Thursday Prompts: Journal Prompts

Thursday Prompts: Journal Prompts

by | Nov 8, 2018 | prompts

I’m back after my bit of a break. I may not post as often as I had been as homeschooling uses a lot more time than I had intentioned and it has to be a priority. However, I still want to bring you some Thursday Prompts and other creative goodies. Today is prompts day and it’s time for some journal prompts.

  1. When was the last time you were really happy about something, someone or just because? Describe the feeling of happiness or joy that you felt and what you did with it.
  2. Are you prepared for the Holidays? What do you have left to do? If you are someone who prepares early, try to understand why and if you are a procrastinator, also explore the why.
  3. What is the one thing that scares you about the upcoming holidays that you are afraid to say to anyone? That someone won’t like the gift you’ve chosen or the meal you prepared? That there will be a family fight or disagreement? Or maybe it’s is something else, like driving in the snowy weather or having to visit family and friends…obligations to others?
  4. What would do if you had just 48 hours for yourself? No one to interrupt you or a budget to get in the way. Just 48 hours of you time. Where would you go? Would you go anywhere at all or hide out at home?
  5. Its that time of year, fall where people start thinking about gratitude.  Create a list of at least fifty things that you can be grateful for. Anything big or small works.
  6. As the year comes to an end, what is one thing you would like to accomplish before they year is over? What is something that you wished you could have accomplished but are okay letting go of until maybe next year? What will you continue working on even though it may not be finished by the end of the year?
  7. How do you take care of your mental health over the stress that often comes from holiday pressure? What will you do to take care of yourself? Taking care of ourselves allows us to be there for our friends and families in a more present way.
  8. If you had to make one apology for something that happened this year that you still feel is bothering you, what would it be? Who would you say it to? Why do you regret it so much? How do you let go and move forward so that you don’t take the incident into the new year with you.
  9. What are you secretly wishing for for the holidays? What is your deepest wish? Have you told anybody? Would you? Why or why not?
  10. What is one event or activity that you participated in this year that you are really glad that you did? Why is it special? What did you do at the event? Who was with you? Where was it? Do you enjoy replaying the memories from that event? Do they make you happy when you do?

Here you have it! Ten journal prompts to get you through the week until we meet again on Thursday with more prompts of another kind. Do you like the mix of prompts? Are there some  you prefer over others? What would you like to see more of? Let me know in the comments below.

Ten Minute Tuesday: Know Your Monsters

Ten Minute Tuesday: Know Your Monsters

by | Sep 29, 2015 | Ten Minute Tuesday

I have written previously about how to stop your Creativity sucking monsters.They can sneaky, distracting little creatures that keep us from doing our choice of creative work. For myself, it doesn’t seem to matter if I am writing or doing photography or making pendants, I seem to run into the same monsters time and time again.
For today’s ten minute exercise, I want you to play with paints, pens, pom poms…whatever creative or artsy materials inspire you. I want you to make a Creativity Sucking Monster Poster. Get to know them. Learn their habits. What do they look like? Sound like? Get to know them intimately. That way when they come knocking on your creative brain, then you will recognize them and be ready to defeat the ones right in front of you. Just remember, sometimes they create a full coordinated attack, and as soon as one is down, another is up. Just keep reminding them where they belong. As with all things, monsters have their place, and sometimes we may even sweet talk them out to play when we need them but for todays task, Just recognize them.

Here is how I did mine in three steps. Getting to know them revealed that some did not look like I suspected. My nemesis of “are you sure it’s good enough” monster, looks sweet and innocent, and sounds all sing song, but really the message she is sending is very negative. It reminds me that sometimes what comes out looking like a “voice of reason” may really be a monster trying to sabotage my creative efforts.

monsters 1

I began by using a mix of watercolor paints and stamp pads, my fingers and one monster was created with a paintbrush.

monsters 2

Then I added googly eyes and cut up pom poms to make hair.

monster 3

The orange and blue one or the “twins” of cleaning and children. The little pink one is my nemesis, “Good Enough”.  The big red one of avoidance, black of no sleep, blue for the little boy, and the orange of having fun with friends and procrastination.

What do your monsters look like? I would love to see. Share on my Facebook page.

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