Lately, I’m dreaming of big, meaningful words and bright colours. This new journal experiment is a colourful reminder that dreams come in all sizes and your imagination can embrace them all — from the little ones just for today to the magnificent ones that reflect your unique approach to your one-of-a-kind life. Happy dreaming, friends!
I dream in colour
Ever since my colourful words journal pages began to take shape, I’ve been experimenting with letters in Illustrator. This colourful combination made it into my journal.
Tell me about your dreams. What are you dreaming of today?
Journal pages in progress
On my virtual drawing board this week are two new colourful words journal pages - giggle and imagine - and a new experiment - a sort of interactive affirmation journal page to write and keep nearby while you dream your dream and do your thing. (The blue one up top says, “yes you can”.) They probably won’t end up looking exactly as they do here, but I’m loving the process of creating prompts within prompts. What do you think?
Love, inspire, make - new printable journal pages!
Speaking of love . . . I’m in love with the way these pages came together. Playing with colourful words and writing whimsical, even surprising, prompts to go along with them . . . you guys, this stuff makes my day.
Each page is designed to be journaled in the moment and can be used over and over again, whenever you’re in the mood for some quick, colourful reflection on your one-of-a-kind world. All you have to do is print and start writing!
You’ll find them in the new Colourful Words section of my shop. (The love page . . . of course . . . is free!)
Happy journaling!
love, inspire, make
The beginnings of a new set of journal pages. I am so, so excited about these ones!
Curious, inquisitive, fascinated . . .
Playing with words today. The first leads to the next, then to the next and so on . . . from curious all the way back to curious.
Is there one word that jumps out at you? Is there one that brings to mind a moment from your day?
Things that are just as you would like them to be
Even during the most unpredictable of days, there should be parts — even teeny tiny details — that are just as we would like them to be. Don’t you think? (And if turns out there aren’t, let’s use this printable prompt to embrace the challenge of making them happen.)
My three things today are: giving a super-short journal talk in my community tonight (even though it makes me super-nervous), a lovely stretch of quiet in my workspace to prepare, and a steaming mug of strong coffee first thing this morning.
What’s on your list?
What Is And What Could Be
As I was scrolling through Pinterest recently, I noticed the quote, “I see you in colours that don’t exist,” by poet Paul Matsumoto. Have you seen it before? I hadn’t, but it struck a chord.
I feel like this all the time. And not just in seeing people, but in so many of my experiences of the world. I find myself drawn to a vision of the world that doesn’t quite exist. Don’t we all? My vision tends toward kinder, slower, more accepting, less painful.
I often wonder how to incorporate that sensation into my journaling in a way that is constructive and rooted in everyday experience, but that also leaves room for expansion of the colour palette. It’s a constant challenge. It’s a fine line between aspiration and fantasy.
The truth is that I don’t know exactly how to do that yet. But it feels good to try. Today’s journal experiment is a step along the way – thinking about ways to bridge the gap between what is and what could be. It’s up in the shop if you’d like to take a peek.
For now though, do you carry a vision of a world that doesn’t quite exist? What does it look like to you?
People, Places, Things - A New Journal Page For You
I’m still experimenting with rainbow colour schemes and oodles of prompts on the page. The result today is a quick, quirky excuse to take a step back from the noisy world and think about the people with whom you can truly be you, the places you’d go back to in a heartbeat, the things you hope for, and all sorts of other unique details from your one-of-a-kind world. It’s free to print right now. All you have to do is hunt down a bright pen, pencil, or marker (or three!) and start writing.
Where will you start — things, people, or places?
How Was Your Day?
I’m always looking for new ways to think about our days. There seems to be no limit to my curiosity about daily comings and goings. Nor do I think I’ll ever tire of gathering information that could be helpful in planning the days to come or of documenting the little moments that matter most.
When it comes right down to it, days are units of time I feel I can wrap my head around. They’re long enough to make meaningful observations about what worked and what didn’t and short enough to look back on pretty easily before heading off to bed.
With all of that in mind, it didn’t take long for last week’s circles to turn into today’s new journal page about … you guessed it, our days. Kind of a whimsical one, I think, bursting with prompts in bright colours. I’ve listed this new page in my printables shop, if you’d like to take a peek.
In the meantime, how about a quick journal prompt from the new page:
What’s one view you gazed out at today?