Back in 2013, I spent a year writing a daily post on Facebook about what I noticed that day. I called it my “Year of Noticing”.

It was a practice in being present with myself and whatever showed up in my world.

I loved it and many friends practiced alongside me. It created a sweet sense of community and it helped me move through the year with greater self-awareness and less self-judgment.

Fast forward to 2021, the second year of a global pandemic that changed the way we exist in the world. It was a year of increasing political division, here in the US and around the world. The news was bleak. The struggle was real.

I kept feeling the desire to put something simple and tangible into the world. Something that would make me feel like I was adding to the goodness that exists, instead of being pulled under by stress, worry, negativity, and despair.

The result is this little book.

30 days of noticing is a mindfulness journal that invites you to be present to both your inner and outer world. To keep your eyes and your heart open. To stay curious, be kind, and have fun.

Though it’s a simple practice, it is potent.

Spending time every day noticing will move you out of your head and into the moment. It will teach you about your thoughts, feelings, patterns, habits, values, and boundaries, or lack thereof. It will help you see the world around you more clearly. It will help you act instead of react. It has so much potential…for goodness, for growth, for self-acceptance.

While I offer suggestions and guidance, there is plenty of room to make the practice work for you.

You can write words or sentences, poems or stories. You can draw or paint (although I recommend doing that on a sturdier piece of paper and pasting it in).

You get to play.

You get to decide.

The only requirement is to pay attention.

They make a perfect gift for friends, family, employees, clients or yourself.

If you’d like a signed copy, please contact me directly here (scroll down) and I’m happy to do that for you.

If you’d like to order a large quantity (corporate gifts! retreat gift bags! party favors! encouragement for your clients!) or carry them in your indie bookstore, gift store or stationary shop, please reach out.

Available via the publisher here, on Amazon here and on Barnes & Noble here.