Inside My 2023 Currently Workbook

the past year of creative self-reflection

2023 marked my 5th year of Currently Workbooks! It’s been an incredible journey of self-reflection and art practice. These are them!

This year I did a few new things! I hosted a few art dates via Zoom and then started filming time-lapses of my monthly spreads.

Here’s what the past year looked like in my Currently Workbook!

January 2023

I put a photocopy of my tarot spread for the year in my January pages. All the colors on the left are labels. You can read more about my yearly tarot card-pulling ritual here. My word for 2023 was NOURISH and I wrote down all of the things that nourish me.

February 2023

I did a live Zoom call with this spread! It was fun to chat while working on my pages with people who were also doing the workbook! I used red paint and collage photocopied pics of myself. My theme was giving all the parts of me unconditional love.

March 2023

Another live Zoom art date with this one. I used collage, washi tape, a ton of glue, and a heart-hole puncher. It felt like it was raining forever (it was!) so I played around with that.

April 2023

This one was another live Zoom art date! In this one, I played around with ink and pen. In California, we had super blooms and I wanted to experiment with layering colors.

May 2023

May was a crazy month. My Dad got married and my child was finishing up 8th grade. It was hectic. I crowd-sourced people’s 17-Year-Old Rage songs and made a playlist. This page is pen, black gesso and gold stickers. The lion is a photocopy of an illustration.

June 2023

June was the half-year mark so I checked in with all of the streaks/habits I’ve been working on this year. This is the month where I started to film the process. I started a YouTube channel this year. Here’s my first video:

July 2023

In July, I made and sold collage kits in my Etsy shop. It was a fun process. I saved one for myself and used it in my workbook!

August 2023

In August, I made a collage kit for LEOS and put some of my pieces to work in my workbook. I pushed past my comfort zone in August. I channeled some of my LION POWER. Rawr.

September 2023

In September, I finally wrote about my weight loss journey. I wrote a note to myself in my workbook.

October 2023

I colored in a black-and-white photo. It’s one of my favorite things to do. I figured that out when I made a photographic coloring book.

November 2023

November gave me pause. It always does! It’s the month my Mom died in 2017. This month I worked through a lot of grief and hosted a Thanksgiving Prep class with my friend Helen Jane. I took the time in my workbook to practice gratitude.

I used black gesso and collage for this spread. I included a note of all of the things I am thankful for.

December 2023

This one was all pen and a little bit of black gesso because I didn’t like the way I lettered completed. I wrote down all of the things I learned in the 13 years of doing my photo series- My Everyday Life.

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This year I will be sharing my pages here on The Handwriting Club Substack.

I will share more inside my workbooks with paid subscribers. Thanks in advance for your support! I am excited to see more of my content without ads and Substack has been helpful with that.

I am hoping to host an art date with our workbooks soon. Stay tuned!