Today The Next Chapter‘s adventure through Wreck this Journal draws to a close. What an amazing time it has been. Full of laughter and barrier-breaking creativity! Here are some of the things that I’ve learned along the way.
What I’ve learned from Wreck this Journal…
- Shaking up your habits opens up your heart and let’s the creativity out.
- Some things that start out looking like a big mess end up looking pretty damn cool. And some don’t.
- Don’t let your art supplies languish in your cupboard. Let them come out and play.
- What you think is going to be embarrassing might actually be a great conversation starter!
- It’s fun and exciting to just TRY something. Anything. Just try it. See what happens.
- It takes bravery to step out of the box but when you do, ooh, it tastes like freedom.
- Adventure buddies are the bomb!
- There’s room to go much, much bigger!
- It’s awesome to laugh loud and long.
- I like the word awesome.
- Creativity will not be contained. If you let it loose in one are of your life, there’s bound to be spillover.
- Letting go of the result opens up a world of possibilities.
- Creating memories is a beautiful, beautiful thing.
- We are all magnificently unique.
- We carry around rules in our head that are outdated, irrelevant and counterproductive. Those dusty old rules are just waiting to be broken!
- For me, it’s about the experience, the unique deliciousness of this particular moment.
- Life lives in the unexpected.
- People are aching to come alive.
I have loved each precious moment of the Wreck this Journal adventure. It’s been a powerful invitation to our wild, playful, brave and creative spirits. May we continue to tear, rip, shred, colour, drip, throw, splash, cut, glue and giggle our way to creative freedom!
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Wow – you’ve done some amazing wreckage! It’s amazing how beautiful wreckage can be.
i adore those feathers! and glass bubbles..you rock Ms Jamie!!I have no better word than AWESOME!! it;s been fun, inspirational and enlightening. I thank you and all the participants.. I have been thoroughly introduced to the AWESOME world of creative bloggers
Great wrecking Jamie! again thanks so much for doing this. I just love your sewing page, so colourful and beautiful!
I just feel the same about this. Thanks for sharing and thank for being such a wonderful groupleader.
CU
I watched that montage with a huge grin on my face the whole time, and then after a while, I got a little teary too, even tho I was still grinning. Your journal is so full, it reminds me of you and how big you seem to live, and inspires me to live a little bit bigger too.
love this and all the beautiful artwork you created in your journal. The sewing page is gorgeous! AS are so many others. Thanks for leading us all on this wonderfully amazing and enlightening journey! I am looking forward to the next one!
haha…should just be MELINDA….hee hee
I’m ooing and ahhing all the way through the slideshow then when I get to the list – it’s yes, yes, me too!
I think I identify most though with:
■Creativity will not be contained. If you let it loose in one are of your life, there’s bound to be spillover.
■Letting go of the result opens up a world of possibilities.
Thanks Jamie. It’s been fantastic. A real eye- and heart-opener.
Big smiles
Lisa
LOVE the parting shot on profile from the end of your journal – how troooooooly, truly RICH your journal is. I first became interested in journaling upon reading a book called “Leaving a Trace” a few years ago. IMAGINE when the day comes and someone finds your ‘trace’ left behind in WTJ!! WOWEEEE! And the music accompanying your video was precisely perfect! (got to admit – my biggest surprise was the quantity of bottles of nail polish you have – lol)
So Sorry I missed the the call!
Sounds like it was a good one.
Maggie has an ear infection and I had to take her to the doctor.
I am excited to hear about the new book!
XO,
Melba
Dearest Jamie
Working on tnc-wtj has been the most fun!
You have been very inspiring.
Thank you so much.
xx
I absolutely love this vid of your wrecking journey! I loved getting to see the progression of it being all perfect into perfectly wrecked and uniquely yours. Beautiful wreckage Jamie, and awesome song selection… I particularly like the line “Why do you stay in jail when the door is wide open”. Very good question!
This has been a great adventure for me to. You are such an inspiration for all of us. Your journal is beautiful! Thank you for doing this.
Thank you for being such wonderful facilitator to such fun activity. You have inspired each one of us and YOU’RE A WRECK STAR!!! :)
i have had such an amazing experience. thank you so much for what you do and for who you are!! btw, your sewing page is AMAZING!!
Jamie, I just love what your journal has become. It’s like you started out with a book and ended up with something alive, like a bird!
I enjoyed this journey so much. Thanks for the opportunity to play along.
Despite the fact that my journal ran away from home without permission, I had a great time with everyone.
Maybe now that everything is officially ‘over’ my journal will return home with great stories of its own….
I can’t wait for the next journey to begin and I look forward to sharing it w everyone.
Thank you so much for all that you do, Jamie. :-)
Jamie,
I think I commented on Vimeo but will do so again anyways. I loved the montage and seeing all your pages again. This sure was a fantastic undertaking and I loved doing it with you and all the group members. What an amazing group of women we all are….
Kate
You journal is so rich and big and full of life, texture and color!
Thank you so very much for this wonderful adventure! It has been a joy!
WOW!!
That video is sooo beautiful!
What fun! I really enjoyed the video of your pages. I don’t think mine is nearly as thick as yours, but I think they could be sisters :) It’s still so hard to imagine that when I bought this book for me to do – because I was feeling a bit stifled – that I’d end up meeting this fantastic group of women. I really think this is exactly what my summer needed. Thanks again and again.
Kristin – The Goat
Aw, a week later. I missed the close of WTJ because my computer crashed. But now I have my new computer and now I can watch your vimeo videos. So that’s cool
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