I didn't manage to do this with all the pages I wanted, though. There were some pages which had better memories on the other side, or other pages that had nice journal entries that I wanted to keep. For the sake of those better ones, I kept those 'dark' pages in the journal.
Yet, I didn't want to keep reminding myself of them every time I turned the pages. So I hit on a plan with an old calendar.
I had bought this calendar from Workman Publishing in early 2016.
It's a beautiful calendar with an inspiring message for every day of the week and for months, I kept it on my desk, flipping to see the next message.
Well, obviously the calendar I have is out of date by now, but there were many pieces of artwork inside that I liked very much. So I thought of doing some art journal pages with them over the 'dark' pages in my journal. Why not? Now the pages with the stuff that was better forgotten would be papered over with some better-looking art.
And so the first page I did in this style is as seen below:
(That's my weekly journal on the right, kindly ignore 😅)
I guess you could call it cheap craft therapy, a way to be creative, forget the bad and replace them with better new messages for the future. It's easy enough to do with the calendar but if you don't, there are tons of inspirational messages being shared freely on Facebook or Pinterest. You can always print one out and paste it down and decorate it with washi tape or the embellishments of your choice.
And trust me, definitely cheaper than therapy.
Credits:
Workman Publishing prints other calendars besides this one and they also have a selection of books too. You can check them out at this handy link here.
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