New Journal

I started a basic journal the first of the year.  I keep track of what I am eating, I have three goals to complete each day so I write them down and check them off as they are complete.  I also keep track of my activity such as exercising and my walks.  Then the next day I go back to the previous to write about my reflections of that day.  

Oh also I write at the top of the page what I am grateful for and my feelings that day.  I use to write also how long and how well I slept the night before but some how that got dropped off.

Yesterday I ran out of pages in my journal book so I needed to make a new one and actually this one doesn't go to the end of the year but very close.

 Here is my newest journal.  I took more time creating this one than the last. 

I have my tabs in place and there is washi tape on each page.  I double up the pages with washi to make them sturdy also I use colorful pens and you could see though the single pages in my first book.

I also have pages for "To Do" for those bigger projects like painting a room, making curtains things like that.  I also have a wish list on one page and I also have a page for Christmas ideas and shopping.  

It was difficult at first to keep up daily but I would at least get in three maybe four days in a week but I am pretty much on track daily now for a while and it really has helped me be more mindful of my eating and my time.

I started this journaling because I have been in a funk since mom passed.  I have some bad eating habits that have returned and I was starting to feel depressed.  Lack of interest in my hobbies, I wasn't getting out of the house too much and I was wasting a lot of time watching TV and playing on my computer.  I needed to track my activity and such to make my self aware and it has worked!

I'm still struggling with the eating as I have most of my life but getting on track with that as well.  I am getting out and enjoying life more and I remind myself daily to smile three times a day for no reason.  I usually get out of bed and do one before anything else.  I know sounds weird right?  Well they say that if you smile you trick your mind into thinking your happy and then you are.  It does seem to help.

Talking about getting out, me and Mr. Man went out Sunday to some antique shops that I found earlier in the week and had a wonderful day, wonderful weekend.  

We also talked about if we are moving our "creative spaces" downstairs or not.  I voted I stay put he cleans out the garage and moves in there and builds the shed under the deck like he has been wanting to, put the garage stuff in there and we make the basement as a rec room!  He's on board with all of it!  Yay!  Now to get it done!

Whew I chewed your ear off enough!  My first thing to do on my to do list today is clean house so I'm off to get it done!

Hugs,
Tania