I tried to give it to the intended recipient. I really did. But I couldn't...and neither could my husband, apparently, after he snatched it away from me and shoved it deep into my Christmas stocking!
The day I brought home the Keel's Simple Diary we sat at the dinner table, Em, Heather, and, of course, moi, and we each completed a page. It was deep. It was insightful. It was hilarious. It was obscure.
It was perfection.
It was simply the best diary I have laid eyes on. You still have a log of days but the answers perhaps more illuminating than expected.
For example:
Can you read that? If not go to the Simple Diary site and browse around - you'll find the sample pages.
Another example? Answer these:
Your day was: ( ) a good call. ( ) showtime. ( )a cold shower.
Explain why:
( ) You cope. ( ) You hope. ( ) You dope. ( ) You know.
Let's be spontaneous
This is finally under control:
A secret passion you are dying to share with those who deserve it:
Instant Gratification:
1) Ripping up paper and throwing it in the basket.
2) A vacant elevator standing by, going your way.
3) Slamming someone else's car door.
4) Sneezing.The premise behind Simple Diary is, well, simple - the world is filled with technology, over-saturated in fact - we need to reconnect with our selves. We need simple prompts. We need to dig deeper.
If you have a few extra moments check out the videos on the site - I think you'll be surprised at the diversity of answers to simple prompts such as "say one thing to the world" or "what makes you happy".
I won't lie. I'm really excited to get into my stocking this year!
Text for example and images all via simplediary.com
Note: I was in no way compensated, requested, or otherwise encouraged to tell you about Keel's Simple Diary. Although, honestly, I wish I had some to giveaway to my faithful readers right now because they are that awesome...and if someone had asked me to tell you about them (which they didn't) I would have said the same stuff as above. Well worth the $13-15 investment.
5 comments:
i think i just found another thing I need to add to my wishlist. I love it.
Ooh, I like. It's like a nice version of the "slam" book we used to have in 7th grade!
this is such a sweet and fun spin on journals - love it!
I picked up a copy of my own Keel's Simple Diary, also intending to gift it t someone (I purchase my holiday months in advance). I spent so many weeks looking through it, myself(and even found inspiration for a couple of blog posts), I finally decided I could not gift someone a gift that was no longer new and had been completely read through and try to pass it off as purchased for her. Mine is lime green, which means I either like moss, am a snake, or dislike golf. What did the tangerine mean? Yay1 I'm so happy to see someone else was as smitten with the diary as me!
Yay! Tangerine means I could like sweatpants (don't own any), are distracted (all the time), dislike quiet (mmm, well I DO like music on most of the time sooo, maybe).
It's the best!
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