book number fourteen

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+title: Book Number Fourteen
+date: 2021-07-10T16:24:00+02:00
+categories:
+    - learning
+tags:
+    - journaling
+---
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+This July marks the start of my 14th [journal](/tags/journaling). Fourteen! Journal #1 started in August of 2010, when I started getting interested in self-improvement---something sorely needed back then (and probably even more right now).
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+Aren't they beautiful?
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+![](../boekjes.jpg "Old to recent journals: from bottom to top.")
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+Each journal has more than a few tales to tell (I've written about [how I journal](/post/2017/07/journaling-in-practice/) in 2017---it might not be completely up-to-date). For instance, take a look at Number Four, the one with Mario's Piranha Plant. Jup, the dog chewed on it. I had to iron every single page to get rid of the excess saliva. Or Number Ten with the Bob-omb: dipping a toe outside the Moleskine world. Number Six, Magritte's Limited Edition, was an impulse buy I later regretted: no proper inlay pockets on the back, fixed with a stitched-together envelope. 
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+Ballpoint pens were swapped out in favor of fountain pens around 2017, requiring me to look further for better paper. I couldn't find the [Midori](https://www.midori-japan.co.jp/english/) A5 booklets in Belgium (we got Number Ten in London) and didn't want to keep on importing. The result is Number Eleven: [Leuchtturm 1917](https://www.leuchtturm1917.de/) notebooks (unlined, of course), that also didn't require manual paginating.
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+My nibs love Leuchtturm paper, and it's just the right size too. I've tried a smaller size once on [Paperblanks](https://www.paperblanks.com/en/) with Number Seven but it did not feel right. As I suddenly found myself out of space in Number 13 and we were going on a short trip the next day, I reverted to another smaller Paperblanks I still had lying around for the current journal. It won't be the best writing experience, but at least I wrote! It's not as thick as a typical Leuchtturm so hopefully I'll burn through it fast enough. 
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+I might have to go out and buy more [Hama beads](https://www.hamabeads.com/).