I have been planning this post for so long and I'm thrilled that the time has finally come to sit back, reflect, and relish in the fact that I have been actively journaling for TEN YEARS of my life. In July of 2011 a family friend gifted me my first real journal–a gorgeous lavender piece made from Italian leather. I'd had notebooks and plenty of other "journals" before, but there was something about being entrusted with what I viewed such an "adult" format that inspired my eleven-year-old self … Read more»