Journal Tip #23: The Homecoming

Because of copyright laws, etc., I don't want to post the quotes and actual journal tips in my blog. Instead, you can find 100+ free journaling tips from Mari here, and you can buy the same journal I am using here. Except this one is just a quote so I will give credit to the writer.

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I keep my journal in the same comfy spot. I leave it open to a blank page with the pen on top so that when I get home it invites me to curl up with it and write.

Wendy Kipfmiller (Graphic Design Solutions) 

How I would love to have my own comfy spot to leave my journal. Right now, my journal rests in a wire basket along with the rest of my journaling/writing/creative things. I live in my parents' den so having my own cozy space to do anything is a bit of an issue. However, sitting down on the couch or outside in the garden with a nice, hot cup of coffee and one of my favorite pens is perhaps the next best thing. It also helps that I have these new, adorable little "2 things to do" lists. They look more like scrapbooking pages! Still, it helps me to journal, and I love it.

One of my favorite pens right now are Paper Mate's new Ink Joy's. They are the most amazing things I have ever written with. They're ballpoint pens, but the way they write is like a gel pen. I have the 200s, I believe, and they're amazing. My favorite journal to write in is a leather one. Right now, I have this cardboard-type cover one with black and white flowers. It was a lot less expensive than the leather ones, which is why I bought it. I then found the most amazing brown leather journal at Ross for almost 1/3 of the price. So, I bought it. Unfortunately, I'm waiting until I fill up the black and white one.

Journal Tip #2: The Miracle Worker

Because of copyright laws, etc., I don't want to post the quotes and actual journal tips in my blog. Instead, you can find 100+ free journaling tips from Mari here, and you can buy the same journal I am using here. 

"The cure is here, the healing has begun!"

 I honestly LOVE how much better I feel when I journal daily. I love how it helps me through the day and helps me better schedule my life. Do you know what? Unless I journal on a daily basis, the rest of my day is a complete modge podge of CRAP. With daily journaling, I really do feel like I'm going through a healing. Journaling is my cure. Journaling gets me up and gets me started. It helps me clear my mind to understand what I have to do for the day. It's even helped with writing my novel because it pulls all of the distractions out of my brain and puts them onto paper, beautiful journal paper with black flowers.

Writing about how I FEEL about this journaling experience:

I absolutely loved this experience because it was something very true to how I feel about journaling. Journaling helps me with everything--my depression, my family life, schoolwork, my novel, and my love with my husband. In fact, journaling is so important to me that I want to share it with my husband. It's too bad that he's often too busy with games to even listen to me, but such is life.

Sporadic Journaling

Okay, the reason I haven't posted a recent response to one of Mari's journal tips is because I haven't earned it yet with my journal. I am required to write in my journal 7 days in a row before I can use a tip. Well, I've been journaling far too sporadically lately. I'm trying to get back on track so we'll see how it goes.