A few months ago I was in the midst of one major reading slump. I always read what I feel like reading and never force myself to read anything I’m not excited about or interested in, which has made reading slumps a rare occurrence. But sometimes the mind just doesn’t want to focus on a story and needs a vacation. Since books were not appealing at the time I was searching for something else to keep me entertained, and in an effort to keep myself from binge-watching Netflix, I ended up discovering colouring books for adults. Wait, what?! This blew me away and made me absolutely giddy. I loved colouring books as a child, but with adulthood that somehow stopped being a thing to do. Until now! The whole concept is brilliant, and when the mind needs to cool off for a little bit a good colouring book is all you need. Continue reading “BREAK TIME| Colouring, it’s a beautiful thing.”
Category: Life
GETTING ORGANIZED| Book Life: A Book Lover’s Journal
“The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the most eminent people of past centuries.”
Some books inspire a lot of note-taking. My notes have come to be spread out through different notebooks, loose pieces of paper, or anything I can get my hands on at the time. It gets messy and quite disorganized. In an attempt at organization I decided to get a book journal! Hopefully it’s something that will work for me. Or maybe I will miss hunting down random notes. 😉
The Intangible Beauty of Books
“Books give us a place to go when we have to stay where we are.”
Sometimes circumstances are what they are and the difficulties and challenges we face seem to be a steady force in our lives. During these times we can step away for brief moments and lose ourselves in other worlds, other lives. And sometimes these moments provide not only an escape, but beautiful glimmers of hope. Hope in the possibility of better days and more peaceful nights. Continue reading “The Intangible Beauty of Books”
The Dailies: Achieving Your Long Term Goals
About a month ago I read Louder Than Words by Todd Henry, which discusses ways to find your authentic voice. There are many points that really stuck with me, with one in particular being the concept of “dailies.” I wanted to share this as it is something I have found to be very useful in my own life.
“The dailies” is a group of activities done everyday that is set to keep you on track. Many of us have plenty of things we intend to do but excuses are easy to come by and we end up putting them off. Days turn into weeks, weeks into months, and before you know it there is a chasm of time between you and where you thought or hoped you would be. Continue reading “The Dailies: Achieving Your Long Term Goals”
LIFE STUFF| Live Your Story
We are not quite novels. We are not quite short stories. In the end, we are collected works.”
When I was a little girl I lived in books, stories and fairytales, which took me on endless adventures and carried within them a promise. Not a singular promise but hundreds of little promises cradled together to form a great hope. The kind that made you look to the future with wide-eyed optimism and anticipation. Even through times when the world showed itself to be cold and cruel, I took comfort in the beautiful possibilities of life and an unwavering picture of a future filled with adventure and wonderful people. It’s the beauty of stories. Continue reading “LIFE STUFF| Live Your Story”
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