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Mid-June Journal and Planner update

Mid-June journaling planner update - my journals on a desk

I sit with my journals and planners and ponder the big questions. Where has June gone? Where is the UK summer? And what have I done with my muse? Answers to any of those questions probably won’t be found in this video.

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How many stories do we have?

How many stories do we have - written over a written story in a book

I’m not just talking about books. I might be though. There are seemingly countless stories on the shelf of a library or bookstore or digital silo. Some are alone, they are the only tale from an author. Others form families, all sired by the same parent.

There are retellings. Boy meets girl, issues, conflicts. The issues will be resolved amicably or not, allowing a story to an end… enabling another to begin. There is the hero myth, the underdog called from obscurity to save the world, worlds, past or future. Each hero has a personal issue to overcome. Each step a variation on a theme.

There are ancient tales retold to new audiences. There are ancient tales with varying degrees of new twists and turns. The more twists the fresher the tale. New audiences require differences in order to relate, again with varying degrees.

We might have just one story. Or one story with many chapters. Or one story with different characters repeated time and time again like an alcoholic returning to a bar.

It might be a story that is too frightening to tell. A story from our past that hides in the shadows of memory. A story we keep hidden because to reveal it would be to acknowledge it, and give it power.

It might be a story that is hidden because we can’t find the words to use. Descriptions and paragraphs and characters elude us. They hide despite us searching with whatever skills and abilities we have at our disposal. They frustrate us as they remain untold, unformed. They skulk out of reach. We know they are there but we cannot form them.

I have stories. Some I want to tell. Some I don’t. Some I will tell. Some I can’t. Some may appear predictable. But appearances can be deceptive.

Never judge a book by its cover.

Never judge a story by its premise.

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New Moon on Monday – pLAnarchy stickers

I was always a Japan rather than Duran Duran person. Always the one who opted for the more obscure alternative (see what I did there?) However, It’s a guilty pleasure that I quite like the song New Moon on Monday. And what a coincidence. There is a new moon today, and today is Monday.

I set-up a page in my Iconic Essay Book and used mainly my planarchy stickers. You can find them here. And here’s the video where I set things up.

My New Moon intentions time is an alternative look at focussing on something for the lunar cycle.

Previously, I have tried to add too much into these rituals. In fact too much in everything I do. So I have tried to trim things… a little. This month is all about the blog.

Regular posting and regular sharing of what I am doing creatively. It’s what I should be doing so just giving it a little boost with this lunar ritual.

I’d love to know if you have any ‘alternative’ ways of planning and achieving your goals, so do let me know in the comments. In the meantime, I have a creative work to do for my next post.

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My journal and planner set-up for June

And so I find myself in June and find myself with some new pages in my journal and planner. Having found myself in such a situation I thought it time for another video. Let’s see how I am planning June.

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Dry – new music on Patreon

Dry is a new song. Something a little bit different from what I usually record. Perhaps a little quirky. You can download it from Patreon and it’s free at the moment, so do hurry if you are interested.

This Temple Eden on Patreon

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