Empowering Individuality

Articles to inspire yourself-expression.

With school and work moving online, gatherings cancelled and pretty much every appointment put on hold, many people have jokingly expressed their disappointment at having bought a 2020 planner. While for many it might seem like a cruel irony,...
Sometimes at the Endpaper Blog we get the unique opportunity to offer a platform to creative journallers from around the world. We’ve recently partnered with Quynh Vu – a multitalented artist and bullet journaller who specializes in brush lettering...
We know we have a lot of fantasy and magic fans around here, so for this month’s prompts we have decided to do something a little bit different. We are channelling our inner Harry Potter fan and celebrating all...
A notebook can be many things: a space to jot down to-do lists and school notes, a home for stray doodles, a space for musings. It’s an intimate place to pour thoughts and feelings, and an aid to process...
“A word after a word after a word is power,” wrote Margaret Atwood. And this week we want to underline the importance of making one’s voice heard through writing. At times we might struggle to find the right words,...
As many children are now being homeschooled during Covid-19, some teachers have asked their students to start a journal as a way to create a time capsule, both as a tool to record these days for posterity – after...
In the last couple of months, we have been witnessing history as this unprecedented global situation unravels. Many of us are turning to our journals for comfort or a simple distraction. While we strive to find a creative outlet...
In these days of fear and uncertainty, we think it’s important to ground ourselves in the present moment rather than focusing on the future and the things we cannot control. Writer Elizabeth Gilbert recently posted on her Instagram account a coping...
No longer limited to just streamlining grocery shopping or increasing productivity at work, lists help us organize our thoughts but can also be a quick and easy writing exercise to stay creative and inspired. Lists are a simple commitment...
We are now well into 2020. New Year's resolutions have probably (hopefully?) started to become part of our routine by now. Maybe you got a brand-new journal over the holidays and you made the resolution to do more journalling this...