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I Wrote a Book! It’s on Amazon! What T? You wrote a book? Yeah! It sort of happened by accident, though. It wasn’t intentional but it became intentional once I realized I could really do it. I had the intention of creating a 30-day Thankfulness worksheet packet for November 2021 that I was going to have available for download on my Teachers Pay Teachers page but I didn’t get to finish it by the end of October so I was a little bummed but kept creating content for it and thought well, I’ll just make it a everyday Gratitude Journal because we don’t need to isolate being thankful to just November. One day I was on YouTube and came across a video talking about people making blank journals and posting them on Amazon to sell through KDP. KDP allows people to self-publish books and then I had my lightbulb moment. The worksheets became a book idea. It took me a while to work through the format, content, cover, etc. I asked Helaina to edit/proof/add/subtract etc. for me because she’s pretty good at it. She didn’t realize she was going to be an editor for a book when she was doing it. I wanted to surprise her. I waited until I could show her the listing on Amazon.

30 Day Gratitude Journal: 30 Days of Celebrating Your Big and Small Moments Helps kids ages 12 to 16 focus on gratitude daily through writing and doodling.

Keeping a Gratitude Journal gives us a chance to become thankful on a daily basis. This 30-day Gratitude Journal for kids will help them to reflect on the good things in their lives. The more they focus on the good things, the healthier they become. Gratitude helps kids develop better character, better health, and a better mindset. This journal teaches kids that gratitude moments can be as simple as being thankful for something you see or experience every day. There is nothing too small to be thankful for, in fact, being thankful for small things will definitely improve your life. Here are a few benefits of having an attitude of gratitude:

• Better physical health
• Boosts the immune system
• Improved emotional regulation
• Improved sleep quality
• Improved self-esteem
• Improved mental health
• Increased feelings of happiness and positive mood
• Reduced stress.

The benefits of being thankful are great and kids can have the benefits! Start by using this Gratitude Journal every day for the next 30 days. Using this journal is very easy. Just complete one page a day. That’s it. Simple, right? There are a variety of questions that will give kids different things to think about. They’ll have multiple writing and doodle prompts to help them reflect on different topics. This journal will help kids think of good ideas to promote a gratitude mindset. Let’s start on day one. At the bottom of each page, there are 30 stars. To help them track progress, mark pages complete, color or shade in the number of stars for each page finished, for example, for day 4 color in 4 stars out of 30.

2nd Book Was Actually the First Book: Although the worksheet turned book project happened first, we had another book idea on the back burner. We, being myself, Helaina, and Fia, wanted to create our own mother/daughter journal. One day we sat down and thought of writing prompts that would be interesting to talk and write about with each other. I had the format and a lot of the content so all I had to do was create it. It was a project that was on the back burner for about a year because, again I didn’t know the final steps of getting it published. Well, with the 1st book available, the 2nd book followed.
Hey Love, Let’s Journal Together: A Lighthearted Mother & Daughter Journal Experience is available on Amazon as well. Hey Love, Let’s Journal Together and get to know each other in a fun light-hearted way! This journal is a fun way for both mothers and daughters to get to know each other through sharing experiences, thoughts, opinions, and more. Hey Love, Let’s Journal Together prompts mothers and daughters to share things that are funny, serious, and a little offbeat. This journal will have you talking about
• Favorite things • Un-favorite things
• Doodles Pages • Would You Rather’s
• Writing Prompts • This or That Questions
• Ask Me Questions • Yes or No Questions
• Blank Pages • and more!
Hey Love, Let’s Journal gives both mother and daughter opportunities to express anything that’s on their minds and more! This book will be a keepsake for you and your daughter to stock full of memories. So, Hey Love, Let’s Journal Together!

3rd Book Because Boys are Important Too: After we finished the journal for the girls, I asked my son if he would be interested in helping me create a journal for boys. I mean, the boys and their mothers can enjoy getting to know each other like this too, right? He agreed and we got to work on creating a journal for boys. It’s Adrian’s illustrations in the front of the book that start the journal off. He changed some things to make it appeal to the young boy audience for me. It was fun working with him on this project.
Hey Buddy, Let’s Journal Together: A Lighthearted Mother & Son Journal Experience is available on Amazon as well. Hey Buddy, Let’s Journal Together encourages mothers and sons to get to know each other in a fun light-hearted way! This journal opens the door to sharing experiences, thoughts, opinions, and more. Hey Buddy, Let’s Journal Together prompts mothers and sons to share things that are funny, serious, and a little offbeat. This journal contains pages such as
• Favorite things • Un-favorite things
• Doodles Pages • Would You Rather Questions
• Writing Prompts • This or That Questions
• Ask Me Questions • Yes or No Questions
• What’s on Your Mind • and more!

Hey Buddy, Let’s Journal gives both mother and son the opportunity to express anything that’s on their minds and more! This book will be a keepsake stocked full of memories. So, what are you waiting for? Hey Buddy, Let’s Journal Together!

I’m an author now! I have an Author page on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/author/tawannashantelle ❤️