Start Where You Are

Guided prompts and hand-painted watercolour pages make this a journal to write in rather than a book to read straight through. Start Where You Are pairs quotations with open questions and exercises, leaving space on each spread for the owner's own response. Meera Lee Patel's illustration carries the mood, and the prompts move between reflection on the past, attention to the present and small intentions for what comes next. It can be worked through in order or opened at random, which suits people who have never kept a journal before. How this journal works: • Writing prompts paired with quotations across illustrated spreads • Original watercolour artwork and hand-lettering throughout • Open space left for the reader's own written responses • Usable in sequence or dipped into at any page Suited to beginners at journalling, creatives and anyone building a reflective habit, published by Tarcher Perigee and available at Boipoka.