A few months ago I was watching some of the students here [not creepily] and I saw someone's creative journal - it was a plain enough notebook, but as she pulled it out, I could see that she had collaged and scribbled and drawn throughout the inside. It was so beautiful it almost made me gasp and I determined right then and there to capture some beauty of my own.
I purchased a recycled-paper journal yesterday at Wal-mart for $7.97. It is plain, brown hardback with brown pages, beautiful in its simplicity. I have yet to decide whether to decorate the outside or not.
I also remembered this morning that some people on Post Secret, instead of sending their secrets in, journal them by making postcards and placing them in their journals. This too is a beautiful thought. I'm going to combine the two.
I'm already planning on placing some of my favorite Psalms between the pages, and today I wrote the first thing that will go in my journal. I simply wrote one line on a white piece of paper and spent a few minutes decorating it with the highlighters in my drawer. I surprised myself by using a pen and pencil in order to make something else apparent - I used pen for the permanent part of my statement and pencil for the part that is temporary. I have to admit...I am pleased with myself for thinking of this. :P
I intend to journal quite often this way.
I have often tried to keep a journal but the routine of sitting down and writing in a few small pages is not a habit I am good with keeping. So maybe this way, I can journal whenever the mood strikes, and it will help me process. Win!
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