Sarcasm is an adjusted stress reaction.

>> This year I kept a media-tracking spreadsheet in Google Docs, and also a paper reading journal. Which sounds extremely wanky, because it is, but I enjoyed the tactile aspect of creating layouts, pasting print-outs of covers, and keeping track of things in handwriting. Also I got to use stickers. <<

It's not wanky. Your journal is beautiful. Wanky is people picking on each other because they have different tastes.

journalsandplanners is a good place to share pictures of what you're doing with yours, and see other people's pictures or descriptions. goals_on_dw has various resources on journals and also the Signup Post: Reading Challenges in 2025 (https://goals-on-dw.dreamwidth.org/11540.html).

>> I've already started a fresh journal for 2025, this time in a small ring binder to avoid certain annoying problems, ie, the build-up of thickness from pasting the covers into the same spot over and over again.<<

That's a good solution. Plus you can customize or move things around if you want. There's a post on printables (https://goals-on-dw.dreamwidth.org/2371.html) if you're into that. Some of the book ones are really pretty.