"Beep Beep Beep" your alarm clock blares urging you to rise and start your day. Sunlight bursts through your windows igniting the already painful morning. Zombie like, you go about your morning completing daily tasks. Comb hair, check. Brush teeth, check. Coffee, check. Breakfast, check. Start your engines and get ready for that excruciating traffic. … Continue reading Rejoice in Today
Vegas Wedding Bells in 2016
"Dum Dum, Dum Dum" the bells have been ringing for the last two months. The countdown to the wedding of the year has begun. After what felt like years of trial and error and heart ache and growth, BrAlex is about to be official. The last two months has been a whirlwind of planning, budgeting, … Continue reading Vegas Wedding Bells in 2016
Bright Shiny and New
I've contemplated for many days on the image of my blog. I stepped back to reflect on what I really wanted my blog to convey. Did I want it to be editorial and serious journalism focused? Did I want it to just be about my daily life? What about fun hacks I discover or channeling … Continue reading Bright Shiny and New
Developing a New Identity
After completing a 30 day journaling goal, I've been avidly thinking about what I want to transform my blog into. For the longest. It has just been day-to-day thoughts and adventures in my life. After studying many many blogs, I realize the most powerful blogs have a resounding theme. They have an audience goal. I'm still … Continue reading Developing a New Identity
30 Days of Creativity: Day 30 – Creative Force
I've made it! 30 days of journaling. This is a huge accomplishment especially for a blossoming blogger as myself. In spite of everything that's going on in my life though, this accomplishment seems pointless. It's not going to perform a miracle or heal a family. It's not going to be the shoulder to cry on. … Continue reading 30 Days of Creativity: Day 30 – Creative Force
30 Days of Creativity: Day 29 – Float
Only two days left! I can't believe I have made it this far. Believe me, it took a lot of determination to be consistent despite my busy life. Today's prompts: When my creative work flows, it looks like this: When I go gently in my creative work, what happens is… If this is all really … Continue reading 30 Days of Creativity: Day 29 – Float
30 Days of Creativity: Day 28 – Creative Something
Today's prompts: What do you call the creative force? How can you tell when you’re in creative flow? What makes the conditions of creative flow possible? What do you call the creative force? Creative force is anything that inspires you. It could be the simplest memory to the more awe-inspiring building. It's what ever moves you … Continue reading 30 Days of Creativity: Day 28 – Creative Something
30 Days of Creativity: Day 27 – Navigation Tools
Today's prompts: If I were a lamp, I would… If I were a lifeboat, I would… To be a ladder means… I can help someone’s soul heal by… If I were a lamp, I would shine the brightest in the dark. I'd work to be an everlasting flame, too powerful to extinguish. "You are the light of the … Continue reading 30 Days of Creativity: Day 27 – Navigation Tools
30 Days of Creativity: Day 26 – Same Yet Different
Today's prompts: What is different from when you started this journaling project? How is your creative process different now than it was a month ago? / A year ago? / Five years ago? What is different? What is still familiar, but not quite the same? What is different from when you started … Continue reading 30 Days of Creativity: Day 26 – Same Yet Different
30 Days of Creativity: Day 25 – My Best Flow
Today's prompts: My ideas flow best when I am.. My ideas flow best during… My worse creative times of day / week are… My ideas flow best when I am feeling very happy or very sad. Sometimes when my day feels overwhelming, whether good or bad, I crave a good writing session to get my ideas … Continue reading 30 Days of Creativity: Day 25 – My Best Flow
