At the end of each month during 2010 I looked back and notated the highlight of the preceeding 4 weeks in one of the boxes on an Australia Map Journal ~ The idea, quite simply, was to simply summarize the year on a single sheet ~ So at year’s end I’d have my 2010 year at […]
Year at a glance – December 2010
At the end of each month throughout 2010 I’ve been using a Map Journal to notate a Journey Jottings *highlight*… So, at year’s end I’d have the year simply summarized on a single sheet! My December 2010 highlight… We produced our first retailers newsletter 🙂 I wanted to keep it simple ~ No fluff, just […]
Year at a Glance – November 2010
Each month flies past so fast, I often get to the end of the year, and say – Where did that go? What did we do? So, at the end of each month I select a *highlight* and record it in one of the jotting boxes on a Map Journal, so at year’s end I […]
Year at a Glance – October 2010
Each month I take a highlight from the goings-on at Journey Jottings and put it in a box on a Map Journal that I’m creating called ~ Year at a Glance 2010 ~ so come December I’ll have the year simply summarized on a single sheet showing where we’ve come from and where we’ve got […]
Year at a Glance – September 2010
This month we made it onto the Top 100 Independent Travel Websites List. The list is made up of the most amazing travel websites from across the world. Websites by people who are on the road blogging as they go, and those who have hung up their boots to now share their wealth of knowledge […]
Year at a Glance – August 2010
The winter months here at Journey Jottings are some of our busiest months when it comes to supplying retailers, as this is the prime travelling season for visitors to explore northern Australia. The weather in the Top End and the Kimberley region is uncomfortably hot and humid during the summer months (November ~ March), not to […]
Year at a Glance – July 2010
In July it was announced that Journey Jottings was a finalist in the Australian Home-Based Business Awards. On 30th July I flew to Melbourne where I was presented with my Award by the Victorian State Minister for Small Business the Honorable Joe Helper MP. At the end of each month I enter a Journey Jottings highlight on […]
The year at a glance – June 2010
If someone asked you “What does Journey Jottings do?” What would you say? I came across a blog-post a few weeks ago that with community input (992 comments to date!) is nutting out the answer to this question to come up with a few pertinent words that conveys in a nutshell what each participant does […]
Year at a Glance – May 2010
At the end of each month… I jot down what has been the main highlight for that month, so at the end of the year (and for the fun of future reminiscing) I’ll have the year simply summarized on a single sheet on one of our Map Journals ~ The highlight for May was the expansion of our Map […]
The year at a glance – March & April
Map Journals are great for ‘simply’ summarizing where you’ve been and what you’ve been doing ~ on a single sheet Within days of returning from the Sydney Trade Fair at the start of March, I flew off to Scotland (click ‘Postcards from Scotland‘ to read all about that trip!) Each month this year I’m entering a […]