Snapshot Journal: What I’m Doing Currently

I wanted to try a new kind of blog post where I create a list showing a snapshot of what I’ve been doing lately. I’m recording what I’ve been enjoying to celebrate the little things and practice gratitude.

This list is partly drawn from this blog post by Gillian Parlane about documenting and remembering the little things. I’ve been reading her blog after enjoying her TED Talk: Change Your Closet, Change Your Life.

My snapshot journal is also partly inspired by what I’m learning about neuroplasticity and health. (I might share about this in a future post…)

I’ve added some categories of my own, which I might adjust, adding or subtracting as I get a feel for what I most want to record.

This could be seen as an evolution of my List of Little Joys posts or gratitude journaling, which I fell out of the habit of doing and have been wanting to start again.

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I think switching things up and recording things in a different format will help keep this practice novel.

I love writing and reading these kinds of lists, so I hope this is an interesting post for you too! I find they help me reflect on what I’m enjoying and help me be more intentional about finding time for fun as well as goal setting. It’s also really helpful to pause and see what I’m grateful for and notice what’s good about my life. This has been an especially challenging season of chronic illness, so I think this will be a helpful practice.

I hope this inspires you to start a snapshot list of your own. If you give it a try, let me know in the comments!

Snapshot Journal April/May 2023

Reading
I’m especially enjoying celebrating spring in a new way with this poetry collection:
A Poem for Every Spring Day edited by Allie Esiri
Pat of Silver Bush by L. M. Montgomery
Prayer by Timothy Keller

Eating
I’ve recently been able to try three new foods (no small feat with allergies) and I’m obsessed:
Coco loco bars
Veggie chips
Daiya pizza

Watching
Rennervations
Studio Ghibli movies (Favorite so far: The Secret World of Arrietty)
Clone Wars
Mia Maples on Youtube
Darling Desi on Youtube

Listening
Harry Styles
Sleepcasts to help my insomnia (via a free trial of the Headspace app)

Podcasts
The Lost Life of the Heart (Wild at Heart)
When Life Implodes with Dr. Ginevra Liptan (Fibromyalgia Podcast)

Wearing
Striped dress (which I seem ripped the uncomfortable elastic waist out of)
Dark Red skirt
I seem to be especially drawn to dark blue and coral lately

Accomplishments
Starting my second embroidery project (here’s the first!)

Decluttering
I’m starting with tshirts in my closet
My desk (the number of sticky notes got out of hand!)
Tags (I’m seam ripping anything irritating off my clothes. I usually remove tags, but some items have escaped my seam ripper.)

Planning
Spring activities
Halloween costume (I know, I know, but I’ve had mine planned a year in advance the last two years, so thinking this far ahead is normal for me!)

Needing
New sunglasses to replace my scratched pair (so I can then get my old glasses repaired)

Wanting
A cherry tree start
Red Wigs

Learning
Gimp (I no longer have Photoshop so I’ve been watching tutorials for fun)

Enjoying
Sunshine
Chocolate cake

Bible Reading
Exodus

Bible Memorization
I’m going to start trying to memorize a Bible verse every week or so.
“I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.” Psalms 27:13

So there is my Snapshot Journal!
What have you been up to lately? What categories would you add to this list?