Lost a whole month of spreads when my journal got wet at the beach in Santa Cruz

I left my journal on a towel for five minutes and a wave soaked it through, everything turned to mush and ink blobs. Has anyone else had to start over mid-month and how did you get the motivation back?

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riverowens16d ago

Grab a fresh notebook and just start with today's date. I remember reading somewhere that artists who lose their sketchbooks often take the blank pages as a chance to erase all the stuff they hated. Your old spreads are gone, but you can pull out the one or two ideas that actually worked and redo them better, more waterproof next time maybe. The beach was rough on you, but starting small, like a single line or a tiny doodle, usually gets the motor going again.