{stargardener's} right brain planner
art journal. creative day planning. visual journal. {living free}
From the category archives:
I scheduled this week as vacation; this week on June’s calendar which followed unplanned busyness {and stress} due to the history-making weather {heartache and wide-spread damage} in my area of Oklahoma. Punctuating the need + vital importance of stepping away from my regular routine.
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Know what’s weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything is different. ~Calvin & Hobbes Having {somehow} navigated this month {with grace} I accomplished a record number of projects and met {some ambitious} deadlines. And yet …
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You inhale, and you reach. You exhale, and you release. ~Elora Nicole Ramirez, Story 101 prompt Elora’s reference was to the practice of yoga, the prompt was to ponder how we incorporate reach and release into the rhythm of living. And it could not have been more timely.
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Discomfort is very much part of my master plan. ~Jonathan Lethem This weekend has been physically uncomfortable … It required activation of me being comfortable with discomfort. To be in pain, to deal with diaphragm paralysis and other assorted realities of living with MS, requires creative coping practices to be comfortable with discomfort. Learning to [...]
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If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don’t write, because our culture has no use for it. ~Anais Nin This week was my “20″ of The 80/20 Rule {20% of resources produce 80% of results} with regard to emotional well-being. Just as [...]
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There are times I shake my head in disbelief, surrendering to being at a loss of words or coping skills regarding specific situations in my life, and then I remember: I thrive on creative solutions — and {it} takes as long as {it} takes. I remind myself these situations are the source of decisions with [...]
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We are able to laugh when we achieve detachment, if only for a moment. ~May Sarton Comparing ourselves with others leaves us with a practice {habit} of “fixing ourselves” — being focused upon what we want to change {what we don’t like} — rejection of self. And of course … No one’s life is without [...]
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This has been a week of incorporating new ways of coping for me. Pain {physical, mental/emotional} magnifies whatever we face in our dailies. At best, we hold steady as the clock marks the hours of each day {and night}. At worst, we hide away from any attempt to “help” or alter what we face — [...]
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Sunday mornings I glide from sleep into journal mode. Today I noticed a common thread {sharp and jagged}: this is the third consecutive week I have awaken with a sense of overwhelm + the need to drain {vomit} it via hand-written entries upon the pages of what has become My Sunday Journal. It has become [...]
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I think in pictures and journal in collage and color ... And this site is transitioning to reflect visual-thought and planning; how to plan and journal and dream creatively.
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★ Learn how to breathe and when you think you are stronger, take more time. … Be patient with your heart. Surround yourself with beauty and dance it out! ~Tori Elfstrom
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