I can’t believe I’m doing this.  I’m quoting the movie, The Notebook.  As I was looking at the newest journal I have created and wondering how to best introduce you to it, all I could think of was The Notebook.

It’s near the end of the movie.  Allie and Noah are standing outside of his house next to her car.  Her fiance knows about the two of them.  She’s flustered and worried about what her fiance will say and what he wants.  She’s worried about what her parents want.  She’s worried about what everybody else thinks.

“Damn it, Allie,” Noah says.  ”Quit worrying about everyone else.  What do you want?  What do YOU WANT?”

And what about you?  What do you want?

When you really get down to it, that’s a really tough question.  Following your heart – and knowing what your heart is whispering! – is really hard.  We get so caught up on the shoulds and woulds and what everyone else wants (or what we think they want).  I’ve learned that really what most people truly want is for you to find happiness.  That happiness has to come from deep within your heart.

And that’s what this journal is all about:

{I Follow my Heart} ~ Personal Insight Journal

Be the poet, and document what your heart is telling you in this mini book. The writing prompts will guide you.  Poetry isn’t “something that rhymes”.  Poetry is the things of the heart.

I deeply believe that listening to our inner voice – the one that holds our hearts – is nudging us.  We just have to open up to listen to it.  I would have loved having this journal fresh out of college, when I felt lost and unsure on the outside.  A dream college, teenage, or unemployment gift?  Oh yes please.

The cover is deliciously 100% recycled.  And the papers inside are recycled, too.  (The white is 100% recycled; the pink is 30%.)

I can’t get enough of the punched-out heart on the cover.  It feels almost like a peek into the soul of this journal.

{I Follow my Heart} ~ Personal Insight Journal

So you know what the question is now, right?  What do YOU WANT?