It's a fine package of exercises to deal with everyday anxieties, but nothing more than that really. Maybe it would've been more impactful if I had paired it with the actual book it goes with. Knight's books always seem to be a hit or miss for me, and this one is another miss. While it may be helpful for most of the small things and it's nice to have it all in one nice looking package, I don't believe it's helpful for bigger anxiety issues or for people who either dislike though love or need someone else to keep them accountable.

The title made me laugh out loud, I relate to the topic and I am a journaler. Those are the reason I requested an ARC to read it and give my honest review. I cannot say anything else that I am disappointed. It's a quick read and I didn't feel like doing the exercises because it's all too obvious and the offered solutions are too simplistic. Perhaps I should have read Sarah Knight's book first but, the journal on its own is too shallow,

If you enjoyed Sarah's book Calm the F*ck Down, you will love the journal. Though I only had access to the digital copy, it is a really great way go through some mental exercises and writing prompts to help navigate your thoughts and chill out. I really like the tone of this journal and how it is a bit more "real" than others in this category. Like anything, you have to do the work to make it work. So grab a pen and get going!

I found this journal really helpful. I haven't actually read the book that goes along with it yet, but I still think this journal is very helpful. The author asks questions to help you figure things out, she's also really funny with her writing. I would recommend this book to anyone facing anxiety issues and/or other things that make it hard for them to calm down.

Whilst this may be a useful tool for some people, this just wasn't for me.
It does go over the more common issues that someone with anxiety may face, but I find that anxiety is such a personal and variable thing in people. So it's hard for something like this to appeal to every anxiety sufferer.
The idea of your anxiety just being dealt with, or well managed, by writing out anxious thoughts on a bit of paper just seems a little ridiculous to me, and perhaps even condescending.

Unfortunately, I wouldn't recommend this, but I do seem to be in the minority here.
Many thanks to the author, publisher, and Netgalley for sending me a copy of this book in return for an honest review.

I've heard lots of the author's bestseller The Art of ..., and even though I haven't read it I asked for the journal because I've heard lots of praise for it, too.
And it didn't disappoint. Like every journal of this kind its success depends on the energy the user puts into it - the author gives great, meaningful advices and ideas and then it's task of the reader/user how much they get out of it. I like especially the tone the author uses - very down-to-earth, very realistic, a bit of an easy under-tone. It's a journal the user fills with life over the time.

Thanks so much to the publisher and Netgalley for providing the copy!

Knight created a journal that's easy to follow and has enough humor to offset the difficult emotions the journal addresses. While much of Knight's advice can feel like common sense, having her structured prompts simplifies applying that common sense to individual lives.

10/10 Would Recommend! The book/journal is wonderful. It's super informative, incredibly approachable, and inspires action. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who experiences anxiety, is close to someone who does, or is just curious .

This journal was my first encounter with this writer, though I’ve purchased her books for my library. There wasn’t anything egregious about it. It goes through many of the common issues anxiety-sufferers face and offers some concrete tools to curb anxiety. It just seemed a bit rushed and a bit flip. The author seems to acknowledge these things but doesn’t really resolve them. Overall, I flipped through it pretty rapidly and don’t intend to attempt the exercises.

You know the book. Time to meet the journal!

Calm the F*ck Down Journal is the perfect companion to the original book. Ideal for all people who have or are still experiencing strong episodes of anxiety, the journal is created in a way that it can help you learn more about yourself, your behavior, and how to put an end to some of your bad habits.

The writing style is undoubtedly humorous, which can help the reader at times. But it also feels like touching the issue of anxiety too lightly at times - as if suffering from anxiety is easy to cure like 1,2,3! All in all, sometimes it was good and interesting, and sometimes it was mildly boring or simply unhelpful.

This a journal to use to try to help with your anxiety. I thought the author was pretty funny most of the time but borderline offensive at other times. I'm not sure how helpful this journal would be for people with pretty serious anxiety but for someone who is dealing with situational anxiety the exercises, charts and journal prompts may be more helpful. Thank you to NetGalley and Little, Brown and Company for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I asked for this review copy thinking it would be a good introduction to then move on to the actual book.
Turns out it made me NOT want to buy the book anymore.

Sarah is funny, there is no denying, and I am sure her approach can actually work for some people. But really? Way too simplistic for me. The whole point of this book is to give you blank pages. Nothing else.

The way she speaks about anxiety too is just offensive to me. Like - you're anxious right? Declutter your mind! Well, THANK YOU, Sarah, I'd never thought about it before!

To sum it up, if you are older than 12 you won't get anything out of this book. Except for a lot of blank sheets to fill up with your supposedly anxious thoughts ... Will you miss your flight? Can you control it? Good. Not what I call anxiety but hey everyone can get anxious as they wish right?

Thank you to the publisher and to Net Galley. I appreciate the ARC for review. My review opinion is my own and cross posted.

I never read the author's other books but I am a fan of self help books. Who is today's society is not riddled with anxiety and worry between the state of our country, our environmental decline and the economy ? We can all use a little help in the form of self study and learning a new viewpoint. So I went into this book with a open mind . I did enjoy the humor as you normally do not find humor in the author's anecdotes. I liked that it is a journal that I can refer to again and again. . I admit it did help me determine how to work with my anxiety in other method;s regular self help books do not. So I enjoyed the learning experience and will continue to do the journal .

The art of not giving a f*ck has been a topic of conversation for several years now. I am not a person who deals with general anxiety and have not read any of the other books in this group. So, why did I choose to read this one? Well, the title made me laugh and I was interested in how a journal would work on my Kindle.

Early in this journal, there is a quiz. The quiz is designed to help you identify what kind of anxiety responses you are experiencing. I ended up with a score of no anxiety, maybe I should gift this book. That was good news, and I read the remaining pages anyhow.

There was a lot of blank space in this journal, not a lot to read. But what was there was humorous and insightful. I can understand why so many people enjoy Knight's philosophy and writing.

The journal has several prompts to encourage you to think about past stressful experiences and allow you to work through them to help build new responses. I have not bought a focused, guided journal in the past, but I do think they are interesting and helpful. Taking things out of the big picture to explore them individually can certainly be helpful. For the Kindle version, one would certainly need an additional notebook. And maybe it would be nice to use that notebook solely for responding to this journal.

This journal is scheduled to be available at the end of October, just in time to record all our holiday anxieties.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC of this book. I have voluntarily left this review.

This wasn’t the best book about dealing with anxiety. It was really repetitive and the author thinks she’s funnier than she really is. I gave it three stars mostly for the flow chart near the end that actually seems helpful.

Just like the NotSorry Method in The Life Changing Magic of Not Giving a Fuck, this journal has a similar kind of method that underpins the whole: The NoWorries Method.

The main difference between this book and the previous mentioned one is where Not Giving a Fuck centred around physical environment, Calm the Fuck Down speaks to mental environment.

Just like last time, this book splits things into two steps: 1) Calming the fuck down, and 2) Dealing with it -- whatever 'it' happens to be.

The one thing I particular loved about this book was the question asked about a third of the way through, after the premise of the whole book had been established. Can I control it?. That's it. Very simple.

The journal is filled with places in between Sarah's advice where a person can fill in their own situations and work their very own way to calming the fuck down.

The standard advice/techniques, presented with swear words, to interject humor. Despite its obvious attempt at being fresh, there was nothing new here. With that said, it does offer common sense methods for organizing oneself when faced with a mental overload of worry.

This book is a simple, straightforward and quick journal to help dealing with anxiety. I appreciated that the author keeps the overall tone light and humorous. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in reading something outside of the typical anxiety self-help books, which tend to be very serious and lack any humor.

This book/journal was hilarious! I have not read her other works, but have definitely seen them around. This has made me want to read her whole backlist! I really like how the journal flows and is broken up. I want to give this book to everyone I know! Thank you for the opportunity to read/review/ work through this book/journal.

I've struggled with anxiety for years and never found anything that really worked to alleviate it. I saw this book on Netgalley and thought I'd give it a try.

Calm the F*ck Down Journal definitely has some very useful tips that I will be going back to (the book is on my phone, so easy access) when I am too anxious to actually think. Sarah Knight has been there done that with anxiety and gave what she thought would be useful to others. I do want to check out her first book and see what advice is different in the books.