Mid Month Check up

Mid Month Check Up

Hey everyone, how have you been?

Let's be honest... January has been pretty yucky. I had a good week and then after un-decorating from Christmas I tweaked my sore shoulder and that laid me up for a few days. Pain has a way of turning your life upside down. Life with chronic pain means that some days I will not be at my best. Some days I will not want to leave my bed. Some days I just can't.... anything. I have to constantly remind myself that THIS is not my fault. I can't let it stop me from my intention.

Then comes the bad weather... Snowstorms have a way of putting another knock in your armour. It is really a downer when you can't get out and really don't WANT to get out. Depression goes hand in hand with pain, with weather, with winter... and that is where I found myself. I am not sad, I just lost my desire to DO anything. Well, I can't stay there in that dark hole. I have to build my ladder and start climbing out. Are you with me?

So it's the 15th, mid month. Check up. Check in. Readjust. Focus...
Has anyone else felt defeated? I think it is very typical of January to feel this way. We must remember that falling short for a few days doesn't mean your journey ends. You just need to start walking again, fix your eyes on the direction of your path. Let's walk a little further today. It's okay if you feel like you missed a few steps. Let's lace up those boots and take one little step today.

What is it that we need to get those first steps started. Do we need something inspirational? of course!

One little step! That is all it take to begin. Every journey has a beginning. Some of our journeys have multiple stops and multiple beginnings. That's just what I needed.

Choosing A Journal

When choosing a journal, I found so many that had bits and pieces that I liked but nothing was "just right". I tried custom journaling. I tried scrapbook journaling. I tried notebooks. I just couldn't keep up with them. It was either a lot of work or just not what i wanted. This is what inspired me to create the Journaling Your Journey. By making my own custom journal I could pull all the elements that I loved into one great book.
If you are wondering about what this looks like all put together, check out this video.

Daily Doodle Prompts

seven FOOD doodle prompts

1. Pizza
2. Ice cream
3. Hot drink
4. Something with sauce
5. Fruit 
6. In a bowl
7. Burger

You can doodle one a day but if you forget, don't worry. You can do this at your own pace. I have provided all 7 days at once for your convenience.

In case you forgot where to grab the free download for the Daily Doodle, here it is again



 


Access your DAILY DOODLE

Thankful Thursday

Thankful Thursday
What are you thankful for today?
Family? Friends? Something as simple as coffee?
don't forget to use your gratitude tracker to record a couple of things you are thankful for this week.

Access your GRATITUDE TRACKER

Daily agenda

For many of us with busy lives, we need a lot of space to track our daily activities. This page is for you. I like to track my days on a smaller scale but this page gives you a lot of freedom. There is even a creative corner for those of you who like to do the daily doodle and want to keep it in your agenda

you can access the DAILY SHEET

Happy New Year

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Now let's get this train started. Join me on this journey into 2020. Let's start with a download of the month calendar. I have broken it up over two pages. One is simply the month calendar and the second is an agenda style page.

There is plenty of space to write in appointments as well as goals or important notes for the month. I like to use this page when there are bigger events during the month. Instead of flipping through my daily or weekly pages to keep track of those things, I can just open the book to this page and see how prepared I am. This is where I keep track of the progress for things like family vacations and big parties. There is space in the weekly pages for the smaller details, but a quick checklist helps me to keep things organized. There is a blank square for those who like more freedom in their brainstorming as well as a lined section for neat note takers.

You can access my JANUARY CALENDAR