Category: What Inspires Me

What Inspires Me

Weekly inspiration

Jen Morris

Each week I publish a series of links to websites and blogs that have inspired me. If you have anything that has inspired you this week, please share it in the comments below!

> I enjoyed reading this excerpt from Sassoon’s diary

> I stumbled upon this page and now I’m going to spend the next month soaking in the images and inspiration!

> My friend and business partner has started a new series documenting our creative business planning journey

> I really want a Midori Traveler’s Notebook, but they aren’t cheap! So I’m taking my inspiration from here to to make a fauxdori

> This week I’ve been playing in my art journal and so anything art-journal related really inspires me. This is cool!

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What’s inspired me this week

Jen Morris

Every week I share some of the things that have inspired me online recently. Please feel free to add any of the things that have inspired you in the comments!

A really cool interview with journaler Dawn Herring

Mel asks the big questions about creativity and work

Your impact matters

Found this online course and thinking about taking it to help me launch my online creative business

Can’t wait until I have some time to explore this amazing art journal class

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Find beauty in the ordinary

Jen Morris

Today, take some time to look around you. Notice the beauty in the most ordinary things. Sometimes we can get so busy running from one thing to the next, or thinking about what is coming to us in the future, that we forget to notice the beauty around us now.

ordinary-beauty

Some of the beauty I noticed today:

  • Cuddles with my puppy
  • A hot cup of coffee
  • The scent of beautiful flowers
  • Dinner with my family
  • Laughs with my partner
  • Time alone to journal and be creative
  • A warm and cosy bed to come home to
  • A lovely comment on a blog post

There are many things I hope to achieve in the (near) future, but I also aim to remind myself of the beauty around me in my life right now.

Look for beautiful and ordinary moments in your day. Write your own list in your journal.

What Inspires Me

What’s inspired me this week

Jen Morris

Lots of inspirational findings online this week! It was hard to narrow it down to just a few…

If you have anything that’s inspired you this week, please share it in the comments below.

What Inspires Me

What’s inspired me this week

Jen Morris

I think I will make Thursdays my regular day for sharing links and things that have inspired me during the week. That way if you need something to kill time at work as you watch the clock on Friday, there will be a few things here to distract you.

Otherwise, if you’re someone who actually works hard (good on you!) then you will have something to enjoy over the weekend.

Enjoy!

  • I’ve signed up for the 30 Day Journal Project – have you? It’s free and runs for the month of August. You get a journal prompt emailed to you each day for 30 days. Should provide extra inspiration!
  • I’m excited about the upcoming August Break – just take a photo every day for a month and share!

If you’ve read anything recently that inspires you, please share it in the comments below!

I’ll be back tomorrow with another journaling prompt.

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Found poem: The Artist

Jen Morris

I’d like to start sharing found poetry.

Mostly I ‘find’ my poetry within the pages of books I’ve loved (and bought extra copies of from second-hand bookstores just so I can cut the lovely words out). At the moment the two I’m most using are The Artist’s Way and Eat Pray Love.

 

I’m quite new to this and am just finding my way, but it’s lots of fun.

The Artist

When people feel

the light

of art,

it brings healing.

The artist may feel

mysterious vulnerability.

They call it

invisible achievement.

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My inspiration this week…

Jen Morris

pink flower

Here are some of the things that have inspired me this week:

Have a fantastic weekend and take time out to rest and create.