August Happiness Challenge ~ Aug 17 ~ My journal

A while ago I wrote about creating an art journal that served as a wish/spell/prayer book. This is a practice I've really taken to. I've loosened up a bit and don't put any pressure on myself to paint or draw every day, though I almost always do. Recently I have been doing a self-portrait a day, being really unattached to the results, just grabbing a pen or a pastel or a coloured pencil and capturing how I would draw myself on that particular day.

I find that the ritual of starting my day with my morning pages and ending the day with reflecting on its highlights and what I'd like to acknowledge myself for, what I am grateful for and what I wish for has become a powerful practice. I feel grounded, hopeful, focused. It's really exciting to one day be writing something I wish for and then later be writing my thank you for it!