One of the things I’d like to focus more on this year is telling my own story and getting myself into photos. You’d think this would be easy since I’m the one who’s documenting, and yet it’s a constant struggle. I’m in a season right now where my life revolves around my 4 year old and everything that she’s into. While I completely embrace and love that (most of the time :), it doesn’t mean that I don’t have my own story or that I should stop telling it.
I knew that in order to focus more on myself in my documenting I needed to have a project/journal that could be totally dedicated to just that. Instead of starting something brand new I grabbed for my old journal that has admittedly just been sitting on my desk for quite some time.
I used to do daily journaling, which was great, but when I found myself in a season where it was hard to keep up with I found the gaps in my journal getting longer and longer. So, instead of committing to a daily practice, I’m going to focus more on these monthly overview pages. I’ll likely throw some other journaling practices between those overviews, but the overviews are what I’d really like to make sure happen each month.
My hope is that as I practice journaling about myself and including myself in more photos that it will become familiar again and I will do it more naturally in other projects as well.
I totally meant to film my process for this page, but I finished most of it at 5am one morning as I listened to worship music in my earbuds. It was one of the best ways to wake up, but my brain just didn’t want to think about filming at that time, ha!
I used a variety of supplies from Everyday Explorers Co., Studio Calico, Illustrated Faith, Kerri Bradford, and the Paperperson Shop to put this page together. I’m keeping a small tin of supplies next to my journal so I’m not scrambling to find things when it comes time to sit and journal.
It feels so great finding my way back to this journaling practice :)
Happy Crafting,
Sarah
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