Junk Journal Madness=Happiness By EdgarsArt

Make it your own.

I am not a kind of person who asks for a lot of things, or gifts. I never expect someone to give me something and I rather have more enjoyment giving than receiving. But I have to admit that I do have received something special. Not long time ago I got a gift from Hive account@msendija1.

It was a junk journal. She made it completely by herself. Actually you should check out her Blog. There are too many words to describe her and too little of my vocabulary to do that!
A soul of creativity. That would capture majority of what she is.

So she made me this journal. I wanted it to be as big as it can be. I did not knew it would turn out to be this thick. But I love it. The size even motivates me in a way. When I do not put something in, which I try to do every evening(well not try I should say, but I go forward with this need to take it in my hands) It is nothing I force myself to do, but rather it is something I know will make me feel better. I have tried to keep with journals, business journals, planner,s notes. But in the end I have went through only one planner I fill regularly and now this journal. And this might be the thing that can stick with me.

So apart it being the coolest thing I have ever seen made, I really like the various ways I can express myself there. That might be the biggest pro of it. It is so different going through it, that I can choose more than I need. Sometimes when I want to write something, stick something, I do not really have where. Here I can write, stick, make collages, draw-Yes I am drawing in it too, and basically I can do whatever I want. Which is great. As a person I do have problem with focusing. Aside from drawing, I have a tendency to loose focus. It is hard for me to listen. After 10 min I loose focus and I need to really try hard to still be in the discussion. I of course believe and know that is something I can develop and I have compared to my earlier years, but still it is a trouble for me.
So here I really do not feel this cut from starting and finishing. Once I take this and work in this journal. I really do not count minutes. I mean yesterday I spend 2 hours in this in the evening before sleep. And I really did not do anything much. I will not say what I did there, because I do not want to share that much+I am bringing some illustrative photos of some parts I can share from there, but I really opened it and lost myself in it.

I really love that I can make some collages in it too. It has been so rare when I do stick something, cut something small out, something valuable for me, and just overall It really pushed me into a right direction. And I like that it is made from completely re-used things. No waste at all. +Now I will use things I would just throw away, or would have no place where to use them., but I will use them in a creative way now.

IMG_20180915_220332 (1).jpg
I am still so impressed how much I like this and I really like how personalized it is, How this fits me already and now It is like I am in it already. I only got it recently, but it feels like it has been mine for months. I feel close to it. I might be too over emotional, but I am really shadowed by this still. It has been some times already, but every day it is growing bigger and bigger. I only take it out in the evening, but the whole evening it is with me, so that when i got this idea, this spark-Oh, i want this- I can take it and make it happen. I do not think it is something I would suggest someone, because I am not that knowledgeable about other needs, but for me this is the best thing so far. I think ever. From a creative standpoint.