Bullet Journaling, Crafting, Etc.

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Last night I painted for a few hours.
I started painting in June and yesterday was my four month sober anniversary. I enjoy all the time I have on my hands. I am a beginner but I am happy with my painting.

That's great. I love it. Congrats on the sobriety. I'm on the wagon too. Stay strong!

I got a Buddha Board for Christmas. It’s very relaxing to draw with it. I got the one with a water pen, but the video below is a little different. I actually would have preferred the one in the video. https://youtu.be/PdGdfIRKLDI

I kept meaning to post this in here but life got away from me. But, now that I have more to show and some portions look better due to being more filled out, this is almost a blessing. Warning: longer post with lots of pictures. Thses are some of my entries in my health bullet journal collection, my hiking/training bullet journal collection, and my daily bullet journal. I'll try to label them as best as I can.





These three are from my hiking journal. I start training in the last two weeks of April officially but I am going to start at the beginning of the month and train similar to a marathon. I am not doing the half challenge this year like originally anticipated but will do the full next year. I am still training this year though because my husband and I are doing a 5 day, 70 mile backpacking trip in western Pa (aka Rocksylvania). I wanted to start with a motivational quote and have some throughout. The next one that is going to go in is from Bruce Lee: "Long term consistency trumps initial intensity." I am also keeping track of calorie counts so that while I'm on the trail I can fuel effectively even without access to the internet.







These are from my health journal. The weight and weight lifting tracker are from right before I went on hiatus for surgery. I will be starting both back up in April. I need to get back to doing yoga regularly especially since I'm weight lifting on top of my other sports. I am also trying to get 1000 miles in 2019 between hiking, biking, and running. Trail training should help and I am hoping that my husband and I can start biking to the museums more this summer.





The last picture is of the pens my husband got for my birthday. I got to pick them out. I loved these but added on the individual pen because I wanted something that was between the yellow and the orange. I still need to add my yoga goal as well as I wanted to add some flowers to that page but I'm happy with it so far. The other picture still needs the title of Mental Health Inventory. It's technically a depression tracker but it feels like a good inventory to take even when my depression is in check. It can help point me to other emotions or issues I might have below the surface. I am hoping to post pictures in the future. I know these are not as flashy as others but I think it's important to show that even those of us on more opf a budget that don't have super flashy art skills can still make something pretty or appealing.

If y'all have any questions, comments, or recommendations please feel free to let me know!! Especially if you think there are some metrics that you think might help me to track.

(As a note: my other big sport is Krav Maga to get my in shape and help me protect myself. I also take a heavy bag class and a cardio boxing class to help with endurance. Overall I think I will have the exercise covered but it would be nice to have a way to measure improvement other than improving time on the trail and perceived effort in my sports.)

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Today, I went to my art class (acrylic painting). The teacher’s brush stroke is just so fabulous. I marvel at it. She said to me that she use to get up at 5 a.m. every morning to paint for one hour before anyone in her family awoke. She did that for years. That’s how she improved her technique.

So, when school is out, and I move into my new apartment. The spare bedroom will be an art room that I have always dreamed of. I think I’ll try to do that. She also said that she watches a lot of painting on youtube.

Love that! I have no talents. But I guess when it comes to expressing yourself, we shouldn't make that the most important thing. I've started and thrown away so many journals, only because I felt they sounded dumb. I want something that comes out as glorious as yours, Madison!

Also there is a free art class with 24 teachers. The first lesson is by Carla Sonheim “blob animals” but before she teaches that, she shows her Box Journaling approach. Simple, quick, and fun enough she has kept at it for 5 years!!!

I’m at a week

Google “Sketchbook Revival 2020 Karen Abend” (registration just needs an email.)

The lessons are available until April 26

There are two great lettering lessons too! And much much more.

@SaraKim17 I think you would love the classes too!

I recently painted some rocks- just made a design on them. They looked ok. But the act of doing it was lots of fun. The booklet that came with the paints was just so beautiful. Whoever made those rocks was talented!!!