I love Journaling!

Happy Valentine's Day, my friends. I hope this day finds you spending time with the people you love the most.

Today, I wanted to share something I love with you today: Journaling. I have been keeping journals since I was 11 years old. My inspiration from keeping a journal came from Anne Frank. When I was 11, I watched a tv movie called The Diary of Anne Frank starring Melissa Gilbert as Anne. Though Anne died tragically at a young age, her diary has inspired people for generations including me.

When I heard Jaime Ridler, a wonderful creativity coach, was launching her Give a girl Journal program to inspire young girls to journal, I had to join in. Journaling is freedom for me. It's a place where I can express my feelings, ideas, thoughts and dreams. When you are growing up, you need a place to just be for yourself. Even as adults, we need that anchor that a journal or journals can give us as we navigate in our lives. I especially love looking back on my old journals, to see how far I have come. Reading the seed of ideas years in the making that have manifested wonderfully in my life.

My first journal was a 5 year book diary. Which I still have today.

Since then I have expanded that love that I now keep many journals. I have my regular journal for my life,

Here is an inside page I decorated.


Then the front cover.


My journal for my spiritual life. Here is a page I did to celebrate the Winter Solstice.


Here is my journal for all my creative ideas. A page with a script idea below.


Taking a regular dollar school notebook and transforming it into a cool cover for my creative journal.



If you want to know more about Give a Girl a Journal and see how you can get involved, click here for all the info.

Journal Showdown

Happy Wednesday, my friends. I am joining in on the Journal Showdown created by Jaime Ridler. Jaime is a creativity coach among her many talents. She has a great YouTube channel ,I watch daily, called behind the scenes. The idea for the showdown is to share your active journals with others.

These are the journals I am currently using now. First is my mystical journal where I put all my weekly Oracle card readings, dreams and spiritual insights.

Here is the front of this journal.


Here is my first page.


A month of weekly readings. I like to draw the cards I pull.


Celebrating the Autumn Equinox.



This is the back of the journal.


Next, this is from my regular journal. Here is the front of the cover. The back looks the same.



Two journal pages. One side is collages and the other side writing.



I like to stay honest in my journal.


Finally, here is my creative journal. I put in all my creative ideas and writings. I have shown the cover on my blog before.

Here is the front.


Here is the back.


Creative ideas for an eBook.


Ideas for a story and performance.



I hope you enjoyed this peek into my Journals. If you like to share your own journals in blog or video, follow the link to Jaime's website. Let us cheer and inspire each other.