The focus of this post is a daily-ish practice [a repeated sequence] for processing, and chronicling jots pertaining to your thoughts and doubts; ideas, questions, and inspirations. 🎇
⬇️ [scroll down to download “Line Journal”] ⬇️
Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is a result of good work habits. That’s it in a nutshell.
Twyla Tharp
[Good work] includes building a creative scaffolding (a system) within repetitive activities (habits & sequences) and mindfulness.
- Doing so enables us to experience more of what matters most to us, Braveheart.
Cyclical resources to foster these types of systems are available to my Ko-fi patrons, members of the private communities I host, and here.
⏲️ The first step of a creative habit: it needs to feel doable + beneficial {for you] within two-minutes.
- This minimal threshold of time and energy ensures you will continue — and fosters flow and momentum.
[recommended items to get started with a Line Journal]:
- (12-pack) of college-ruled, 60 page, 5.5″x8.3″/A5 journals*
- This type of journal is a simple way to begin due to its size and format.
- A 12-pack of journals = one for each month of a calendar year.
- date stamp (like this one) -or- simply enter the date of your line-entry
- Dated entries ensure a timeline and framework of your notes.
- Line-Journals can be simple, daily-ish jots.
- No-rules — just a mindful pause, jots and a daily-ish intention.
- your favorite pen 😊
- This is vital to ensure a positive sensory experience.
- For hand-written pages and entries, I prefer to use a Pilot, G2 gel roller pen, 1 mm point.
*I have been using my A5 journal to compile dated, hand-written entries (no minimum number of lines or pages) — with the Line Journal template tipped in the front cover as a daily tracker.
- AND, this journal may end up being 3-months of entries (instead of monthly). I will be focusing on quarter plans during the calendar year of 2025, so this would be an excellent addition to that. 😉
- Related: Bullet Journal – The Monthly Ritual
Any day can be your Day One, Braveheart.
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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).