My mom’s dad was a traveling preacher. At one point before I was born, Lennard aired a regular 15 minute long radio show across the midwest. “Rays of Faith” was the name. He didn’t have much money. His wife stayed home with the kids in Seattle. He wrote...
Is It Failure or Is It Fate?
I piecemealed together this website about journaling under a completely different name back in 2022. After 16 years of inconsistent blogging, I was burned out and ready to give up. AI copywriting was very new to most people, and the question at the time was...
3 Of The Most Durable Hardcover Journals
I’ve filled more than 40 journals over the years, and of those 40+ I’ve tried, more than twenty Moleskines and a couple dozen other brands and styles. Many of those books are now dangerously close to falling apart. I put a lot of myself into my writing, so...
Junk Journaling: A Creative and Personal Approach to Memory Keeping
When I was four or five years old, scratch-and-sniff stickers were the rage. This little shop on Bedford Road called The Magic Slate was a mom and pop shop in an old Victorian house. Each room was filled with decorative items that I would years later...
Journal Prompt: Reverse Engineer Your Own Happiness
Today’s journal prompt is a productive approach to reverse engineer your own happiness. Sometimes all we need is to frame the challenge in a different light. Your Journal Prompt Imagine we haven’t seen each other for three years, and then we bump into each...