First, before anything else, thank you for the outreach on yesterday’s posts (comments, emails, etc.) It means a lot and I couldn’t help but notice a lot of feed reader click-throughs and general interest. Struck a chord, perhaps? If it did, you have my sympathies. I’m offering you a virtual cup of tea. Take it easy x
I thought I’d show a couple things that will hopefully help and take me through this next little period that is about to get exciting (can’t share why yet, sorry!). The ‘Miscellaneous Mum’ journal was a free present I got from Mooo.com.au because I was a Blogopolis attendee. The 2011-2012 planning calendar was an impulse slash sanity-enforcer purchase I made yesterday.
I’ve long loved stationery (gratuitous link of Riley from 2008 holding up a kikki.K calendar almost as big as he was at the time!) and I’ve made it no secret I do a lot of work on paper rather than create a shareable Google calendar, for example. My problem is I like the cleanness and potential these offer while they’re in their pristine state … but when it comes to the part where I start scribbling, I sometimes hesitate: planning is action and action can be scary. Sometimes it feels safer to just keep strolling along at an ordinary (normal) (boring?) pace.
Another reason why I like them? They’re pretty!
Am I the only one who feels this way? Do you like stationery? Thick material hardcover journals with even {gasp} a red ribbon bookmark to mark your place? Heaven!
