Why you {absolutely} should keep a journal!

One of my closest and bestest sista-friends presented this journal to me during one of our road-trip/shopping sprees. Aside from being inspired by the giver, I adore this particular journal for several reasons — such as seeing the phrases on the cover — which inspired what I wrote inside!
But that is not the [...]

New Eyes, Desks and Declutter

The past two weeks have been sPecTacUlar! And while it has taken some time to get to the {dance-in-spectacular} … It was well worth it! My adventures actually began last October when I began to read, read, read about (and experiment with …) creative planning, visual journaling and collage-journals and planners.
I discovered solutions [...]

Right Brain Business Journal

This Sunday, I am going with a theme for the potpourri post. The discussions within my accountability groups have this common thread: How do we declutter our schedules and yet maintain the aspects of our days that we enjoy?
A colleague of mine and I been brainstorming answers to this question. We have realized that once [...]

What to do with Idea Volcanoes

Volcanoes may not be an appropriate image for the way ideas flow for right brain thinkers … As some of us have “eruptions” on a daily basis! So, whether you see the flow of your ideas as an explosive eruption or a steady, spring-fed stream — the random flow can be semi-harnessed in [...]

Getting Things Done

Serendipitously read this entire book today … Ironically, already implementing a very similar system of “natural planning” as outlined on page 56:

Defining purpose and principles
Outcome visioning
Brainstorming
Organizing
Identifying next actions

As well as collecting project notes in one file/place so as to maintain Categories of Action.
Young encourages planning as a method of being “in the moment” — of [...]

Neither an End nor a Beginning

Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.
~Hal Borland

Creative Planner

This is the cover of my creative friend’s journal-planner …
A good goal is like a strenuous exercise – it makes you stretch.  ~Mary Kay Ash
Collage journaling — also referred to as scrapbooking, creative journaling, art journals — is my right brain method of planning and pondering the realities of the universe — well, my universe! [...]

end of year. art. vision board.

Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
~Winnie the Pooh
The end of the year is fast approaching, and in the midst of the holiday rush (and misadventures ) … My best ideas pop (pop, pop!) into my head! Probably more about allowing myself to have scheduled time “off” … [...]

Life: In Freehand

Freehand drawings are something I make a policy to avoid. The act of sketching a freehand drawing — without guides or measuring— just seems too daunting!
Perhaps it is because my freehand drawings tend to look odd or out of proportion. (I did successfully learn how to sketch from the techniques Betty Edwards presents [...]

Mind-Mapping

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I am free-form thinking my through the mental pile of projects in my head. This weekend I have the house to myself and room to spread out all the literal piles (I have been avoiding) and to ponder the mental ones.
There are several resources for what is defined as “visual thinking,” graphic-organizing,” mind-mapping … and an assortment [...]