"Things I Don’t Share on Social Media" – the New Journal Is Here

As I was mentioning in my previous stories on the blog, I released a new journal recently, titled Things I Don’t Share on Social Media, and now the journal is available on Amazon! 😊 I just ordered my first batch of journals, to show them off here on the blog and my social media platforms. Hope you like them! 🥰 Some of them will probably go out as gifts to friends and family, now that the holiday season is also upon us.

Features:

- Paperback, glossy cover;

- Size 8.5" x 5.5";

- 160 lined pages, featuring selected lines from my poetry every 10 pages.

Please check it out!

Things I Don’t Share on Social Media: A Journal – Amazon.ca

Things I Don’t Share on Social Media: A Journal – Amazon.com

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De curand am creat un obiect de papetarie — un carnet/agenda/jurnal intitulat Things I Don’t Share on Social Media. Jurnalul este disponibil pe Amazon in Canada, SUA, precum si toate celelalte tari unde Amazon este prezent. Tocmai mi-a sosit prima comanda de exemplare ale jurnalului, pe care voiam sa vi le arat astazi pe blog. Unele din ele vor fi probabil cadouri pentru prieteni si membri ai familiei, avand in vedere ca suntem deja in preajma sarbatorilor.

Jurnalul are 160 pagini liniate, este de marime standard, are coperta de tip paperback, iar fiecare a 10-a pagina contine cate un citat din poeziile mele.

Sper sa va placa! 🥰

Things I Don’t Share on Social Media: A Journal – Amazon.ca

Things I Don’t Share on Social Media: A Journal – Amazon.com

Photo credit: Victoria West

Despre diaristica

Dragii mei prieteni si cititori, pentru astazi am o veste editoriala. De curand am creat un obiect de papetarie — un carnet/agenda/jurnal intitulat Things I Don’t Share on Social Media. Jurnalul este disponibil pe Amazon in Canada, SUA, precum si in toate celelalte tari unde Amazon este prezent.

Coperta fata

Coperta spate

Sa va spun cateva cuvinte despre acest jurnal. Are 160 pagini liniate, este de marime standard, are coperta de tip paperback, iar fiecare a 10-a pagina contine cate un citat din poeziile mele.

Obiceiul meu de a scrie diaristica dateaza de zeci de ani de zile. Am inceput sa scriu un jurnal prima oara la varsta de 12 ani, si de-a lungul anilor mi-am pastrat acest obicei in mod constant, sau aproape constant. Unele din acele jurnale scrise in trecut s-au pastrat, altele nu. Unele dintre ele au fost lasate in urma atunci cand m-am mutat dintr-o tara in alta, altele au calatorit cu mine in viata mea din prezent. Pentru mine scrierea unui jurnal si transpunerea gandurilor pe hartie este un proces tamaduitor si cathartic, si pasiunea mea pentru diaristica mi-a dat imppulsul de a crea acest obiect de papetarie — jurnalul Things I Don’t Share on Social Media.

Coperta jurnalului are si ea o poveste in spate. Imaginea de pe coperta este o fotografie facuta intr-o vacanta de-a mea din Cuba -- o plaja pe malul Oceanului Atlantic, in provincia Holguin situata in partea de Est a Cubei. Daca ma gandesc la toate vacantele mele de pe malul marii sau al oceanului de pana acum, inclusiv cea de anul acesta din Florida, am avut foarte putine ocazii sa ma gasesc singura pe plaja, asa cum s-a intamplat in acea zi in Cuba, in martie 2018, cand am facut aceasta poza, doar eu si oceanul, fara nicio alta prezenta umana in apropiere. Este una din putinele poze din arhiva mea personala pe care am reusit sa le fac intr-un moment cand eram singura pe plaja, caci de obicei plajele exotice sunt aglomerate si pline de turisti. Un jurnal personal pentru mine este un loc de liniste si reflectare, unde sunt doar eu cu gandurile mele, la fel cum a fost si acea zi pe plaja pentru mine, in Cuba, cand am avut un moment de liniste fara sa fiu deranjata de nicio alta suflare omeneasca.

Iata si poza originala pe care am facut-o in Cuba in 2018, si care mi-a servit drept inspiratie pentru coperta jurnalului Things I Don’t Share on Social Media.

Cuba, 2018

Noul jurnal poate fi gasit pe Amazon.

Things I Don’t Share on Social Media: A Journal – Amazon.ca

Things I Don’t Share on Social Media: A Journal – Amazon.com

Photo credit: Victoria West

NEW: "Things I Don’t Share on Social Media", a Journal

My dear friends and readers, I have some exciting news to share today. Recently I created a new journal, titled "Things I Don't Share on Social Media", and now it is available on Amazon! 😊

The journal has the following features:

- Paperback, glossy cover;

- Size 8.5" x 5.5";

- 160 lined pages, featuring selected lines from my poetry every 10 pages.

Amazon description:

"Things I Don't Share on Social Media" is the first journal created by Canadian writer and poet Victoria West, author of the poetry collection "Sunset in Toronto". Interspersed with verses from Victoria's poems, this beautifully designed journal will be a happy place for those who love recording their thoughts and feelings in the form of journaling and a perfect starting place for aspiring writers.

For more information on Victoria West's work, please visit VictoriaWest.net or follow her on Instagram @victoria_west_and_books.

I am a long-time journaler, and journaling has always been a therapeutic and cathartic practice for me, always helping my mental health stay the strongest. My fondness for the healing practice of journaling has been behind the idea of creating a new journal for those like me, who love expressing their thoughts, feelings, and emotions on paper.

The cover of the journal features a beach from Cuba -- it's located in the Holguin province in the Eastern part of Cuba, and the reason why I selected this image to be the cover of my newly created journal is because it was a place of peace and serenity for me when I went there, on one of my previous vacations to Cuba from a few years ago. On that particular day, when I found myself at the beach, there was no one else in sight, a rare opportunity in exotic places like Cuba. From all my exotic vacations at the seaside or oceanside from over the years, I had very few opportunities to have the beach all to myself and take pictures like this one, with no other humans in sight. And this was one such occasion, when I was by myself on this beautiful tropical beach, and when I could take this serene, calm, and peaceful picture, which is now the cover of my new journal -- a serene, calm, and peaceful place where one can record one's thoughts and feelings, undisturbed.

"Things I Don't Share on Social Media" journal -- front cover

"Things I Don't Share on Social Media" journal -- back cover

This is the picture taken in Cuba, in March 2018, that inspired the cover for the journal

The journal "Things I Don't Share on Social Media" is available on Amazon.ca, Amazon.com, as well as all the other Amazon sites around the world. Please check it out, and I hope you will enjoy your writing experience!

Photo credit: Victoria West