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Start Where You Are: A(n Illustrated) Journal for Self Exploration

Start Where You Are

Have you ever thought about start­ing a new project, talked about start­ing it, but kept hold­ing off for the “right” time? I often suf­fer from this, even going as plan­ning to make a plan. Ha! Most of the time, I end up procrastinating.

The truth is, there’s often no right time to start something—you just have to jump in with both feet and fig­ure things out as they come. It’s a scary prospect, but one that’s made a lit­tle eas­i­er with the help of Meera Lee Patel’s beau­ti­ful­ly-illus­trat­ed Start Where You Are: A Jour­nal for Self Explo­ration. The book, which is avail­able as of TODAY, is intend­ed for you get to know your­self bet­ter with exer­cis­es that include writ­ing, draw­ing, and chart-making.

In addi­tion to the help­ful work­book aspect, the jour­nal is packed with hand-let­tered quotes and water­col­or paint­ings done in Meer­a’s sig­na­ture style. Look­ing through it, I’m excit­ed to begin! If you buy it, please let me know (in the com­ments). Maybe we can orga­nize a lit­tle online meet up every once and a while to dis­cuss it!

Below are some of my favorite spreads, but the over­all book is so beau­ti­ful. I’d rec­om­mend look­ing through the entire thing again and again!

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