As promised a short blog post about how I have set up my journal for 2021.  Let me start with the lessons I learnt from my 2020 journaling experience. 

As per usual my January journal was spectacular – a visual masterpiece (based on limited artistic skills) with regular daily entries, February wasn’t too bad, March had some bits and the rest of the year was fairly hodge podge without any real system.  

The problem was I never seemed to find the time to set up the month in advance and once the month had started I didn’t really see the point. 

So, the lessons learnt were as follows:

• I like a monthly double page spread for each month – these need to be set up ahead of time.
• I make better and more regular use of a weekly spread rather than a daily spread (note my journal is used purely for personal use, not for my day job)
• I prefer to track weekly rather than daily or monthly
• I needed a journal with thicker pages

So how have I set up my...

Do you ever get to the point in your life when there is so much going on, if one more thing is thrown on your plate you might just scream!  If so, then maybe it is time to take a Brain Dump.

What is a Brain Dump?

When you are busy and you have thousands of things to think about if you don’t have a way to process all these thoughts you can begin to feel overwhelmed and anxious. 

A Brain Dump or download is an opportunity for you to put all your thoughts down on paper, organise them, get things done and move forward. 

The need for a Brain Dump can be triggered by a number of factors:

• A super busy schedule
• A big project deadline – either personal or business (or both)
• Random tasks that build up
• Holidays – that’s right holidays, as much as we all enjoy them the lead up to a holiday can be stressful, there is lots to organise and work to get done before you leave.
• Unexpected Events – when your schedule is thrown into chaos because something...