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9 Motivational Shakespeare Quotes for Your Planner

May 2, 2019 Leave a Comment

9 Motivational Shakespeare Quotes for Your Planner + Bonus Quotes

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To celebrate “Talk Like Shakespeare Day” on April 23rd, the April Instagram Challenge consisted of a few favorite Shakespeare quotes. Who knew that Shakespeare was also a motivational speaker? Woven into his tragedies and comedies, you find snippets of inspiration for every day – find a few of my favorite Motivational Shakespeare Quotes + some of my other favorites below.

I know I’m not the only quote geek in the planner world, so I wanted to share a few of the motivational quotes I revisited recently. It’s fun to use quotes in your planner or for practice if you’re working on penmanship or learning how to letter. That’s what I did in April!

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Add Quotes for Motivation & Handlettering Practice

I find that adding quotes to my planner reminds me to slow down and remember what’s important to me. A bonus is practicing my lettering!

Throughout April, I used many of these quotes to develop my pointed pen techniques. If you’re just getting into the world of lettering, a pointed pen is usually a pen with a removable tip called a nib that you dip in ink. Similar to what they did in the times of Shakespeare. Comparable to brush pens, you can get beautiful thick and thin lines.

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I feel that writing with a pointed pen is so therapeutic. Some people love the sound of a scratchy nib on paper as they write. What I love is the way the page feels after I write and the ink is dry. The dried ink leaves a raised texture on the paper. And I love it.

I prefer an oblique pen to a straight pen with a nib. (See ‘forever and a day’ picture above.) All I have is a simple one, right now. I’d love to buy a fancy one someday soon. Once you get the hang of pressing down for thick lines and lifting for thin lines, the words become mesmerizing. When I created the Mother Theresa Printable a few months ago, I kept blobbing the ink on the first two lines. After I got past those lines, I was finally able to write the entire thing, and it was so incredibly satisfying!

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Sometimes it takes several tries to get it the way you want it. As you can see above, it took me quite a few tries to write “to thine own self be true” with a glass nib pen. Learning & messing up is just part of the process.

Pointed Pen vs. Brush Pens

I find that the technique for using a pointed pen translates back and forth for brush pens and pointed pens. You press harder when you want a thick stroke, and use the tip of the pen/nib for thin strokes. If you need some fantastic quotes to try with your brush pens or pointed pen, try some Shakespeare.

Everything feels fancier when you write Shakespeare’s words. ~Tricia @ Chocolate Musings. In case you’re wondering, that’s an original quote by me. You could put that in your planner too if you wanted.

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Here are a few Motivational Shakespeare Quotes to include in your planner:

All That Glitters is Not Gold. – The Merchant of Venice

Be not afraid of greatness. (You could end it right there if you wanted – but it continues)

Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. – Twelfth Night

Nothing will come of nothing. – King Lear

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This above all: To thine own self be true. – Hamlet

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. – All’s Well That Ends Well

No legacy is so rich as honesty. – All’s Well That Ends Well

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It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. – Julis Caesar

Be great in act, as you have been in thought. – King John

We know who we are, but know not what we may be. – Hamlet

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All of these quotes remind me to pursue amazing things in my life, but the last one is a distinct reminder never to forget where I genuinely want to go and not to sell myself short. Which one is your favorite? Let me know in the comments below! I’d also love to hear if you have a different favorite quote!

Bonus Quotes

I couldn’t stop there. Some of my favorite Shakespeare quotes wouldn’t classify as motivational, but some words speak powerfully to me, and I want to share them with you.

  • Forever and a day. – Taming of the Shrew (I added a twist to this one, too)
  • The course of true love never did run smooth. – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
  • If music be the food of love, play on. The Twelfth Night
  • What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. – Romeo and Juliet
  • They do not love that do not show their love. – Gentlemen of Verona
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I want to paint the quote ‘forever and a day’ above my bed on my wall. Not now, but when we move. I’m secretly making plans for the new house we will eventually buy, and collecting quotes is definitely part of that plan! I think instead of just saying ‘forever and a day’ I would paint “I will love you forever and a day.”

Which ones would you include in your planner or on your wall?

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My Muses #3: Favorite Reasons for Habit Tracking & May Mid-Month Habit Check

May 17, 2018 1 Comment

Favorite Reasons for Habit Tracking, Creating Habits & Favorite Quotes for My Habit Tracker

I’m going to combine two topics this week. Usually, I post a mid-month habit-check for my accountability and hopefully providing a little inspiration for you too! I decided to combine My Muses (favorites) with my habit check this month. Here are a few of my favorite reasons for habit tracking, creating habits, and favorite quotes to use in my habit tracker.

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-Gretchen Rubin

Why I Track My Habits

Every month I post my progress on forming habits. To date, I think I’ve posted just one true habit success story- “dishes aren’t a dirty word anymore” (FYI, it’s still a success). Other than that at a glance and in comparison to other’s progression, my habits seem to go nowhere.  Just looking at the data, there’s little progression. But that’s not how I see it. I’m still trying, and that makes all the difference. I know I am trying to make a positive change in my life. This is why I track my habits. We manage what we monitor – one of my favorite chapters from Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin. To paraphrase: monitoring doesn’t require change but often leads to it.

Forming habits is an ongoing proecess

I know I write a lot about not making improvements or lack of progress, the truth is: creating a habit is hard. If it were easy, there wouldn’t be more than 30,000 books on Amazon with the word ‘habit’ in the title (with more added all the time). I’ve read a few, and many have helped me in my journey here are a few of my favorites:

Other Habits in “the Works”

Right now I am working on decluttering my house using the KonMari method, and if that’s not a change of habits, I don’t know what is. If I don’t change my shopping habits, I could end up where I was before I started. And I never realized how much stuff I have! Getting rid of it is exhilarating and completely exhausting, but what’s more amazing to see the other members of my family follow my lead, that payoff is thrilling.

If habits weren’t hard to create or break, there wouldn’t be a need to track them. (Do a search on Habit Tracking at Pinterest – it’s a fun rabbit hole – I’ve got a board dedicated just to tracking with all kinds of tracking ideas). Round, Square, linear, weekly, box grid, dots, patterns, there’s a lot of variety in tracking methods.

Percentage calculator for monthly habit trackers

Success Rate Percentages

Want to figure percentages in your habit tracker at the end of a month? I’ve done the calculations for you, so you can quickly jot down how you did.

Gretchen Rubin says in her book Better Than Before, “It’s simple to change habits, but it’s not easy”. And I couldn’t agree more!

The principle of getting up at 5:30 in the morning is simple, and the reason is genuine. It’s so I can have some much-needed time to think, write, and read before the chaos of the morning starts, but getting up at the appointed time is difficult. Well, as you can see below (personal #5), I’ve not succeeded in many instances (just once so far this month). I keep it on my habit tracker because I want to form this habit, even though I know I am not ready to commit to the actions needed to create the pattern (yet).

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One thing I love on my habit tracker is a good quote. January 2018 featured one of my favorites – Sometimes it’s the Journey, not the speed.

Habit Tracker Quotes

Here are some other great quotes for your habit tracker. I love finding inspirational quotes from Brainy Quote. Goodreads surprised me with a fun quote database. If you’re on twitter, check out @Inspire_us for some great and inspirational quotes, they influence my feed for good.

I hope you’ve enjoyed a snippet of my inspiration my favorite reasons for habit tracking and some resources I enjoy using on a regular basis. If you have any resources you use, drop me a line below in the comments! I’d love to hear about them.

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Question:

What’s your favorite quote to use in your habit tracker?

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~Tricia

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A Christmas Story Bullet Journal Theme

November 26, 2017 6 Comments

Do you love holiday movies? I have a few favorites that I love to watch every Christmas season. A Christmas Story is one that I enjoy, it’s lighthearted and even more applicable now that I have kids. I had to try using A Christmas Story as a Bullet Journal theme.

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I’m a fan of themes in my bullet journal. I love to change the colors, doodles, and style month-to-month. It’s a fun challenge to take elements from a favorite movie, such as A Christmas Story, and weave them into your bullet journal throughout the month.

If you’re looking for a way to add a little fun to your holiday spreads, here are some ideas you can apply to your bullet journal themes. I decided to highlight different scenes of A Christmas Story throughout the month.

Other Ways to Dress-Up the Bullet Journal Theme:

  • sprinkle handlettered-titles throughout the month
  • add a few snowflake mandalas
  • paint with markers, plus a little sparkle from shimmer watercolor paints
  • and add iconic memories from the movie
  • include some well-placed quotes from the film

Here are a Few Hilarious One-Liners and Classic Scenes from A Christmas Story:

  • Pink bunny costume
  • The Fragile Lamp (and the enormous box it came in)
  • Flag pole and frozen tongue
  • Broken glasses
  • Decoding in the Bathroom
  • Changing the Tire
  • Christmas Dinner at the Restaurant
  • Santa at the Department Store
  • Bullies
  • A+++++++++/C+

If you’ve seen the movie, images of the scenes probably popped into your head, and hopefully, left a gigantic smile on your face.

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How to Start Making a Themed Bullet Journal

When creating a movie-themed bullet journal month, list your favorite scenes or iconic moments to determine what you want to include. Then distill those scenes into a few elements that tell the story without having all the details.

Tips When Creating a Themed Bullet Journal Spread

Something to remember when creating a themed bullet journal for the month or even just a single spread: you don’t have to create an entire scene. Use classic pieces from the story to create a fun theme. Such as fonts from the opening title, famous one-liner quotes from the movie, iconic line-drawing illustrations of memorable scenes (like the leg lamp) all create a unique interpretation of the story.

Leave yourself space for to-dos and appointments, especially during a busy holiday month. However, if you get carried away with graphics, don’t be afraid to write over your illustrations. After all, I created it in a notebook intended as my planner. If you can’t bring yourself to write over the doodles, then keep your theme illustrations to the side margins, so you have plenty of space to work in your bullet journal.

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Here are the theme elements I used in my bullet journal – A Christmas Story:

  • Opening movie title font & wreath – Welcome Page
  • Santa’s List, C+ grade, and Little Orphan Annie Decoder – Monthly Log
  • “I can’t put my arms down” illustration – Habit Tracker.

To enhance the theme, I chose a different “A Christmas Story” component or each of the weeks in my bullet journal during the month:

  • Movie quote & pink bunny pajamas
  • Leg Lamp + Fra-gi-le Box
  • I double-dog dare you flag pole
  • Official Red Ryder Outfit & Cracks in Glasses
  • Whoopie! A Zeppelin! & Oooooooh Fuuuuuuudge!
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A Christmas Story Bullet Journal Theme: Welcome Page

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You don’t have to create the movie title exactly in your bullet journal. Use the font as an inspiration for your own title. In this case, I wrote ‘Hello December in the recognizable font used in A Christmas Story.

In case you’re wondering, the title font is ITCBookman Swash. I found the font on a couple of websites:
Fontsgeek.com
Myfonts.com – this one has a great resource called “what the font.” Use it if you need to identify a particular font.

Side note: if you use a font in graphics to sell or anything other than personal use, make sure you have the commercial license for that font.

Trace the font or freehand draw it into your journal. Pay particular attention to the special extras a font has. In this case, the swashes (like the curl on the H, D, m, and r) are an essential part of this font.

Change it up! Use Movie Quotes to Enhance Your Theme

Incorporate quotes into your bullet journal theme. Luckily, A Christmas Story’s script is chock-full of U short quotes.

Infamous scenes like the pink bunny outfit or leg lamp are so memorable partially due to the comedic one-liner quotes like: “Aunt Clara had for years labored under the delusion that I was not only perpetually 4 years old, but also a girl.” And “he looks like a deranged Easter Bunny” immediately brings to mind the pink bunny costume scene.

Elements from the Theme

You don’t have to create elaborate layouts for a theme. I drew a starburst shape on Ralphie’s glasses on the main illustration for this weekly layout. Then repeated the starburst shape marking each of the days.

What are some other quotes from A Christmas Story would you use?

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Plan With Me Videos

Watch the playlist with all the plan with me videos for this December’s Bullet Journal Set up.

Bullet Journal Theme: A Christmas Story

I have to tell you what fun I had with this ‘A Christmas Story’ Theme in my bullet journal. Using shapes to represent the hole in Ralphie’s glasses, the Fragile box, leg lamp, and other subtle nods made this theme even more delightful.

If you were to use A Christmas Story Theme in your bullet journal, what other items would you use? For instance, the little brother’s scarf could be a mood/habit tracker. What else would you do?

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Life is Happening Now – Layout Your Planner To Keep it on Track

November 9, 2017 2 Comments

Life is Passing by so Fast! Keep Life on Track.

Ah yes. November is zipping by. November is great here in the states because the focus seems to shift to gratitude. A whole month dedicated to gratitude. And food.  But it really is a nice time to reflect on the year gone by.

One thing I am thankful for – my planner. It keeps my life on track because I don’t just watch it pass by. I may seem like I have my nose stuck in my planner all day; but in reality, I plan at night when the kids are in bed as my creative release. My planner actually reminds me to put down my phone and have ‘kid time’ and enjoy their moments.

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If We Could Just Pause Time

My husband was talking to my two oldest children – they were trying to both climb on his lap. He told them that they were getting so big that they weren’t going to fit anymore and he would like for them to stop growing up right now.  Needless to say, the 6 and 8-year-old were not agreeable to that notion. They look forward to all the things in their life. They have so many possibilities to look forward to! But as their parents, we know that this time is all too fleeting.

I included ‘kid time’ as part of my habit trackers. This has spurred me to play outside with them, invent games, read with them, I remember to put my phone down and live in the moment as their childhood flits by. I am not missing it and for that I am grateful.

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Weekly Spread Design

I created this layout in kind with the other weeks in November. Minimal with a lot of white space. The 12×12 boxes seem to work well when I want enough room to plan for each day’s activities and still leaves ample space for doodling or writing in between. The extra box on the bottom right is just for symmetry. Last week I was all about the asymmetry. This week, the rows are nice and even and very symmetrical.

One thing I would do differently if I were to use this spread again – is I would start with Monday and label the days across the two pages to Thursday then start with Friday under Monday. Instead of Wednesday underneath Monday (see the picture versus the digital measurements below). I think it would flow better. It’s what I get for doing a ‘Plan With Me Video’. Sometimes on video things are not as clear as they would be when it’s just you planning. View the video here in the monthly setup post.

I enjoy these weekly layouts, just like I am enjoying life right now.

Guess what?

Life is happening now. And I am not letting it just pass me by. I am enjoying every moment.

I hope you remember to plan your life so you live beautifully and don’t let life pass you by either.

~Tricia

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Mid-Month Habit Check – October

October 17, 2017 4 Comments

Need some re-motivation in the middle of the month? Do a Mid-Month Habit Check.

In a habit slump? Do a mid-month habit check to reignite your motivation

I started doing a mid-month habit check a couple of months ago. The beginning of the month I am completely motivated and know that I am going to conquer all of my desires and do all the things. Well, that’s what I intended to do anyway. By the middle of the month, it seems that I have lost steam and I need a boost of motivation.

So the middle of the month, I do a quick assessment of my habits which re-motivates me to keep going to the end of the month. I find this 5-minute assessment does wonders for reigniting the flame that I felt at the beginning of the month.

Questions to ask yourself for re-motivation:

Once I reassess where I am, I spend a couple of minutes thinking of what motivated me in the first place.

I ask:

  • Why did I start this habit?
  • What is the end goal?
  • Do I need to change the time of day for this habit?

A little meditation goes a long way.

Make a Change & Get It Done:

If I find a neglected habit, it probably means that I am not planning for it or I am letting other ‘fluff’ get in the way – things that don’t really matter occupy the time that I would spend on that habit. So I need to refocus and eliminate some of that fluff. If I need to move the habit to the beginning of the day, I do it.

For instance, the I’ve neglected the Show Me Your Letters habit this month. Last month, I missed maybe one day. This month so far, I’ve missed 7 of 17.

Supercharge your habits:

If you notice at the end of this tracker, I have numbers and a blank column on the right side. Th blank column is for the end of the month and I will calculate the percentage of days that I completed that habit. The other column that already has numbers recorded shows how many days of the month I completed the last month. For instance, the show me your letters had 23 days of September that I completed that habit. If I put it as a priority for the rest of the month, I could still meet or beat that number from last month.

I created a post a couple of months ago to “Super-Charge Your Habit Tracker” that talks more about these columns in the habit tracker. You can read it here.

I created a percentage chart so you don’t have to figure it out. Pin for reference later! In October, you would use the 31 days column to figure your percentages. At the end of the month, count the number of days you completed a habit. For instance – if your total days completing a habit was 21, and the month had 31 days, your percentage would be 68%.

For instance – if your total days completing a habit was 21, and the month had 31 days, your percentage would be 68%.

Calculating the percentage helps me really see if I need to change the time of day for that habit if I need to move it to the morning or evening. I love seeing the real numbers so I can give that habit a ‘grade’.

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Two Categories of Habits:

I actually have two categories of habits that I track. It’s not indicated anywhere except in my mind.

  1. Habits I am actively trying to pursue, and usually the ones I spend the most time on.
  2. Habits I am assessing  – these are ‘test subjects’ if you will – things I want to include in my life and are important, I just may not have set goals for them yet.  These will most likely become the next set of habits I am actively trying to pursue. Maybe they need a little tweaking, or I need to plan them into my day. It’s like they are getting a trial run on my habit tracker.

Doing a mid-month habit check has been a great ‘habit’ to start, and it gives that extra boost of motivation for the last half of the month.

**Do you do anything during the month to re-motivate yourself? I’d love to hear your thoughts and ideas in the comments below.

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