I so needed this! Thank you! Being a wife, mother, MBA student, doing youtube and my blog, and working full time my brain is on overload. I'm going to try this and hopefully I won't feel as overwhelmed and maybe I'll be more productive with everything.
The first thing I noticed before you even mentioned it was your lipstick...I LOVE IT! and this video was so great and informative. Looking forward to more like this!!
I just stared the Fire up and Focused Challenge - Day two and it was about Brain Dumps. I was amazed how many things I had going on inside my head. I am now learning to Purge it and organize it. It is an interesting and involving process.
I do this all the time...I have to! I have a notebook that sits with me at work and home...when I am working, I am always thinking of things/ideas I want to do :) love your videos!
This was very helpful. I know I should do a brain dump more often because my head sometimes is just so full of random nonsense. LOL! My husband calls it craziness and sometimes I have to agree. :) It just helps to get it all down for further reference later on. Oh, and I always have to giggle when I see you smelling a book. My husband and I do the leather smell test all the time. There is just nothing like paper and leather to give yo uthat slice of nirvana. Funny story - I have a personal size black Finsbury Filofax, which is leather. I was going through a bunch of my journals and planners a few weeks back and the hubs glommed on to my Finsbury. He just started repeatedly sniffing the thing and saying, "Ah, that smells so nice!" I ended up giving him the darned thing because he was os in love with it. I also gave him a bunch of filler paper for it. He doesn't use it as a planner but as more of a notebook/brain dumping ground. He makes a lot of notes about fountain pens and such and will take it to meetings with him to write down things he needs to know.
Thank you so much! Wached all thee videos and just started brain dumping and I love it! This video searise was so helpful! I love the idea of a separate book for books you are currently reading and books or articles to read. Thanks for the great suggestion.
Great discussion and info! Off to chech out Rhomany's and Carie's videos now. You three rock! By the way, you look very glamorous. Very film noir movie star. It really suits you.
Great ideas :) long ago when I was in school. I was always re-writing my school notes. Thought it was quirky perfectionism. Many years later I realized it was true LOL and it was my way of learning. TFS jan
Love your videos ! Thought it was so ironic to have it posted on the weekend I spent many hours thinking about how badly I needed to do a brain dump. LOL Thanks for sharing :)
I know this is four months later, but thanks for the video. I've been doing brain dumps for years, I just never knew what to call it. Mine has always been in a notebook that I have carried in addition to my planner. I have kept both the planners and the notebooks for years. Occasionally it is fun to flip through them and when I became ill (rheumatoid disease) they were so helpful in getting info to my doctor. Thanks again.
Hi Vicky, thanks for sharing! Only recently I purchased my first paper planner in years. This was very helpful. I thought I was the only person that used multiple planners/notebooks.
I do this ALL THE TIME because if I don't write something down, I'm going to forget it and then later on wonder what that cool thing I thought of earlier was and be sad that I can't remember. I always carry a notebook around just for this purpose and it works beautifully. Then I can look at my list and put things on to do lists or on my planner calendar or in my journal.
I love your videos! I am very appreciative of your realness. And I too am a journal LOVER!!! I have so many! I love the look of them, feel of them, smell of them. I keep about 5 on a regular basis. Do you do a gratitude journal too? Keep up the great work! :)
I do braindumps of and on. Sometimes as morningpages, sometimes like listing everything what is on my mind. And it all fits in that one journal I have :D I love you lipstick!!! (braindump: find your darker lipsticks :))
This was SO HELPFUL!!! As a mom of a 4 month old and housewife, I have tons of things floating in my head. Can't wait to set up my brain dump system!! Also, how do you find the time to do your videos and play in journals and planners with a little one??
From the Desk LOL usually naptime is my most productive time!! LOL and once you do brain dumps you can plan out tasks and get way more done!! Thanks so much for watching! xo
Hi, i found your Channel yesterday and I AM IN LOVE!!! Your are such a lovely person and i love your system and how you share everything!!! I have one question: Do you keep your full brain dump journals? I always argue with myself if i wanna keep them or toss them... Lots of love from Austria :) Tiziana
I am 47 years old and have been doing brain dumps (and calling them that) since I was in my late teens! I have to do it or I will literally get paralyzed with too much stuff going in my head! I am glad people are starting to learn this too.
My inner seven year old just doesn't hear " brain dump" without getting the giggles. I've always called it morning pages because years ago I took a course in creative writing and they suggest the morning to clear your mind for the day ahead.
I went through the exercises in the book, 'The Artist's Way' by Julia Cameron that follows the morning pages system, too. I found the whole book very beneficial and would highly recommend it. I'm also a giggler on the brain dump thing. 😜 Little things, eh! Actually, It's not really a term you heard a lot in the UK. I don't know what would be our equivalent description.
Really appreciate this. I don't have a specific place for my brain dumping as I just do it on pieces paper. Once things get accomplished I just recycle it. Keeping it in one place never occured to me . Do you then keep the cahier and archive it ?? I have a small faurdori/midori that I got from Chicsparrow that I has 3 notebooks in to keep track of finished knitting projects, books read, and favorite quotes. Maybe I could squeeze another in for this purpose. Once again MissVickybee you have got my wheels turning :)
trish frazier Yay!! I'm so glad to hear that your wheels are turning!! I think giving it a try and seeing what you think is a great start. It's fun to archive and you can always look through and see all the progress that you have made!!
Thanks for sharing! I have a notepad that I carry in my purse and use in my desk also I put all that come to my head. I prefer having one place for all then categorize it and put it in my planner pad. I have many notepads(that I bought at Costco) can't wait o finish them so can buy midori style notebook.. I was looking in your channel and I was wondering did you did your Brain Dump process video yet?
Natasha Navas Yes I did do a brain dump video. I also sometimes collaborate with Rhomany's Realm and Carie Harling and we all three did a video about brain dumps if you would like to see those for some inspiration!! Thank you for watching!! xoxo
A brain dump seems like julia Cameron's "Artist's Way" morning pages. I started these years ago and they helped me to get unstuck. Thanks for posting this.
Thanks girl.....i should really go back to this bcuz i find myself awake at this time INSOmia due to having so much in my brain! uhh....like im currently out of work for 2 months and going crazy with all this extra time....any ideas. Really cannot decide on my next kinda job. but currently just enjoying being a mom of 2 teenagers and a 19 yr old also. so yeah pretty much.
Thanks for the video, I do need a brain dump notebook! I do make lists but I'm a little OCD so I want my thoughts to be already organized and categorized when I write them down, so I end up forgetting half of them...
Help! I imagine that I could make my own spirodex 'book' but that is not my forte`--any chance your subscriber sells such a book??? I love love love that style of visualizing my day....
A bit late I know but I was wondering do you find you write the same things everyday? I find I repeat myself for weeks but the tasks aren't actionable and it drives me insane!
***** I do and that's what drives me insane and so it forces me to do it so that way I don't have to keep writing it. I sometimes can go a day or two and just use the same list until I get more done. If they are things to do far in advance I put them into a projects notebook.
Very helpful...thank u! I my dying to start pen paling (snail mail) with people all over with others that share the same passion as me. How exciting, I see ur p.o box so I will write to u. Never done this before not sure all what goes into this. But its worth a try. Thanx for the great video. Im considering using my instagram to show my different planners, setup, and essentials. If I can get the courage lol. Xoxo @luvvtiti25
Loren Gillespie Thank you for sharing your instagram with me and I look forward to your letter! Just a note saying hi is plenty!! Snail mail is so so much fun! thanks for watching!
Hi there，we're journal and stationaries lovers in China. This video is excellent! We think it is really a good source to demonstrate the concept of “brain dump”. Hence,we want to share your video with more audience in China .As UA-cam is blocked in mainland China, would you mind if we download your video and upload it to website in China? Of course,we will credit the original source of this video. Thanks a lot!
I so needed this! Thank you! Being a wife, mother, MBA student, doing youtube and my blog, and working full time my brain is on overload. I'm going to try this and hopefully I won't feel as overwhelmed and maybe I'll be more productive with everything.
The first thing I noticed before you even mentioned it was your lipstick...I LOVE IT!
and this video was so great and informative. Looking forward to more like this!!
ogodthe Yay! Thank you so much I will have to bring out some more dark colors!! thanks so much for watching!
I just stared the Fire up and Focused Challenge - Day two and it was about Brain Dumps. I was amazed how many things I had going on inside my head. I am now learning to Purge it and organize it. It is an interesting and involving process.
I do this all the time...I have to! I have a notebook that sits with me at work and home...when I am working, I am always thinking of things/ideas I want to do :) love your videos!
Candi Billman That's so great to hear! Did you get any other ideas from the video or anything that you want to change?
This was very helpful. I know I should do a brain dump more often because my head sometimes is just so full of random nonsense. LOL! My husband calls it craziness and sometimes I have to agree. :) It just helps to get it all down for further reference later on.
Oh, and I always have to giggle when I see you smelling a book. My husband and I do the leather smell test all the time. There is just nothing like paper and leather to give yo uthat slice of nirvana. Funny story - I have a personal size black Finsbury Filofax, which is leather. I was going through a bunch of my journals and planners a few weeks back and the hubs glommed on to my Finsbury. He just started repeatedly sniffing the thing and saying, "Ah, that smells so nice!" I ended up giving him the darned thing because he was os in love with it. I also gave him a bunch of filler paper for it. He doesn't use it as a planner but as more of a notebook/brain dumping ground. He makes a lot of notes about fountain pens and such and will take it to meetings with him to write down things he needs to know.
Thank you so much! Wached all thee videos and just started brain dumping and I love it! This video searise was so helpful! I love the idea of a separate book for books you are currently reading and books or articles to read. Thanks for the great suggestion.
Love this! As a new mom and entrepreneur, my brain is overflowing. I've done brain dumps before but I love your system. Thank you!
Sophie Boselly Absolutely!! Being a busy mommy this will surely help get it out and get you destressed!! Let me know how it goes!!
Great discussion and info! Off to chech out Rhomany's and Carie's videos now. You three rock! By the way, you look very glamorous. Very film noir movie star. It really suits you.
PaulaJ C Thank you so much for your very sweet comment!! I hope you enjoy their videos!! xo
This is fantastic! I love your videos! This is super helpful for counselors or anyone !I will pass it along :)
Jill Volker Thank you so much for watching and for your kind words! xox
Great ideas :) long ago when I was in school. I was always re-writing my school notes. Thought it was quirky perfectionism. Many years later I realized it was true LOL and it was my way of learning. TFS jan
***** Oh I rewrote notes constantly but like you that's how I got it to stick!! xo
Sweet Lord, gal! I love that lipstick. And thank you for the 'how-to-clear-up-your-mind'-vid. You inspire me, Vicki!
Marlene Else-Marie Grann Yay! Thank you I need to wear more of the dark lips!! Thank you so much for watching!!
Leave it to Ms. V to have a 19 minute video about the brain sump journal! This is why I love your channel. We are heeeeere >
+m jones LOL I'm glad that you like them!! lol xoxo
Love your videos !
Thought it was so ironic to have it posted on the weekend I spent many hours thinking about how badly I needed to do a brain dump. LOL Thanks for sharing :)
I know this is four months later, but thanks for the video. I've been doing brain dumps for years, I just never knew what to call it. Mine has always been in a notebook that I have carried in addition to my planner. I have kept both the planners and the notebooks for years. Occasionally it is fun to flip through them and when I became ill (rheumatoid disease) they were so helpful in getting info to my doctor. Thanks again.
Andrea Sutter You are very welcome and that you so much for watching my video. I feel so accomplished when I flip through it!
Hi Vicky, thanks for sharing! Only recently I purchased my first paper planner in years. This was very helpful. I thought I was the only person that used multiple planners/notebooks.
cckay80 Oh my goodness No I use way too many !! lol
I do this ALL THE TIME because if I don't write something down, I'm going to forget it and then later on wonder what that cool thing I thought of earlier was and be sad that I can't remember. I always carry a notebook around just for this purpose and it works beautifully. Then I can look at my list and put things on to do lists or on my planner calendar or in my journal.
Hikaru Yuy Yay!! I'm so glad to hear that your getting it all out of your head! Hope you still enjoyed the video! xo
ok I have never heard of this Brain dump thing, I stared doing it and it makes my day so much easier,, its kind of like hitting the refresh button..
Enjoying watching your videos. Thank you so much for the brain dump. Have been doing for a few days, great way to get a good nights sleep
Sue Fitz So so happy to hear that this is helping you! I hope that you see as time goes that it really helps a lot!
I love your videos! I am very appreciative of your realness. And I too am a journal LOVER!!! I have so many! I love the look of them, feel of them, smell of them. I keep about 5 on a regular basis. Do you do a gratitude journal too? Keep up the great work! :)
thanks so much Vicky, this was super helpful to me!
Susan Knuppe I'm so glad to hear that! Let me know how it goes for you!
I do braindumps of and on. Sometimes as morningpages, sometimes like listing everything what is on my mind. And it all fits in that one journal I have :D
I love you lipstick!!! (braindump: find your darker lipsticks :))
***** Thank you so much I will need to wear more of my darker lips for the cooler months. I think getting it out whenever you need to is key!
This was SO HELPFUL!!! As a mom of a 4 month old and housewife, I have tons of things floating in my head. Can't wait to set up my brain dump system!! Also, how do you find the time to do your videos and play in journals and planners with a little one??
From the Desk LOL usually naptime is my most productive time!! LOL and once you do brain dumps you can plan out tasks and get way more done!! Thanks so much for watching! xo
Hi, i found your Channel yesterday and I AM IN LOVE!!! Your are such a lovely person and i love your system and how you share everything!!! I have one question: Do you keep your full brain dump journals? I always argue with myself if i wanna keep them or toss them... Lots of love from Austria :) Tiziana
I am 47 years old and have been doing brain dumps (and calling them that) since I was in my late teens! I have to do it or I will literally get paralyzed with too much stuff going in my head! I am glad people are starting to learn this too.
Maureen Hayes It's absolutely one of the most helpful things that I could ever do for myself! thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing how you brain dump. I'm going to give this a try based on the ideas you shared. You always explain things so clearly and concisely!
southerncouponista Thank you so much for your kind words! Please let me know how it goes if you give it a try! xo
"All you really need are happy thoughts, cute clothes and good coffee...
The simple things in life."
Rathi Rajan I Love it!! Great rules to live by!! xoxo
My inner seven year old just doesn't hear " brain dump" without getting the giggles. I've always called it morning pages because years ago I took a course in creative writing and they suggest the morning to clear your mind for the day ahead.
I went through the exercises in the book, 'The Artist's Way' by Julia Cameron that follows the morning pages system, too. I found the whole book very beneficial and would highly recommend it.
I'm also a giggler on the brain dump thing. 😜 Little things, eh! Actually, It's not really a term you heard a lot in the UK. I don't know what would be our equivalent description.
Really appreciate this. I don't have a specific place for my brain dumping as I just do it on pieces paper. Once things get accomplished I just recycle it. Keeping it in one place never occured to me . Do you then keep the cahier and archive it ??
I have a small faurdori/midori that I got from Chicsparrow that I has 3 notebooks in to keep track of finished knitting projects, books read, and favorite quotes. Maybe I could squeeze another in for this purpose. Once again MissVickybee you have got my wheels turning :)
trish frazier Yay!! I'm so glad to hear that your wheels are turning!! I think giving it a try and seeing what you think is a great start. It's fun to archive and you can always look through and see all the progress that you have made!!
Thanks for sharing! I have a notepad that I carry in my purse and use in my desk also I put all that come to my head. I prefer having one place for all then categorize it and put it in my planner pad. I have many notepads(that I bought at Costco) can't wait o finish them so can buy midori style notebook.. I was looking in your channel and I was wondering did you did your Brain Dump process video yet?
Natasha Navas Yes I did do a brain dump video. I also sometimes collaborate with Rhomany's Realm and Carie Harling and we all three did a video about brain dumps if you would like to see those for some inspiration!! Thank you for watching!! xoxo
I'm the complete opposite. I like to have everything in one place or I would lose track of what's where. Great video:)
calgalhg LOL!! You have to do what works for you!! Thanks for sharing! xo
A brain dump seems like julia Cameron's "Artist's Way" morning pages. I started these years ago and they helped me to get unstuck. Thanks for posting this.
simplelsie I will have to look this up and let you know what I think. Thank you for sharing!
Could you please let me know the name of the shop where you got you notebook? I can't seemed to find it on Etsy. Thanks a bunch!!
Thanks girl.....i should really go back to this bcuz i find myself awake at this time INSOmia due to having so much in my brain! uhh....like im currently out of work for 2 months and going crazy with all this extra time....any ideas. Really cannot decide on my next kinda job. but currently just enjoying being a mom of 2 teenagers and a 19 yr old also. so yeah pretty much.
Do you have a video on the Erin Condren planner you are showing here?
Thanks for the video, I do need a brain dump notebook! I do make lists but I'm a little OCD so I want my thoughts to be already organized and categorized when I write them down, so I end up forgetting half of them...
***** Give this a try and let me know how it works out for you!! Keep me posted on your journey! xo
oh so you recommend all these list on all planners?
Help! I imagine that I could make my own spirodex 'book' but that is not my forte`--any chance your subscriber sells such a book??? I love love love that style of visualizing my day....
Love the Brain Dumping idea. My brain is cluttered which too much stuff. I may have to incorporate this in my Erin Condren planner..TFS
Jeanette L. Techau YES!! It sounds like you definitely need to. Keep me posted with how it goes for you!
Great ideas and great lipstick. ; )
Robin Woodward Thank you! xo
What's the Etsy shop for the first notebook? Thanks
A bit late I know but I was wondering do you find you write the same things everyday? I find I repeat myself for weeks but the tasks aren't actionable and it drives me insane!
***** I do and that's what drives me insane and so it forces me to do it so that way I don't have to keep writing it. I sometimes can go a day or two and just use the same list until I get more done. If they are things to do far in advance I put them into a projects notebook.
I love your green brain dump. Green is my favorite color. Would you be willing to make and sell one?
Ashley Jones Yay! Thank you so much. I have thought about it but not sure that I can make them all look good. I'm thinking I just got lucky once! lol
Great ideas, my brain never quits, this will be very helpful!
Tina Dameron Great I hope that it helps you. You will have to keep me posted on how this changes things for you!
It 2015 to you still do brain dump and where do you keep them today????
Ava Short Yes I do!! I do it in my set up for onebookjuly which I just posted a video on!
Very helpful...thank u! I my dying to start pen paling (snail mail) with people all over with others that share the same passion as me. How exciting, I see ur p.o box so I will write to u. Never done this before not sure all what goes into this. But its worth a try. Thanx for the great video. Im considering using my instagram to show my different planners, setup, and essentials. If I can get the courage lol. Xoxo
@luvvtiti25
Loren Gillespie Thank you for sharing your instagram with me and I look forward to your letter! Just a note saying hi is plenty!! Snail mail is so so much fun! thanks for watching!
Your welcome! New planner I.g page plan2perfect. Letter and a goodie bag coming soon. ♡
Hi there，we're journal and stationaries lovers in China. This video is excellent! We think it is really a good source to demonstrate the concept of “brain dump”. Hence,we want to share your video with more audience in China .As UA-cam is blocked in mainland China, would you mind if we download your video and upload it to website in China? Of course,we will credit the original source of this video. Thanks a lot!
Sounds way too complicated!
I love your green brain dump. Green is my favorite color. Would you be willing to make and sell one?