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Daily Reoccurrences – Journaling Prompt

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

Daily Reoccurrences

[Fonts: Rough Typewriter, Walk Around The Block; Digital Kits: Digi Essentials #2 by Karla Dudley & Write It Down Top Ten Lists + Long and Winding Road – both by Shimelle Laine.]

Journaling Prompt

One of the disadvantages of a repeated daily routine is that its details are forgotten and lost.

We are so used to repeat the same errands or be with the same people every day that we don’t always notice things about them. We don’t notice the small details of what occurs daily without fail.

In my journey to document and remember as much as I can, I try to take heed of things that I can count on – for better or for worse – to occur and reoccur every single day.

This journaling prompt is general and can refer to people who do certain things in a certain way – every day, or it can refer to errands we run daily (or several times per day, OCD?!), food we eat or beverages we drink daily, etc.

In this layout I highlighted a few of my husband’s behaviors that come up each and every day – and I love him for that… It’s the small things that count most.

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Leave a comment and share what things occur daily, without fail? I’d love to get a sneak peek into your dailyness (& I don’t care it isn’t a proper English word. I like it nonetheless).

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Note The Changes Over A Period Of Time – Journaling Prompt

Sunday, February 14th, 2010

Note The Changes In A person

[Fonts: Vegur, Popsies; Digital Kits: Blakely, Digi Essentials #2, Digi Essentials #3 – all by Karla Dudley]

Journaling Prompt

I have recently come back from a visit back home. This time it’s been over a year since my last visit and a lot have changed. I was astonished by all the changes.

Some changes are subtle and creep up on you very slowly.

Such is a crack in the cement and a peeling of the wall and stains that keep on expanding until you climb up the staircase you used to climb on throughout your childhood and you cannot recognize it anymore. It looks old and disengaged. It became alien.

Such are wrinkles that add up one by one, until the wrath or love of time is boldly noted.

Having said that, some changes are rapid. They usually occur in children. A baby becomes a child.

In this layout I documented the changes in my youngest nephew: Ori (Who will be celebrating his 4th birthday this week). Ori is Asaf‘s brother. This is what the journaling reads:

A lot have changed during the year I’ve been away. His glamorous red curls have been cut down. His beautiful brown eyes were framed in glasses (bandaged after numerous accidents in kindergarten). However, two things remain exactly the same: the pacifier in his mouth and the wonderful spirit in his kind and warm little heart. I love Ori. A lot.

Document the changes you note in something or in someone after a long period of time you haven’t seen it or him.

Sometimes a day can be a long period of time and sometimes only after a decade changes start to become apparent.

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Have you been startled by a change lately? share your thoughts by leaving a comment. I really want to hear so please share.

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If You Are Handsome And You Know It Clap Your Hands – Here’s To Small Observations

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

If You Are Handsome And You Know It Clap Your Hand

[Fonts: Rough Typewriter, Print Bold, Aharoni; Digital Kits: Can’t Buy Me Love by Shimelle Laine, Holiday Party by Brandy Buffington, Color My World by Rhonna Farrer – all available at Two Peas In A Bucket & Digi Essentials by Karla Dudley available at The Digichick Shop (the stitches).]

Asaf is my nephew and he is a beautiful child. He is also aware of his angelic beauty and likes to be captured by camera.

I have noticed the twinkle in his eyes and his shy look whenever I take the camera out of the bag.
I have noticed how he suddenly stops his latest fit just to stand – with all the patience in the world, waiting for the shutter to run its course.
I have noticed how he gradually develops a smile that grows into a grin as I take more and more pictures.

Asaf is my nephew and he is a beautiful – breathtaking, stunning, amazingly pretty – little child.

I have noticed he likes his pictures to be taken.

I love it!

Journaling Prompt

Have you made a characteristic observation of one of your loved ones? Write it down. Document and immortalize it.

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What small observation have you made lately? Share by leaving a comment.

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Write About A Different Kind Of A Loving Relationship – Journaling Prompt

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

A Man and His Cat - True Love

[Fonts: Vegur, BatikRegular; Digital Kits: Can’t Buy Me Love, Write It Down Lovely Lables, The Long and Winding Road – All kits are by Shimelle Lane and available at Two Peas In A Bucket]

Journaling Prompt

Right before Valentines Day the romantic layouts are spreading rapidly all over the net. We are used to cherish our significant others as well as parental love (I mean anyone who has kids…) and we also document the love between BFFs, etc.

In short, we are documenting the loving relationship we or our loved ones have with other people.

I have a nontraditional idea… what about commemorating the love between us and our pets? They take such a great part of our life and are so dear to us – sometimes closer than some people are to us, so why not writing it down to paper. Why won’t we preserve these memories of this special loving relationship.

After all – isn’t it true love? The truest? 🙂

Digital Kit Tip

Don’t feel obligated to use the items on the kit as is. Just as you would cut a pattern paper, punch it, mist it, sew it, etc, you may also adjust and re-purpose any of the items in a digital kit.

For instance, I was using the labels from the Write It Down Lovely Lables kit but I wasn’t interested in the text on the beautiful labels, so I just rotated them and pushed them out of the layout and used them as embellishments.

Similarly, I was using the gorgeous postcard from The Long and Winding Road kit by selecting just the embellishment with the Magic Wand Tool on Photoshop Elements, copied it, recolored it and pasted it on several places on the layout just to add a floral finishing touch.

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Share your pet love, or a loving relationship with pets (or different kinds of loving relationships) by leaving a comment. I’d love to discuss about any kind of love with you guys.

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Mission Accomplished – Journaling Prompt

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Mission Accomplished

[Fonts: Vegur, Popsies, VTPortableRemington Digital Kits: Shimelle Laine’s Write It Down Pretty Labels, Can’t Buy Me Love & Penned Words: Dates => all available at Two Peas In A Bucket.com; Karla Dudley’s Digi Essentials and Blakey, both available at the Digi Chick Shop.]

We often take extra responsibilities and engagements upon ourselves and the extra burden is noticeable. We “sacrifice” all our free time and we feel stressed and overstretched.

However, these experiences enrich our life and provide the sweetest taste we can ever taste in our lifetime – the taste of accomplishment. The taste of finally being done with our “extracurricular activity” and marking the big fat ‘v’ on our to-do list.

Take heed of these accomplishments. Whether they’re big or small – every accomplishment is worth documenting and the real value of some of these accomplishments can only be revealed over time – so notice and document them.

In this layout I documented the end of a course my husband took at Stanford University. The course was intensive with a ton of assignments and responsibilities – while working full time for Google – and the sweet taste of getting through it (with an ‘A’) has been just as intense…

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Have you had a sweet accomplishment lately? Do you usually journal or mark your accomplishments in any way? Share by leaving a comment on this post.

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The Whole Is Bigger Than The Sum Of Its Parts – Journaling Prompt

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

The Whole Is Bigger Than The Sum Of Its Parts

[Fonts: Vegur; Rough Typewriter; English. Digital Kits: Shimelle Digitals Remember Page Template; Shimelle Digitals Trip to Nature Papers; Shimelle Digitals Long and Winding Road Mini Kit; Karla Dudley’s Digi Essentials kit.]

The law of preservation of mass determines that matter cannot be created or destroyed. However, in life, I find that often the whole can be bigger than the sum of its parts. Sometimes even smaller… (when a person or an opportunity doesn’t live up to their potential).

A job, for instance, can be much more than a source of income if we are passionate about it and if we are determined to learn, evolve and draw life lessons from it.

A special person in your life also has an aggregate value that is much greater than the sum of every little ray of light the person introduces to your world.

Take notice and write about it.

Nadav, my dear husband, is smart, compassionate, understanding, blessed with an overdeveloped sense of humor and a special ability to make any sadness and rage disappear. These are his parts. Together they make my world brighter. Together they guide me in the sea of life. Together they warm my heart and make it sing. Together they make me thankful everyday. Together his parts are much bigger than his physical whole.

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My Recurring Theme In 2009 – Journaling Prompt

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

2009's Recurring Theme

[Fonts: Vegur; Rough Typewriter. Digital Kits: Karla Dudley’s Digi Essentials (Staples & Stitches); Shimelle Digitals 2009 Streamlined Template; Shimelle Digitals Starburst Solids.]

Journaling reads: Whether I like it or not (honestly, I haven’t decided yet) most of 2009 has passed online. I blogged. I read other people’s blogs. I have joined a couple of new forums. I shopped until the connection dropped. I reconnected with old friends through Facebook and met new cyber-friends on Twitter. I connected with friends via e-mail, instant messages and Skype. I kept in touch with my family – all ONLINE. So it’s only natural to represent the past year by my different Avatars…

Looking back at the past year, in a retrospective look that is only attainable early the next year, you can ALWAYS find one dominant recurring theme which is weaved through the entire year. One theme that hasn’t changed from the beginning throughout the end.

As it seems 2009 has been a “cyber” year for me. I spent most of my time online – both for business and pleasure (Hello Hulu and live streaming on Netflix. Hello facebook, Ustream and Twitter. Hello poor eyesight and pale skin…).

Therefore I felt like my Avatars on the different social media websites represent 2009 fully & succintly for me.

It may be lame but it is what it is. Thanks god for 2010…

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What was your recurring theme in 2009? What do you think will your predominant motif be in 2010? What would you like it to be? Share your thoughts by leaving a comment.

I would love to hear about your past year and predictions regarding the current one.

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The 10 Best Journaling Prompts in 2009

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

In light of the coming new year, I backtracked a little bit and gathered the most popular posts on creativity Prompt in 2009.

Without further ado, here are the posts which attracted most of your attention and sparked a wonderful conversation – either on the blog or privately, via e-mails.

  1. Write About Your Beauty.
  2. Record Your Personal Change Of Seasons.
  3. Paint a Self Portrait With Your Words.
  4. How Can You Treat Yourself Better?
  5. Concentrate Your Thanks Giving On One Person Or One Thing.
  6. How Do You Tackle Everyday Chores?
  7. List Your Current Favorites.
  8. Hone Your Writing Skills With Colors.
  9. Chicken Soup For The Soul OR Healing Food.
  10. Concentrate On Relationships When Documenting Your Wedding Day.

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What Journaling Prompt did you like the best? What had made this prompt sparkle?

What story would you like to tell today and what would you like to journal about tomorrow?

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Journaling Prompt – New Year’s Resolutions Series – Step 4: Choose

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
New Year’s Resolutions Series – Step 4: Pick
[Photo by: Dudley Carr]

This is the last step in making effective new years resolutions. Last but certainly not least.

One of the main problems in following through with the list of resolutions is going after too many resolutions and starting off the year with an unrealistic expectation that will nip any sense of accomplishment in the bud.

Dream far. Wish for the stars, but do not spread your attention too thin. Even a simple resolution such as relaxing more is time consuming and by pairing it with a million more resolutions you destine yourself to fail.

Step 1

Reminisce.

Step 2

Contemplate.

Step 3

List.

Step 4

Go over the list you compiled last week and choose. between one to five resolutions to stick to in 2010. Make it a realistic list. Make sure all the resolutions are feasible and can be done in a course of a year.

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New Year’s Resolutions Series – Step 3: List – Journaling Prompt

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
New Year’s Resolutions – List
[Photo by: Ayala Moriel]

Step 1

Reminisce.

Step 2

Contemplate.

Step 3

After you have taken a trip down memory lane and analyzed your past successes and achievements, now is the time to create a mindful List.

This is not the time to put boundaries on your thoughts. You need to shut off the inner critic or inner realistic in you and list every dream you come up with. Be it a feasible dream or something which is completely out of reach (such as catching the moon in a jar).

Write a list of 10 resolutions for next year, 100 resolutions or 1,000. It doesn’t matter because in this stage all you do is purge your thoughts into the paper in a form of a list.

Step 4

Choose.

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What is the first resolution on your list (I don’t mean the most important one, just the one that came up first). Share by leaving a comment on this post.

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