Another one of my resolutions for this year is to let myself be inspired. In order to help myself be more aware of the world around me, I've taken to carrying a camera (one besides my iPhone) around with me, actually printing out my Pinterest boards (learn how here), adding a "Five Things" to my blog, and collecting books and items for the life I don't quite have yet simply because they are beautiful.
Another method I've adopted includes carrying a thin, black Moleskine notebook and a pen around with me wherever I go. Its about a fifteen minute walk down to class for me from my dorm room, and on those walks I typically find my mind wandering. I'll come up with great ideas or think of something that I want to do or see someone wearing a jacket or a pair of boots that I absolutely need and usually those ideas disappear when I reach my destination. As a remedy for this insult to inspiration I've started jotting such thoughts down in a notebook. I don't stop in the middle of the sidewalk or anything, but I do find that it helps to have a physical form to jot the ideas down in always on hand.
Another method I've adopted includes carrying a thin, black Moleskine notebook and a pen around with me wherever I go. Its about a fifteen minute walk down to class for me from my dorm room, and on those walks I typically find my mind wandering. I'll come up with great ideas or think of something that I want to do or see someone wearing a jacket or a pair of boots that I absolutely need and usually those ideas disappear when I reach my destination. As a remedy for this insult to inspiration I've started jotting such thoughts down in a notebook. I don't stop in the middle of the sidewalk or anything, but I do find that it helps to have a physical form to jot the ideas down in always on hand.
Before I go to bed, I flip through the book and add anything else I think of, or connect ideas, or make lists where I see themes start to emerge.
One such list: Favorite Words
One such list: Favorite Words
Why they are all fashion-related words, I could not say. All I know is they're pretty on the page and fun to say.