The January Journal • An Everyday Checklist

an every day checklist 

✔️ wake up and take Georgia out 🌞🐶

✔️ turn on coffee maker ☕️

✔️ make the bed 🛏 

✔️ sit with morning coffee and journal

✔️ make to-do list 📝

✔️ watch YouTube

✔️ clean something 🧼

✔️ work out 💪🏻 

✔️ shower / morning skincare 🛀

✔️ eat a light breakfast 🍳 

✔️ start work for the day

✔️ play with Georgia 🐶

✔️ run errands 💃🏼

✔️ catch up with friends

✔️ finish work

✔️ make dinner 🥗

✔️ watch current show or movie

✔️ wind down for bed 😮‍💨

✔️ evening skincare 

✔️ night time tea 🍵 

✔️ read current book

✔️ night night 🌝

The January Journal • a poem you wrote

tiny wonder.

it’s finally still. 

there has been a quiet to timing

the smell of eucalyptus fills the air

steam fills the room, encapsulating

my lungs. my entire being. 

I take in a breath

releasing a sigh

releasing the stress

I am safe here.

it is my personal haven

a place to call home 

and I’m seizing this moment

giving a little joy and thankfulness 

to this big win of mine

and it is just that, for the first time in a long time, something that is just mine.

so I take in every tiny wonder

every glimmer of ordinary

I view as a new declaration 

to bathe it in extraordinary 

immersing in my own wonder

my lineage. my line.

my femininity

my own divine

it is mine.

The January Journal • A place I dream of

There are a lot of places I dream of going, and a lot I’d love to go back to- I’d say on my bucket list currently it’s Austin, Texas + Savannah, Georgia + Nashville, Tennessee. Some would be surprised to know I’ve never been up north - the farthest I have made it is DC and a layover in Philly. Take me to Maine to watch them fish lobsters out of the port any day! Let me walk the beach on Rhode Island. Plop me in the middle of Time Square- okay maybe not Time Square per say, maybe a cool underground thrift / vintage shop in Chelsy or Soho sounds more like me. A speak easy recently attended by Leo DiCaprio would also do the trick. I’d also be cool with going out west to see Cali and Portland.

But I’d say the one I’ve found myself day dreaming about recently is New Orleans. And here’s a long list of reasons why. Firstly, all growing up my Gma used to talk about how much she loved visiting. I also believe she lived there for a stint as a child. She has also taken cooking lessons there since being married to my Grandad. The smell of gumbo fills her house when the weather starts to chill. She keeps a Cafè du Monde mug in her cupboard that I gravitate towards for after lunch coffee with dessert. I imagine a time when she sat at that coffeeshop sipping coffee and eating beignets and getting powdered sugar all over her in a very endearing way. I know you can picture it too.

The closest I’ve come to this was a N’Orleans style restaurant in Hillsborough. We went on a Saturday roadtrip date once and shared a French press and had beignets. That was just the taste I needed to wet my appetite for being truly, physically, tangibly there. I can picture the liveliness of the streets filling with musicians and dancers, and people who aren’t even dancers or musicians singing and dancing along because it’s infectious! I want to see the architecture that’s still left standing from Katrina. I want to see the Deco buildings and see the fashion and eat the food and drink the drinks. I want to take a boat cruise! But mostly, I want to sit at that café, following in her footsteps and have coffee and eat messy, fluffy doughy clouds of sugar and sketch strangers who walk by. That sounds really nice right about now.

The January Journal • 2022 Moodboard

I am a BIG BELIEVER in manifesting what you want and then allowing the universe to bring it to you. I must admit, I am a convert. I used to think it wasn’t real or it was lame or cheesy and now I’m like- I will sing and dance and jump up and down on one foot and spin around in circles with my vision board if it means more things come true. I’ve personally experienced several of the things on my board coming to fruition and now I’m all aboard! So, I’ve been making both digital and physical vision / mood boards for the last two years now and I highly recommend doing both! Without further adieu, here is my 2022 moodboard (or at least what would fit in this template I made). I’d love to see yours! I’d also love to know if anything comes true for you.

Another note while I have you- just want to say, the reason why these work is not because you make them and then do nothing. No. That’s not it. Not the answer. If you physically make one and put it somewhere you can see it everyday, you start subconsciously (and consciously) moving in the direction of those dreams and goals and making decisions in alignment ✨ and before you know it- BAM! you’re leveling up and seeing these beauties come to life! So, I’m going to live the life I want and deserve and dream about- and you should to!

xoxo,

CK

The January Journal • things to do more of

These prompts will in no way be in order and who’s to really even say all of them will get done? But I’m starting here and I’m starting and again- I’m here to remind you that’s ALL that matters!

things in my life I want to do more of: as a reflection from last year, these are some things that genuinely brought me joy.

journaling + blogging (obvi)

saving money

working out

training Georgia

morning / evening skincare

becoming good at something new

teaching others my craft

singing and playing my instruments

running

day trips or weekend trips

creating anything

solo dates

tennis

archery

bingo

pool

watching football / learning more about the game, my team and my players

nightly reading in bed with hot tea

hiking + outdoor adventures

card games

belly laughs

clean eating

staying organized

weekly cleaning

interior design / house projects

vintage thrifting and reselling / rehoming

unplugged days and weeks

old movie nights

getting a fresh set of nails

getting all dressed up for me


Looking forward to doing more of these activities in 2022 and making time for the things I love!

ciao for now,

CK