Venturing into Instagram as a rookie bullet journal and lettering artist For as long as I can remember, I've always felt drawn to all the stationery items: notebooks, washi tape, pens, markers, colors, fountain pens... It was my huge expectation as a kid to go and buy my back-to-school things. That sort of insane obsession hasn't changed a bit over the years. So I made my decision this year: first time ever doing a bullet journal and having an Instagram account about it. It has been quite a journey and lots of things have been learned throughout the way. So let's summarize some of them: ~ As I first thought of this account as a personal compromise/goal for me to improve my skills, I got myself a notebook just to practice my lettering skills and sketch a little bit what I was planning on doing, so that later on I could take that to my actual journal. Have my skills improved? Oh yes! Quite a lot! I'm far from where I started and I still have a long path to travel. ~ Some extra skills have also been developed throughout this process. I have found myself repeating each picture tons of times and trying out different props that would make that photo perfect. So my photography skills have also got a bit better. I've also found some pictures that just need editing because of light, imperfections... I'm just getting started on this one, it's the first time in my life I do it. ~ I also have turned into a more confident woman. I used to distrust my abilities, used to think I wasn't that good. But now, I do know I have some skills at this artistic stuff and I have the capability to learn and grow even more. So I've been active in Instagram since December last year. I am trying hard on taking this as a personal-growth project and not to get driven into some social media obsession. It is very hard not to fall for that and get obsessed with that sort of acceptance from others that usually happens on Instagram because people just show the highlights of their lives and they make you think they have the perfect life, which of course is never true, we all have our issues. This is just the start. I clearly haven't grown that fast, specially because I do not devote myself to this 24/7 (I have a job and a life that must continue). However, my interest is not to be a huge artistic account, but to discover the artist that is inside of me through this process. And guess what! I already know a little bit about that artistic person that has been hidden for so many years.