“Think about a grapefruit who is trying to be more like an 🍊 orange, or one that isn’t fully itself….Maybe Barbara’s vision is about you just being more like yourself.” -Mari’s friend Megan
Today is the 🌓🌔🌕 moon is waxing to full; it is ✅ Day 94/100 of my second 100-Day Project for this year, (theme: Benevolence, Wonder and Meaning).
I will be sharing reading notes from My Inner Sky by Mari Andrew through August 31. 😊 … However, [freedom] is my guide word for 2026 (and I am in the midst of my radiation ☢️ treatments), so please take that into consideration. 🪂
Also, I will begin a new online book discussion 👩🏻💻 for Opening Up by Writing It Down by James W. Pennebaker beginning September 12, 2026 for my Ko-fi patrons. Click here for details.
“You can’t be what you’re not. You can only be the fullest version of yourself.” -Mari Andrew
🍊 Braveheart, we are born with particular heart 💓 desires to explore, experience and enjoy. Our part is to simply allow for the process of literally becoming more of who we already are, and live 🙌 free.
“The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been.” -Madeleine L’Engle
Mari begins to dismantle the pressure of living on a strict timeline of expectations and internal pressure, and begins to discover that Becoming is a slow and steady accumulation of miscellaneous realizations and conversations. 🍊
“In the space between yes and no, there’s a lifetime. It’s the difference between the path you walk and the one you leave behind; it’s the gap between who you thought you could be and who you really are…”
-Jodi Picoult
Braveheart, there is always more to live. Trust yourself and trust the process of your Becoming.
Allow your 📔 journal to be your 📆 planner as you begin to notice the goodness in your living + take note of what matters most to you. 💙
✅ Right brain chronicles (jotted notes, 🌈 color vents, ✂️📐 collage and 🖊️ doodles of our 💭 ponderings and 🗓️ dated mental wanderings) are the data + a map of our living, serving as a tangible record of:
- questions and 🪄 wishes
- keywords and phrases 📝
- daydreams and nighttime dreams 💤💭💤
- what we feel and think 🙃😐😣😜
- what we want to experience ❤️
- what we need to foster our well-being ♻️
- what we want to discover and learn about 🧠🤓
- sky meditations + phases 🌙 (everything cycles)
✅ Right brain chronicles can become a sacred 📿 space for 🌀 processing what we need and desire—space where we 🔎 observe and process the data of Life; and to ♻️ empower us to make 📊 choices (and prioritize) what matters most to us. ❤️
Thank you kindly for your presence here.
I appreciate your interest and support.
~love & good wishes~
Artist’s Statement 😊🔮🔎📝🖌️🎨❤️📊
❤️ Braveheart, as the Creator/Artist of Right Brain Planner I am ever-grateful to have the opportunity to share my creative work online + support other creators! 🎉 For almost 20 years I have had the privilege of sharing my art and writing about right brain planning while also hosting kindred 👭🏽💞👭 communities. ✨ I consider it an absolute delight to continue this portion of my creative work (even as I retire from full-time work).
This is possible, in part, by {you} and your presence here. ❤️ But also because of the support of my Ko-fi patrons and the other member/subscriber communities I host.
If you already have your own system of creative journal-planning, but are interested in financially supporting my creative work, you may do so by making a donation:
- Make a one-time contribution in any amount via [this link]. (Thank you!) ❤️