Stephany gave me a One Line a Day five-year memory book in December 2023, and I spent last year filling it out. Now, as I add entries for this year, I get to compare them to last year’s and reflect on how things compare. It’s been fun! This is one of my all-time fave gifts and I love it so much I bought a couple of them to gift this year (and plan to do more in the future!).
So far this year is off to a better start. I wasn’t sick on January 1 like last year and the January 9 work problem I said “better be f*cking resolved next year” is (but it took until last summer! eek!)!
Mostly, I am noticing I started last year with a lot of “first xyz of the year” entries:
- First El Famous visit of the year (on Jan 2 last year… and this year)
- First WWM class of the year (on Jan 3 last year… and this year)
- First INR visit of the year
- First in-office work day
- And so on
Have you done anything this year that made you stop and think, “This is my first time doing that this year”? What was it?
That’s a cool type of journal! I bet that is fun to look back and compare years.
I think I’m still at the point in the new year where I don’t really realize it’s a new year so I haven’t thought much about that! The only constant for me in January is going to visit my brother each year, and I do know that last year I came out on 12/30 (so in 2023) but this year not until 1/10, so I’m out a little later than usual.
That’s a nice tradition and way to start the year! I hope you are having a good visit!
I love my line-a-day. It’s really fun in year five!
Oooo I bet!
Yay! I’m glad you’re enjoying it so much. As you know, I gifted One Line a Day journals to my book club friends and I was so delighted by how much they loved them. I’m on year four of mine and it is SO MUCH FUN to see what I was doing/thinking/feeling in 2022/2023/2024.
It’s such a great gift!
Year four! That’s so exciting! Do you think you will do it again when the 5 years is up?