A couple of months ago, I heard about this book from a friend. I drove to Barnes & Noble. I bought it.

And it’s been a lot of fun.

Maybe everybody else already knows about it; maybe I bought the last copy and the whole world finished wrecking their journals at the end of 2008. Regardless, I wanted to share some wrecked-journal love.

Each page has a directive that will, in some way, wreck the journal, or at least keep it from being staid, as journals tend to be in the world of us perfectionists.

So while I’ve also continued journaling in my normal, linear way, this book has definitely prodded me in a more creative direction and allowed me to express myself in ways other than writing words on a page. Okay. I’m still using words here.


Some other pages:

Pour, spill, drop, spit, fling your coffee HERE.
Color this entire page.
Press leaves and other found things
Tear this page out. Put it in your pocket. Put it through the wash. Stick it back in.
Draw with glue.
Collect your pocket lint; glue it here:

It’s fun. It’s provided me with a project to work on. Ultimately, wrecking my journal has given me more confidence in my creative nature– you know, the one we all possess. I doubt anybody will ever want to purchase my journal and display it in their home, but I don’t think that makes it any less legitimate, right?