Enjoy Journaling - Make it personal

Making a journal personal sounds obvious right? Of course it is. You fill up blank pieces of paper with your dreams, thoughts, ideas and stories. It's personal and often times very private. But, if you are anything like me, you start a journal only to forget it exists. Journaling goes from daily to a few times a week to "oh, I haven't seen that in months".









I asked around, chatted with neighbors and finally sought the advice of a very creative friend of mine. She happens to be an amazing photographer and artist. Recently she gave me a picture of a swing on a beach that just spoke to me. The picture represented a moment in time I was, and still am, after. I can hear the waves, feel my hands on the rope and the sand on my feet. The palm trees almost speak to me in this picture. So peaceful and simple.









She then showed me something that changed my journaling. A personalized journal that she made. A picture she had taken on the front, spiral bound and ready for all her words. My first comments to her were, "wow, if only I was that crafty, I too could have a personalize journal that really spoke to me". Then she said something that rocked my world. She said, "I took it to Kinkos and had them put it together for me".









"What?" I replied, "Could it be that simple?"









And so off I went with some photos, a ream of white paper and a dream. Ten minutes and $8 bucks later I was holding my new journal. As you can see, the picture of the swing on the beach is on the front. The next page is my check from the universe for $5MM. Go to http://www.thesecret.tv/ to get one for yourself. As you can tell, I have high hopes for 2009!



Just to remind you, I am not crafty at all. KinkosFedEx did all the work. All I did was give them what I wanted in it. I love my journal and look forward to filling up the pages. I have no doubt that my next journal will have a totally different picture in it as I intend to be in a much different place when I finish this one up. Always moving forward.



I encourage you to grab some photos, maybe even your vision board and do the same. It's fun to create and fun to write in!

If you are looking for a winter weather past time for your kids, I suggest creating collages and turning them into journals for drawing and writing.