This week I'm trying something a little different. The Hero's Planner Kickstarter encouraged me too look back at the PDF I have of the Hero's Journal and re-evaluate it. I'm using inspiration from the Hero's Journal, but modifying it specifically to my needs/desires.
Firstly: the theme. I kind of love and hate it. As a storyteller, and particularly one aimed at fiction for a female-identifying audience, I'm a bit bored of the Hero's Journey. I'm not looking to conquer, I'm looking to connect. So I've rebranded mine as the Witch's Journal for now. This mostly means reframing several of the terms. Instead of My Quest, it's My Calling. Instead of Allies and Threats, it's Potions and Poisons. Etc.
Second, I quickly realized that I didn't need a two-page spread for a single day. The original Hero's Journal has a lot of illustrations to fill the space, but even with my washi and stickers, it felt excessive. So I condensed it into one page.
And then just as quickly, I came to realize that I'm going to get bored of repeating the same header over and over. I understand the power of rewriting my "calling/quest" each day, but I don't actually need to do that. I just need to be able to see it. I don't want to be ungrateful, but I find daily gratitude starts to become rote and loses meaning. So I think next week I'm going to try a two day, two page spread with a shared main header.
Finally (for now), the reason I wanted to DIY into a blank journal was because the main block I had with the Hero's Journal is that it's very single goal-focused. I'm... not a single goal-focused person. I have a career*. I have a family to look after. I have a hobby farm. I have other hobbies, too! These all tend to bleed together in my day to day life, and for better or worse that's how it needs to be right now. A journal aimed at a single goal is super powerful. But it's not what I need, I need something that let's me see and optimize how it all interacts. So my layout gives me a bit more flexibility to blend the spheres of my life, but also at the end of the week I have endless blank pages in which to write notes and whatever, and then I start the next week's spread wherever that's left off.
Is it a winner? I guess we'll see....
*I do actually have a work journal as well, but it's more for meeting notes and sketching out ideas and other such things and lives on my office desk and is less for day to day planning.
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Experimental Concoction
Date: 2023-07-10 04:03 pm (UTC)Firstly: the theme. I kind of love and hate it. As a storyteller, and particularly one aimed at fiction for a female-identifying audience, I'm a bit bored of the Hero's Journey. I'm not looking to conquer, I'm looking to connect. So I've rebranded mine as the Witch's Journal for now. This mostly means reframing several of the terms. Instead of My Quest, it's My Calling. Instead of Allies and Threats, it's Potions and Poisons. Etc.
Second, I quickly realized that I didn't need a two-page spread for a single day. The original Hero's Journal has a lot of illustrations to fill the space, but even with my washi and stickers, it felt excessive. So I condensed it into one page.
And then just as quickly, I came to realize that I'm going to get bored of repeating the same header over and over. I understand the power of rewriting my "calling/quest" each day, but I don't actually need to do that. I just need to be able to see it. I don't want to be ungrateful, but I find daily gratitude starts to become rote and loses meaning. So I think next week I'm going to try a two day, two page spread with a shared main header.
Finally (for now), the reason I wanted to DIY into a blank journal was because the main block I had with the Hero's Journal is that it's very single goal-focused. I'm... not a single goal-focused person. I have a career*. I have a family to look after. I have a hobby farm. I have other hobbies, too! These all tend to bleed together in my day to day life, and for better or worse that's how it needs to be right now. A journal aimed at a single goal is super powerful. But it's not what I need, I need something that let's me see and optimize how it all interacts. So my layout gives me a bit more flexibility to blend the spheres of my life, but also at the end of the week I have endless blank pages in which to write notes and whatever, and then I start the next week's spread wherever that's left off.
Is it a winner? I guess we'll see....
*I do actually have a work journal as well, but it's more for meeting notes and sketching out ideas and other such things and lives on my office desk and is less for day to day planning.