Date a Girl Who Scrapbooks and Journals
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I remember reading this piece a long time ago, “Date a Girl Who Reads.” I didn’t remember the entirety of it, but I did remember the basics and the context. It stuck with me, from all those years ago, because I am a reader. I don’t read as much as I used to, and on most days, all I read are Webtoons before falling asleep in bed at night. Occasionally, I’ll find a book and binge it, but there have been few and far in between. With all the things I get up to, I literally don’t have as much energy to constantly read, and reading comics is just much easier. Easier to discipline myself from endless consumption. So I can’t quite relate to being a reader like all the other bookish girls.
I do relate to being a scrapbooker & a journaler. I’ve always kept odd memorabilia from my outings or my adventures. I collect stickers, not postcards, from my travels and adventures. Therefore, in a passing thought, and as a writer, all I could think about was writing something similar & inspired by Rosemarie Urquico’s, “Date A Girl Who Reads.”
I’m actually quite surprised something hasn’t been written yet before! Or similarly, date a planner! But I can’t write that one because I’m not a perfect planner. I do use one, but I’ve found to journal in the empty spaces vs utilize my Passion Planner as the structure it was intended for. In fact, my Passion Planner Daily, is my main scrapbook and journal. For most people it is a planner, a means to an end to get things done, for me it’s a great way to look back on anything as a whole. Write down what were my gamechangers—things that helped make my day, event, trip, adventure, or whatever special. They can be small or large. I use the hourly timeline sometimes as more space to journal or other times to break down how the day was spent. Sometimes I cover everything up with photos from my HP Sprocket and journal on the next page over. But I barely use my planners as perfect planning systems. I always liked to think outside of the box. So without further ado,
Journaling, scrapbooking, and memory keeping in my Passion Planner Daily.
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You should date a girl who scrapbooks & journals.
Date a girl who scrapbooks and journals. Date a girl who spends her time and money on pens, washi tape, and stacks of sticker sheets instead of fleeting trends. Date a girl who has shelves cluttered with unused notebooks, ephemera, binders of scrapbook paper, stacks of stickers, torn pages from magazines, and art books, because each one holds the potential for creativity yet to unfold. Date a girl who gets a little too excited in craft stores and spends hours deciding between two patterned paper packs.
Find a girl who journals. You’ll know it’s her because she always has a notebook or notepad tucked in her bag, pages already spilling with thoughts, doodles, and dreams. She’s the one lingering in the stationery aisle, trying to decide if she really needs a new set of colored mediums or not. The one who lights up at the sight of a blank canvas, ready to turn it into a keepsake.
She’s the girl quietly collecting memorabilia from all her outings. Thinking about gluing them down or what she’ll say. She’s not bringing her scrapbook to the café; that’s not her style. She’s a hidden artist, sipping tea, coffee, bubble tea, or anything in between. If she’s in a café, she may be people watching, journaling, doodling, or carefully tucking away the receipt, already noting the vibe and aesthetic for later.
Bring her a new set of gel pens or washi tape.
Let her show you her favorite journal spreads. See how her eyes sparkle as she flips through the pages she’s poured her heart into. Understand that every little detail she’s included, a pressed flower, a snapshot, a handwritten quote, carries a piece of her soul.
It’s easy to date a girl who journals. Gift her a notebook for her birthday, a set of Tombows for Christmas, or stickers from your travels or just because. Share your favorite memories with her, and watch as she weaves them into the pages of your story together.
Understand that she journals because she sees the beauty in every moment and wants to preserve it. She knows that memories fade, but the ink and color on her pages will endure. She’ll press the dried petals of your first bouquet into a page and scribble down the jokes you laughed at on your worst days.
Lie to her if you must, but be warned, she’ll spot it. A girl who journals reads between the lines. She’ll know your truth before you do.
Fail her. She’ll sketch the heartbreak in soft pastels and write about resilience in bold strokes. She knows that even the darkest smudges belong in her journal, that every tear becomes part of her story, a lesson to be learned. She’s the girl who finds gratitude in every day, the good in every bad, no matter how hard it is to find sometimes. It’s always there, and she’s able to uncover it because she dives deep within herself. She’ll get through it and become so much more than what she was because she journals. “Tomorrow will be better,” she writes.
If you find a girl who scrapbooks and journals, never let her go. When she’s up late layering photos and captions into a spread, let her be. She’s not just documenting; she’s crafting a legacy. As she shares her journals with you, you’ll find pieces of yourself in her pages.
Propose with a handwritten letter and a blank journal titled “Our Next Chapter.” She’ll say yes, and later she’ll write about it in shimmering ink.
You’ll build a life together that’s worth remembering. She’ll preserve it all: the stickers and postcards from your travels, the notes you left on the fridge, the doodles your children scribbled. Your winters will be filled with her soft narration as she flips through old journals, smiling at the history you wrote together.
Date a girl who scrapbooks and journals because she’ll fill your life with creativity, sentiment, and purpose. If you can’t offer her the magic she seeks, let her go. But if you want a partner who will cherish every detail and make your story unforgettable, date a girl who journals.
Or better yet, become her favorite life chapter.
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When I got to the last line I teared up a bit as I was thinking about my past, my present, and my future. The person I know I’m going to marry and have known since before he even admitted to himself his true feelings for me.
I’m posting this on my birthday, as a way to celebrate myself.
Toodles for now~
Diana
