The Making Of The Dream Journal

Day 3. Today I took an old sketchbook journal off my shelf. I opened it to reveal that I had used only 5 pages. The pages were a true testament to how busy life can get. On the first page I listed a beginning date...April 4, 2005

The entries inside were as follows...
April 4, 2005
April 7, 2005
May 23, 2005
July 23, 2005
January 6, 2006
January 10, 2006
January 31, 2006

I considered just ripping out the five pages and starting fresh.
I decided that I better read them first.

The funny thing was that over the course of those few entries a common theme emerged. I was always STARTING SOMETHING NEW and it was usually SOMETHING BIG, like an IDEA FOR A BUSINESS, or a plan for HOME ORGANIZATION, or HOME RENOVATION.
I was often describing a FEELING OF BLISS over some type of BREAK or FREEDOM from my motherly duties (like, the kids are napping, or out with their dad). There was even a page where I seemed to be trying to list all of the things that I LIKE or HATE.

And there at the bottom of one of the pages, a pasted in clipping.

And so, as I am here to clearly state...
IT'S NOT LIKE I HAVEN'T DONE THIS BEFORE! And yet I keep attempting to do it and it never lasts for very long.

Hopefully this idea of striving for 365 days will help to catapult me past the "beginning" stage and into the "gleaning" stage. I'm excited to see just what I will learn from this process.

My copy of Creative Awakenings arrived in the mail today. What perfect timing!