Today is the first day of school for so many people. I'm a little bit envious. So much excitement. Clean notebooks. Favorite outfit. The only day of the year when you are not tired when the alarm goes off and instead jump out of bed to start making your hair look right. The day when you really only want toast for breakfast to settle your stomach. You actually enjoy packing your lunch. You walk into every class hopeful about who might be there. You listen to the teacher and decide if this is going to be a class that requires a lot of meaningful effort or if this will be one that you just get to skate by in. Your homework is to read chapter one and write an essay about who you are in less than 200 words (or maybe now its 140 characters.) You carefully add it into your planner.
Day one feels so clean and new. As if anything can and will happen.
What if today was day one? For you, not just your kids or your younger brother who is starting his senior year at USC (love you, Robbie. Hold on tight, it will fly.) How would having a clean state, fresh notebook, & high expectations change your Monday?
My hair would look better right now, for one thing.
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Two more things :
I typed up a small post with tips for creating a book like my digital engagement book. It can be found here.
I went through my "box of inventory" yesterday and added just a few kits, some SALE letterpress cards, and a few prints that just needed to be re-listed to the shop.
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Have a good Monday.
