Why This Journal Has Taken Me So Long to Finish

I honestly didn’t expect this journal to take months to create!! When I first started working on I Now Pronounce You Over and Done With, I thought I’d have it finished pretty quickly. A few weeks maybe. But the more I worked on it, the more I realized I didn’t want to rush it just to get it out there. I wanted it to actually mean something.

There are so many journals online now that feel thrown together in five minutes with random prompts and pretty covers. I knew from the start I didn’t want this to be one of those. I wanted this journal to feel comforting and honest. Something that someone could pick up on a really bad day and genuinely feel understood by. And weirdly enough… that turned out to be much harder than I expected.

Some pages came together easily, but others I rewrote over and over because the wording just didn’t feel right. Sometimes the prompts sounded too harsh. Sometimes too cheesy. Sometimes too “therapy textbook.” I kept thinking, “Would this actually help someone… or just annoy them?”

So I kept changing things!! Almost on a daily basis!!

There were even a few points where I stepped away from the whole project for a bit because it became more emotional than I expected. Creating a divorce recovery journal means sitting with a lot of heavy emotions while you write, and I really wanted to make sure the journal felt supportive instead of overwhelming because I have obviously been through this experience too (The reason why my journals are created is because I've walked through that very s**tstorm!!)

But honestly, I think all those tiny things matter. When someone’s going through heartbreak or a huge life change, even small details can affect how something feels.

I wanted this journal to feel calm and safe, like a little breathing space. And now after months of working on it behind the scenes, I’m finally getting close to launching it, which honestly feels surreal. I’m excited and nervous and proud of this. 

This journal became so much more personal than I expected, and I genuinely cannot wait to share it properly soon. So if you’ve been wondering why it’s taken me so long… this is why. I didn’t want to just make a journal. I wanted to make something that might actually help someone feel a little less alone while they’re trying to rebuild their life. And that felt worth taking my time over.

In the meantime, I have been writing a few chapters of my Children's book - this is a little secret which I will explain about in my next blog...

Much Love E