Writing Is a Quiet Way to Settle the Mind
For about eleven years, I used the same feng shui planner 📔 every day. Then I moved to a new place, and a new planner found its way to me. It felt as if something in my world began to move.
Since then, I buy a local planner or notebook on every trip, from each city and country I visit. Now there are notebooks all over my home: in the bedroom, the living room, the kitchen. I jot things down whenever a thought comes.
When I stopped going to a workplace, I stopped carrying a planner. But I never stopped writing. For me, writing is a kind of healing, almost like meditation. As I write, my breathing slows and my mind grows quiet.
Psychology points the same way. Putting feelings into words has been linked to lower stress. That's why I hope that, at the start of a new year, you'll welcome one more notebook alongside the planner you already use. A new notebook can be a small first step on a new path.
Heirloom Journal No.01: Quiet Wealth We Keep
My father's scissors. My mother's mirror. My family had wealth that money can't buy, things passed down through the way we lived. This journal is for putting those "codes" into words.
What do you keep sharp?
What trust do you keep?
Answer the guided prompts, and everyday memories and the things you hope to pass on start to take shape on the page.
- Three editions: Sage, Deep Keeper, and Ledger Cream
- 5.75 × 8 in, in 100-page or 200-page options
- Perforated, lined pages with a satin-finish softcover and rounded corners
- $29.99 or $34.99 CAD each
It makes a thoughtful gift for a mother or mother-in-law, a friend building a new family, or anyone who could use a few quiet minutes.
For someone who needs a small nudge
Today's Sign Postcard Set. Ten postcards with short messages. Draw one each morning, or send one to someone who comes to mind. Limited to 10 sets. → CA$32.99
Giving Them Together
The Postcard welcomes the new year, and the journal keeps what you want to remember. Side by side, they say: take care of the year ahead.
A Final Note
I hope Alter Standard's journals can be a small part of your writing habit. It doesn't have to be daily, and a few lines are enough. May each page you open become a quiet moment that helps settle your heart.
Designed in Toronto with Japanese-rooted simplicity.
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