Do you ever feel like your mind is spilling over with all the things?
It is so easy for our minds to get cluttered.
I don’t know about you, but every now and then I get overstimulated, and then overwhelm starts to set in!
While consuming media and handling things that we need to deal with on a daily basis aren’t bad things, it is important to take care of your mind. There are many effective ways to do this, but one of my absolute favorites (and truly most simple!) is to do a brain dump.
This is definitely not the first time we’ve chatted about brain dumps around here, but I was so surprised that I didn’t actually have a post solely dedicated to it! I included a couple of helpful, related posts below if you’d like to catch up!
I’m very excited to share with you something new to me (and maybe to you!) that I think is going to be so helpful with clearing my mind and making space for what I can control! I want to say a huge THANK YOU to Cultivate What Matters for sending me over this gorgeous brain dump journal and blooms pen set to share with you!
Grab your coffee (or fave beverage!) and let’s go through it together!
Refresh Brain Dump Journal
Meet Cultivate What Matters Refresh Brain Dump Journal with its beautifully brand-new cover that launched last week!
I was captivated by this gorgeous gold-striped journal as soon saw it advertised online. A little gold really elevates things, doesn’t it? It even has a gold coil to boot!
As I unwrapped the journal from its packaging, I realized this book is thick! It has space for over 100 brain dumps. I love that it’s long-lasting!
In case you missed it, you can take a quick flip-through of this beautiful brain dump journal with me on Instagram!
By the way, I’m really enjoying the Blooms Pen Set – they are so beautifully designed, black (gel) ink, and write so, so smoothly!
So before I received this journal, below will give you a good idea of what a brain dump looks like for me. I just use any piece of paper or notepad and start jotting things down that come to mind.
Once I’m done, I move to-do’s over to my planner and get started on checking things off.
This method has worked well for me over the years, but I was really excited to give the Refresh Brain Dump Journal a try! I’m already a fan of the PowerSheets Goal Planner and thought it would be really neat to try a journal designated just to brain dumps!
The photo above is the brain dump I just did this morning using this journal.
I really love the brain dump method Cultivate What Matters created. It’s very informative and easy to follow! Basically, you start off by capturing your thoughts (on the left page) and then you sort those thoughts in a quadrant (on the right page). You get to pick the category titles for each section.
Next, you can move onto a list page that looks like the page above for all of your to-do’s or onto a journal page that just allows you to sketch/write anything you like to release emotions you’re feeling. I haven’t tried that one yet!
Here is a deep-dive from Cultivate What Matters right here on everything brain dump journal related!
You can see I’ve checked off some of these items today and I’m feeling good about it! I’d love to put together a YouTube video and walk you through this journal a little more with an update of how I’m using it later on.
That’s a wrap on this beautiful Refresh Brain Dump Journal post, sweet friends! I hope you’ll find it to be the perfect tool to help declutter your mind – one brain dump at a time. 🙂 I can’t wait to hear your thoughts!
I love your brain dump idea. I think i should try it. My brain is always busy and needs a good declutter. LOL.
Annie,
https://www.anniesfooddiary.com/
Haha, I know that feeling all too well Annie! I truly feel these brain dumps help, and you could try it out even on a simple notepad or piece of paper and see how the process works for you first! I am loving the journal so far though!
Oh this journal sounds great! I love brain dumps.
Jennifer
https://curatedbyjennifer.com
I bet you would love it my friend since you love brain dumps already!! It is a really fun way to elevate them, and it’s so helpful thus far!
Great tips! My mind feels clearer already!
Aww, that makes me so happy Candice! Hope you’ll find brain dumps to be super helpful! 🙂
I love my brain dump journals (thanks to you!). I’ve been pretty consistent about using it weekly. It is fun to look back at the week before and usually a lot of stuff I’m worrying about has gotten better!! Kind of a nice persepctive!
Carrie
curlycraftymom.com
I’m so so happy you love it, my dear friend! I am finding my groove in my journal so far, and have a feeling I’ll follow your lead and use it weekly!
I love all of these type of posts because I am such a journal lover. This sounds like a good one to use. <3 /Madison
FASHION TALES
Oh, this makes my heart so happy, Madison! I love creating posts that you enjoy. I’ll try to get some more of these types of posts out this summer! I think you would love this brain dump journal if you enjoy doing brain dumps or would like to give it a try. I’ll definitely be sharing more of it soon!
I’m so glad you did a post on this! This would be so helpful for me! I write things down on post it notes and then never do anything from there. I have a bunch of stacks of post its and it’s so disorganized. This sounds like a great tool!
Jill – Doused in Pink
You are so kind Jill, it makes me so happy that you enjoyed this post and found it helpful! I definitely can relate. This journal has been so helpful so far, and is a great way to keep organized and I can go back and see what my previous brain dumps look like and what got done (and what didn’t!). I hope you’ll love it if you give it a try, my dear friend!
Decluttering your mind is so important! Thanks for sharing all of your tips on how to do so, this was so helpful!
https://melissakacar.com
Aww, that makes my heart so happy you found it helpful, Melissa! Thank you for being here and reading. 🙂
This journal looks amazing! I always have a million things going on in my brain, so it’s nice to be able to get it all out! I love the layout and how customizable this one is, too.
It is so helpful thus far, Lindsay! I am actually staring at it right now, getting ready to do a weekly brain dump. I hope you’ll love it if you give it a whirl, I’m really enjoying this layout and how organized it is (though you could make it as a messy as you like, also!).
My whole being needs a reset. A decluttering. I hope you’re well. Hugs. xx.
http://www.rsrue.blogspot.com
Sending you all the hugs and continued prayers my dear friend for a much brighter July for you! Love you!
A brain dump journal sounds like such a fantastic idea! Thanks for sharing this!
It really is so neat, I really love using it! Thank you so much for being here, my friend!
That journal looks amazing!! Your before photo of your brain dump looks really familiar! 🙂
It is a fantastic journal, Crystal!! Haha, glad we think alike on the jotted down notes! 🙂