Hey y’all,

First off, thanks to everyone for the kind words about hitting 100,000 free Friday subscribers. In celebration, I’m continuing to offer 20% off paid subscriptions:

Get 20% off for 1 year

As for today’s video: I just finished up my winter diary, so I thought I’d film another page-by-page tour. This video is a little longer and of a higher quality than the previous walkthrough. (I used a much better camera this time around.) It’ll look best if you make it fullscreen. Feel free to skip around and scrub and pause to see any pages in more detail.

It is my diary, of course, so I had to censor some pages using sticky notes and paper clips:

Austin Kleon @austinkleon

How I censor my diary

April 11th 2022

10 Likes

Here’s a short video of how I break in a new diary:

Austin Kleon @austinkleon

How I break in a new notebook 📖 🖊

April 7th 2022

7 Retweets94 Likes

Here’s a video I made with my son Owen of my silly weigh-out ritual:

Austin Kleon @austinkleon

What I do when a notebook is finished ⚖️ 📖 ✏️

April 7th 2022

19 Likes

You might not see a lot of “I did this, I did that” pages in the diary, because I save that for my logbook, which is basically just an appointment book filled out after the fact. Here’s a look at the 3 notebooks I keep right now — the 3rd is my commonplace diary:

Austin Kleon @austinkleon

Started making dumb Reels to see if I could please the Instagram algorithm answer: yes

April 8th 2022

1 Retweet21 Likes

A few other links and resources: ...