A little page to celebrate making in all its forms.
What are you making today?
New emergency journal pages ... for the bumps in the road
There was a long afternoon, not too long ago, when I was thinking of giving up on one of my dreams. This guided journaling dream right here, actually.
While I was giving it a good mulling over, another thought came to mind instead: what if there was a journal page for moments just like this? An emergency journal page that tackled the scary and discouraging and worrying stuff head on. A journal page with lots of colours and lots of prompts that was right there with you in the moment, reminding you that this was just another bump in the road and that you are strong enough and smart enough anyway to make it over and beyond it — and the next one, too.
Long story short, instead of giving up on one of my dreams, there’s a new set of journal pages in the shop. The first one is free for you to try — from my resilient, dreaming heart to yours.
New journal pages on the way
Putting the finishing touches on a new set of journal pages. These ones are for the bumps in the road. I am convinced that journaling in these moments helps us see through them and beyond them; it helps us reconnect with our better, wiser, and more hopeful selves. Looking forward to sharing more later this week.
What/who are you admiring today?
It’s March! Time to start a new journal calendar page and I can’t wait!
Today’s prompt is “admired.” Lately, I’ve been admiring kindness. I’m seeing examples all over the place — at home, in my community, in my inbox, out in the world. I think I’ll write a lovely little list of kindnesses I’ve encountered or observed recently.
How about you? What/who are you admiring today?
Reverse engineer your day - new 10-minute journal pages!
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about reverse engineering your day — starting with the way you’d like your day to end and working your way backward from there to figure out how you’ll make it happen.
Since then, I’ve been working on turning that idea into a new set of 10-Minute printable journal pages. I’ve just posted them all in my shop and this first one (in the photo above) is free! If you’d like to give it a try, just click on the photo above or right here to download it.
The rest of the pages in the set take the idea even further — from a page dedicated to thinking about how you’d like to feel at the end of the day to a page for testing out one of your new ideas by day’s end. I hope you’ll love them all!
Who/what/which moments did you adore today?
With a playful wink to Valentine’s Day, today’s journal calendar prompt is “adored”. I loved writing about the sweet moments that filled my heart.
Who/what/which moments did you adore today?
The life you're creating for yourself
Checking in with a colourful prompt from my new set. Like all of the pages in the set, this one’s made for re-printing from time to time as your life expands and unfolds.
Starting with today, in this moment right now, what words would you use to describe the life you’re creating for yourself?
New printable journal pages!
Every set of journal pages begins with a vision for the kind of writing and thinking I hope each page will encourage. With this new set, which includes my latest experiments in watercolour backgrounds, I envisioned the sense of optimism and possibility held in each little tube of brightly pigmented paint. I pictured colourful pages intended to brighten your day and bring joy to your journaling. I hope you’ll think so, too.
You’ll find the first page, pictured above, right at the top of my recent additions page. It’s free and it’s all about this moment right now.
Here are my three things in this moment:
(1) I can hear the sounds of family all around. (It was a rare super-snow day due to freezing rain. Even the university where my husband works was closed.)
(2) The butter on the counter is almost at room temperature. There are sugar cookies in our very near future.
(3) I’m totally distracted by ideas for new backgrounds — including something that might be fun for next week, just in time for Valentine’s Day.
How about you? What’s on your list?
What did you share today?
New month, new journal calendar page. Bring on the new.
Today’s prompt was “shared” and, at first, I couldn’t think of a single thing. Then I thought about my lost tripod and how I called my husband earlier today, hoping he would remember what I’d done with it — and how we shared our memories of the last time I used it — because it was new and figuring out the best setup became a group project — and how we ended up finding it, right where I left it.
(And then I discovered I didn’t need it after all. But I had the loveliest chat with my sweetheart, right in the middle of the day. So, it all worked out exactly as it was meant to.)
How about you? What did you share today?
