Journal Nerd Holiday Gift Guide
Your favorite holiday gift guide for you and your nerdy, ambitious besties.
**this guide contains some affiliate links in which I may get kickbacks from. Rest assured, I only share things that I truly believe in.
Awaken Your Joy Journal Deck & Guidebook - $56
I mean, I did create this deck so of course I think it’s perfect 😉 AND, it is thoughtfully designed to help you or someone you love create more happiness in their life and establish a fun journaling practice. It’s a great gift for your nerdy journal bestie, this journal deck is beautifully designed and perfectly created for you to cultivate more joy and fulfillment in your life.
Use code Journal5 to take $5 off your order
What I love:
beautiful design
great quality
feminine, light, bright colors
Silk & Sonder
Silk & Sonder has been my go-to monthly planner system for going on two years now! I love the fact that I get a new journal with a new theme every month. It includes a mood tracker, habit tracker, meal planner, exercise planner and more! But one of my favorite parts to this journal are the weekly and monthly classes they offer to set up your week and month. Highly recommend!
Use code BLACK25 to take 25% off your subscription.
What I love:
A new theme every month
Live calls to set up your planner each week and month
A lovely app with all kinds of cool features
Snail mail!
Free Period Press Gratitude Tracker
We could all use a bit more gratitude in our lives. I absolutely love this calendar because you get to write down something you are grateful fore every single day and see them as they add up. Each month also comes with special little ideas for gratitude as well as quotes.
What I love:
Thick, quality paper that’s easy to write on
365 days of good things to reflect on!
Inside ar 42 ideas to get you started
Supporting small business
The Year of Awakening Yearlong Journaling Membership
Truly the gift that keeps on giving the whole year!!! 😜 The Year of Awakening opens today for enrollment and enrollment only happens one a year. If you’re on a path of self discovery, personal development and determined to live your best life in 2024, join us today for the low price of $39/month.
Join before December 6th and save $120 on your membership and receive $3150 worth of bonuses!
What I love:
The people!
The prompts!
The support that facilitates continued success for our members!
The fun and laughter!
Consistency, compassion, community
Fringe Journals
These journals are simple, beautiful, have the best quality paper that won’t bleed and my favorite - it lays flat! It isn’t too thick so it’s to write in. This is my go-to journal without a doubt and buy them in bulk!
What I love:
Great price for the quality!
Variety of cover designs to choose from
Flat lay
Great paper that won’t smear
Maniscripting Journal
I’m not an affiliate for this journal, I just seriously love it. Samantha, the designer and owner, did massive improvements with her latest version. I ordered this journal when it was first created a couple years ago and I’ve re-upped every time I’ve completed a journal. Each time I buy one, I buy two 🤣 I believe it truly has supported me in achieving my goals and manifesting what I want in life. It is my go-to journal for manifesting my big dreams.
What I love:
An in-depth description and walk-through of the maniscripting process
Daily habit tracker, a place for celebrations, gratitude, affirmations and more
Love the lines for the maniscripting page.
Provides a whole Life Design section that walks you through exactly what you want to create in each area.
3 of My Favorite Pens:
Playmate
I love these colorful pens! They give my journaling a pop of color and I also appreciate how long they last. They write smooth, have clean lines and are my favorite ATM.
What I love:
Bright colors
Writes smooth
Great for a thicker pointed pen
Great price
Won’t bleed
Yoobi
These pens are a simple, standard go-to. I travel with these in packs! I have one in my purse, one in my car, and basically strewn across the house.
What I love:
Nothing fancy but a great go-to!
Easy grip
Great for on the go
Bic Marking Pen
Ok I do feel like this marker and I have a love-hate relationship. Love: the way it writes, oh my gosh, it’s so smooth and clean! Also love the grip and their super comfortable to write with. Hate: It bleeds through paper. 😱 A journaler’s worst nightmare. But there is something about them that I keep me coming back for more!? My nieces also love to play with these. They last forever, and I LOVE the big pack with 36 colors.
Journal hack: for pens you want to use but bleed through paper, sometimes I will tape two pages of my journal together for extra bleed protection. I know it kind of feels like a waste, but sometimes I’m just hell-bent on using a certain pen so that’s what I do.
3 of the Best Books I Read in 2023 That I Would Consider Giving Any of My Besties:
The Power of Ritual by Casper Ter Kuile
We read this book at the beginning of 2023 in The Year of Awakening and honestly, I’m still thinking about it. It was a great book to start the year off with. It really inspired me to slow down and be more intentional with the choices I am making daily - how I make my coffee, how I enter a room, my nighttime routine. It basically helped me up level every area of my life and inspired me to tap into slow living.
5 stars!
Rest Is Resistance by Trisha Hersey
If you read any book, read this one.
We also read this in The Year of Awakening this year, and we are a feisty, productive, ambitious bunch. This book taught us soooo much about rest, our perceptions of rest and we as a nation have been taught about rest.
Trisha highlights how rest has been stolen from black people and how we’ve all been taught to work at machine-like speeds. Inside she inspires you to reclaim your body as a sacred and divine and gives you lots of ideas on how you can rest once and for all.
This is a great book for anyone who struggles with hustle, busyness, feeling overwhelmed or overstretched.
The Tools by Phil Stutz
This book was the one that really surprised me this year. It was randomly recommended to me at my Women’s Group after I talked about a big event I was nervous about. I’m so grateful she recommended the book because I’ve used the tools countless times this year and know I will continue to use them for years to come.
This book is great for anyone feeling stuck in a rut, living from a place of fear, and wants to break through limiting beliefs and behaviors.
3 Best Amazon Finds This Year:
Massager
Ok, in all honesty, this massage hurts like a bitch! 🤣😅🥵 But it’s like that hurts-so-good hurt, you know? It gets those small little neck muscles that get so tight from sitting at a desk all day. And, the little hand straps are seriously genius! All you do is slide your hands through the grey straps and that way you can control the amount of pressure, as well as gives you a place for your arms to relax.
What I love:
It gets really high up on your neck, where other back massagers typically can’t reach.
It has heat.
Love how it automatically changes directions
She Believed She Could So She Did Coffee / Tea Mug
To be honest, I am a sucker for a coffee mug! Anytime we go on vacation, I need a mug with the state or city name on it - it’s ridiculous. But I’ve loved gifting these sweet little mug to the women and clients I love in my life.
I love the little set with the spoon and lid for the mug. It just makes it extra special and extra sweet. This would be a great gift paired with The Power of Ritual book!
Joggers
A couple years ago I bought a random pair of joggers at Walmart because I needed something comfy for our camping trip. I was hooked. Joggers to me are the appropriate sweatpants alternative 😂 and I just love these ones I found while searching on Amazon. I love the stretchy material and the spaciousness they provide. I do with the drawstring was a bit longer (sometimes it gets lost in the pants if you don’t tie them up) but then again, a long drawstring will drive me crazy!
Plus, it’s that cozy time of year, and everyone needs a cozy pair of pants to put on after a long day! They are soooo soft, you could literally lounge around in them all day (sometimes I do).
Manifest Your Best Life workshop - BONUS
Looking for a way to let go of 2023 and manifest all those incredible dreams in 2024? The Manifest Your Best Life workshop is back by popular demand and scheduled for December 31st! Guess what?
You’ll get a free ticket if you join The Year of Awakening 2024!
Not interested in joining YOA but still want to join the workshop? Message me right here and I’ll hook you up.
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