January 31 - Connecting with Yourself

Thank you for this challenge, Julie. Not a page I would have thought to scrap.
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journaling:
Me time: that's usually 10 pm to 1 am.Every night, all by myself, on my pc, in the silence of the night. It's my way to rest, prepare myself for the next day, and connect with myself. I get my thoughts in order, I write down what I have to do the next day, I have a snack or a soft drink, I browse the web, and I scrap. Like a lot! It is my main hobby for too many years now, because it's not messy, it doesn't take up much physical space, and I can do it in the silence of the night. This photo is excactly what my alone time looks like. This is also my favorite spot of the house, and it's just like me: messy, moody, definetely not perfect and not exactly how I wanted it to be! On the screen, you can see my favorite site; I've just had my favorite drink; there are some paper notes with things to do or the remember, my journal, a random wip craft project, and a tube of face cream, because wrinkles! And every night, a little bit after 1 am, when I'm done scrapping, posting my pages, and promoting the designers I CT for, I got to bed. Happy that the day is over, and a new one is on its way, and I'm ready for it.
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What a great challenge to end this MOC with. After creating so many pages it is nice to connect with what matters to me. Journaling is 167 words.

 

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281 words!

 

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It might not look like there's much here; I used several frames and brushes from You Give Me Wings kit and masked them over with NBK's papers and solid colors then blended around edges.

 

It's fascinating to me that this year's MOC began and ended for me with Water. Water is my element and the place I connect with myself. I guess that makes sense as I'm a Pisces. My journaling is 121 words. The journaling itself, and the supplies used are in my Gallery post. Thanks!

 

great final challenge. love a good journaling [124 words]

 

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With life’s circumstances right now, connecting to myself is a bit harder. It’s not as easy to take a couple of hours for a walk on the beach or in the mountains. So more and more, I find myself turning to scrapbooking and getting lost in creating something. Most days, it’s too overwhelming to pick a kit and pictures. And more times than not- by the time I’ve done that- I’m out of time to scrap. So, my compromise is to just scrap a page. I put cute insert photos here cards in place of the photos. And then when I have the chance, I add pictures as I find them that work for the layout. I’ve found giving myself the grace to not have a complete page done with pictures is very freeing. I ended 2023 with more pages scrapped with pictures than any previous year. And as a bonus, since I’m not worried about kits and photos coordinating, I’m using different kits and colors than I normally tend to choose.

 

Thank for the challenge. 118 words

 

word count 270

 

Just squeezed in the word count - 104 words.

 

It's 151 words and I used Paislee Press products:
Happiness Stamps
photobooth
sorriso
permanent press paper
you are here (collab with the queen of quirk)

 

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Thanks for everything Julie!
Journaling (164 words): One of the most important connections I have is my connection with myself, but what does connecting with myself mean? What does connecting with myself look like? To me, connecting with myself means being aware of what my human brain is doing. I know that thoughts create feelings so I need to be aware of my thoughts and control them to create the feelings I want in my life. To me, connecting with myself looks like listening to whatever I want in the car when I’m driving by myself so I can connect with the book or the music or the podcast or the silence I’m listening to. Connecting with myself also looks like me scrapping about whatever speaks to me, whether it be a kit or a photo or a quote or something else. Connecting with myself also looks like a cold plunge in the dark at 6am to remind myself that I can do hard things even when I don’t want to.

 

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