Y'all. I got a brand new notepad this weekend.

Y'all. I got a brand new notepad this weekend.
Eeeeee! 🤩

Here it is, freshly unwrapped, opened to the first page. Admire its beauty. 😍

Look at that empty page.

Clean slate. Fresh start. New beginning. ✨

For me, a new notebook always feels like an invitation; an opening to so many possibilities.

What will I create? What will my words look like on the page? What ideas will pour from my fingers?

And you know what? I've been yearning to pick up my pen and write by hand more and more these days.

The long hours at the computer typing, zooming, scrolling… I find my brain gets mushy and disconnected.

But the moment I pick up a pen and start writing, it's as if I'm suddenly tethered to the page and solidly grounded in the present.

My thinking slows and focuses, and as the pen slides along the paper, new ideas begin to flow.

So it's moments like this - when I feel the unbridled joy of a new notepad - that I remember to slow down, feel the pen in my hand, and embrace the beauty of possibility.

What about you - what did you create the last time you cracked open a new notebook?