Some Planner Love

Phew! Talk about a way to spend a Saturday afternoon… and no, I’m not talking about extreme sports or anything, though, that would be insanely fun, and way out of my league. No, I’m talking about completing class assignments for the first time in almost seven years. Haha, I know, not funny, right? However, it is the truth and I’m feeling quite a bit proud of myself. So what if the test let me have multiple attempts to score ALL the points, you better believe I was going to take it. In all seriousness though, going back to school has been a long time coming, and so has this blog post.

I’ve been nervous all week about this class starting, even more so once I logged in and realized that people had already begun posting discussion topics and I didn’t have a clue what was going on! Well, I suppose that’s not entirely true as I spent some time on the phone the other day with my Academic Advisor who showed me how to do lots of things – I’m kind of the deer in headlights type, and definitely get bent out of shape before anything has actually, really, happened.

So, there’s an assignment and a quiz behind me and I’m already feeling a lot better about things. Plus, to make sure I keep up with things, I went out and splurged on a Happy Planner! Believe me when I say I could spend ridiculous amounts of money on their site! http://shop.meandmybigideas.com/collections/create-365 I actually had gone to Michael’s because there was no way in hell I was going to Walmart to try and find a planner, I know what their stock looks like, and it just wasn’t worth the drive, albeit a short drive, but a shitty one. So, Michaels was the choice, but I had no idea they’d have the Happy Planner’s in stock so after multiple attempts of trying to talk myself out of one, well, obviously I brought home anyway.

I also bought cute stickers and little paper pockets yes for the planner, but they screamed for my Travelers Journal as well, and I cannot leave that beauty hanging, now can I?

If it’s not clear by now, I’m absolutely addicted to cute journals, stationary and just about anything leather bound. I know there are a lot of people out there who can turn their planners into an artful masterpiece, and though I am not one of them, I still love them all the same, and it’s really nice to have some quality pieces myself now.

I cannot help but say I look forward to my first class in years, to putting use to this planner and really making it a part of me, and being able to actually travel with my Traveler’s Journal. 

Wanderlust

Travel photos, blogs, people's leather bound journals, I could stare at some of these things all day when it comes to people documenting their adventures, and I think I'm bordering that line of obsession if I haven't already crossed it. 

    Traveling, adventuring, back packing and road trips, one or all of them, it's something I always wanted to do, to be able to get up and go. To be able to see sights and and hear stories and maybe pick up little things like post cards, stamps, key chains and whatever else might be able to decorate my own (in the near future) journal, that says I've been there, and I've seen and as a writer, it's a really big deal to me. 

    I'm writing this post as I long for such things. I tell you this as I've spent the last two days browsing the internet looking for the Midori travel journals, and cute pages and stickers to go in them. This post is a before and after planning has begun, as my dreams, though small, are slowly starting to happen. 

    Sure, it's not Ireland or Greece or Spain in my near future, but states I haven't been too. Seriously, being stuck in Ohio blows, and it's not fun driving anywhere either when every other street is construction and or filled with the same potholes that just grow every year. I was almost considering taking a five hour trip in my car until Mapquest showed me the eighty construction images along the way, and my anxiety is bad enough when it comes to driving some place new, but trying to navigate through orange cones and doing 45 when the speed limit is 70 is not my cup of tea.

    It's a bit whiny, but Kentucky and Chicago are right around the corner and I couldn't be more excited! We all have to start somewhere, and while I continue to read the pretty posts about people touring islands I've never even heard of, I do hope people will share their own stories with me too, big or small. I wouldn't complain if a few words of advice were thrown in there as well.

    Cheers fellow adventurers!