{"id":713,"date":"2015-08-09T16:54:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-09T16:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2015\/08\/09\/start-where-you-are\/"},"modified":"2015-08-09T16:54:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-09T16:54:00","slug":"start-where-you-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2015\/08\/09\/start-where-you-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Start Where You Are"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We just got done looking at Goldie Hawn&#8217;s 10 Mindful Minutes: A Journaland here I am back, BAM, with Start Where You Are: A Journal for Self-Explorationby Meera Lee Patel. Trust me, these two journals are totally different from one another, so you&#8217;re going to want to keep reading.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Start-Where-You-Are-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12018\" \/>Patel&#8217;s journal comes from a unique, but familiar perspective. How often have you put change on hold because things weren&#8217;t where you thought they should be for you to make that change? I&#8217;ve done. Patel, the author, has done. Odds are good that you&#8217;ve done, or maybe you&#8217;re doing it now. Start Where You Areencourages you to stop looking, and waiting, for that other day, and to instead start where you are. Her journal asks probing, thought provoking questions to help you find out more about yourself: what you really love, your motivations, how see yourself and how you feel others perceive you, and more. However she does mix it up. Sometimes the journal will just ask a question for you to answer, but other times you&#8217;re drawing pictures, or filling in circles or other shapes, or coloring in a drawing.<\/p>\n<p>Along with her journaling exercises, Patel includes inspiring quotes from a variety of sources. Since she&#8217;s an accomplished artist, with lines of stationary sold in boutiques, the quotes are presented in colorful, whimsical fonts, suitable for framing (if you&#8217;re willing to cut them out of the book).<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/We-Become-What-We-Think-About-EDIT.jpg\" width=\"247\" height=\"320\" class \/>\n<p>It can be difficult to think about yourself and your desires, particularly if you think they&#8217;re unattainable. Artist and author Meera Lee Patel does her best to make the journey a painless and playful one.<\/p>\n<p>Now guess what? 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