This photo marks a huge celebratory moment and turning point for me.

I wish I could explain how HAPPY I am about this.

I've been using the same Molotow brand refillable paint pens since 2011. I replace the nibs, sometimes the internal mechanism breaks and I have to replace a whole pen, but mostly I just refill them.

Until recently, I didn't buy refills very often. Those smaller on the left in the photo would last YEEEEAAARRRSSS. It was only black that I would re-buy, like every 3-4 years.

Last year I got a new black refill in January and it was EMPTY by the middle of December.

That marks my first year using a whole refill of ink within a year.

So this year when I was buying new refills, I noticed that THERE IS A LARGER SIZE (the one on the right in the photo).

In an instant, I went from not even knowing that a larger size existed because the little one lasted me YEEEAAARRRSSS, to realizing that I NEED the larger size so I don't run out because I'd like to journal EVEN MORE this year than last year and I do reach for black more than colours.

(My local art supply store doesn't keep these refills in stock any more, the one I order from Montreal has a $24 flat rate shipping which is a bit much for a $12 refill of ink so I tend to order less often and stock up on things)

THIS IS A CELEBRATION OF SHOWING UP

It doesn't matter what my journaling looks like.

It doesn't matter if the journaling helped me figure out my life and get my shit together.

Nothing matters except that I showed up for myself and my dreams MORE in this measurable way.

I think there are lots of interesting ways to measure when we're not focused on outcomes.

Pages filled.

Hours spent.

Words written.

Since the process of entirely non-leaner there is actually no real way of measuring progress and yet we're all kind of focused on it.

How can we measure and celebrate our PROCESS instead of our PROGRESS?

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