Here’s some notes from the past 2 months of art journaling.
I keep a big spiral bound journal and a little Moleskine for the road.  A typical entry is doodles and writing:

Page 2 of an entry after starting an Advanced Fiction Class

Most the past month have been more doodle than writing:

Never wait til you have the proper tools – bloom where planted

From the Moleskine

Play often

Real green ginkgo leaf taped to painted drawing page

At one point there were seven big orb spiders just outside my patio

Meeting notes

We got to see about 30,000 swifts roost in the chimney of Chapman school

Watching

October 21 — horse chestnuts

Journaling helps keep the chaos of life at bay for me.  Try it, you’ll like it.