Diaries

In our range you will mainly find the classic diaries from Paperstyle. These are diaries with Swedish design and Swedish text. Classic textile covers with beautiful colors.

We also have Some lines a day from Leuchtturm1917. These are 5-year diaries where the paper is the classic 80 GSM that Leuchtturm books have. There is also a pocket at the back of the book.

These models of diaries are pre-printed but not year-bound so you can start whenever you want. If you are looking for a diary that does not necessarily have to be pre-printed, we recommend that you take a look at the notebooks from Paperblanks.

A few tips on how to get started with writing:

Do you want to start writing a diary but don't really know what to write or think it feels hopeless because it will be so ugly and messy? Maybe it's a psychologist who said it's good? Or the doctor who wants you to start keeping track of pain or your health?

What happens when you write with pen on paper is that the brain starts to process in a completely different way than if your thoughts are swirling around like ping-pong balls in your head. That mess is precisely a reflection of the mess in your brain. Making some very basic notes helps your brain to structure. Consider your diary as your closest friend to whom you want to tell things. That friend (the diary) also has an extra knack as the brain's archivist who sorts papers into a filing cabinet (the brain).

Writing is not about a competition to write volumes and it is not a beauty contest when it comes to writing. It is important to get over the threshold of not being afraid to put pen to paper. It is a process like everything else, like riding a bike. At first it may feel shaky but after a while it goes at a furious pace. Scrolling back to day one after a few years is fun, to see the development from the first shaky steps to what it has developed into. How you see how the writing has developed, to what you focus on writing about, to formulations.

But there is nothing to write, you might think? There is always something to write. But starting fromPurpose. Try to make it clear to yourself why you want to start writing a diary. Maybe you want to start writing because it feels like a fun thing to do? Trying to circle some good things from the day is always good. It may sound like a real cliché, but focusing on good things is balm for the soul. Little notes about the fact that today the sun came out. I found a super nice sweater, my Christmas cactus bloomed for the first time, a customer sent such a nice email, the boss praised my work, I managed to wash a machine. Little everyday things that feel important to you that made you a little happy. Looking for these gems in everyday life can be very important sometimes.

Is it about health, for example, and instructions from the doctor to start writing? Start with sleep, exercise, food, weather, social, but it doesn't have to be a dissertation on calorie levels. Just notes about how I slept really badly last night, had a headache after lunch. Ate a crazy good salad but got a stomachache afterwards. Eventually, all this little chatter can lead to you seeing a pattern. It may not feel obvious at the time, but after a few weeks, thoughts like "but wait, I always have to..." can start to appear.

If it's about feelings of anxiety and stress, it's super important to get it down on paper. It can feel like life is completely hopeless and you don't really know where to start because you really can't. You're so tired and exhausted. Getting things out of your head into a book is really great. It's about putting your feelings into words. It creates meaning, context and structure in the chaos. Google the concept of "Expressive writing". Pouring out emotions uncensored. Then the brain's archivist will have an easier time sorting things out.

I hope you've gotten some tips along the way now. And you, pull out your pen and paper now - get started. Capture those fluttering thoughts.