Day 1 of 100 Days with ABC

Journaling Prompts to Get Us Started

These are the prompts that I came up with for Day 1 of the 100 Days Project, with my answers posted below.  If you want to, take a minute to write out some thoughts for yourself. I liked the idea of getting some of these things out of my brain and onto paper so that I could move forward confidently.

Today, Andrea, Brooke, and I went LIVE for our first check-in on Instagram for our 100 Days With ABC.  Check out the replay here if you missed us live.  If you want emailed reminders about the days we are going live (every 10 days), as well as other random ideas, inspo, and cheerleading, you can add yourself here.

You can comment here on the blog post, or over on Instagram if you want to share your answers to any of these questions.  I'd love to hear what you are doing for the 100 Days Project if you're participating, and anything else you feel like sharing.  If you're playing along with us, you can add the hashtag #100DaysWithABC. 

MY ANSWER:
What it means to me this time around is a commitment to myself and my creativity, a commitment to my friends to show up and be there for them as well throughout our check ins, and a commitment to my community of other creatives who are on this journey of tapping in to our beautiful artist selves!

What it does NOT mean:  performing (especially performing perfection), doing all 100 days, having some kind of finished project or collection, creating polished posts, emails or content.

MESSY and AUTHENTIC are 2 words that I wrote down that feel like important guides for participating across these 100 days.

MY ANSWER:
I'm planning to use my gel plate to create collage pages with just ONE color.  I tend to use ALL THE COLORS and I want to have more paper available that is monochromatic.  I put colored marbles in a little drawstring bag - 3 each of pink, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple.  Each day I will draw out one marble, and then make a collection of paint, markers, etc. in just that one color to work with.  As a back up, I've got an altered book art journal that I may work in on days when I don't have time to do a full gel plate sesh.  At a very minimum, I'm committed to at least scribble in my book in the color of the day each day.

In order to get back to my practice of using art journaling for personal growth and healing, part of my process will be to do a quick, mindful check in each day before I start.  For me, this looks like taking a couple of deep breaths and then noticing what's happening in my body, mind, heart in that moment.  Usually I'll do a little bit of journaling in one of my books using simple prompts such as:  What emotions feel present with me in this moment?  What's happening in my thoughts right now?  What sensations am I noticing in my body?

MY ANSWER:
I had a really short answer to this one and I'm appreciating it as I type it out.
Success for me this time around looks like being kind and gentle to myself throughout the process, and showing up even when I don't want to.

MY ANSWER:
What I really need/want is firstly structure.  But then after that, I need permission to break the "rules" and the ability to be flexible.  I want to give myself kindness, love, care, grace, as I show up in new and old ways.  I want the consistency of doing something every day, and to remind myself that it's only for the next 10 days (which feels soooooo much more doable!).  

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