Love them all! Two favorites are the Playful Tile and the Valentine’s one. Very clever idea with the Valentine spread. Hope you are doing a little better each day.
I'm all over the place with you lol. I do love your after the pen, you are SO creative!!! Don't ever forget that. Hold your head high and keep pushing. Yes it's hard today but tomorrow will be easier. Thank you for sharing as always! Take care
I really loved this. I think this is super brave and amazing and as someone that struggles with adhd, anxiety, and depression (the mental illness trifecta) this gives me so many more options for journaling.
I love, love the happy list page! Both the colors and the lists of happy! I believe that when we express gratitude/appreciation…the Universe brings us more to appreciate.
I love them all but the 2 that really spoke to me were, the first week in your Creative Journal (I love the soft colour combo) and the prompts. The second one, surprisingly to me was the very bright and colourful spread in your Catch All. I tend to like the softer shades but that spread was so fun and cheery, it really made me smile. You are so creative and talented, Mary Ellen you make it so tough to pick favourites. 😊
It can be difficult when you go through what feels like 20,000 different things (figuratively here). When I was going through severe moments of my PTSD with my mum being misdiagnosed with different cancers for 6 months, it took a massive toll on me (I lost my father to cancer when I was 11 back in 1998). What got me out was using a planner and a little bit of decorating. It did take me another 2 years to find planner peace in the Hobonichi Cousin English versions. You have a great support system and the love of family and pets. Give youself the chance the grieve. I have found that when you lose 1 recent family member, you tend to re-live the grief from previous losses. If you don't fill things out cause you feel blah or even a video or live, I am sure people would understand and if people come after you for that, than I am sure people would jump in and give you the space you need.
My favorite is the last one in your big planner "Cuteness Overload". The stickers in the Valentine box are so beautiful... I wish, one day, I can get this box.
Some storms come to distupt your life, some come to clear your path. 🌩🌤🌞🌻 Just thought I'd leave a nice quote for you. Go Wild is coming up it'll be good for you to get away even if you don't feel that way now. We love yah ❤️ 💪👊💯🌹
@Joal Gustas Of course. But I totally forgot to add to my comment I didn't make that quote up. Just realized I didn't when I thought I did. So don't wanna take credit for it. Enjoy 🥰❤️
I love them all! You are so very creative in how you change things up, especially with your writing. I won't lie. It made me very happy to see Gilmore Girls at the top of your Happy List. :)
I love the Playful Tiles stickers. I have that planner and love it. It makes me so happy. I find myself adding more fun colors to my decor in my home and I think it makes a difference to my mood. I think therapy is an amazing thing. I know I have continued it for well almost 20 years now. It is something I do for myself. I have to use both therapy and meds but it really helps me focus. I say that to encourage you that you can get there and not feel so overwhelmed all the time.
I don't think I'd be able to write in a journal if I knew I'd be showing it to everyone! What I love seeing in your journal is not the content itself, but the use of different kind of lettering, marker colours, and layout. I know it means way extra work for you but I don't think we'd mind if you blurred out the writing and we just saw the idea of it all. Anyway, thanks for sharing. Love seeing your creativity.
Chin up, ME. You leave for Go Wild this weekend and coming week! Yay you! I wish I was spending my #dirtythirty there this year! Have fun and forget the rest, okay? As always, I love your videos and thanks for sharing. Your CJ is always my favorite (&& haha, yes im a weirdo and read each page! Sorry!) and why I have been doing one for three years now! Love ya and sending hugs, Xx.
You know, I really love a Happy Planner monthly for my business planning. I got away from it in 2022 and then bought one for 2023. It holds everything that I need it to, and I use the to do list dated so I can write down due dates. Also, you only have to decorate the month one time! It also allows me to pop in more detail to do lists or daily pages, which I can just throw away after I’m done. I love it. (I did start using a dashboard for my meals/grocery lists, though, and that is working great.)
I really like seeing all the different books. I am a very basic stickering in the lines with my planner because that works for my brain, but I LOVE seeing your creative ways that you use and are still so functional! Maybe I will try something new for next week...🤔🤔🤔🤣 Thanks for all your great videos!💕 Love seeing Bumble more again.
I’m love love loving these creative spreads. Please do more bujo type pages. I have a few things I want to keep track of in my planner for home maintenance purposes and need some inspiration. I somehow need to make a tracker for biweekly maintenance like a Gardner or a maid who comes every other week, things like that but I’m kinda at a loss with how to make something. Any pretties you can come up with for inspiration would be highly appreciated!!! As always thanks for sharing your time, talent and creativity with us!
You are very creative! I enjoy watching your spreads. I am use to the vertical layout but the planner I got for 2023 is a dashboard; which I feel like I still don't know (two months into the new year) how to use properly. However, watching your videos give me an idea and I try really hard to use the dashboard layout.
Also, I came to this video after watching today's video by Dawn, The Minimal Mom. She poses the question "What if we aren't really behind? What if we are just doing as much as can with the mental bandwidth we have?". It was very interesting to see it from that perspective. You should check it out!
LOVE your journal! I also wanted to say that I you seem lighter; even though I know you're still not 100%...I think you made the right choice to move on. You are great and you're going to feel it soon! Have you checked out Plan With Ilyse lately? She does an interesting dashboard version for her (online) work planner. A variation of something like that might be better. Girl if what you tried doesn't feel natural dump it and try something else! Go girl! We love you!
Love them all! Two favorites are the Playful Tile and the Valentine’s one. Very clever idea with the Valentine spread. Hope you are doing a little better each day.
I'm all over the place with you lol. I do love your after the pen, you are SO creative!!! Don't ever forget that. Hold your head high and keep pushing. Yes it's hard today but tomorrow will be easier. Thank you for sharing as always! Take care
I really loved this. I think this is super brave and amazing and as someone that struggles with adhd, anxiety, and depression (the mental illness trifecta) this gives me so many more options for journaling.
I love, love the happy list page! Both the colors and the lists of happy! I believe that when we express gratitude/appreciation…the Universe brings us more to appreciate.
My favorite is the adventures one. I love this Happy box. I've been using the tissue paper too.
I love them all but the last one the valentine one was my favorite. Loved the colors and creativity.
Love your creative journal the most this month!
I love them all but the 2 that really spoke to me were, the first week in your Creative Journal (I love the soft colour combo) and the prompts. The second one, surprisingly to me was the very bright and colourful spread in your Catch All. I tend to like the softer shades but that spread was so fun and cheery, it really made me smile.
You are so creative and talented, Mary Ellen you make it so tough to pick favourites. 😊
It can be difficult when you go through what feels like 20,000 different things (figuratively here). When I was going through severe moments of my PTSD with my mum being misdiagnosed with different cancers for 6 months, it took a massive toll on me (I lost my father to cancer when I was 11 back in 1998). What got me out was using a planner and a little bit of decorating. It did take me another 2 years to find planner peace in the Hobonichi Cousin English versions. You have a great support system and the love of family and pets. Give youself the chance the grieve. I have found that when you lose 1 recent family member, you tend to re-live the grief from previous losses. If you don't fill things out cause you feel blah or even a video or live, I am sure people would understand and if people come after you for that, than I am sure people would jump in and give you the space you need.
My favorite is the last one in your big planner "Cuteness Overload". The stickers in the Valentine box are so beautiful... I wish, one day, I can get this box.
I absolutely love the New Years Spread!!!!!!🎉
Thanks for planning when planning sucks right now. What an inspiration you are.🙏💖
Some storms come to distupt your life, some come to clear your path. 🌩🌤🌞🌻
Just thought I'd leave a nice quote for you. Go Wild is coming up it'll be good for you to get away even if you don't feel that way now. We love yah ❤️ 💪👊💯🌹
I love this quote and need it for myself as well. Thank you for this!
@Joal Gustas Of course. But I totally forgot to add to my comment I didn't make that quote up. Just realized I didn't when I thought I did. So don't wanna take credit for it. Enjoy 🥰❤️
I love them all! You are so very creative in how you change things up, especially with your writing. I won't lie. It made me very happy to see Gilmore Girls at the top of your Happy List. :)
I love the Playful Tiles stickers. I have that planner and love it. It makes me so happy. I find myself adding more fun colors to my decor in my home and I think it makes a difference to my mood. I think therapy is an amazing thing. I know I have continued it for well almost 20 years now. It is something I do for myself. I have to use both therapy and meds but it really helps me focus. I say that to encourage you that you can get there and not feel so overwhelmed all the time.
I don't think I'd be able to write in a journal if I knew I'd be showing it to everyone! What I love seeing in your journal is not the content itself, but the use of different kind of lettering, marker colours, and layout. I know it means way extra work for you but I don't think we'd mind if you blurred out the writing and we just saw the idea of it all. Anyway, thanks for sharing. Love seeing your creativity.
Chin up, ME. You leave for Go Wild this weekend and coming week! Yay you! I wish I was spending my #dirtythirty there this year! Have fun and forget the rest, okay? As always, I love your videos and thanks for sharing. Your CJ is always my favorite (&& haha, yes im a weirdo and read each page! Sorry!) and why I have been doing one for three years now! Love ya and sending hugs, Xx.
You know, I really love a Happy Planner monthly for my business planning. I got away from it in 2022 and then bought one for 2023. It holds everything that I need it to, and I use the to do list dated so I can write down due dates. Also, you only have to decorate the month one time! It also allows me to pop in more detail to do lists or daily pages, which I can just throw away after I’m done. I love it. (I did start using a dashboard for my meals/grocery lists, though, and that is working great.)
I really like seeing all the different books. I am a very basic stickering in the lines with my planner because that works for my brain, but I LOVE seeing your creative ways that you use and are still so functional! Maybe I will try something new for next week...🤔🤔🤔🤣 Thanks for all your great videos!💕 Love seeing Bumble more again.
I always enjoy a flip through. I think my favorite was the journal page with the colorful tiles.
Can't pick a favorite. Thanks for sharing. I always get inspiration.
Fabulous!
I’m love love loving these creative spreads. Please do more bujo type pages. I have a few things I want to keep track of in my planner for home maintenance purposes and need some inspiration. I somehow need to make a tracker for biweekly maintenance like a Gardner or a maid who comes every other week, things like that but I’m kinda at a loss with how to make something. Any pretties you can come up with for inspiration would be highly appreciated!!! As always thanks for sharing your time, talent and creativity with us!
You are very creative! I enjoy watching your spreads. I am use to the vertical layout but the planner I got for 2023 is a dashboard; which I feel like I still don't know (two months into the new year) how to use properly. However, watching your videos give me an idea and I try really hard to use the dashboard layout.
I LOVE your journal! I try to journal like that but it never looks that good😂 but at least I’m journaling that’s the important thing!
I’d love to think that watching this will make me actually do this. But gonna watch it anyway 🙂
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I love flips❤
I’m so sorry to hear about your relationship.. I love your videos… I get a lot of ideas from ur videos
Wow.
Also, I came to this video after watching today's video by Dawn, The Minimal Mom. She poses the question "What if we aren't really behind? What if we are just doing as much as can with the mental bandwidth we have?". It was very interesting to see it from that perspective. You should check it out!
LOVE your journal! I also wanted to say that I you seem lighter; even though I know you're still not 100%...I think you made the right choice to move on. You are great and you're going to feel it soon! Have you checked out Plan With Ilyse lately? She does an interesting dashboard version for her (online) work planner. A variation of something like that might be better. Girl if what you tried doesn't feel natural dump it and try something else! Go girl! We love you!
What is the name of the video where you tell about your fiance and you end it? Comforting hugs from Norway💐💞
Hello Mary Ellen. How r u doing?
Maybe you can volunteer at an animal shelter. :)
I love your channel, but I miss your music intro.