Itโ€™s ok to be always beginningโ€ฆ {Day 1}

My daughter and I admiring the rays we just got to pet! ๐Ÿ˜โ™ฅ๏ธ

Hello Friends! New fresh month, no mistakes in it yet! Iโ€™m hopping on to share that Iโ€™m going to attempt to do a bit of a 100 Day Project here! Iโ€™m excited to have a little something to challenge myself with and a place to dump all the beautiful ideas Iโ€™m gleaning. I have no format for what I will be sharing, it may be little more than a brain dump some days๐Ÿคช๐Ÿ˜…, lists, a photo, a quote, and so on. My hope is that it will encourage and inspire you. What am I doing with the little Iโ€™ve been given? That is the question Iโ€™m asking myself currently. โ˜บ๏ธโ™ฅ๏ธ๐ŸŒฟ

Soooo, what prompted this plan? A couple things! My oldest child, my daughter, is engaged to be married later this year! ๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜โ™ฅ๏ธNothing like a family wedding to celebrate and work towards in multiple areas. Secondly, my sister kindly gifted me this book and we are going through it together:

Iโ€™m already a pretty established journal-er, but wanted to step it up a notch! By journaling HERE, my poor dark, quiet blog friend, ๐Ÿคฃ and using it as a catalyst for little writing creative projects. I see these as offerings of worship. ๐Ÿ’œ๐ŸŒฟ

My goals and poetry writing notebook. Yes, weird combination, but itโ€™s working currently. ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ’œ I found some fun graphics on Pinterest to color in as I go!

I also love my little to do/gratitude daily journal so will be keeping up with that! Another strange combo that works well for me!

My absolute favorite journaling is my reading journal and I have two buddy reads beginning this month! ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ’œ

My reading journal spread where I will paste my April read book covers and short review! ๐Ÿ’š๐ŸŒฟ
New this year has been favorite reads by month! ๐Ÿ“š
Buddy Read #1 ๐Ÿ“šโ™ฅ๏ธ
Buddy Read #2 ๐Ÿ“šโ™ฅ๏ธ

I will be using the prompts in The Book of Alchemy and also continuing The Body Revelation questions, both with my sister. โ˜บ๏ธโ™ฅ๏ธThose are most likely private prayers/entries etc that go into my spiritual journal.

How โ€˜bout you? How do you โ€˜begin againโ€™? How do you breathe life into creative or life projects? Having some sort of paper/stickers/glue and pens always motivates me! ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ˜‚โ™ฅ๏ธ Iโ€™ll leave you with a quote that I saw that has me thinking deeply!

โ€œโ€ฆthey fear love because it creates a world they canโ€™t control.โ€

โ€ขGeorge Orwellโ€ข

๐Ÿ˜ฌ๐Ÿ˜ณโ˜ ๏ธ๐Ÿ˜โ™ฅ๏ธ๐Ÿ’œ Chew on that, my friends! Bless you all!

Whatโ€™s bringing me a bit of joy currentlyโ€ฆ{Day 10}

I saw ๐Ÿ‘€ that Abigail Carroll has new poetry book out (Cup My Days Like Water) I canโ€™t wait to read it. Saving up my book ๐Ÿ’ด for it!

Iโ€™ve been absolutely loving pink and purple pens lately! I have LePen and Tombow and have been making monochromatic and a mixture of the two colors spreads in my prayer journal/ planner-memory journal. I love these colors SO much, what colors represent your life currently? ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ

Speaking of color, Iโ€™m wondering if I โ€˜needโ€™ an autumn cardigan in Kristinโ€™s dress color? ๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ‘€ I love looking at my imaginary closet on Pinterest. ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿคฉ

I canโ€™t tell you how much my Daily Pocket Moleskine had meant to me this year! Just a teeny place to record my to dos for the day, do a little creativity, and store lots of memories! Iโ€™m really stretching the binding, but Iโ€™m soooo happy with its bursting self! I donโ€™t love Monday start calendars, so thatโ€™s the only downside. Iโ€™m planning on getting the red one for 2025!

This cartoon has been keeping me sane lately! ๐Ÿฅฐโ™ฅ๏ธ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ’”๐ŸŒฟ We are just passing through, friends, and itโ€™s a painful and glorious journey, but precious Jesus is with us every step of the way. ~