[chai~]

For me, I can not justify spending over $5 for a book, so I buy mine at the dollar stores. I have serious issues with buyers remorse!
I rip out the pages I like and then donate the rest to a thrift store, and they make up packages of pages to resell.
I color my page, laminate it, and make small notebooks to carry in my bag.
I have a lot of these handmade journals, and I use them all the time. I have also put these mini's together to make a Midori, (travelers journal) and each mini will be subject specific. For example, a bucket list mini, to do list mini, password mini, anything really.
I've been lucky with felt pens, not ripping up the pages.
My fave books and mandalas, mehndi patterns, paisley.
I don't do scenes! But I like the consistency of a repetitive pattern.
I listen to podcasts, youtube nonsense and a lot of bellydance music.
I think I color most every day, sipping coffee, tea, lemon water, meditating and making tiny notebooks!