Ok...I'm really hoping this is the last time I post about this because I'm starting to annoy myself lol. I've gone back to an old note book that had maybe four pages written on (thankfully in pencil, but was a pain in the ass to erase).
I've decided I'm not going to be fancy about my book. I'm not going to do fancy decorations, fancy embellishments, creative fonts, colors, etc. My book is going to be about as basic as I can because at this point I'm never EVER going to create my book the way I want to. It's just not in the budget (and the creative outflow has way too many leaks).
My book I bought years ago. It's a rather thick, purple vinyl book with one silver book mark. I'm writing it out in pencil (I know a lot of people cringe at the thought of using a pencil because it can be hard to see in candle light, but frankly I don't work solely by candle light; I always have an over head light on), merely because when I make a mistake it's easier to erase it than to use white-out.
The only embellishments I'm adding to my book are some imagery that I'm printing off the computer. I have a history section, and it's including semi-historic photos. I'm also going to print off symbols to paste in appropriate places as I write, but like I said, it's going to be VERY basic, and nothing more than words.
I would love nothing more than to have as fancy a book as I see many people make out there, and show off on videos and in pictures, but it seems my creative forces are waning to nothing. I'm to the point where I just want a practical book, not something fancy. I just want the information that I can look up when I need it, as opposed to a book that's all antique and fancy like.
I may upload a pic or video of it later, but right now, it's in the very beginning stages and I've only added my history section (and right now it's just a bunch of words, I haven't put the pictures in yet). I have a LOT more information that needs to go into it yet before I show it off.
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**UPDATE**
This project is going a lot faster than I thought it would. I'm just not caring anymore about how it looks, not trying to make the letters picture perfect, not worrying about every little detail, I'm actually enjoying what I'm doing.
It's funny...a lot of the information I put into my book...if i were to write it down on an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper, I'd finish half the page, then put it aside for weeks on end, never finishing it...now I have 27 pages done. I'm so proud of myself. Naturally I'll worry about any kind of embellishment if I want later, but for now, I love how it's going...I almost can't wait to start working on it again.
I've finally just relaxed about the whole damned thing. I still get anxiety and apprehension about a few small things (like information on the pentagram, there's some other sources I wanted to include in there, but I'm not going to worry about it, and include it later on in the book).
I think that's my whole problem why I have so many half-filled books...my anxiety about putting more information in later that I think is important. I forget that not everything has to go together, and that it can indeed be a chaotic book. I can flip through the pages, make book marks, add flags if I need to. I have to realize that I have to STOP being so obsessive-compulsive about this book. It's not how it looks that's important but the information it contains!!!
It feels so good to just let loose about it. I promise, a little later I'll do a small video and show it off (because really, I'm not superstitious about it).
OH...By the way, this is my inspiration for the "relax and stop being obsessive-compulsive" attitude. I've never watched her videos before but her book certainly inspired me to stop worrying
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z63G49t7PA
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