This year I’m participating in Ali Edwards’ One Little Word workshop. My word is “enough.” All of my OLW posts are here.
This month’s prompt was to create 9 “I am” cards and fill them in. Ali recommended taking some time to really think about what to write…but I must admit I chose the totally opposite tactic. I sat down and wrote the first 9 things that came into my head, which in the end, worked a lot better for me. Less pressure to say the “right” thing, more freedom to just capture what is really running through my brain.
As a result, I ended up with a little bit of everything in there plus sort of an all-encompassing statement in the middle (and a blue arrow sticker courtesy of Emma that I didn’t notice before taking this photo).
I did struggle a bit with my word this month. As I’ve gotten into the 5-6 month mark of pregnancy and most of my energy has returned, my tendencies to take on a little more than I can handle, set too many goals for myself, and pressure myself to be more “productive” have returned. As I head into June, I need to remind myself to take it easy and relax a bit more.
For the cards themselves, I just took two sheets of cardstock and painted them with Emma’s watercolors — one red/orange/yellow and one green/blue/purple. I ran them through the printer for the “I am” words since I don’t do the stamping that most people do, cut them up, and picked nine of them. It’s super rainbow-y…and I like it.
