The Bedside Journal

Bedside Journal

$49 USD
Preorder · ships the last week of October

Start and end every day with intention (not on autopilot!!)

  • 5 minutes morning + 5 minutes evening
  • 12-week guided format with daily + weekly prompts
  • Grounded in science and how your brain actually functions
  • Built to anchor to habits you already have
  • 6" x 9" linen hardcover that lays flat, with an elastic closure
  • 5 minutes morning + 5 minutes evening
  • 12-week guided format with daily + weekly prompts
  • Grounded in science and how your brain actually functions
  • Built to anchor to habits you already have
  • 6" x 9" linen hardcover that lays flat, with an elastic closure
Want both? The Set is $89 and saves you $9.
$7.95 shipping on one journal, free on two or more. Lower 48; Alaska and Hawaii ship at their own rate.
Alex writing in the Bedside Journal on her bed

This is for you if…

  • You wake up already stressed before you've even left the bedroom
  • Your brain doesn't turn off at night and you can't fall asleep
  • You've tried journaling before but nothing stuck
  • You want to feel present instead of just getting through the day

How it Works

When you wake up and immediately start thinking, planning, or reacting, your attention never actually resets. At night, without a clear close, your mind keeps going.

This journal follows a specific rhythm. Three steps, every day.
01
Ground

Before you rush into the day, you check in. You notice how your body feels and you name it. This shifts brain activity from the reactive center to the logic center and interrupts the stress loop before it starts.

02
Shift

Your brain filters the world based on how you feel. When you're stressed, it looks for problems. When you focus on gratitude, excitement, and connection, you redirect that filter toward what you want more of in your life.

03
Direct

Decide who you're going to show up as today. Instead of waking up and reacting to the world, you use this moment to intentionally choose who you'll be. At night, you reflect on what happened, close the mental loops, and give your brain permission to turn off.

What's inside

  • Twelve weeks of daily pages, morning and evening.
  • A weekly reset every seventh day, so you can see what's working before the next week starts.
  • Intentions at the front, reflections at the back, so you know where you started and how far it moved.
  • Undated, so you can start any day you'd like.
The details6" x 9" linen hardcoverSpiral bound so it lays flat, with an elastic closure to hold your page152 pages, twelve weeks

Two things to help it stick

01
The audio version

Daily and weekly practice is recorded. If you don't feel like writing one day, you can listen to the prompts and answer them in your head with your eyes closed.

02
A printable tracker

For when you're establishing a new habit and you want that lovely dopamine hit of a check every time you complete it.

Alex Payetta smiling on a cream chair
The Deskside Journal on a white desk with a candle

Complete the System

The Bedside Journal works on its own to set your intention for the day. The Deskside Journal takes that grounded state and applies it to how you plan your day, protect your energy, and get things done. Each one stands on its own, but they were built to work together.

Five minutes when you wake up and five at night, so you start the morning with intention and go to bed with a quiet mind.

Alex Payetta writing in her journal on her bed