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Follow Your Heart Planner Vibes

by elinap | Sep 13, 2022

Doodle Notes x 12 (well, 13, really)

Here we are, celebrating 12 years of Mira, wow!

I chose one of my favorite doodles for each year for you (except 2015, when I had to choose two...) and only considered digitally drawn doodles (except for one of the years...), because they represent the original idea—being just doodled up—the best.

Which one is your favorite?

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Doodle Notes 2014

"If I weren't afraid I would..."

What would you do?
Metaphorically

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Doodle Notes 2015

"STRUGGLE = When the ego wants to keep me busy so that I don't follow my heart. ...Well, my heart has all the time in the Universe. She knows that all is well after all and anyway."

What if you stepped back and took a seat?
I bet the ego wouldn't like struggling all by itself...

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"From this moment on: are you inevitably going towards what you want?"
- Marika Borg

"..Despite the struggle(s) you are facing?"

"Do I feel it deep inside?" Mira asked herself and took a moment... to breathe.

"Ha, ahem, of course" Mira gathered herself while the ego was just simply devastated bt Mira's change of mind.

Mira had realized that the struggle she had been in was less important than where she really wanted to be.

And POOF! The ego vanished!

If you really trust that all is well, you are filled with purpose to move forward.

Just trust!

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Doodle Notes 2016

How to create a makeover but still love what you already do, be, and have?

In the morning, I stretch for what I want it to be like.

And in the evening I look around and feel grateful for all the beauty that is.

Inspired by Ann Wilson

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Doodle Notes 2017

How does it feel to be held by the Universe?

- We are one -

This doodle is one of my all-time favorites. When I look at it, it makes my inner child feel safe and comforted. The Universe has my back.

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Doodle Notes 2018

My kinda fun is taking my pencil dancing!

This was a year that I didn't draw digitally at all—my pen was kept dancing all year long.

What is your kinda fun?

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Doodle Notes 2019

You are free to choose!

Even when the ego offers you new fascinating thoughts, it's okay to just ignore them...

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Doodle Notes 2020

Let's keep going even if it's at the speed of a turtle.

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Doodle Notes 2021

"It's YOU I want and not that ego stuff!" Mira exclaims and ditches the egos cardboard version of love...

What are you really after?

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Doodle Notes 2022

When you let the world dictate your life, it goes full steam ahead without asking for your opinions (but weighing tons on your shoulders...).

But when you are in charge of your own life, you can take it at your pace!

And I think the world will enjoy that, too!

Who do you listen to?

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Doodle Notes 2023

"It's me I've been waiting for!" Mira declares.

Do not wait for the world to give you a permission, it's quite comfortable on your piggyback!

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Doodle Notes 2024

"I'll take this with that on the side, please," Mira makes her order and her heart confirms "That's an excellent choice!" as she takes the order.

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Doodle Notes 2025

"It just keeps coming," Mira is fascinated by how love expands when it's shared.

"And there's so much more where that comes from!" her heart rejoices.

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Doodle Notes 2026

This one I have already shared earlier this year, but it never grows old. How many are the times that I have caught myself being too serious, and then just doodled Mira laughing her heart out...

What makes you roll on the floor laughing?

Here's a personal project of mine that I'd like to share with you!

FRESH FROM PRINT---Yay!

For a couple of years, I've created my own planners and have been testing out what works for me. I love to have a customized planner, and this time it's almost the same as my planner for 2021 - Not too many tweaks were needed to be made now, but I did add more illustrations and color this time!

This kind of planner makes it easy for me to get things done, and I love to have it simple, not too many things to fill in, and thin - it's only 96 pages long (measures 21 cm x 21 cm - 8.5" x 8.5") - Focusing on the MOST important thing is really crucial for me, it makes it easy to spiral upward with a feeling of getting things done - When you have only one thing to really get done in a month, in a week, in a day - It's so much easier to accomplish it!

Here's a little overview of the pages:

1. The planner starts with a spread for my why, my vision and the best use of my time - It's good to return to these at the beginning of the year.

2. Next up is a yearly plan, my most important goals, my word for the year, power animal of the year and a card I pull for the year. Then on the next page is room for dreaming of the best-case scenario for the year! That's fun! (And is included in the weekly planning too!)

3. Two spreads for a year-at-a-glance, which I'll use to highlight the most important task for each month, and the other one I'll fill with monthly cards that I pull at the beginning of the year, and maybe I'll write some more in the boxes each month on how it turned out. There are many other ideas that this spread could be used for: Boundaries I need to set in different times of the year, feelings I want to feel in different seasons, any gentle and loving reminders that would do good for me...

3. Two spreads for "THE ONE THING FOR THE WEEK" in my case it's the most important task I have for the week.

4. Then twelve spreads for "THE ONE THING FOR THE DAY" where I also do some tracking: How did it go? (DONE/Proceeded/Ouch...), I write down the day of my cycle and the phase of the moon too. Those help me to see the bigger picture for what works and why something didn't work out - and to plan accordingly.

5. Then comes 52 pages for weekly planning. These pages have numbers 1-31 at the top where I underline the dates, and my cycle. Filling in a weekly best-case scenario inspires me to dream big and ask for help. I also love to ask my soul, mind and body each week what they'd love to feel, do or have. I'll also return to my big vision each week and fill in one thing I can do to tend to the vision. I'll fill my to do list freely, and each morning pick the tasks that I feel called to do that day. Those seven circles are for tracking things, my plan is to start with social media, and color them in when I've posted something. (I need a reminder to show up!) Little hearts pop up here and there as illustrations with a loving message to keep up the vibes all through the year.

6. After the weekly planning pages I have a spread for reflecting back on the year. These questions I learnt from Kate Northrup: What went well? What didn't go well? What am I grateful for? What lessons I learnt?

7. The last question is about looking onward: What will I take with me to my new year?

8. And then I have three pages for notes, which could be for lists or anything...

I LOVE THIS!

What do you think?

What is your favorite planner like?

Do you make your own planners too?

I can't wait to start filling this one up in January!

FOLLOW YOUR HEART!

Music: Jason Shaw, Funky Junky

Artist, Illustrator, Author & Life Coach. Turning struggles into loving laughter with her illustrations. Creator of Mira(cle)Doodles.

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