10 Minutes to Highlight Your Day - Free printable journal page roundup

May 13, 2020

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I’m all about the details lately — even on a journal page designed for hitting the highlights. With lots of practice, I’ve realized that the key to making the most of this page is to be specific. Add at least one detail in each of your highlights that expresses your singular experience of this day. Before you know it, you’ll have created a meaningful and unique record of an otherwise ordinary day.

If you’d like to highlight your day, you can download this page by clicking on the image above or by visiting my collection of 10 Minute journal pages.

If you’d like to journal more of my pages, here’s a list of previous pages featured in my free journal page roundup:

10 Minutes to Reflect on Your Day

When You Need to Find a Little Extraordinary in Your Ordinary

Little Things that Mean a Lot

Love

For additional information on page sizes and printing, visit my printables welcome page.

Hi, I'm Christie. I create printable guided journal pages filled with bright colours and a resilient spirit aimed at documenting life's celebrations and learning from its challenges. My goal is to give you a quick and colourful collection of good reasons to start journaling right now. For even more journal inspiration, sign up to receive my free e-book, 10 Good Reasons to Journal.

Love - Free printable journal page roundup

May 11, 2020

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It’s almost impossible, I think, to spend time writing about the people, places and pursuits you love and not feel lifted, at least a little, by all that love. I created this super quick and colourful page to inspire you to notice the love around you (and within you!) from six different perspectives. It’ll only take minutes to journal, but you may find, like I did today, that it brightens your whole day.

If you’d like to give it a try, you can download my love journal page by clicking on the image above or by visiting my collection of colourful words journal pages.

If you’d like to journal more of my pages, here’s a list of previous pages featured in my free journal page roundup:

10 Minutes to Reflect on Your Day

When You Need to Find a Little Extraordinary in Your Ordinary

Little Things that Mean a Lot

For additional information on page sizes and printing, visit my printables welcome page.

Little Things that Mean a Lot - Free Printable Journal Page Roundup

April 22, 2020

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Next up in our journal page roundup: the little things that mean a lot.

This is one of my all-time favourite journal prompts. It feels especially relevant now, when so many of the big parts of our days are upside down and inside out. Zooming in and noticing some of the smaller moments and their outsize impacts can be a quick and easy way to brighten an otherwise gloomy day.

If you’d like to journal along with me, you can download this page by clicking on the image above or by visiting my collection of printable prompts.

Here’s my list of little things that mean a lot today:

Finding the words to start. There’s this one section of a piece I’m working one that just hasn’t been coming together. Today I finally wrote one sentence that sets the right tone, i.e. not mind-numbingly boring. It’s just one sentence, but it made all the difference.
A conversation out in the neighbourhood. It wasn’t a deep discussion, just quick chitchat as we passed each other on the roadside, but it felt so good to share breezy observations, even at a distance. Just about skipped all the way home.
Colourful pens and paper. So bright and instantly happy making. Bring on the colour!

How about you? What little parts of your day today mean a lot to you? If you’d like a little inspiration for your list-making, here’s a newsletter I wrote about stretching beyond the usual items on your list.

Previous pages featured in my free journal page roundup:

10 Minutes to Reflect on Your Day

When You Need to Find a Little Extraordinary in Your Ordinary

For additional information on page sizes and printing, visit my printables welcome page.

When You Need to Find a Little Extraordinary in Your Ordinary - Free Printable Journal Page Roundup

April 21, 2020

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Are you up for a little journaling?

I’m rounding up all of my free journal pages here on the blog over the next few weeks. If you’d like to journal along, you’ll find this page by clicking on the image above or by visiting my collection of emergency journal pages.

I’ll admit it took me longer than usual to get started with this one. There seem to be far fewer moments that feel ordinary these days and far more that have an extraordinary quality.

So, for the first prompt, “one entirely ordinary thing you do almost every day,” I chose to journal about a thing that was ordinary before quarantine and remains fairly ordinary during quarantine: making the bed. I’m so glad I did. It led me on a lovely walk down memory lane, from the quilt my mom made for me when I left for university to the quilt she and my grandmother later made for my wedding.

Some of my insights along the way include:

realizing that I am a slow bed maker — on purpose. I use it as a chance to organize my thoughts as I organize each layer of bedding;
recognizing the joy in smoothing that top layer — a beautiful, soft, handmade quilt that has enormous significance to me;
connecting with my creative upbringing in which we were always making something and loving that we’re still at it even now.

All of that from a little bed making.

How about you? Tell me about the extraordinary in your ordinary in the comments. I’d love to hear all about it!

If you’d like to see previous posts in my free journal page roundup, I’ll be listing them at the bottom of every post. Here’s the very short list so far:

10 Minutes to Reflect on Your Day

For additional information on page sizes and printing, visit my printables welcome page.

10 Minutes to Reflect on Your Day - Free Printable Journal Page Roundup

April 17, 2020

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I’ve noticed that calls and emails have been warmer of late. The first few words or lines of greeting have grown longer and gentler. How are you? Are you well? Is your family well? What’s it like where you are?

Same with the send offs. Hoping you and your family stay safe and in good health. Looking forward to seeing you again soon.

Have you noticed it, too?

I wish I had more to say these days. I feel like I’m doing all sorts of noticing, but the words to communicate the details have disappeared. I’m sure they’ll return at some point, but until then I thought I’d round up my free pages for some daily journaling, starting with my first ever 10 Minute journal page.

If you’d like to journal along with me, you’ll find this page by clicking on the picture above or by visiting my collection of 10 Minute journal pages.

To start things off, here’s my list of things I’d like to remember about today:

Hugs. We’re hugging a lot more around here. Appreciating each other a little more, I think, and missing loved ones. Filling in some of the unavoidable gaps with bear hugs.
Chats. Hearing voices all over the house — a committee meeting in the basement, art class in the kitchen, physics questions upstairs, and a friendly voice in my ear buds.
Snow! Wild bursts of snow that erupt without warning then disappear completely a few minutes later — throughout the day and yesterday, too. Is April always like this?

How about you? What would you like to remember about today? If you need a little inspiration, here are a few tips for capturing the meaningful parts of your day.

P.S. For information on page sizes and printing, visit my printables welcome page.