The Awe-manac: A Daily Dose of Wonder [Hardcover]

Jill Badonsky (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 9, 2008

A playfully practical guide that’s a refreshing twist on the revered Farmer’s Almanac, The Awe-Manac provides daily forecasts and directives to help readers make life more creative, amusing, gratifying, and extraordinary—every day of the year! Through 365 days, readers are encouraged to think more brilliantly, laugh more often, make art or write creatively, and simply add a lot more “awe” into daily life.

Brimming with Jill Badonsky’s colorful, whimsical art, and filled with fun features like “Soul Vitamins,” “GlumBusters,” “Daily Toasts,” and “Doses of Mirth,” The Awe-Manac will be an enchanting “companion” throughout the year—a perennial guide that invites its readers to find the joy and amusement in every day.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Jill Badonsky is an artist, humorist, nationally recognized seminar leader, and creativity consultant. She has led hundreds of groups and individuals craving more creative joy, and is the author of The Nine Modern Day Muses (and a Bodyguard), a book on discovering one’s creative inspirations. She lives in San Diego, CA. Please visit her at www.themuseisin.com.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 448 pages
• Publisher: Running Press; 1ST edition (December 9, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762431253
• ISBN-13: 978-0762431250
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #95,886 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #38 in Books > Education & Reference > Almanacs & Yearbooks > Almanacs

More About the Author

Jill Badonsky is a creativity coaching pioneer, inspirational humorist, artist, and founder of The Muse Is In, a company offering workshops, training and publications to enhance creativity in endeavors from writing to living with more joy.

She is a nationally recognized workshop leader and author of The Nine Modern Day Muses (and a Bodyguard): 10 Guides to Creative Inspiration for Artists, Poets, Lovers and Other Mortals Wanting to Live a Dazzling Existence, and the award-winning The Awe-manac: A Daily Dose of Wonder.

Jill trains individuals to creatively coach others based on an original model called Kaizen-Muse Creativity Coaching which has helped thousands to overcome obstacles to creative thought, creative passions, and creative problem solving. www.themuseisin.com, and www.kaizenmuse.com Join The Awe-manac Page or The Kaizen-Muse Creativity Coaching Page on Facebook

Now go make stuff.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

34 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Blissful Book!, December 10, 2008

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Lisa M. Bolender (Poway, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Awe-manac: A Daily Dose of Wonder (Hardcover)

What a treat! I have been up early every morning since my Awe-manac arrived to indulge in creativity before breakfast, and set a positive and uplifting tone for my day. The variety of prompts and exercises each day give me a chance to play with something familiar(like collage/mixed media), or maybe with something that stretches my creative wings(me? write poetry?, why not?!). I also enjoy the quotes, humor, and playfulness of the illustrations. I can envision this becoming one of my "well-loved" books, a bit battered from lots of use, always nearby and available for another creative adventure.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awe-Fully good, December 9, 2008

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Sharon A. Albert (Lynchburg, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Awe-manac: A Daily Dose of Wonder (Hardcover)

THE AWE-MANAC delivers on the promise of its name: 459 pages created with a daily dose of awe,delight,& wonder.I love this book.The whimsical & strikingly colorful illustrations are a high to see. Daily amusing inspirations, useful suggestions & exercises such as "Toasts of the Day, Aha-phrodisiacs, Daily Soul Vitamins, & my favorite--Dose of Mirth," puts more fun & play into creativity than anything I have seen (although Jill's previous Muse book was great fun too). As an expert in enjoyment of,& engagement & meaning in life,I heartily recommend this daily companion to not only excite your creative gene but to uplift the spirit & upgrade your quality of life.

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing and wonderful and truly AWE-some treat, December 3, 2008

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Jeanne C. Hillson "Creativity Coach" (Chapel Hill, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Awe-manac: A Daily Dose of Wonder (Hardcover)

My Awe-manacs jumped out of the Amazon box this morning and danced around the room!

A few jumped pretty high.

Anyone who's familiar with Jill Badonsky's witty, exciting work will see that she's outdone herself with this one!

Its pages offer varieties of delightful and practical inspiration to live consciously and creatively, and open to "what if." Its gifts and surprises will stay fresh year after year and, to quote from an early page: "All the months and days are in order, for your convenience."

This is one amazing and wonderful and truly AWE-some treat.