Extraordinary Ordinary Moments: A Journal

Extraordinary Ordinary Moments is
available on Amazon.

Extraordinary Ordinary Moments is a guided journal by Jorey Hurley.

At 368 pages long, this journal will last you well over a year, and that is only if you do each prompt only once.

Each page has a prompt, thought or idea typed in a small font, along with a very simple illustration that adds a visiual idea without being obtrusive.

The orange peel on the cover is a very good example of the content inside of the book.

This journal would make an especially good gift for people who like to make lists.  The mostly blank pages also lend themselves well to gluing in photographs of your own, or magazine images to fit the idea.

Using this book daily would be a good practice in mindfulness.

Instead of working from front to back, you should open it to any random page, and look at the idea.

Example:

something that flies

or

something you learned to love

Then think about it.  REALLY think about it.  Be creative about it, or just observe the spot you are sitting and and see how many things in that one place fit the prompt.

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Extraordinary Ordinary Moments: A Joural by Jorey Hurley is available on Amazon in paperback.

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I received a copy of this journal free from Blogging for Books, but all thoughts and opinions on it are my own.

Instant Happy Journal Review

 The Instant Happy Journal came into my life at a very inopportune time.

It arrived on January 7th, shorty after our elderly cat had been mauled to death in the street by a stray dog.

So, when I un-boxed my "Instant Happy Journal" I felt a bit of life's cruel irony, and set it aside for several days without even cracking the cover.

When enough time had passed I picked up the small book (its just short of being a 5x7 tome).

A page at the front of the journal says the book's mission is "to help you to live your happiest life"

The creator, Karen Salmansohn, calls her prompts "happiness prompters" and they are a mixture of motivational quotes, thought provoking questions, philosophical thoughts and more.  They are meant to inspire you to focus on where the most joy can be found in your life.

The book is colorful.  Many of the pages have a colored border.  Red, orange, blue, green, stripes, polkadots.  Each page is a colorful splash of joy in itself.  At the top of each page is a date line for you to fill in the date you answer the question.  (we all know the frustration of buying a 365 journal with pre-printed dates, forcing you to start at the front, on January 1st and work straight to the back.)

Under the date line is the prompt of the  day.  It might be a simple question such as "What made you laugh today?"  Or, it could be the results of a scientific study, followed by a prompt or related question.  There are prompts that are simple quotes and no more such as "Before a brilliant person does something great they must be willing to look foolish in the crowd." And there are even prompts asking you to draw/doodle something.

Under each prompt is a few lines for you to answer the prompt.  Depending on how long the prompt is you might have 8 to 12 lines to answer it on.

There is also an attached ribbon bookmark.  It will help you keep up with where you left off if you work front to back, or mark the spot of the prompt you'd like to answer next.

If you are a wordy writer, such as myself, you might want to pair your Instant Happy Journal with a second lined journal or notebook to answer your prompts in.  Such as this bright and happy (and customizable) pocket journal from zazzle.

Happy White Daisies Pattern Journal by LisaMarieDesign
Browse Flower pattern Journals

If you use your Instant Happy Journal consistently for 365 days and can see it helping you.  I don't think there is a such thing as "Instant" happiness, but the prompts inside this journal will help you learn how to look at the brighter side of things

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You can purchase Instant Happy Journal: 365 Days of Inspiration, Gratitude, and Joy, from Amazon.

 
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If you like to read, come talk about books with us at the facebook group Lets Talk About Books.

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I received this book from the Blogging for Books program in exchange for this review.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.