A few beautiful things

Lately I?ve been feeling like my well is running low?
Not like an actual physical well (because I don?t have a well in my condo!), but I mean the well for, like, my soul ? the deep place inside of you that soaks up and stores inspiration and keeps you going. The part you can draw from when you want to do something creative.
I really haven?t been good about refilling my well lately or, to mix metaphors, I really haven?t been good about recharging my batteries. Or adding gas to my creative tank.
Reading helps. And listening to music. And watching brainless TV. And laughing. And any downtime, really. And going for walks. But one of the things that also helps is surrounding myself with beautiful things, and here are a few things I?m surrounding myself with this week to help me ?refill my well.? This notebook by Denik, for starters. I found it on my trip to Tahoe this fall, and I?ve been saving it to use on a rainy day. I love the colors on the cover and the message, ?Don?t Quit Your Day Dream,? and the lovely silvery font. The purple and blue speak to me.

Don?t you love new notebooks" ? the blank pages and all the possibilities" I?m calling this my ?Silver Linings Journal? because I?m going to use it to write about any positive things that happen to me.
It?s so easy to fill journals with bad things, isn?t it" I totally get that, and I?ve done it many times before because it feels good to unload when you aren?t feeling great, and whe...