I Guess I'll Write It Down: A Journal for All Kinds of Good and Bad Stuff

by Beth Evans

For fans of Beth Evan’s comics and I Really Didn’t Think This Through , a gorgeous self-care journal featuring never-before-seen comics.

Beth Evans has created a global brand bringing together people who yearn for a place to express their deepest feelings. With this warm, empathetic, and charming journal, she provides a safe, private space for people to record both the bad stuff—their fears and anxieties—and the good stuff—their ideas, hopes, and dreams. Packaged in a small, portable size perfect for bags, backpacks, and pockets, and featuring twenty-eight cartoons created exclusively for this diary, I Guess I’ll Write It Down is a fun keepsake for Beth’s fans and for journal writers looking for a cool place to keep track of essential moments in their lives.

224 pages, Hardcover

Published June 11, 2019

Reviews

[Jon Nakapalau · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful journal - love the art! Lots of very relatable stuff here; will put a smile on your face as you think of similar situations you have been through. Sometimes you just need to read a book that lets you know that things are not as bad as you think they are. This was a nice change of pace for me before I get back to some of the more depressing stuff I get into.

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you follow Beth Evans on Instagram, you know how relatable and supportive her comics can be. Social media can be difficult but it can also provide a particular sense of community, a place to realize that you’re not alone in your struggles. Beth’s comics allow empathy and encouragement. She's open about her mental health especially dealing with anxiety which can be scary and frustrating and debilitating for many. It's also especially lonely to be side-lined by anxiety. Fans of Beth’s work will particularly appreciate this journal. This journal contains 28 never-before-seen cartoons which will inspire people to share their thoughts and desires. Writing can be therapeutic and many people understand the importance of writing down our emotions. Carry around this compact and pretty journal or keep it in a bedside drawer to write down all the feelings when you need to reflect or keep a record of events. Beth Evans has more than 280, 000 followers on Instagram. Her comics help people feel a bit less alone and a bit less anxious. She’s the author of I Didn’t Really Think This Through.

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[Zachary Houle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Every writer struggles with the blank page, whether it be a piece of paper or a white screen in a Microsoft Word document. However, diary, I have a particular struggle in reviewing the new Beth Evans book, I Guess I’ll Write It Down. You see, it is mostly a blank book. I’m not sure what it’s supposed to be — a gift book, a journal, or something else entirely altogether. The pages are blank, aside from Evans’ crude illustrations (which are really a form of naïve art) that either take up the odd page or are constrained to the margins. The marginal cartoons sometimes repeat themselves, so the book, perhaps, is not entirely fresh. However, if you’re a fan of Evans work, you may appreciate the 28 never-seen-before cartoons that line the pages.

Beth Evans is a young artist with a popular Instagram following who published a “real” book of text and cartoons last year called I Really Didn’t Think This Through. It was a mostly solid book — but I might be saying that because it was peppered with anecdotes about being a female Rush fan, which is are something that is few and far between and we really need more women Rush fans in the world. (And I liked Rush when I was a teenager, so there’s that.) Still, I enjoyed the book and it was a quick and breezy read. This book, however, I’m not so sure of. You see, Evans struggles with anxiety, so a lot of the illustrations here are not really encouraging of filling up these blank pages with words. They may actually stop the writer dead cold. One illustration, called “The Terrors of Writing,” is filled with nothing but illustrations of blank pages and paper. Perhaps Evans is acknowledging that people are wont to procrastinate. But rather than be a cheerleader, Evans is more a pessimist who might remind you of why you’re not filling up these pages with lovely words.

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[Jolene · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hilarious ideas to keep s journal and stick with it.