July has come and gone, and I learned a lot from my self-imposed nature journal challenge. While I failed to follow all the guidelines, I still feel like my month of nature journaling was a big success. Here are the rules I set for myself, and how well they worked for me.
Continue reading Nature Journal July: Success Despite Broken Rules
This is the last week of my self-imposed nature journal challenge. For each of my sessions, I had ideas of what I was going to do and how I was going to do it. While I wound up with pages I consider successful, nothing went as planned. I learned a lot anyway, most of all that I need to be flexible.
Continue reading Being Flexible with Nature Journal Plans
Last week, I admitted I was having trouble with my nature journaling project. This week, I think I have some insight as to why. I’ve been letting unrecognized expectations get in my way.
Continue reading Overcoming My Unrecognized Nature Journaling Expectation
My second week of daily nature journal sessions was much harder than the first. My initial excitement faded and suddenly … More Nature Journal July: A Bumpy Week 2
I’m declaring July 2020 my month to focus on nature journaling. While I’ve done some nature journaling over the past few years, I am longing to do more than I actually make time for. Some people would say that this is a sign I don’t really want to do it, but I know myself better than that. I can have a lot of resistance to doing something I actually really enjoy, especially if I think a lot of work is going to be involved. So I need to find a way to make it easier.
Continue reading Nature Journal July: A Self-Imposed Challenge