Getting Back to the Basics

I have really missed writing on paper. Good, quality paper where you just pour your heart out- you scribble things out if you write it wrong instead of hitting a delete button. You draw arrows and lines to connect thoughts if you need to, instead of copy/pasting your text into different areas of a word document. I'm the girl who still keeps a paper planner because I refuse to go digital in that sense. I love paper, pens and the physical act of writing things down. There is never a shortage of colored pen options in my purse. You never know what color you'll need when!

Sometimes when I'm feeling discouraged in the blog world, I think it's truly because I'm not writing... I'm typing. These feelings have almost made me shut down my blog completely a time or two, and sometimes I still wonder if/when I will. While I enjoy blogging, it definitely takes up a good amount of my time. Time that could be spent writing creatively, journaling and really putting my my whole brain down on paper. I've always loved to write and it saddens me when it feels more like a chore, and less like a hobby. Shouldn't it be the other way around?!

So I'm trying to get back to the basics and get back to the days of keeping an actual journal. It's been years since I consistently kept one! There are some things that just need written out for my eyes only-- they don't have to be perfect, they don't have to make sense or even be a coherent thought-- I can just write write write and spill my guts.

I'm obsessed with pretty notebooks and pens, so I recently decided to get myself a MayBook that I've heard so much about. I decided if I needed that push and that reminder to actually write I'd obviously need a new, cute notebook! While I wanted to purchase about 12 of them in advance, I just got one for the time being. And how else would I customize it? Orange and polka dots, it is! Look familiar?

There are legitimately hundreds of ways to customize them. So yes, I'll be buying more. I love the fact that it's a soft, canvas cover- so different from anything else I have. It's also small, just 5x8, so it easily fits in any purse or bag. You can get plain paper or lined paper and they also sell planners, a budget journal (Sallie wants one for Christmas!), meal planners and more!

MayDesigns is being super generous and offering one of my readers a free, custom notebook of their choice! Enter below, now through Friday! :)

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