Journaling is such a great way to express your thoughts, pain, insecurities, self doubt, whatever is going on in your head it’s much better once you put it to paper. Well said HJ, we’ll done !
Tough, but oh so true, but the basics start with being honest with yourself. And that you have the courage and the audacity to hold up a mirror to yourself.
Journalling was one of the things that kept me sane during the quarantine era of COVID. I haven’t stopped since. It really does help settle an overloaded mind.
I appreciate your imagery and passionate delivery of your message. It's truly encouraging, and it feels great to hear some of my own thoughts coming from another person. Thank you.
My first journal entry was June 28, 1997. I have been an avid journaler ever since this day. This video said, what I have always believed inside. I always tell people, Journal like no one will ever read it, just enjoy it.
I think your advice is excellent, and I appreciate this video. The last three years have been tumultuous for me - deaths of parents and other loved ones, cancer and mental illness in my immediate family - and I've been adrift, angry, afraid. But human connection has kept me grounded, given me perspective, helped me laugh when I didn't think I had it in me. And our dogs. I adopted a puppy last year when I didn't plan to (he was abandoned in a dumpster; how could I not adopt him?), he's grown to about 90 pounds, and he wants to play. Who has time to mope when a 90 pound puppy wants to play? Journaling hasn't been part of the equation for me. I think it should be. At night when the dogs and my wife are asleep, I start thinking when I want the internal voice to be quiet. I know from experience that it helps to sit down and engage that voice in written dialog. I live a blessed life and I know it. I've never experienced need or want, I had loving parents who loved each other, I have siblings and extended family who love me, and my wife is far better than I could possibly deserve. And none of this is mine or my just due. Love is a gift, not something we earn or deserve. We come into the world naked, and we leave it the same way, with nothing but what we've written onto our own hearts. I'm afraid of loss, and a fool to want to hang on to what I could never keep. Writing is memory, though, and it helps us see reality for what it is and to remake it into what we hope it can be. I need to be more diligent about writing my memories of my parents, my love for my wife and children (and dogs), to record the person I am today who'll be gone when I've become who I'll be in ten years. I'm in danger of journaling in your comments section. Perhaps my rambling in comments sections and on FB is a sort of ersatz journaling. I'd do better to pull out my journal and use a pen, not a keyboard.
Wow, thanks for the kind words. You know, someone else could make a video about the healing power of dogs! I had a 75 lb Dalmatian through some of my toughest times. I had to be there for her, regardless. This was such a heartfelt lyrical comment. Thanks so much for sharing it. Never hesitate to check in with me again. I will always be wishing you the best.
I'm so glad I found you because of what you share has been reflected in my every day life for countless years. Years when on a Royal Navy warship, or since retirement my work with Emergency Helicopter Services as a trauma surgeon. Writing has always been a great healer. Journalling has been my 'saviour', also. Recently, for example, I arrived home very distressed after treating a teenage casualty; child casualties always upset me. So after making a cup of tea and changing out of my jumpsuit, the first place to go after greeting my children is opening my journal; blank pages have never intimidated me. Because over the years I've adopted a 5 minute, strictly timed writing exercise where I write non-stop, without ceasing to punctuate and erase my thoughts, the day. This is healing because once my words have poured out from ink onto paper, there they remain. I must thank you HJ for your wisdom, your insight and your great understanding of the human condition. Have you thought of writing a book? Love, peace and blessing, Wendi 🌻
Thanks so much, Wendi! Thank you for being here and thank you for sharing your story. I am so glad that you are getting some inspiration from my videos. It means a lot. I love your approach to daily journaling. I can see how that would be immensely helpful. This comment reminds me to do some more content on Journaling! I have written one book, but I have only had my articles published. I do want to write some more. It is an upcoming project for the New Year. Thanks!
I used to adapt the size and speed of my handwriting to suit the nib I was using: slow and small for fine, medium for medium, etc. Now I just write at a medium speed and size no matter what nib grade I'm using - so liberating!
Im struggling a little to find the words to express just how much this video hits home for me. "These voices are you..." I was screaming yeeessss , in agreement, at the screen! Another wonderful video that will help many if they can just take that first step of putting the pen to paper.
This was lovely to watch. I've been unwell all week unable to Journal. I will get my pen out later for a wee retrospective later. Thanks for this Wonderful community.
I have journaled on it off for decades. I must confess that I seldom spend time rereading my journals, to my detriment. Recently, shoulder surgery prevented me from using my dominant hand for six weeks. Writing with my non-dominant hand was humbling, awkward, and barely legible. It was slow going and so I did not journal very much. I felt as if I was losing my soul; my interior life suffered. I can now write with my dominant hand, but there is some significant pain, which will diminish over time. Without the ability to write easily, I think I lost some perspective, and made some bad decisions.
You have a generous heart to be willing to help many with you vulnerability. Your channel is so much more than fountain pens (altho that is great too). Thank you!
I really appreciate this thought provoking presentation. If I could afford your .99c membership fee I would jump on it in a heartbeat. Though I live well below the national poverty level, so I will continue to watch your videos and try what you recommend here to find a better me. When I had to retire from driving truck for a living my entire world was turned upside down and has only gotten worse since. At 59 years old it seems almost senseless to try and recreate myself but maybe there is still hope. One day at a time. Roy Auburn, WA.
Hello Roy, You are very young and have a lot of years ahead. Anything can happen. There are many ways to set the stage for an Act II. You may be limited by whatever made you retire, but maybe there is a way to use some other capability to expand your reach and your connections with other people and perhaps your income as well. Whatever it is, I am hoping for the best for you in any and all situations. I am just very appreciative to have you here as a viewer. Comment again soon and let me know how you are doing.
Really well done, this is a great video, I think it's my favorite since you started! I fully agree with the power of respecting yourself by expressing yourself freely. I grew to love using writing and fountain pens during a time of grief. This should say a lot about my agreement with confronting the Adversary, the Dragon, the Guardian of the Threshold with the power of introspection easen by journaling. Thank you for the evocative words and images always accompanied by solid content, which serves and will continue to serve in the lives of each of us.
‘Mud of your inner geography’ is well-stated. When I struggle with depression, it does feel like slogging through mud. I journal quite often to help me manage challenges. Thanks for this video.
Thanks for a reflective and gently encouraging video. I have always had an issue with a blank page, as have ny neurodivergent kids. In my journal, I always start with the date in ISO, then the pen and the ink. Whenever I've taken a short break, i tend to use another pen, so there's another subheading with that information. Breaks up the wall of white.
Hemingway I'm on board with all this mode of thought. During darker periods of my life I used to write down my most personal positive thoughts, that is, what interested me, what I wished to know better, delve into, etc. Many years later these thoughts blossomed, and although the topics and art I'm delving into may not be a replica of what they were back then they function in a similar vein. The written word can be so poweful. So I definitely advocate writing, or journaling, and using this as a treat for one's self. A lovely pad, a beautiful pen, an ink that's appealing in the most subjective manner, all should be used to jot down or even elaborate upon what offers joy or what provokes negativity. This might keep demons at bay or even annihilate them to the extent possible.
Hello HJ. Another brilliant video. Journaling has indeed helped me reach a better place in my life. I've gone through difficult times throughout my life and have experienced great tragedy and eternal loss. Journaling gives me an outlet to tell my story. There is much comfort in the written words. It is similar to prayer. It gives us a distinct knowledge that we are not alone. I always end my scribbling with a positive thought no matter how difficult time is in the present. Great video. You should be proud of this one.
Excellent video, Hemingway. I watched it twice! Very insightful and well versed. I always make a concerted effort to remain as honest as possible with myself when penning my thoughts. I enjoyed the B-roll in this video, especially the medieval artwork.
Hi Hemingway. Thank you for a most enjoyable video. I can tell a lot of work went into this one. I hope it helps people who watch your channel and don't feel too good. Keeping a journal is one method of recording our good days and bad days.
Thank you for another amazing video. I don't comment often, but I watch quite every time you upload. Journaling videos always resonate with me, this one gave me new inspiration for my journey on the paper. So thank you. ✍️
Thank you so much! This comment means the world to me. My journaling videos are usually my least popular, but they mean so much to me and I am so glad they resonate with you, and so I have to do them. Thanks!
Surprised to learn journaling videos aren't more popular - because it's a favorite topic of mine also. It seems a difficult topic to cover, difficult to organize int byo thoughts then words. On the surface it's so simple, yet the affects can be so impactful, and HJ does a great job with it on every attempt.
Thank you very much! I appreciate it. I don’t know why it is. I thought it would have a broader appeal than Fountain Pens, but it doesn’t seem to. Nevertheless, I like them and I think that they are so valuable, so I will never stop making them. Thanks!@@taiko7225
HJ, bravo! This one was poetic. The only way I really know what I think or believe is through processing my thoughts when I journal. I don’t know where I’d be without it.
You started my adventure in daily journaling. So thank you. It has been an incredible gift that you revealed to me in a way that I hadn’t experienced before. I suffer bouts of depression- the black dog barking- and journaling provides escape and comfort. Many thanks.
Thanks so much. That is wonderful to hear. Happy to have helped to inspire you. You did all the hard work. I am so happy to hear that you are finding comfort in it as well. It is my refuge and it helps me to slow down and pause the loop of intrusive thoughts. Thanks for being so kind in your comment and I look forward to hearing from you again. All the best!
Today I am enjoying my Sailor King of Pens. I am not crazy about Sailor pens like some people are. I feel like Sailor pens are overrated and overpriced, BUT I love this nib. :) :) :) @@HemingwayJones
Just watched this and as usual it is a beautiful video both to the eye and the ear. I want you to know I admire your facing your issues. It is courageous. “Well done good an faithful servant.” See you, further up the road.
Ever since you suggested Journaling when I first watched your channel, I have been journaling everyday no matter what. I am always honest with myself and write break-thourghs in my live in the last year and a half has been extremely cathartic and informative. Thanks HJ.
Great video that captures some of the 500 or so reasons I have failed at journaling. But this captured those reasons so well I am ready to try again! Many thanks for this message.
This was a very helpful video thank you Hemingway! I know that in order to even maintain physical health (in addition to improving mental health and lowering depression/anxiety) I have to expose and rewrite the negative thoughts and not repress or run from them ... here lately, I journal with the intent of being radically honest in my journal ... sometimes the negative stuff evaporates upon sitting in front of the page but when I get writing flowing I am sometimes able to capture some beliefs that are not serving me. I listened to your other journaling for mental health video 3 or 4 times it helped me so much. It seems like when I go back and reread what I've written from a few weeks ago or more that's when I can best have the distance and detachment to sort the inner critical voice from truth of situations and circumstances. In this video, what you said about isolation and loneliness really hit home. Things really shifted once I stopped working outside the home. Oh, one last insight: watching you journal in many locations makes me remember how I used to carry my journal absolutely everywhere with me! That's one action I can take now to increase success with capturing those fleeting but nasty negative dialogs that sometimes flare up out of absolutely nowhere! As always, your video has inspired me a lot - thank you!
Hello Chris, Thanks so much for the kind words. I am so glad that this video spoke to you. I loved hearing your impressions and challenges; they inspire me. Thank you. I am so glad that we are in this together. I wish you all the best always.
Is that a 149 flex? I'm really enjoying your content, thnk you very much for it all. This is an important message. I try to advocate for bullet journaling when appropriate.
@@HemingwayJones I'm happy to hear that, my 146 calligraphy is arriving first week of December. Was worried it was not going to be much bigger than my old 1911 naginata. I thought I liked broad nibs, but boy do I love the pen I used through school, still have it, a humble parker 45 extra fine. Can't wait to get the MB. Thank you for replying.
I’m sure journaling is what’s keeping me sane. It gets crowded in the head. And to me, I see my journal as a pensieve (Harry Potter reference) to come back later and get a clearer picture if I want to. But just emptying those thoughts from my head sometimes seems enough. It’s so wonderful to see you writing in different journals so I was curious. Do u maintain just 1 journal and take on another when u come to the end? Or do you have a few on the go. I fall in the latter group as I keep journals of various sizes on the go and reach for them based on mood and easy like smaller one in handbag and A5 when at my desk. Happy journaling ❤
Thank you so much for the kind comment. I keep one journal, for the most part. I have my poetry journal by Onion Skin and I have one for the Channel. These days, I mostly have one epic journal. Thanks!
So beautiful! The background goes very well with your thoughts! When talking about journaling we need to be reminded to keep doing it as sometimes depression tells us it isn’t useful.
@@HemingwayJones BTW, I still do want to take up your earlier suggestion about journaling at the Met or Cloisters. Just need to get past this current heat wave in NYC. I don't go out much in it.
Ok, we’re not doppelgängers and I’ll say why later. But first in this montage of many videos, I seem to recognize some views of Italian cities and/or landscapes… Am I correct? If so, could you provide a bit of information about it? We do differ in that my interest in items of clothing is almost 0. I almost only wear cheap black t-shirts and jeans. But I do dig some of your polos and clothes! Love the Hieronymus Bosch pictures! Grazie per questo video!
Grazie a te per vederlo! Yes! Italy is a country that I adore. I have been many times and I have dear friends in Matera and friends in Venice and elsewhere. I even was engaged on the banks of the Grand Canal. I am very glad that you enjoyed this!
@@HemingwayJones I did enjoy the video! I live at about one and a half hours by train from Venice. I go there every chance I get! I was lucky enough to visit it with no tourists around. A Long time ago, when I worked as an exterminator, I was often there at dawn, before shops or cafés or restaurants opened. I played a few concerts there, so I had a chance to walk through calli, fondamenta and campi at night. It never ceases to amaze me! On the other hand, despite having been many places in the south of Italy, I’ve never been to Matera… Such a shame! definitely on my “to do“ list of places to visit in Italy. Thanks for your response and for your videos!
Thanks My Friend. Always a pleasure! I wish I had that kind of continual access. I do go off season to be alone with the City and its art. Thursday’s video has a pic of me in Piazza San Marco with no one around me all the way back to the Basilica. All the best!@@lislearnitalianwithsongs
Thanks so much! I am so glad that you are enjoying the Channel. Sadly, I bought that candle over a decade ago and I forget who made it. I bought it because it is long burning and smells like a library; leather and old books. I wish I could remember. So sorry.
Hello Hannah, Yes! You have very good eyes! That is my hometown, Philadelphia and Rittenhouse Square. I live in MA now, but I always come down. I hope my channel can help you to remain inspired! All the best and stop by again soon.
You know, if you go back in my catalogue, I've filmed in Philadelphia quite a bit, at the Art Museum, Garland of Letters on South Street, Rittenhouse Square, and at Penn and the Penn Museum. You might like those. Thanks!
Nothing coalesces thoughts like paper and ink. Or, pixels and screen. Writing in longhand, though, that's the real thing. My voice is not silent as long as I have a fountain pen. A journal is more. It's a logbook of personal adventures, and it's a revetment against the petty tintinnabulation of daily care. And nobody likes tintinnabulation.
I had to look up “tintinnabulation!” Thanks for the word! I love words. Plus, there is a bit of onomatopoeias in it, so bonus points! Thanks for the kind words!
![เปิดบ้าน พี่ตูน Bodyslam หลังใหม่คนแรก ที่ภูเก็ต l [Nickynachat]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/flFwcmyDQSk/mqdefault.jpg)
Journaling saved me during my divorce and I’m always encouraging others to utilize its powers
That is wonderful! We talk about it quite a bit here. Thanks for watching.
Journaling is such a great way to express your thoughts, pain, insecurities, self doubt, whatever is going on in your head it’s much better once you put it to paper.
Well said HJ, we’ll done !
Thanks so much, Teri! Thanks for being here!
Tough, but oh so true, but the basics start with being honest with yourself.
And that you have the courage and the audacity to hold up a mirror to yourself.
Thank you, Patrick! I am glad you watched this.
Journalling was one of the things that kept me sane during the quarantine era of COVID. I haven’t stopped since. It really does help settle an overloaded mind.
That is wonderful. I am so glad that you have kept to it. Wish you all the best and thanks for watching this one.l
I appreciate your imagery and passionate delivery of your message.
It's truly encouraging, and it feels great to hear some of my own thoughts coming from another person.
Thank you.
Wow, thank you! I appreciate it so much!
My first journal entry was June 28, 1997. I have been an avid journaler ever since this day. This video said, what I have always believed inside. I always tell people, Journal like no one will ever read it, just enjoy it.
Thanks so much, My Friend! I am thankful for you being here and for enjoying this. I also admire your long journaling history. Very Well Done!
I think your advice is excellent, and I appreciate this video. The last three years have been tumultuous for me - deaths of parents and other loved ones, cancer and mental illness in my immediate family - and I've been adrift, angry, afraid. But human connection has kept me grounded, given me perspective, helped me laugh when I didn't think I had it in me. And our dogs. I adopted a puppy last year when I didn't plan to (he was abandoned in a dumpster; how could I not adopt him?), he's grown to about 90 pounds, and he wants to play. Who has time to mope when a 90 pound puppy wants to play?
Journaling hasn't been part of the equation for me. I think it should be. At night when the dogs and my wife are asleep, I start thinking when I want the internal voice to be quiet. I know from experience that it helps to sit down and engage that voice in written dialog. I live a blessed life and I know it. I've never experienced need or want, I had loving parents who loved each other, I have siblings and extended family who love me, and my wife is far better than I could possibly deserve. And none of this is mine or my just due. Love is a gift, not something we earn or deserve. We come into the world naked, and we leave it the same way, with nothing but what we've written onto our own hearts. I'm afraid of loss, and a fool to want to hang on to what I could never keep. Writing is memory, though, and it helps us see reality for what it is and to remake it into what we hope it can be. I need to be more diligent about writing my memories of my parents, my love for my wife and children (and dogs), to record the person I am today who'll be gone when I've become who I'll be in ten years.
I'm in danger of journaling in your comments section. Perhaps my rambling in comments sections and on FB is a sort of ersatz journaling. I'd do better to pull out my journal and use a pen, not a keyboard.
Wow, thanks for the kind words. You know, someone else could make a video about the healing power of dogs! I had a 75 lb Dalmatian through some of my toughest times. I had to be there for her, regardless.
This was such a heartfelt lyrical comment. Thanks so much for sharing it. Never hesitate to check in with me again. I will always be wishing you the best.
I'm so glad I found you because of what you share has been reflected in my every day life for countless years. Years when on a Royal Navy warship, or since retirement my work with Emergency Helicopter Services as a trauma surgeon. Writing has always been a great healer.
Journalling has been my 'saviour', also. Recently, for example, I arrived home very distressed after treating a teenage casualty; child casualties always upset me. So after making a cup of tea and changing out of my jumpsuit, the first place to go after greeting my children is opening my journal; blank pages have never intimidated me. Because over the years I've adopted a 5 minute, strictly timed writing exercise where I write non-stop, without ceasing to punctuate and erase my thoughts, the day. This is healing because once my words have poured out from ink onto paper, there they remain.
I must thank you HJ for your wisdom, your insight and your great understanding of the human condition. Have you thought of writing a book? Love, peace and blessing, Wendi 🌻
Thanks so much, Wendi! Thank you for being here and thank you for sharing your story. I am so glad that you are getting some inspiration from my videos. It means a lot.
I love your approach to daily journaling. I can see how that would be immensely helpful. This comment reminds me to do some more content on Journaling!
I have written one book, but I have only had my articles published. I do want to write some more. It is an upcoming project for the New Year. Thanks!
I used to adapt the size and speed of my handwriting to suit the nib I was using: slow and small for fine, medium for medium, etc. Now I just write at a medium speed and size no matter what nib grade I'm using - so liberating!
Wonderful!
Many good points here, thank you. For me I found that I feel that the clutter in my mind is gone when I journal.
Thanks so much! That is definitely a benefit.
Im struggling a little to find the words to express just how much this video hits home for me. "These voices are you..." I was screaming yeeessss , in agreement, at the screen! Another wonderful video that will help many if they can just take that first step of putting the pen to paper.
Thank you so much! I am so glad it spoke to you. This one was very personal to me and I am glad you watched it. Thanks so much!
how appropriate -- Hieronymus Bosch.
You see what I’ve done there! Yes, fits right in with the theme. Thanks!
This was lovely to watch. I've been unwell all week unable to Journal. I will get my pen out later for a wee retrospective later. Thanks for this Wonderful community.
I am so happy that this helped, even in a small way, to inspire you. This community is with you! Stay well and stop by again soon.
HJ, I can only say Thanks. This hits home.
Thanks Gino! I am glad this resonated. We share much of the same challenges. Wish you always all the best.
I have just watched this again. Well worth it.
Thank you so much!
I have journaled on it off for decades. I must confess that I seldom spend time rereading my journals, to my detriment. Recently, shoulder surgery prevented me from using my dominant hand for six weeks. Writing with my non-dominant hand was humbling, awkward, and barely legible. It was slow going and so I did not journal very much. I felt as if I was losing my soul; my interior life suffered. I can now write with my dominant hand, but there is some significant pain, which will diminish over time. Without the ability to write easily, I think I lost some perspective, and made some bad decisions.
Wow, that is an amazing story. Thanks so much for sharing it. I could see how that would happen. Wishing you a full recovery and all the best always.
You have a generous heart to be willing to help many with you vulnerability. Your channel is so much more than fountain pens (altho that is great too). Thank you!
Thank you so much for your kind words. I appreciate it very much. Thank you for being here.
Great video and one I will rewatch. Journaling is very helpful to me. Just nice to be quiet and take a break from the chaos of the world.
Thank you so much! I appreciate it! I am so glad that you got some value from this.
I really appreciate this thought provoking presentation. If I could afford your .99c membership fee I would jump on it in a heartbeat. Though I live well below the national poverty level, so I will continue to watch your videos and try what you recommend here to find a better me. When I had to retire from driving truck for a living my entire world was turned upside down and has only gotten worse since. At 59 years old it seems almost senseless to try and recreate myself but maybe there is still hope. One day at a time.
Roy
Auburn, WA.
Hello Roy,
You are very young and have a lot of years ahead. Anything can happen. There are many ways to set the stage for an Act II. You may be limited by whatever made you retire, but maybe there is a way to use some other capability to expand your reach and your connections with other people and perhaps your income as well.
Whatever it is, I am hoping for the best for you in any and all situations. I am just very appreciative to have you here as a viewer. Comment again soon and let me know how you are doing.
Another generous and gracious video Hemingway. Thank you
Thank you for watching!
This is a terrific, healing video. Thanks Hemingway.
Thank you for the kind words.
My God! this is just too intense. thank you for surpassing yourself with this video!
Thank you so much for watching! I appreciate it.
Really well done, this is a great video, I think it's my favorite since you started! I fully agree with the power of respecting yourself by expressing yourself freely. I grew to love using writing and fountain pens during a time of grief. This should say a lot about my agreement with confronting the Adversary, the Dragon, the Guardian of the Threshold with the power of introspection easen by journaling. Thank you for the evocative words and images always accompanied by solid content, which serves and will continue to serve in the lives of each of us.
Thank you very much. I am so glad that this resonated with you. Thank you for the kind comments. Wish you all the best always.
‘Mud of your inner geography’ is well-stated. When I struggle with depression, it does feel like slogging through mud. I journal quite often to help me manage challenges. Thanks for this video.
Thanks so much for your kind words!
Beautiful!
Thank you!
Beautifully written, Hemingway!!
Thank you so much!
That was so much work and so wonderful.
Thank you so much!
Thanks for a reflective and gently encouraging video. I have always had an issue with a blank page, as have ny neurodivergent kids. In my journal, I always start with the date in ISO, then the pen and the ink. Whenever I've taken a short break, i tend to use another pen, so there's another subheading with that information. Breaks up the wall of white.
That sounds like a great strategy. I am glad this resonated with you. Thank you!
Hemingway I'm on board with all this mode of thought. During darker periods of my life I used to write down my most personal positive thoughts, that is, what interested me, what I wished to know better, delve into, etc. Many years later these thoughts blossomed, and although the topics and art I'm delving into may not be a replica of what they were back then they function in a similar vein. The written word can be so poweful. So I definitely advocate writing, or journaling, and using this as a treat for one's self. A lovely pad, a beautiful pen, an ink that's appealing in the most subjective manner, all should be used to jot down or even elaborate upon what offers joy or what provokes negativity. This might keep demons at bay or even annihilate them to the extent possible.
Thanks so much for the wonderful comment. Very well put.
It really does help my mental health. Bravo sir.
Thanks so much and thanks for watching
Hello HJ. Another brilliant video. Journaling has indeed helped me reach a better place in my life. I've gone through difficult times throughout my life and have experienced great tragedy and eternal loss. Journaling gives me an outlet to tell my story. There is much comfort in the written words. It is similar to prayer. It gives us a distinct knowledge that we are not alone. I always end my scribbling with a positive thought no matter how difficult time is in the present. Great video. You should be proud of this one.
Thank you so much, Richard. It means a lot. You are very kind and I appreciate you being there. Thank you.
Thank you for this!
Thank you for watching!
This video is beautiful! Blessings
Thank you very much!
Thank you for this video. It helps me a lot to start journaling. I never new what to write but now I have a starting point.
I am so glad. I am so happy you enjoyed it.
Very nice video. I will have to tune in on a Tuesday.
Thank you!
This video is beautiful and inspirational, thank you! ✍🏻
You're so welcome! Thank you so much!
Excellent video, Hemingway. I watched it twice! Very insightful and well versed. I always make a concerted effort to remain as honest as possible with myself when penning my thoughts. I enjoyed the B-roll in this video, especially the medieval artwork.
Thanks so much, Kurt! I am so glad that you enjoyed it.
Another great video, journal is great for the mind,my stipula castri should be here by next week.frank in Oswego,ill
Thanks so much! Stipula! Very nice!
I love this...very true and wonderful video.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much!
Hi Hemingway. Thank you for a most enjoyable video. I can tell a lot of work went into this one. I hope it helps people who watch your channel and don't feel too good. Keeping a journal is one method of recording our good days and bad days.
Thanks so much, David. it is always a pleasure to hear from you, My Friend.
Outstanding. Super helpful pointers -- particularly about just getting started. Thanks, for this.
Thanks Ladd! I appreciate it very much and you.
Very inspiring and relaxing 😍
Thanks 🌺
Thanks so much for watching! I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Thank you for another amazing video. I don't comment often, but I watch quite every time you upload. Journaling videos always resonate with me, this one gave me new inspiration for my journey on the paper. So thank you. ✍️
Thank you so much! This comment means the world to me. My journaling videos are usually my least popular, but they mean so much to me and I am so glad they resonate with you, and so I have to do them. Thanks!
Surprised to learn journaling videos aren't more popular - because it's a favorite topic of mine also. It seems a difficult topic to cover, difficult to organize int byo thoughts then words. On the surface it's so simple, yet the affects can be so impactful, and HJ does a great job with it on every attempt.
Thank you very much! I appreciate it. I don’t know why it is. I thought it would have a broader appeal than Fountain Pens, but it doesn’t seem to. Nevertheless, I like them and I think that they are so valuable, so I will never stop making them. Thanks!@@taiko7225
HJ, bravo! This one was poetic. The only way I really know what I think or believe is through processing my thoughts when I journal. I don’t know where I’d be without it.
Thanks very much for the kind words! So true! We share that in common.
You started my adventure in daily journaling. So thank you. It has been an incredible gift that you revealed to me in a way that I hadn’t experienced before. I suffer bouts of depression- the black dog barking- and journaling provides escape and comfort. Many thanks.
Thanks so much. That is wonderful to hear. Happy to have helped to inspire you. You did all the hard work. I am so happy to hear that you are finding comfort in it as well. It is my refuge and it helps me to slow down and pause the loop of intrusive thoughts. Thanks for being so kind in your comment and I look forward to hearing from you again. All the best!
Beautiful video! I have been journaling daily for years and will never stop. And of course, you need a great fountain pen to do it! :) :) :)
I totally agree! Thanks for the kind words! I am so glad you enjoyed this. Which pen are you using? What is inspiring you?
Today I am enjoying my Sailor King of Pens. I am not crazy about Sailor pens like some people are. I feel like Sailor pens are overrated and overpriced, BUT I love this nib. :) :) :) @@HemingwayJones
I’ve never used one. I’m curious about it though.
Good message. Yes there is something about a good FP and a comfortable journal that can help one to explore, center, and fight the beast.
Truly! Thank you!
Just watched this and as usual it is a beautiful video both to the eye and the ear. I want you to know I admire your facing your issues. It is courageous. “Well done good an faithful servant.” See you, further up the road.
Thank you so much! That is so kind of you to say and it means a lot to me. Thank you and thank you for being here.
Ever since you suggested Journaling when I first watched your channel, I have been journaling everyday no matter what. I am always honest with myself and write break-thourghs in my live in the last year and a half has been extremely cathartic and informative. Thanks HJ.
You are so welcome! I am so glad you are here.
Good advice! 👍
Thanks! 👍
Great video that captures some of the 500 or so reasons I have failed at journaling. But this captured those reasons so well I am ready to try again!
Many thanks for this message.
Excellent! Happy to help. Wishing you all the best with it. This Channel will be here to help you along.
This was a very helpful video thank you Hemingway! I know that in order to even maintain physical health (in addition to improving mental health and lowering depression/anxiety) I have to expose and rewrite the negative thoughts and not repress or run from them ... here lately, I journal with the intent of being radically honest in my journal ... sometimes the negative stuff evaporates upon sitting in front of the page but when I get writing flowing I am sometimes able to capture some beliefs that are not serving me. I listened to your other journaling for mental health video 3 or 4 times it helped me so much. It seems like when I go back and reread what I've written from a few weeks ago or more that's when I can best have the distance and detachment to sort the inner critical voice from truth of situations and circumstances. In this video, what you said about isolation and loneliness really hit home. Things really shifted once I stopped working outside the home.
Oh, one last insight: watching you journal in many locations makes me remember how I used to carry my journal absolutely everywhere with me! That's one action I can take now to increase success with capturing those fleeting but nasty negative dialogs that sometimes flare up out of absolutely nowhere! As always, your video has inspired me a lot - thank you!
Hello Chris, Thanks so much for the kind words. I am so glad that this video spoke to you. I loved hearing your impressions and challenges; they inspire me. Thank you. I am so glad that we are in this together. I wish you all the best always.
Is that a 149 flex? I'm really enjoying your content, thnk you very much for it all.
This is an important message. I try to advocate for bullet journaling when appropriate.
Thank you so much. I am so glad you enjoyed it. This is a MB 146 with the calligraphy nib. Thanks for watching.
@@HemingwayJones I'm happy to hear that, my 146 calligraphy is arriving first week of December. Was worried it was not going to be much bigger than my old 1911 naginata. I thought I liked broad nibs, but boy do I love the pen I used through school, still have it, a humble parker 45 extra fine. Can't wait to get the MB. Thank you for replying.
I’m sure journaling is what’s keeping me sane. It gets crowded in the head. And to me, I see my journal as a pensieve (Harry Potter reference) to come back later and get a clearer picture if I want to. But just emptying those thoughts from my head sometimes seems enough. It’s so wonderful to see you writing in different journals so I was curious. Do u maintain just 1 journal and take on another when u come to the end? Or do you have a few on the go. I fall in the latter group as I keep journals of various sizes on the go and reach for them based on mood and easy like smaller one in handbag and A5 when at my desk. Happy journaling ❤
Thank you so much for the kind comment. I keep one journal, for the most part. I have my poetry journal by Onion Skin and I have one for the Channel. These days, I mostly have one epic journal. Thanks!
So beautiful! The background goes very well with your thoughts! When talking about journaling we need to be reminded to keep doing it as sometimes depression tells us it isn’t useful.
Thank you so much! I am glad that you enjoyed it! Thank you!
Nicely done. And journalist Nicholas Kristof has an Op-Ed piece in the New York Times this week that might interest you.
Oh wow, thanks! I am an avid NYT reader, so I am surprised I missed it. I will check it out. Thanks and thank you for your kind words!
@@HemingwayJones BTW, I still do want to take up your earlier suggestion about journaling at the Met or Cloisters. Just need to get past this current heat wave in NYC. I don't go out much in it.
Wonderful! Be careful. Heat isn’t good for anyone.
Ok, we’re not doppelgängers and I’ll say why later. But first in this montage of many videos, I seem to recognize some views of Italian cities and/or landscapes… Am I correct? If so, could you provide a bit of information about it?
We do differ in that my interest in items of clothing is almost 0. I almost only wear cheap black t-shirts and jeans.
But I do dig some of your polos and clothes!
Love the Hieronymus Bosch pictures!
Grazie per questo video!
Grazie a te per vederlo! Yes! Italy is a country that I adore. I have been many times and I have dear friends in Matera and friends in Venice and elsewhere. I even was engaged on the banks of the Grand Canal. I am very glad that you enjoyed this!
@@HemingwayJones I did enjoy the video!
I live at about one and a half hours by train from Venice.
I go there every chance I get!
I was lucky enough to visit it with no tourists around.
A Long time ago, when I worked as an exterminator, I was often there at dawn, before shops or cafés or restaurants opened.
I played a few concerts there, so I had a chance to walk through calli, fondamenta and campi at night.
It never ceases to amaze me!
On the other hand, despite having been many places in the south of Italy, I’ve never been to Matera… Such a shame!
definitely on my “to do“ list of places to visit in Italy.
Thanks for your response and for your videos!
Thanks My Friend. Always a pleasure! I wish I had that kind of continual access. I do go off season to be alone with the City and its art. Thursday’s video has a pic of me in Piazza San Marco with no one around me all the way back to the Basilica. All the best!@@lislearnitalianwithsongs
New to the channel, wonderful video! Question: What is the red candle burning on your writing desk? I like it and wouldn’t mind having one of my own.
Thanks so much! I am so glad that you are enjoying the Channel. Sadly, I bought that candle over a decade ago and I forget who made it. I bought it because it is long burning and smells like a library; leather and old books. I wish I could remember. So sorry.
10:10 is that rittenhouse square?! Love the video, been journaling just to get into it but I want to get more intentional with it, so thank you!
Hello Hannah, Yes! You have very good eyes! That is my hometown, Philadelphia and Rittenhouse Square. I live in MA now, but I always come down. I hope my channel can help you to remain inspired! All the best and stop by again soon.
You know, if you go back in my catalogue, I've filmed in Philadelphia quite a bit, at the Art Museum, Garland of Letters on South Street, Rittenhouse Square, and at Penn and the Penn Museum. You might like those. Thanks!
@@HemingwayJones I’ll check them out, thank you!
Nothing coalesces thoughts like paper and ink. Or, pixels and screen. Writing in longhand, though, that's the real thing. My voice is not silent as long as I have a fountain pen.
A journal is more. It's a logbook of personal adventures, and it's a revetment against the petty tintinnabulation of daily care.
And nobody likes tintinnabulation.
I had to look up “tintinnabulation!” Thanks for the word! I love words. Plus, there is a bit of onomatopoeias in it, so bonus points!
Thanks for the kind words!
Another wonderful video. Also where did you find that book? It looked so interesting. I can’t find it.
Thanks so much! Which one? The Bosch one? If so, that was from Helen and it came with some Bosch themed Tarot cards. It’s really interesting.
@@HemingwayJones yes thank you it looks very interesting
It is really fun. I am a huge Bosch fan and this makes it even more interesting. I hope all is well!
@@HemingwayJones I will need to look into it and all is well just out in my garden. Hope all is well with you.
@@kobastalin5251 Yes, very! Our town was hit hard by microbursts on Friday, but we made it through with only a few lost tree branches. Not so bad.
This and edibles
Nice! As long as you enjoy it, I’m happy.