Gounded by Paper
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The Ink That Calms Me
When my brain feels like a browser with 27 tabs open… I grab a pen. Sometimes I catch myself holding my breath without realizing it. Or spinning in my own thoughts like I’m trying to solve a problem that doesn’t have an answer. Anxiety, for me, doesn’t always show up in neon. It’s quieter. It hums under the surface. When it really demands my attention, it finds a way to grab me from within and holds my mind’s eye up to all the darkness that exists in the world. It’s momentarily overwhelming. In the grip of anxiety, a moment is a never-ending eternity. But I’ve learned that when that hum…
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Lights. Camera. Write! – Introducing The Starring Me! Journal
When I was a kid, I thought TV shows were just regular people living their lives… and somewhere, a camera was secretly filming them. (And yes, I was convinced that somewhere, someone was watching my “show.”) Turns out, I wasn’t entirely wrong—because life is a kind of show. We all have plot twists, surprise guest stars, cliffhangers, and those episodes we wish we could just skip. And while we can’t always control the script, we candecide how we remember it, how we frame it, and—my favorite part—how we tell the story. That’s where The Starring Me! Journal comes in. This isn’t your standard “Dear Diary” situation. It’s a guided journal with prompts designed to help you see your life…
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Putting Pen to Paper: How Handwriting Grounds Me
When life feels messy, loud, or too heavy to hold, I reach for a pen. Not my phone. Not my Mac or iPad. A pen, along with planners and journals, can help manage the chaos. There’s something about handwriting that pulls me back down to earth when I’m spinning. The simple act of scratching words onto paper slows me down in a way nothing else can. My breathing evens out, my thoughts start to untangle, and I feel like I’m back in my own skin with just the aid of planners and journals. Handwriting isn’t just about recording what happened—it’s about releasing what’s been trapped inside. When I write by…
