A few months ago I was introduced to world of Bible journaling that has spiraled off from the whole “adult coloring” trend. Having already tried the adult coloring thing, I found the that the beautifully illustrated Bible verses spoke to me far more than just coloring random patterns had. I bought one almost immediately and loved as much as I thought I would. This opened up the whole Bible journaling community to me, and I found myself quite often scrolling through the Bible journal hashtag on Instagram for, well, a long time. Not only was I fascinated by other people’s versions of the same verse I had colored the day before, I admittedly felt a little smug, because suddenly I was one of those people posting these beautifully colored pictures. At least, by my own estimation. You see, I’m not what you would call artsy fartsy by any stretch of the imagination. And I think that’s why I’m drawn to these coloring books, I mean, it’s like color-by-number for grown ups. (Real confession: I’ve actually looked at a couple of people’s IGs and copied the colors they used on their pages because I loved them so much!) See, so not artsy…
After spending a while browsing these Bible journaling IGs it was a pretty quick segue into this whole planning phenom that seems to be going on right now. Do you know what I’m talking about? Just search the hashtag planneraddict and see what comes up. I was blow away. I guess women are spending their free time using stickers (Oh the stickers), washi tape, and various other bits and pieces to decorate their daily planners. Hmmm, okay then. As previously stated above, I love pretty things, pretty pictures. I love the whole hand lettering trend going on right now and obviously, to each her own. If you want to spend hours putting stickers on a planner, you do you! 
Confession number two: I bought a planner. Isn’t it cute? As busy-ish mom, who sometimes works, sometimes keeps a regular workout schedule, homeschools ect. I thought it was pretty necessary. And yeah…maybe just maybe I got wrapped up in the whole panner addict world, but gosh they are all just so pretty!
Anyone want to guess what mine looks like on the inside? Well, I’m currently not brave enough to post an actual pic, but guess what? There’s not a sticker in sight. It’s all written in the same color ink *gasp* and it’s mostly scribbles. Yep, I don’t even have the time to even write in my prettiest handwriting. Not that I actually have pretty handwriting.
So here were go, heavy life metaphor from something mundane because that’s my jam when I overthink everything. I don’t care that my planner isn’t beautiful, it’s messy and scribbled in. Lived in. Pretty much like my life. When I go back over my week and look back on playdates with friends, ballet rehearsals and baseball practices, miles logged or not logged, I feel satisfied. It’s full. Full of the blessings given to me by God. I don’t need stickers.
Confession 3: Now I totally want stickers…maybe I can cover some of the scribbles with stickers?!
LIfe in Scribbles 