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Words to Live By: A Daily Journal
BLACK WHITE PUBLISHING Words to Live By A Daily Journal Write Your Way to Clarity and Calm ABISBOOK BLACK WHITE PUBLISHING.
384 pages, Hardcover
Published January 28, 2025
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January 19, 2025
A hefty book for a journal but it has really great writing prompt, poetry and quotes throughout and lots of pages for reflections. A fantastic idea
January 3, 2025
An inspirational journal to last a year.
What. A. Book! Words to Live By is brilliant. I love it.
Having been almost broken at times by 2024, setting aside a few minutes each day to write my thoughts in Words to Live By in 2025 already feels like a habit I’m going to want to continue throughout the year. It gives me space to think about me for a short while before the demands of life creep back in. Words to Live By gives status and support to those of us struggling with life, those of us who are already confident, and those, like me, who are aware of journaling but previously had no idea where to begin.
I must first acknowledge the physical attributes of the book. The hardback is weighty. This isn’t a book to slip in your pocket! And that is part of its success. It feels special to pick it up, turn the pages of Words to Live By and realise that the reader – and now writer – has something of quality in their hands that has been designed just for them. Its very weight means it takes time to hold, to turn the pages and to consider. It’s beautifully illustrated in pastel, watercolour shades that feel calming and peaceful. There is plenty of white space to write – to the extent that, although this is a book set over a year, I think it could be used like a five year diary and the reader/writer could return and add to previous entries. Although the months have ‘Day 1’ and so on, they are not allocated a year so you could pick up Words to Live By and start your own reflective writing journey at any point of the year.
Interspersed between the journal space you’ll find encouragement, poetry and supportive words. Quite a bit of the text is in the form of questions so that it feels as if Donna Ashworth is actively listening to the reader/writer, giving them attention and focus they may feel is lacking. I imagine anyone feeling isolated or lonely would be enormously comforted by Words to Live By. I’m finding it is reducing my stress levels considerably.
I confess that in writing this review, I haven’t read all of Words to Live By yet. I’m savouring taking a moment or two of calm and reflection each day, of thinking about what I’m feeling and why, and I’m loving allowing Donna Ashworth to guide me through my year. I have already written a some poetry as a result of Words to Live By and you never know, I might by the end of the year, have the courage to share it via the author’s website.
Words to Live By is a lovely, high quality, book written by someone who genuinely seems to understand humanity and to care about it. It’s also a source of comfort, support and creativity that reminds us we are not simply cogs in the machine of life, but we are important individuals who can be both inspirational and inspired. I think Words to Live By is just what I’ve been looking for and it might be for you too. I really recommend it.
What. A. Book! Words to Live By is brilliant. I love it.
Having been almost broken at times by 2024, setting aside a few minutes each day to write my thoughts in Words to Live By in 2025 already feels like a habit I’m going to want to continue throughout the year. It gives me space to think about me for a short while before the demands of life creep back in. Words to Live By gives status and support to those of us struggling with life, those of us who are already confident, and those, like me, who are aware of journaling but previously had no idea where to begin.
I must first acknowledge the physical attributes of the book. The hardback is weighty. This isn’t a book to slip in your pocket! And that is part of its success. It feels special to pick it up, turn the pages of Words to Live By and realise that the reader – and now writer – has something of quality in their hands that has been designed just for them. Its very weight means it takes time to hold, to turn the pages and to consider. It’s beautifully illustrated in pastel, watercolour shades that feel calming and peaceful. There is plenty of white space to write – to the extent that, although this is a book set over a year, I think it could be used like a five year diary and the reader/writer could return and add to previous entries. Although the months have ‘Day 1’ and so on, they are not allocated a year so you could pick up Words to Live By and start your own reflective writing journey at any point of the year.
Interspersed between the journal space you’ll find encouragement, poetry and supportive words. Quite a bit of the text is in the form of questions so that it feels as if Donna Ashworth is actively listening to the reader/writer, giving them attention and focus they may feel is lacking. I imagine anyone feeling isolated or lonely would be enormously comforted by Words to Live By. I’m finding it is reducing my stress levels considerably.
I confess that in writing this review, I haven’t read all of Words to Live By yet. I’m savouring taking a moment or two of calm and reflection each day, of thinking about what I’m feeling and why, and I’m loving allowing Donna Ashworth to guide me through my year. I have already written a some poetry as a result of Words to Live By and you never know, I might by the end of the year, have the courage to share it via the author’s website.
Words to Live By is a lovely, high quality, book written by someone who genuinely seems to understand humanity and to care about it. It’s also a source of comfort, support and creativity that reminds us we are not simply cogs in the machine of life, but we are important individuals who can be both inspirational and inspired. I think Words to Live By is just what I’ve been looking for and it might be for you too. I really recommend it.
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