Flow Journal Pack

Description: Flow Journal is a notebook with lists to fill in, lovely inspirational quotes, mini posters, drawing tutorials, nature facts, and solutions to everyday problems. The little book also has blank pages for your own notes, shopping lists, doodles and sketches. It fits into your bag easily, so you can take it with you everywhere you go. The Flow Journal Pack is a set of four notebooks. Each Journal has its own theme: A New Beginning, How to Slow Down, The Joy of Making Lists & Homemade Happiness. This week: A preview of The Joy of Making Lists. A New Beginning: Fear of the UnknownTackling something new means letting something else go. But we’d rather not do that, according to clinical psychologist Barry Lubetkin. It doesn’t feel good to end something familiar. The ultimate end is, of course, death, but even the end of a great party or a bad relationship can arouse uncomfortable feelings. It’s exciting (often nerve-racking) to set off on a new path, because you don’t know what to expect. It’s a complicated dilemma: the familiar way feels safer than the unknown terrain, but the unknown can possibly lead to a better life. Lubetkin’s advice: “Try to accept those uncomfortable feelings when a new start makes you feel nervous. You’ll see that those feelings will fade away by themselves. Emotions come and go like waves. They begin small, build up to breaking point and when they’re totally done, they disappear again.” The Joy of Making Lists: Peace of MindSuppose you have to write an important e-mail. Or you want to send a card to a friend. But right now you have no time for that. Even if you’re the forgetful type, chances are that this task will stay on your mind all day. “We often have many different projects on our plate,” says professional organizer Els Jacobs. “Work, family, home, social activities. A mix of big and small tasks that we mustn’t forget. Your mind gets overcrowded. With a to-do list, you avoid forgetting something. And what you write down, you can then let go. That’s why it’s the best way to create peace of mind.” Homemade Happiness: Start with Good MaterialsHow do you keep the process of making something fun when you’re a beginner? Saskia de Feijter, owner of Ja, Wol, a wool shop in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, motivates her students with good materials. “That brings a lot of pleasure,“ she says. ”Ordinary acrylic wool is so very different from beautiful alpaca. And cheap knitting needles feel different than ones made of sustainable birch wood.” If you draw or paint, you’ll find that nice paper just feels finer than ordinary copy paper. And that somewhat more expensive paint delivers so much more joy. How to Slow Down: Slowly Does It“Slow is sometimes confused with lazy, but I have a great appreciation for ‘slowly does it,’” says author Miek Zwamborn in an interview in the Dutch publication Vrij Nederland. “I think that you can slow many things down. Dwell on what you do or see, and don’t always add another layer or the latest discovery on top. All those layers stop you from knowing what’s underneath. I’m trying ‘slowly does it’ in my life: I write letters, I stroll and my gaze lingers. Some people get annoyed when I don’t answer their text messages straight away. I’m saving up things to write back. But sometimes it’s good when someone says to me, ‘It must be finished by tomorrow.’”

Price: 30 USD

Location: Renton, Washington

End Time: 2025-01-03T04:44:00.000Z

Shipping Cost: 10 USD