• Spiral binders (purchased for 17 cents each this week!) I get them wide ruled so that I can add thoughts to my thoughts when I review and I try to once a month. 
• Mechanical pencils with erasers as well as a few of the original wood ones. I find that the wooden ones work better between my teeth for the conditioning of my smile muscles! Seriously. And seriously, I can sometimes dig out a word or phrase that is stubbornly sticking in my brain with the simple act of writing and erasing until I am satisfied that what was in my brain is out-> and on the paper. A wooden pencil can feel like a shovel handle with the slightest of imagination. It all depends on what you are digging for.
• Colored pens are just fun to write with. I often find myself in a playful mood
  where only color will do. I use them mostly for my notes alongside the pictures
  I cut out or print that go in my artwork journal. I can add a colorful thought
  that is like a different flower in an arrangement as the thought collage is
  revealed over time. They serve me well and don't bleed through the pages like
  the fine point permanent markers do, however I use them on my vision boards. And
  I have certain colors for specific planning and goals i.e. green for money, in
  or out.
• I want to share the two discoveries that have opened my #journaling heart even
  more than ever before. First is the erase-able highlighter. I highlight thoughts
  that are important and need some action. When I have acted on it, I go back and
  erase part of the first highlight color and add a different one. It is a
  horizontal progress bar of sorts. And saving the best journaler's tool for
  last, is the correction tape. What a liberating piece of equipment. I recommend
  buying them in pairs. When one runs out, replace it. With another pair! When I
  review my notes and cannot read them because I have written over them, I sensed
  a frustration that is overcome by creating a word or thought that is absolutely
  legible. The finished page that looks neater and fresher without a bunch of
  scratched out, strike-through blobs throughout it leaves me with a sense of accomplishment. That
  must be important to me. Using the right tool helps me achieve a work of art that I am grateful for. That much, I know, IS important to me.

I am creating a journal series that asks questions that you respond to by creatively writing about what the question stirs up in your thinking. These are all born of my own experiences. I ran into this one that I cannot keep to myself until the journals are published.

Think about sensory perception. If I ask you to consider the word 'heartbeat', and ask you to write about it from what it looks like to you and through the lens of love, could you possibly imagine this scenario? Greeting your dinner with love has it's advantages. Have you ever even considered such a thing?

It just confirms that not all is as it seems. We have the ability to see and change the way we see things at any given moment. As a Journal Coach, I want to inspire you to really, think outside the box! I do mean, REALLY! And in the many cases of these words I ask you to consider, watch out for your box! You may not even realize it's there. It may only be smoke and mirrors. It may seem like bricks and mortar.

It will be an adventurous challenge where I help you create what takes you on an epic journey of discovery. I lingered on this suggestion for many days, before the physical answer revealed itself to me. I doubt your answer could be similiar. Anything is possible. I lovingly consider my own heartbeat to be a necessary thing. I like to have a healthy influence on it, more than the alternative.

Have I stirred something up in your thinking with this scenario? Leave me a comment below.