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Chronic problems are most often solved by building new systems.
Seth Godin
Building new systems within repetitive activities (habits & sequences) empowers us to live more of what matters most, Braveheart.
Cyclical resources to foster these systems are available to my Ko-fi patrons, members of the private communities I host, and here ⬇️ (scroll to view files).
- The first step of your creative habit: it needs to feel [positive for you] in two-minutes or less.
- This minimal threshold of time and energy ensures you will continue — and fosters flow within your creative habit.
➡️➡️➡️ Begin a 2-minute practice using this free download to practice [showing up] and begin your version of a right brain planning practice.
➡️ noticing + showing our work [download]
As you master the art of showing up, the first two minutes simply become a ritual at the beginning of a larger routine.
James Clear
✅ Right brain planning is about allowing ourselves the option of creatively processing what we are feeling 🌀 and thinking. 🤔💭
Our right brain planners (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 chronicle of our:
- questions and wishes
- daydreams and nighttime dreams
- keywords and phrases
- what we feel and think
- what we want to learn about
Our right brain planners can become a sacred space for processing what we need and desire — space where we observe and process the data of our living to make choices (and prioritize) what matters most to us.
★ EDITORIAL NOTE: My right brain planning practice is a continuous research project and constantly evolves. I publish compilations of my art and self-directed studies combined with guiding content, prompts and template pages. The themes of Right Brain Planner® resources are discussed via online support communities and content posts shared with my Ko-fi supporters and my blog.
Right Brain Planner® is the result of a lifetime of trial-and-error research, professional experience along with intentional investments of curiosity, time and energy. In 2008, I (Teresa Robinson, aka stargardener), began to document my right brain planning practice via a WordPress blog. In 2012, I started publishing journal-planning prompts and template pages, and curating themed content that facilitates a creative record [tangible/ intangible] of intention and story. This practice encourages self-compassionate and self-expression with living more of what matters most within the four essentials of the Life Quad, along with tending to one’s personal trinity: mind, body, soul (spirit).
Whenever I am asked to define right brain planning, I begin by saying it is about self-compassion. It is also about attention and noticing, unfiltered expression and creative ways of chronicling life.
It has been my delight to host communities + publish resources that foster the practice of a creative record [tangible and intangible] of intention and story for almost 20 years.
There is no elevator speech [a 30- to 60-second answer] about right brain planning.
- And I am okay with that. 😊 Because I know hundreds of right brain planners — and each one of them has their own unique, ever-evolving practice.
There is no substitute for observation + trial and error experimenting with what works for you as a right brain planner (and a human).
This site (and the concept of right brain planning) has always been about ideas and prompts provided for your interpretation, Braveheart.
Creativity is enhanced by being involved with kindred communities. That is why I will continue writing and sharing here, and privately in the communities I host (online and locally). ♥
Thank you kindly for your presence here.
I appreciate your interest and support.
~love & good wishes~
❤️ 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 (via their presence, input and paid subscriptions).