The Journal 

Project —

A moving testament to collaboration.

15 JOURNALS 15 HUMANS 225 ENTRIES 1 DESTINATION

Welcome!

You’re probably here because someone handed you a journal and asked if you’d like to take part. We’re so glad you’re here. You are invited to take part in a global project about collaboration and connection. The medium for the project is a journal and a pen. 

We're sending out 15 journals to 15 people around the world. Each person will each create a journal entry by responding to questions we’ve curated within the journal's pages. After each person puts their thoughts on paper, their task is to pass the journal on to someone else, who will contribute and then pass it to someone else.

The hitch? Each person must take it closer to its final destination. The last person will take it to its final location in Berlin. The end goal is for each journal to arrive in Berlin by September 25, 2025.

Is it possible for people across multiple cities and countries to come together around one common goal? Let’s find out!

Didn’t get a journal but want to participate?
Drop us a note.

What’s Next?

If you have a journal, follow the steps below to keep it moving to reach our goal of getting it to Berlin by September 25, 2025.

Step 1

Look for the little yellow journal.

Flip through the pages to find a prompt that resonates with you and take a quiet moment to journal out your thoughts in response.

Journal entry

Types of questions you’ll find…

Where is elsewhere?

Who do you love?

When did you last laugh?

Who are others to you?

Check-in

Step 2

Tell us where you are in the world, your name, and a way to stay in contact. Plus we’d love a photo of the journal in your current space. We'll update the Journal page each week with the whereabouts of each journal.

Check-in online or by posting on Instagram and mentioning @thejournalprojectetal and your location.

A few of the starting locations…

Los Angeles, CA

London, UK

Santa Fe, NM

Barcelona, ES

Pass it on

Step 3

(within a week of receiving it)

Meet a stranger or reconnect with an old friend to pass on the journal. Use this as a moment to strike up a good convo, you have a unique reason!

Tell them about the project, what to do, and to pass it on to someone new within a week or less to hit our goal of getting it to Berlin by Sept 25th or sooner. Berlin drop off location will be revealed after the project kicks-off on June 1st.

Ideas of people to pass to…

A stranger at the store.

A friend or relative.

A new or old coworker.

A person you've wanted to talk to.

If you dare…

The hand-off message. Embrace the absurdity of this project by reading the following when you pass it to the next person…

“I entrust this journal to your safekeeping for a short time until you pass it on to the next person. You are an essential part of a global cooperation. A global chain of humankind. We need you and we trust you. We’re grateful for your service as an essential part of our human chain.”

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“I entrust this journal to your safekeeping for a short time until you pass it on to the next person. You are an essential part of a global cooperation. A global chain of humankind. We need you and we trust you. We’re grateful for your service as an essential part of our human chain.” 〰️

Q&A

  • We’ve invited 15 people dispersed throughout the US and Europe to participate as the starting point for each journal. Each of these folks has a unique background, focused on a life that is creating something beautiful in their pocket of the world.

  • We think you’ll help us create a method for this madness. 🙂 Help us figure it out! Traveling yourself? Know anyone traveling? Know anyone who knows anyone traveling? Whatever you do, please act wisely, of course.

  • Jun 1 | Project kicks off with their first entries

    Jun 1 - Sep 21 | 16 weeks to get through 15 people and arrive in Berlin

    Anytime before Sep 25 | Drop off at location in Berlin

    Sep 25 | Last possible date for journals to reach the final destination in Berlin

    Sep 26 | IRL Gathering in Berlin - details to come. Check-in if you’d like to get more info.

    Jan 2026 | Full publication of what was uncovered in all the journal entries.

  • Your journal entry will remain completely anonymous. The core team of the three of us will read all entries at the end of the project to find common themes, meaningful stories, and fun notes to reference in our final publication. However no names will be correlated to the entries. If you have any concern with this, you can mention it in the check-in form.

  • Well, we’d prefer it to travel by hand if it can. The goal is to see if we can get all these to Berlin only by passing it from person to person. Remember, the mail used to go by hand! Of course, the tricky part is to do this when we’re all used to being digital and given the distance we’re aiming for. (For some there will be an ocean involved). We imagine it might travel with people that are traveling. But hey, there are no real rules here. Get creative and let’s see what happens!

  • Drop us a line at andothers.journal@gmail.com