January 28, 2024

Hello friends,

I was thinking today about how grateful I feel to be able to trust easily and for the people who trust me.

Take 5-15 minutes and write about

Who are the people that make you feel safe and loved?

I’ve found that typing on my computer has not worked very well for my journaling the past few days. Today I tried journaling by hand in another notebook. I really like the accountability and the communal aspect of sharing some of my writing for these prompts, but I need to still practice how to balance that with alternative journaling forms to see which serves me best. How do you normally journal? Do you type? Do you handwrite? On loose leaf paper or in a bound notebook? Try switching to a different one today and see how that treats you.

Some other thoughts I’ve been having lately: after visiting a chiropractor for the first time in a long time last week, I started doing my stretches again, this time from a place of joy and because it feels really good instead of from a place of obligation. I’ve been trying to remember what the stretches were that I did as a small child at the beginning of every single dance class. Its been a really fun challenge to try to remember a bit more/find the stretches that feel really good.

I also really want to develop some sort of drawing/doodling/sketching practice. I’ve never really done it successfully before, but it is always something I’ve admired. It is so easy to be precious with notebooks and want everything to look pristine and like a treasure. Looking thru Art Spiegelman’s Be a Nose collection and Frida Khalo’s diary felt really inspiring. They are such a mess and so beautiful and fascinating.

Your friend,
Laura