I appreciate your thoughtfulness so much, whether it’s encouraging this community, offering your notebooks, or sharing what you’ve learned the hard way. Thank you.
I hope you enjoyed the June #HBNotebookChallenge . If you use this hashtag on IG or tag me (@heartbreathingsblog) I would love to see your notebook progress!
Tamara Laporte is an art journalist. She is a bit more on art therapy and I love her. She teaches courses and is friends with Jane Davenport who does art supplies but she is also an art journalist too. Both are wonderful and are on instagram & UA-cam. Beautiful journals💕
I appreciate that you want to be there for all of us during this crisis. You already are! Watching your videos is a pleasure, a stress reducer, and an inspiring treat. It's something I look forward to each week. So thank you!
YES! Oh my gosh, I love the look and feel of a notebook/journal that has been "used." I've never heard anyone else talk about that before. But there is nothing better than a chunky, filled in notebook.
Me too!! It's so bittersweet to move on to a new journal. I'm excited to start something new, but I love writing in a journal with that feeling of the words that have come before resting under my hand.
I am using more of my petite journals to do tarot tracking, menu planning, and my daily items checklist. I have so many notebooks and still trying to find ways to use them up. But they are so fun that I want them all! LOL. I love the Harry Potter journal. Such great pictures in it.
Thank you so much for sharing! I really look forward to your videos - your light just shines through my TV! I also need to thank you for introducing me to the monthly planner. I am a therapist at a school after years of being a teacher. Now my beloved Happy Planner teacher planner isn’t working any more; hourly planners are just too small. The large deluxe monthly is PERFECT for tracking and keeping notes of sessions and meetings behind each calendar page. I found an 8.5x11 half hourly and half list weekly for my daily tasks - things to remember to do - that and the monthly deluxe should be perfect. I cannot wait to restart your HB90 course! Have a lovely week!
Thanks for your note at the beginning. Your notebook challenge has inspired me. I’m going to use a horizontal planner as a notebook to do daily scripting! I’m going to script every day to manifest the life I desire! I’m excited to see how it goes!
Thank you for the well-wishes during this time. I appreciate the encouragement and wishing your family the same. As for the challenges, I've been keeping up.
I so look forward to these videos each month. It is the one series of videos I never miss and I go back and rewatch them all the time. Love them and keep doing your thing!
I don't usually participate in challenges but was thinking this morning that I should start journaling again because my anxiety has been really high lately. Then I watched your video and decided to definitely start! It's a great way to kick off a new month! Love your different journals. I really enjoy seeing the different ways and things folks journal about.
I love this HB Notebook Challenge so much. You give us so many new ideas to use our notebooks and I eagerly wait for it every month! I said this already, but I really wish in June to finally start being serious about my Tarot and Oracle card practice. I love the Harry Potter notebook and the Simply gilded pen so much!!!
I always enjoy watching ur notebook challenge videos. I love your books as well u r always very inspiring to me and I look forward to seeing more of ur videos xx
Great walkthrough of your notebooks! Love this video and the last video on getting ahead. I just signed up for the boot camp. Very much looking forward to getting back on track with my goals. Definitely a fan of HP and I LOVE that purple and rose gold pen. So pretty!
I am excited to start it in June. I haven’t done it yet but I have been watching your videos. And I loved the idea to journal after your therapy. Will be starting that too.
I LOVE the Harry Potter journal! I read the books over and over during my parents’ divorce as a kid and they helped immeasurably. I can’t believe 2020 is half over already.
Your enthusiasm is so infectious and inspiring, Sarra! I just finished an ENTIRE notebook last night (a rare occurrence) and I'm ready to start a fresh notebook for June. I thought I would whip out a brand new one, but imagine my surprise when I ended up with an old 2018 (!!) page-a-day B5 with a sturdy canvas cover. And somehow it feels right to honour this old, unused diary as my next notebook. I'm keeping the old pages, simply starting on the next available page and redating it. Would LOVE the Harry Potter journal - I just discovered that I'm a Ravenclaw! 💜💙
Thanks for another great month. Journaling sure helps now with all that’s going on, a place to put thoughts is good. We are a Harry Potter family, love it! My daughter would totally snag the notebook for herself, if I won. And I travel for work, when you can travel, that airplane pen is too cute.
I am doing my best to start using my pens and notebooks as well. I have one NB for writing notes and one for work notes, but I am going to incorporate a dream journal.
I love your notebook Challenge it gives me ideas on what I can use mine for that I am not currently using. However, I have a few that I am using for different writing projects like for ideas and also for note taking on things that I did not know before about writing.
I’m loving my HB90 Procrastiplanner Stickers! They are the perfect size for planning and are so cute. ❤️ The Harry Potter journal is a generous giveaway...and the pen is beautiful wow!
I love your videos. Thanks so much for sharing how you're using your notebooks. I look forward to getting creative with some of mine as well! And that Harry Potter notebook makes my Ravenclaw heart smile!!
Both my son and I love Harry Potter. I have been wanting to get a notebook like this for the longest time. Thank you for your videos they really do help me escape for a bit.
For my June Notebook challenge, I'm using several. The first is a 3.5 x 5.5 inch (9 x 14 cm) mini dotted Exceed notebook for time tracking. The lines are perfect for a title and a 24 hour list, so I can adapt for my work day. It has 96 sheets so it's perfect for a quarter's time tracking. I've loved using it. My second one is a self-made planner in an A5 Carpe Diem portfolio. I'm using it for my home planning and project overview binder. Everyone in the house has access to it, so we can work on our home projects, my son's homeschool, and see which work projects I'm in the middle of. My son is autistic and feels comforted when he can see what I'm working on through the project sheets and see where he's at on his homeschool progress. We update progress bars every month, so we can both see where we are. Next, I'm using a black Exceed A5 for my HB90 bullet journal. I'm also using a purple Exceed A5 dot journal for tracking my 4theWords quests and items (a writing-based RPG where your daily writing helps you fight monsters, complete quests, and forward an excellent storyline). In it, I also keep track of my 10k day challenges. I have a smaller purple dot grid that I use for my gaming bullet journal. I have an 8.5 x11 inch dot grid Exceed notebook in red for my health tracking. I'm also using a name card portfolio (business cards, basically, but they're called name cards in Korea) to hold my scene cards for writing. I cut up a bunch of colored paper in business card size to make them, and I absolutely love it. I also use a 4 x6 photo album for my art journaling. I make art pieces on blank index cards and journal on them, then put them in the photo album. I have a second one that I use for my HB90 quarter at-a-glance, so I can remember where I left off or toss it to my husband when he asks what projects I have left for the quarter. We've been together for over 14 years, so I know that if I answer him when he asks, he'll start picking at what I say still needs to be done. Or argue this point or that point. Or tell me that my list is making HIM feel overwhelmed. Or do something else that drives me crazy, so I just hand him the photo album and he can go through it slowly and then ask questions if he has any. When I was super sick, Jerry bought me a lined notebook for me to jot down whatever thoughts I had. I decided to use that for focusing in on my 5-year publishing plan. April desperately felt like I was running out of time, and until we got my lung troubles under control, it was pretty terrifying. So, I took a step back and reordered the thoughts in my head. My vision has changed, and so has my 5-year plan, so I decided to work through it slowly.
Thank for the great notebook ideas, Sarra. I'm getting back into morning pages after a few months of just plain forgetting to do them! Love Harry Potter and Hogwarts!
I'm excited to finish up my current moleskine!! I have enough pages left for the month of june and I'm excited to start on a new one. It's always so exciting to start a new journal.
I love Harry Potter and have enjoyed it through out the years in its many forms, books audio and movies. I love how it resonates with children adults and seniors. Not only is it fun but it also helped me during some difficult times when I was caring for my elderly mother. She enjoyed them as well. I am behind only just made my kanban board ( had planned to do in January) I haven't gotten my goals on yet but have made significant progress all around in later May. I am starting a plotting notebook and revamping my hobby home note book. My work planner does my most organizing. Your get ahead plan is what I am working towards. Thank you for you helpful content.
Hi Sarra. My friend Eunice is a huge fan of yours and recommends your planning and methods. I must say, it's all very inspiring. This video is pushing at my brain to get down, as you said, all those beautiful journals and do something with them. Thank you!
LOL. And I thought I was a pen and notebook junkie. It never occurred to me to use or repurpose journals/notebooks. Finally pulled the old happy planner out from 2 years ago and using it for plotting. Thanks so much!
You video in may made me go find my notebooks and then choose one as a “hand writing” practise notebook. I was so worried about using it but your video inspired me to do it. Hope you are well. Much love xxx
My notebook challenge is going well. I have filled one with journaling. I plan on starting a new one this month for all my writing lists (name ideas, setting ideas, etc) . That Harry Potter Journal is absolutely gorgeous !!!!! Thank you so much for hosting such wonderful giveaways and taking the time to interact with your followers. Your videos and your books have had a tremendous impact on me this year ! ♥
I have that TN journal fro Simply Gilded and was going to give it away but I have all those little notebooks from Simply Gilded so I set them all up inside of it. Thank you so much for showing that idea. I would love that HP Journal. I have most of those pens also. I use my notebooks as to do lists that I don't want in my main planner.
That HP notebook is lovely. I've decided to use a dot grid notebook with a soft polka dot cover that i have had for a while but I have been reluctant to use as i don't want to spoil it. I'm going to be using it to take notes on books that i am reading on the craft of writing. I also recently treated myself to a beautiful Carpe Diem travellers notebook cover in a blush pink and i'm going to use the notebooks in there to track my sleep and my fitness journey. 💕
I love Harry Potter and that is a beautiful notebook! I had just wrote in my notebook this morning I was waiting on this video. And then you were on!! I a proud to announce I will finish up a May notebook today. It started the end of April but ran through May! Will tag heartbreaking later today. Love the simply guided pens too. They are amazing!
I absolutely love your tarot spread in your journal. I am thinking to do this with my Oracle cards. Great way to keep track of them. Thank you and blessings.
I love that you started your video today such a way. I have absolutely been journaling throughout all of this. I just had to dig up another one out of our moving boxes. Yes, in the midst of a pandemic we decided to move 🤦🏽♀️
I've been doing pretty well - didn't use any notebooks up this month, but I did find uses for all my partially-used notebooks so they'll be fully used soon! That HP notebook is gorgeous - it kind of reminds me in theme of the Lord of the Rings notebook I'm using to track what books I've read.
Thank you for sharing your notebooks and your infectious inspiration! I love all of the notebooks and the Harry Potter one is awesome! I am using all of my notebooks daily, I journal, keep track of Heatlh, moth mental and physical, notebooks for writing ideas and one that is a mommy to daughter journal which is my favorite. I write little something to her or about her that I noticed that day and I plan to give her a collection of them on her birthday each year.
I'm glad I'm not the only one with a notebook "problem" er...Love, obsession! LOL, I am nowhere near as organized as you are. I have several dozens of notebooks in all stages, all over my house. I cannot wait for HB90 Bootcamp! I am going to narrow my notebooks for June down to maybe six and join you for the June 14th kickoff! I am so excited! And I love Harry Potter! BTW, I don't know if you have heard of her, but I follow a wonderful woman named Dawn Michelle, and she has two YT channels, one is Boho Tarot, and the other is Boho Bloom. She is amazing, and I think you would enjoy her channels very much. Thanks so much for all you do! Bright Blessings, Liz
That notebook looks lovely. I am getting ready to sort my area with a new desk, so I can be more organised, then it will be time to sort things for June.
Hey Sarra! I am super excited about this month's notebook challenge! I'm going to start using a few different notebooks - a goals notebook, a fitness notebook, and a new notebook I just got that I'm excited to start using for morning pages! I love the idea of starting your day with a bit of a brain dump, just to see where you're at and to get those notes and ideas out there. Also, I am a HUGE Harry Potter fan! I'm even listening to an audiobook of Harry Potter y la Piedra Filisofal - the Spanish version, as I am also getting into learning Spanish! I love your channel, and it's super helpful to me as a planner enthusiast and writer. Cheers, girl!
Hi! I loved your introduction and offer of your caring to anyone who needs it❤️. Thank you for going through your notebooks with us! I do love the Simply Gilded everything lol and I am a fan of Harry Potter! I have been working on my bullet journaling since last month and finding some peace in it. I was in a car accident in 2018 which left me with a brain trauma and caused a functional neurological disorder. I can’t work or drive anymore and my days are made up of therapies and medications, meditation, art and journaling. I’m currently working in my Stalogy B6 and next I’ll be in my Stalogy A6, I also use Happy planners for health, routines and appointments. I love that I am part of a journaling community and that notebooks make other people as happy as they make me🌸🎀
I have been using my notebook stash in the past two years....mostly random daily notes. Anything Harry Potter is awesome!!!! Your video is quite encouraging to use notebooks...I have plenty from simply gilded as well.
I know I've messaged you a few times but I wanted to say again how much I appreciate your videos, and these notebook challenge videos have helped me so much along my path of personal development. I also appreciate that you share your spiritual journey, since I started down a similar path as you a couple years ago, after sort of just being curious about it for a long time. It has been wonderful to finally fully embrace it, and it's nice to see a fellow indie author doing the same thing.
HIghlighters for Hobo: Most won't bleed through, but unless your pen ink is completely dry and waterproof, I wouldn't highlight over it. Be sure to test your specific ink combination on a spare page. What works better is to highlight first, then write over the top when the highlighter ink is dry. Test to see how long it takes. Some pens that I have used to highlight: Tombow Markers, Zebra Mildliners, Fixion Highlighters, and Uni Propus Window. Zebra Sarasa Mark On ink is formulated to be able to highlight over it and it's quick-drying, but give it extra time with TR paper. The Mark-On refill will fit in several pen bodies, including Kikki. K Metal Rollerball which are so pretty.
I just found you after stressing exam and I stayed so calm immediately. I also took my old notebook and tried to write down few notes, because I like your rutine with notebooks and I think I might need something similar because I often have too many thoughts at once....
I absolutely love Harry Potter! My husband and I are currently rewatching all of the movies. We watched Goblet of Fire today and Order of the Phoenix is next on the list. I started a new blog on Friday so for the notebook challenge I am using my notebook for all blog related things. I am also using a general journal where I write anything that is on my mind. I really hope I win! Thank you for being you!!
OMG I love this set! I have learned that notebooks/bullet journals are the way to go for me. I end up just playing with the stickers and layouts in other planners. LOL
This will be the first time doing the notebook challenge. I've already prepped a few notebooks to get ready to start on tomorrow. I'll also be doing a daily Tarot card notebook, or i should say continuing in the one that i used a couple of years ago. I think at this point that i have six ready to go in the morning. Can't wait to see how your progress goes through out the month!! Love the give away notebook, those inner pages are beautiful. Have a great day!!
Must say that is a nice notebook as well as a nice pen. Also, both book ideas sound quite interesting. I am ready for you to be ready to write them both...
I love your channel. I have alot of notebooks and journals. And I have alot of pens too. I bought 2 journals yesterday at a thift shore for 50 cents each. And they are new. I have alot going on in my life right now. My husband is needing a liver transplant. He is on 2 liver transplant list right now. We go to alot of doctors appointments too.
Love your videos!! Every time I watch one I walk away with an idea for how to use my collection of planners/notebooks. I missed your pen challenge video tho...I'll have to go find it!! Who doesn't love Harry Potter?????
I was doing a sleep journal and Mass/prayer journal and I haven't been using either much in the last few months. I forgot to bring the sleep journal into the bedroom one time after filling out the week and I've used the Mass/Prayer journal a little more, but still not every week. I've been using the Erin Condren planners every week.
I am a huge Hogwarts fan! Definitely a Potterhead! LOL I am excited to start a new monthly planner in a lilac purple exceed dot journal. I just finished my monthly/daily in a spiral bound multi media pad, so it will be interesting to see how the difference in journals is going to be. My homemade junk journal is fattening up nicely, and my travelers notebook for my path has been a bit neglected. I need to work on that. I now have three penpals, so I want to create a jj for their letters this month. I have been neglecting my art jj as well as my The Great Work journal, so I need to start working in them this month as well. I love your enthusiasm when it comes to journals and pens. Thank you for sharing with all of us!💜
That Harry Potter notebook is beautiful looking notebook. I finally started to use my notebooks. And did take some of them to side for journaling. I do write daily so I hope to get done by the one I am using right now, by end of this year.
I am getting more and more into journaling. I use seperate notebooks for daily journaling, my dreams and I use one where I write about the books I've read. I also really love Harry Potter, that notebook would make a great book journal
You've really inspired me in the last year. I finally finished one notebook that was for all my witchy stuff and I just moved over into a new notebook at the end of May. I'm starting to get to a place though where I might need more notebook....
I love these challenges. Gotten so many new ideas on how to use my notebooks. Would love to win the HP notebook for my goddaughter.
BookRook you are the winner of this HB Notebook Giveaway!! Email me at sarra@heartbreathings.com with your full name and mailing address! Congrats!!!
@@HeartBreathings yay! Thank you!
Thank you for the message in the beginning of the video ✊🏿✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾
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Thank you for your support. It’s greatly appreciated. 🖤🖤
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Sending you love. If there are other ways I can support you, please don't hesitate to reach out.
I appreciate your thoughtfulness so much, whether it’s encouraging this community, offering your notebooks, or sharing what you’ve learned the hard way. Thank you.
What a very nice message! We all need a happy, positive person in our lives.
I hope you enjoyed the June #HBNotebookChallenge . If you use this hashtag on IG or tag me (@heartbreathingsblog) I would love to see your notebook progress!
Tamara Laporte is an art journalist. She is a bit more on art therapy and I love her. She teaches courses and is friends with Jane Davenport who does art supplies but she is also an art journalist too. Both are wonderful and are on instagram & UA-cam.
Beautiful journals💕
I really enjoyed it. Ooh, Harry Potter🤩
I appreciate that you want to be there for all of us during this crisis. You already are! Watching your videos is a pleasure, a stress reducer, and an inspiring treat. It's something I look forward to each week. So thank you!
I have the same Harry Potter journal and I love the narrow lines on it. I love how motivated I always feel after watching your videos.
YES! Oh my gosh, I love the look and feel of a notebook/journal that has been "used." I've never heard anyone else talk about that before. But there is nothing better than a chunky, filled in notebook.
Me too!! It's so bittersweet to move on to a new journal. I'm excited to start something new, but I love writing in a journal with that feeling of the words that have come before resting under my hand.
I love your channel ! Thank you so much , I have so many journals and notebooks I need to create in!
I've been binging a lot of your planning videos today. You've become my favorite source for when I need some guidance for planning ❤️
I am using more of my petite journals to do tarot tracking, menu planning, and my daily items checklist. I have so many notebooks and still trying to find ways to use them up. But they are so fun that I want them all! LOL. I love the Harry Potter journal. Such great pictures in it.
Your videos are so calming! It also inspires me to use up my books in creative ways. Thank you !
I love writing in my journal. It's been a new tradition for me in the evening. Love this HP themed notebook.
Thank you for your caring message💗. I always love seeing your notebook collections!
Thank you so much for being there for us Sarra.
Thank you so much for sharing! I really look forward to your videos - your light just shines through my TV! I also need to thank you for introducing me to the monthly planner. I am a therapist at a school after years of being a teacher. Now my beloved Happy Planner teacher planner isn’t working any more; hourly planners are just too small. The large deluxe monthly is PERFECT for tracking and keeping notes of sessions and meetings behind each calendar page. I found an 8.5x11 half hourly and half list weekly for my daily tasks - things to remember to do - that and the monthly deluxe should be perfect. I cannot wait to restart your HB90 course! Have a lovely week!
Thanks for your note at the beginning. Your notebook challenge has inspired me. I’m going to use a horizontal planner as a notebook to do daily scripting! I’m going to script every day to manifest the life I desire! I’m excited to see how it goes!
Thank you for the well-wishes during this time. I appreciate the encouragement and wishing your family the same.
As for the challenges, I've been keeping up.
I so look forward to these videos each month. It is the one series of videos I never miss and I go back and rewatch them all the time. Love them and keep doing your thing!
This makes me so happy, thank you!
I don't usually participate in challenges but was thinking this morning that I should start journaling again because my anxiety has been really high lately. Then I watched your video and decided to definitely start! It's a great way to kick off a new month! Love your different journals. I really enjoy seeing the different ways and things folks journal about.
I love this HB Notebook Challenge so much. You give us so many new ideas to use our notebooks and I eagerly wait for it every month! I said this already, but I really wish in June to finally start being serious about my Tarot and Oracle card practice. I love the Harry Potter notebook and the Simply gilded pen so much!!!
love your vids, always cheers me up if Im feeling a bit down, and always makes me want to write in my journal too. Very inspirational, much love x
I always enjoy watching ur notebook challenge videos. I love your books as well u r always very inspiring to me and I look forward to seeing more of ur videos xx
These are my favourite videos to watch each month. Thanks for the inspiration again.
Love these videos every month
and Harry Potter!
Great walkthrough of your notebooks! Love this video and the last video on getting ahead. I just signed up for the boot camp. Very much looking forward to getting back on track with my goals. Definitely a fan of HP and I LOVE that purple and rose gold pen. So pretty!
So excited to have you in the Bootcamp!!
Thank you for your opening statement. Stay safe and healthy.
Totally agree about using all our notebooks! That´s the way we make them really ours.
Harry Potter is my favorite! That journal is so beautiful!
I am doing a gratitude journal for one of my notebooks this month and I am super excited to just focus on and actively look for the good.
I am excited to start it in June. I haven’t done it yet but I have been watching your videos. And I loved the idea to journal after your therapy. Will be starting that too.
I LOVE the Harry Potter journal! I read the books over and over during my parents’ divorce as a kid and they helped immeasurably. I can’t believe 2020 is half over already.
Your enthusiasm is so infectious and inspiring, Sarra! I just finished an ENTIRE notebook last night (a rare occurrence) and I'm ready to start a fresh notebook for June. I thought I would whip out a brand new one, but imagine my surprise when I ended up with an old 2018 (!!) page-a-day B5 with a sturdy canvas cover. And somehow it feels right to honour this old, unused diary as my next notebook. I'm keeping the old pages, simply starting on the next available page and redating it. Would LOVE the Harry Potter journal - I just discovered that I'm a Ravenclaw! 💜💙
I love that you use so many notebooks for different things. I am a total Harry Potter nerd so would love the heck out of this notebook xx
I have too many notebooks hehe. Love your videos.
Thanks for another great month. Journaling sure helps now with all that’s going on, a place to put thoughts is good. We are a Harry Potter family, love it! My daughter would totally snag the notebook for herself, if I won. And I travel for work, when you can travel, that airplane pen is too cute.
I am doing my best to start using my pens and notebooks as well. I have one NB for writing notes and one for work notes, but I am going to incorporate a dream journal.
I love your notebook Challenge it gives me ideas on what I can use mine for that I am not currently using. However, I have a few that I am using for different writing projects like for ideas and also for note taking on things that I did not know before about writing.
I’m loving my HB90 Procrastiplanner Stickers! They are the perfect size for planning and are so cute. ❤️ The Harry Potter journal is a generous giveaway...and the pen is beautiful wow!
So happy for Adrienne's designs! She did a great job!!
I love your videos. Thanks so much for sharing how you're using your notebooks. I look forward to getting creative with some of mine as well! And that Harry Potter notebook makes my Ravenclaw heart smile!!
I love the morning brain-dump idea. I’m going to try that. Thank you for always providing functional and fun content.
Both my son and I love Harry Potter. I have been wanting to get a notebook like this for the longest time. Thank you for your videos they really do help me escape for a bit.
Love watching your videos, all the way from Norway. It's a true inspiration to see how you use several planners and notebooks 😃 #staysafe
You're so organized. I'm jealous. Have a great month.
Great video, really enjoyed ur notebooks flips 😄😄😄
That notebook is so pretty and the pen makes me plot a new story with it. Great content as always, Sara.
For my June Notebook challenge, I'm using several. The first is a 3.5 x 5.5 inch (9 x 14 cm) mini dotted Exceed notebook for time tracking. The lines are perfect for a title and a 24 hour list, so I can adapt for my work day. It has 96 sheets so it's perfect for a quarter's time tracking. I've loved using it. My second one is a self-made planner in an A5 Carpe Diem portfolio. I'm using it for my home planning and project overview binder. Everyone in the house has access to it, so we can work on our home projects, my son's homeschool, and see which work projects I'm in the middle of. My son is autistic and feels comforted when he can see what I'm working on through the project sheets and see where he's at on his homeschool progress. We update progress bars every month, so we can both see where we are.
Next, I'm using a black Exceed A5 for my HB90 bullet journal. I'm also using a purple Exceed A5 dot journal for tracking my 4theWords quests and items (a writing-based RPG where your daily writing helps you fight monsters, complete quests, and forward an excellent storyline). In it, I also keep track of my 10k day challenges. I have a smaller purple dot grid that I use for my gaming bullet journal.
I have an 8.5 x11 inch dot grid Exceed notebook in red for my health tracking.
I'm also using a name card portfolio (business cards, basically, but they're called name cards in Korea) to hold my scene cards for writing. I cut up a bunch of colored paper in business card size to make them, and I absolutely love it. I also use a 4 x6 photo album for my art journaling. I make art pieces on blank index cards and journal on them, then put them in the photo album. I have a second one that I use for my HB90 quarter at-a-glance, so I can remember where I left off or toss it to my husband when he asks what projects I have left for the quarter. We've been together for over 14 years, so I know that if I answer him when he asks, he'll start picking at what I say still needs to be done. Or argue this point or that point. Or tell me that my list is making HIM feel overwhelmed. Or do something else that drives me crazy, so I just hand him the photo album and he can go through it slowly and then ask questions if he has any.
When I was super sick, Jerry bought me a lined notebook for me to jot down whatever thoughts I had. I decided to use that for focusing in on my 5-year publishing plan. April desperately felt like I was running out of time, and until we got my lung troubles under control, it was pretty terrifying. So, I took a step back and reordered the thoughts in my head. My vision has changed, and so has my 5-year plan, so I decided to work through it slowly.
You always have the coolest notebooks and pens!! 💖
Thank for the great notebook ideas, Sarra. I'm getting back into morning pages after a few months of just plain forgetting to do them! Love Harry Potter and Hogwarts!
I'm excited to finish up my current moleskine!! I have enough pages left for the month of june and I'm excited to start on a new one. It's always so exciting to start a new journal.
I love Harry Potter and have enjoyed it through out the years in its many forms, books audio and movies. I love how it resonates with children adults and seniors. Not only is it fun but it also helped me during some difficult times when I was caring for my elderly mother. She enjoyed them as well.
I am behind only just made my kanban board ( had planned to do in January) I haven't gotten my goals on yet but have made significant progress all around in later May. I am starting a plotting notebook and revamping my hobby home note book. My work planner does my most organizing.
Your get ahead plan is what I am working towards. Thank you for you helpful content.
Hi Sarra. My friend Eunice is a huge fan of yours and recommends your planning and methods. I must say, it's all very inspiring. This video is pushing at my brain to get down, as you said, all those beautiful journals and do something with them. Thank you!
LOL. And I thought I was a pen and notebook junkie. It never occurred to me to use or repurpose journals/notebooks. Finally pulled the old happy planner out from 2 years ago and using it for plotting. Thanks so much!
You video in may made me go find my notebooks and then choose one as a “hand writing” practise notebook. I was so worried about using it but your video inspired me to do it. Hope you are well. Much love xxx
My notebook challenge is going well. I have filled one with journaling. I plan on starting a new one this month for all my writing lists (name ideas, setting ideas, etc) . That Harry Potter Journal is absolutely gorgeous !!!!! Thank you so much for hosting such wonderful giveaways and taking the time to interact with your followers. Your videos and your books have had a tremendous impact on me this year ! ♥
I have that TN journal fro Simply Gilded and was going to give it away but I have all those little notebooks from Simply Gilded so I set them all up inside of it. Thank you so much for showing that idea.
I would love that HP Journal. I have most of those pens also. I use my notebooks as to do lists that I don't want in my main planner.
That HP notebook is lovely. I've decided to use a dot grid notebook with a soft polka dot cover that i have had for a while but I have been reluctant to use as i don't want to spoil it. I'm going to be using it to take notes on books that i am reading on the craft of writing. I also recently treated myself to a beautiful Carpe Diem travellers notebook cover in a blush pink and i'm going to use the notebooks in there to track my sleep and my fitness journey. 💕
I love Harry Potter and that is a beautiful notebook! I had just wrote in my notebook this morning I was waiting on this video. And then you were on!!
I a proud to announce I will finish up a May notebook today. It started the end of April but ran through May! Will tag heartbreaking later today. Love the simply guided pens too. They are amazing!
I love the Harry Potter notebook. I am putting together a notebook for tracking all of june. This will be my first one. So excitrd!
You’ve given me so many ideas... however more ideas than notebooks! Thank you 💕
I absolutely love your tarot spread in your journal. I am thinking to do this with my Oracle cards. Great way to keep track of them. Thank you and blessings.
I love that you started your video today such a way. I have absolutely been journaling throughout all of this. I just had to dig up another one out of our moving boxes. Yes, in the midst of a pandemic we decided to move 🤦🏽♀️
love notebooks and pens.
I've been doing pretty well - didn't use any notebooks up this month, but I did find uses for all my partially-used notebooks so they'll be fully used soon!
That HP notebook is gorgeous - it kind of reminds me in theme of the Lord of the Rings notebook I'm using to track what books I've read.
Thank you for this video, it has inspired me to get started journaling and it made my day much brighter!
Thank you for sharing your notebooks and your infectious inspiration! I love all of the notebooks and the Harry Potter one is awesome! I am using all of my notebooks daily, I journal, keep track of Heatlh, moth mental and physical, notebooks for writing ideas and one that is a mommy to daughter journal which is my favorite. I write little something to her or about her that I noticed that day and I plan to give her a collection of them on her birthday each year.
I'm glad I'm not the only one with a notebook "problem" er...Love, obsession! LOL, I am nowhere near as organized as you are. I have several dozens of notebooks in all stages, all over my house. I cannot wait for HB90 Bootcamp! I am going to narrow my notebooks for June down to maybe six and join you for the June 14th kickoff! I am so excited! And I love Harry Potter! BTW, I don't know if you have heard of her, but I follow a wonderful woman named Dawn Michelle, and she has two YT channels, one is Boho Tarot, and the other is Boho Bloom. She is amazing, and I think you would enjoy her channels very much. Thanks so much for all you do! Bright Blessings, Liz
That HP notebook looks mighty sweet! Want!!!
It would be an awesome bday gift on june 5th!!! you will find no one that loves this much than a huge harry potter fan!!! thanks for your videos!!!
That notebook looks lovely. I am getting ready to sort my area with a new desk, so I can be more organised, then it will be time to sort things for June.
Hey Sarra! I am super excited about this month's notebook challenge! I'm going to start using a few different notebooks - a goals notebook, a fitness notebook, and a new notebook I just got that I'm excited to start using for morning pages! I love the idea of starting your day with a bit of a brain dump, just to see where you're at and to get those notes and ideas out there. Also, I am a HUGE Harry Potter fan! I'm even listening to an audiobook of Harry Potter y la Piedra Filisofal - the Spanish version, as I am also getting into learning Spanish!
I love your channel, and it's super helpful to me as a planner enthusiast and writer. Cheers, girl!
Hi! I loved your introduction and offer of your caring to anyone who needs it❤️. Thank you for going through your notebooks with us! I do love the Simply Gilded everything lol and I am a fan of Harry Potter! I have been working on my bullet journaling since last month and finding some peace in it. I was in a car accident in 2018 which left me with a brain trauma and caused a functional neurological disorder. I can’t work or drive anymore and my days are made up of therapies and medications, meditation, art and journaling. I’m currently working in my Stalogy B6 and next I’ll be in my Stalogy A6, I also use Happy planners for health, routines and appointments. I love that I am part of a journaling community and that notebooks make other people as happy as they make me🌸🎀
I love the indentations in the hobo paper too!
So wonderful to find you. Will be catching up on your videos this weekend
I have so many different empty notebooks that i just have such a hard time writing in. i love the idea of setting up a monthly goal to fill them
I have been using my notebook stash in the past two years....mostly random daily notes. Anything Harry Potter is awesome!!!!
Your video is quite encouraging to use notebooks...I have plenty from simply gilded as well.
I know I've messaged you a few times but I wanted to say again how much I appreciate your videos, and these notebook challenge videos have helped me so much along my path of personal development. I also appreciate that you share your spiritual journey, since I started down a similar path as you a couple years ago, after sort of just being curious about it for a long time. It has been wonderful to finally fully embrace it, and it's nice to see a fellow indie author doing the same thing.
Two of the entire marvel left for me!!,
i really love these videos! you're such an inspiration!
I just started with morning pages again myself. I’ve been loving it; there’s no better time than early in the day!
HIghlighters for Hobo: Most won't bleed through, but unless your pen ink is completely dry and waterproof, I wouldn't highlight over it. Be sure to test your specific ink combination on a spare page. What works better is to highlight first, then write over the top when the highlighter ink is dry. Test to see how long it takes. Some pens that I have used to highlight: Tombow Markers, Zebra Mildliners, Fixion Highlighters, and Uni Propus Window. Zebra Sarasa Mark On ink is formulated to be able to highlight over it and it's quick-drying, but give it extra time with TR paper. The Mark-On refill will fit in several pen bodies, including Kikki. K Metal Rollerball which are so pretty.
Thank you!
I just found you after stressing exam and I stayed so calm immediately. I also took my old notebook and tried to write down few notes, because I like your rutine with notebooks and I think I might need something similar because I often have too many thoughts at once....
I absolutely love Harry Potter! My husband and I are currently rewatching all of the movies. We watched Goblet of Fire today and Order of the Phoenix is next on the list. I started a new blog on Friday so for the notebook challenge I am using my notebook for all blog related things. I am also using a general journal where I write anything that is on my mind. I really hope I win! Thank you for being you!!
OMG I love this set! I have learned that notebooks/bullet journals are the way to go for me. I end up just playing with the stickers and layouts in other planners. LOL
This will be the first time doing the notebook challenge. I've already prepped a few notebooks to get ready to start on tomorrow. I'll also be doing a daily Tarot card notebook, or i should say continuing in the one that i used a couple of years ago. I think at this point that i have six ready to go in the morning. Can't wait to see how your progress goes through out the month!! Love the give away notebook, those inner pages are beautiful. Have a great day!!
Yay for another month. ❤️ thanks for always motivating me.
I do agree with you that we need to document the issues around us.
I am obsessed with the pens you are giving away!!!!! And Slytherin forever. :)
Must say that is a nice notebook as well as a nice pen. Also, both book ideas sound quite interesting. I am ready for you to be ready to write them both...
I love your channel. I have alot of notebooks and journals. And I have alot of pens too. I bought 2 journals yesterday at a thift shore for 50 cents each. And they are new. I have alot going on in my life right now. My husband is needing a liver transplant. He is on 2 liver transplant list right now. We go to alot of doctors appointments too.
Will be praying that a donor comes through soon.
@@HeartBreathings Thank you!
Love your videos!! Every time I watch one I walk away with an idea for how to use my collection of planners/notebooks. I missed your pen challenge video tho...I'll have to go find it!! Who doesn't love Harry Potter?????
I was doing a sleep journal and Mass/prayer journal and I haven't been using either much in the last few months. I forgot to bring the sleep journal into the bedroom one time after filling out the week and I've used the Mass/Prayer journal a little more, but still not every week.
I've been using the Erin Condren planners every week.
I am a huge Hogwarts fan! Definitely a Potterhead! LOL I am excited to start a new monthly planner in a lilac purple exceed dot journal. I just finished my monthly/daily in a spiral bound multi media pad, so it will be interesting to see how the difference in journals is going to be. My homemade junk journal is fattening up nicely, and my travelers notebook for my path has been a bit neglected. I need to work on that. I now have three penpals, so I want to create a jj for their letters this month. I have been neglecting my art jj as well as my The Great Work journal, so I need to start working in them this month as well. I love your enthusiasm when it comes to journals and pens. Thank you for sharing with all of us!💜
I love your pens. I am going to have to check out the site. I enjoy your layouts. Thank you for sharing!
That Harry Potter notebook is beautiful looking notebook. I finally started to use my notebooks. And did take some of them to side for journaling. I do write daily so I hope to get done by the one I am using right now, by end of this year.
I am getting more and more into journaling. I use seperate notebooks for daily journaling, my dreams and I use one where I write about the books I've read.
I also really love Harry Potter, that notebook would make a great book journal
You've really inspired me in the last year. I finally finished one notebook that was for all my witchy stuff and I just moved over into a new notebook at the end of May. I'm starting to get to a place though where I might need more notebook....
Tombow are my favorite in the Hobonichi but the mildliners work well too. They (mildliners) are juicier though.
Ooh thank you!
I love your idea of documenting tarot cards in your planner ☮️🌻🌈⭐💜🐬