Have you ever started something with much enthusiasm - a fitness program or some other personal project perhaps - more than ready to make positive changes that will impact you and the rest of the world, only to find yourself...
Prioritizing 101: How To Start Meeting Deadlines
In an ideal world - whether in school, at work, or just life in general - finishing tasks can be accomplished by simply listing them down, knowing which ones are due for the day, completing them all, and then ticking...
The Benefits of Journaling on Mental Health
According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, 20.6% of US adults experienced mental illness back in 2019. It may not seem a lot as a percentage, but looking at the equivalent definitely makes an impact because it represents a staggering...
Bullet Journal, Planner, Journaling...
No matter how long - or short - most of us have been keeping a journal, it's always amazing to see just how much our journaling options have multiplied over the course of many years. For an avid journaler, this...
5 Ways Journaling Can Boost Your Creativity
Contrary to popular belief, being creative isn't just for artists, writers, or musicians. No matter what the world tells you, it can be for journalers too! Far from being an innate talent that only a select few are born with,...
The EDCs of Handwriting: Exercise, Develop, Combine
If you find your handwriting illegible or not "nice enough," you're not alone. We get a lot of comments that say something similar from different people on social media. But here's the deal: as in all things that we want to...
4 Great Alternatives to Work-Life Balance
Work-Life Balance has become, to most of us, the mythical creature of the workplace: everyone knows what it is, but almost no one has experienced it (with any degree of success) firsthand. Employees claiming that they have are met with...
8 Reasons Why Journaling Will Change Your Life
Before you decide to skip this article thinking it's just another post about the science behind the benefits of journaling, think again: for a change, we're shifting the focus away from the numbers, statistics, and probabilities of research - though...
Vanessa’s Top 9 Fountain Pen Selections
A common question we get here at LOCBHY is what our fountain pen recommendations are, and our good friend Vanessa Langton (@vanessa_langton) of Youtube's Pen Gangsta is here to help us all out! She's put together an amazing list - and beginners and long-time...