What (or who?) is in your heart today?
Journal Prompt
What's one of your rules to live by?
Journal Prompt
What's on your list?
Sensational Reading
Are you journaling your bright ideas, your meaningful moments, your wild plans for the future? Each entry, even just a sentence or two, tells a small part of your unique story – as you become the person you know you’re meant to be -- and I’ll bet it makes for sensational reading.
Try it right now with one of my free printable guided journal pages:
10 Minutes to Explore a New Idea
10 Minutes to Build a Lasting Memory
10 Minutes to Reflect on Your Day
10 Minutes to Highlight Your Day
Experiments in Journaling - Part 9
(Originally posted on October 11, 2017)
When words are hard to come by.
(It’s not really so bleak. Today’s been a bit tangled and I would much prefer a straight line. I’m going to add more words to the tangle, once I figure out what they are.)
Experiments in Journaling - Part 8
(Originally posted on October 10, 2017)
Not a great day today. In other words, a perfect day to write a how-to-turn-a-bad-day-into-a-good-day-list.
A few on my list: journal (of course), give someone else a reason to smile, make bright and colourful things, shift focus and efforts to other stuff, silly pet videos, speak up, have a cup of tea, learn something from it, take a deep breath, give yourself a break, hugs, talk it out, go for a walk.
You know what? A cup of tea, a colourful journal page, and some very deep breaths later, I’m starting to feel better. Off to try some of the other stuff.
What’s on your list?
Experiments in Journaling - Part 7
(Originally posted on October 6, 2017)
What do you do when you think you're on to something, but you're not quite there yet? What do you do with ideas that you're pretty sure you want to pursue, but that aren't yet fully formed? You put those ideas in your journal, of course -- where you can hold onto them for later, where you can evaluate them now that they're words on the page, where you can think a little on paper.
And when the ideas are difficult and still a bit uncomfortable to sort through, you can always add lighten the mood and brighten things up with tissue paper stripes and white gel pens.
Prompt: Ideas I'm working through.
Experiments in Journaling - Part 6
(Originally posted on October 5, 2017)
It just felt like a tissue-paper-polka-dot type of day.
Prompt: Coming up.
Experiments in Journaling - Part 5
(Originally posted on October 2, 2017)
Today's experiment: colour clouds. One colour per set of thoughts, with staggered margins. Kind of like actual thoughts, one bumping into the next. (It also felt a lot like putting a puzzle together. Which is one thing I love about journaling -- it often feels that way.)
Prompt: Making the most of ... family time, work time, night time, alone time, everyday routines/activities, and my journal.
Experiments in Journaling - Part 4
(Originally posted on September 29, 2017)
Remember those lift-the-flap books for toddlers? I see no reason why we can't incorporate that sense of playfulness and surprise into our journals.
This one starts as a list of fall things. But underneath each flap, I've jotted down a few thoughts about the list items and my adventures so far this fall. I can't wait to look back later at those memories -- hidden under the flaps.
Up next: Something crafty, I think...