Hello everyone and welcome back today i'm sharing  a new travel journal setup. This particular setup   is designed for a backpack long duration trip so  every time I travel with a backpack it raises the   conflict of do i take my travel journal or not?  but i am very committed to live all my traveling   experiences with the with my writing space  because i don't want to risk having any of   my memorable moments or anything that i  learned about the country i'm visiting   and fading away from my brain if i don't log it in  my journal in relatively short period of time. so   this setup is designed in a way to make  it as functional and also as optimized   in storage because in your backpack every  inch counts in terms of space and weight.   so it's two sections the first one is your  writing space the travel journal itself   and i have three tips for that section tip number  one is dedicate one entire blank insert for that   specific trip because with long duration means  more days you probably need more pages and you   don't want to risk running out of pages and there  is absolutely no space to carry a backup insert   so dedicate one entire blank insert for that  purpose for this particular trip tip number. Two   is try to pre-decorate your insert if you want to  do that i did this for the very first few pages   but i left most of it blank and i'm saying this  because i cannot afford take any decorative   items or traveling ephemera or stickers so the  way i'm gonna do this journaling in this trip   is i got inspired from that traveler's times  newsletter that comes from travelers company when   you purchase some of their products and they do  share spreads from the global journaling community   for the purpose of inspiration, i noticed that  most of the spreads they are sharing are about   writing and sketching best  described as just a freestyle   even in the second page here where they share more  more examples and i'm not saying you will not add   pictures or a map or any items you collect from  your trip but that can be done along the trip or   after you come back home you will have plenty of  time to complete the decorative process but during   the trip to make it as optimized as possible  you will probably count on writing and sketching   and i do see that most of the examples they  share follow that freestyle.

If you're not   big fan of your handwriting or maybe you think  that your sketches are too basic or too clumsy   absolutely not - your handwriting is very valuable  and your sketches are very valuable for the simple   fact that you made it with your own hand, so  handmade travel journal is the best way to go.   tip number three is your travel calendar which  is basically your travel schedule and that's   part of your traveling experience now  if you're using a bullet journal or   maybe like me you have your monthly insert  which was part of my 2022 planner setup,   is where i log all my appointments my events  time. i definitely don't want to carry this entire   insert just for the sake of accessing the duration  of my specific trip it will also add significant   weight to your journal so the best way to go is to  create in your travel journal a specific calendar   for that trip duration. i recommend to make  it a classic calendar easy to read start from   Monday even if you're traveling on a Friday  that's fine you can have some extra space for   giving you know writing the year and double check  at least twice the correct dates because the last   thing you want is an incorrect calendar. all you  need to add in your calendar as travel journal   is the name of your destination which is basically  the event you're attending or the city you're   about to visit and the timing it starts that's  all. any further details about that specific event   will come along the journal this will help you to  have an easy functional access to your schedule   and plan ahead of time when is your next  destination. so those were the tips regarding the   insert or your writing space as a travel journal  the second part is the travel wallet so that's an   additional functional reason to justify why i'm  carrying the regular size traveler's notebook   with me in my backpack so if i start from the  middle i have the craft folder so i realize that   i need a travel wallet because i do carry with  me travel documents in hard copy as well so if   you have travel documents such as hotel bookings,  car rental, flights you want to have a hard copy   of all this and you best place to put to place  it in your journal is in this craft folder   if you have this clear folder it's nice to have  them all wrapped together in one place but if you   don't it's perfectly fine to put them directly in  your craft folder and secure them with a clip.

Why   do i take a hard copy uh booking details because  as a regular traveler and i'm not sure if this is   just me i had my share of lost phones, i multiple  times run out of battery i've been to sites and   facilities where the scanners the or basically  the electronic system is down and i realized that   it's very useful to have a physical evidence with  all my booking details so this also can be good   place to keep your boarding passes on the other  side of that craft folder i keep the writing board   specifically for the backpack travel journal setup  this item is not luxury it's quite useful actually   because number one it helps you to stabilize your  insert put it under the page it will keep your   page still you can and even better if you extra  secure it with a clip and now if you're using   like in this example paper cream you will benefit  from the option of see-through the grids and this   will help you to keep your paragraphs aligned  and will also help you to shape and form any   of your sketches so this is a very useful item um  to keep in your um backpack travel journal setup   and the second part of my wallet is basically this  zipper pouch if you've seen my setup videos before   you will notice i use it frequently i like  to have one a place in my journal where it's   perfectly secured if i want to keep some change  maybe some coins anything that i don't want to   risk falling out of my journal.

On the other side  of that pouch it's the it gives you like a diverse   type of storage so you have three card slots here  i usually keep this either blank for things i will   collect during the trip or i keep items relevant  to the trip such as business cards maybe for your   travel agency or so. an additional pocket here is  also designed for things you will probably collect   during your trip the only travel document that is  not available in my journal is my passport pouch   and for this, i keep the passports in this leather  pouch it takes up to two passports and it's quite   useful it can also take vaccination cards if  you have any and a small pen i keep this in my   personal purse for security and accessibility.  anything else as far as travel documents   concerned i keep it in my travel journal. for your  writing kit the most simple basic thing you need   is a pencil maybe with an eraser but even more  important a fine liner i recommend micron 03 it's   good for writing and sketching as well you can  always color your sketch when you come back but   this is enough to have a basic kit to log your  experience while traveling. if you want to take   this to another level you can choose the smallest  pouch you have and at this point you can enjoy   some extras such as maybe a glue stick or maybe  your travel size scissors an extra eraser or maybe   some colors if you want to do that but make sure  it's really small but really and truly those two   will do it and you can attach this to the journal  itself so no need to even carry any pouches or   stationary. i'm very eager to hear your  experience with the backpack travel journal   what worked for you and what didn't. if you  have additional tips for how to make this   even more functional and more optimized please  feel free to share it.

I would like to hear   your experience on that. thank you for watching and happy journaling.