
Here are some ways to fill that space:
Moon-phase + weather forecast for that day
Look up the forecast and moon phase for that day and write it down! Or draw the sky with some colors or pen!
Visit news websites with fluff pieces or quirky news.
Write down the headline of an odd news article. There are many websites that feature some real bizarre stories! Or look up a “feel good” article that talks about a positive experience.
Feel free to write a small summary or commentary if you read it!
Fill the space with a sticker(s) or washi tape!
Get a few nice stickers or a good sized one and place them in the empty space! Having any visual element will make it more satisfying during flip through and lessen feelings of guilt.
Why did you missed that day?
How you feel about missing a day?
Is there anything you can change in your way of thinking or journaling ritual to help you journal with more consistency?
I love to draw a good ol’ windows error message or some other computer error pop-up
Black out the space in black marker like it’s a secret document
Use black or colored marker to fill the space as if your censoring a confidential document
Or! Write “VOID”, “MISSING”
Can never go wrong with filling it up with doodles
Use the space to sketch, doodle, and experiment. Doesn’t have to be fancy! Make some marker swatches and label them! Or try a new calligraphy font!
When all else fails, just write “oops” 🤷♀️
I did a sample spread using some of these ideas:
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