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Big Life Journal: A Groundbreaking New Journal for Kids

Created by Scott & Alexandra

Big Life Journal is the world's first growth mindset journal for kids. It will inspire your child to dream big and make a difference in the world. It will help them develop life skills necessary for success like persistence, gratitude, self-belief, positivity, mindfulness, and much more.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

NEW JOURNAL...What?!
almost 6 years ago – Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 12:44:14 PM

Dear backer & friend,

It's been over a year since you backed our very first journal - Big Life Journal for kids! We will be FOREVER GRATEFUL for your support and trust. 

Since then we've seen a tremendous growth (with over 200,000 parents & educators joining our community). And NOW I am so pleased to share with YOU, our dear supporter, that we have a new journal for you!

We're LIVE on Kickstarter right now and over 800% funded! 

Big Life Journal for Tweens & Teens 

This journal will help your tween or teen develop the mindset of growth, resilience, gratitude, and positivity. It helps them find their own voice in a world that is constantly coming at them with what to do, be, and think.  

Be sure to check out the campaign now as we're nearing the end.

Thank you for your support!

Alexandra

Founder

A special offer for you!
almost 7 years ago – Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 04:57:42 AM

Dear Backers,

All Kickstarter Orders Are Shipped

We shipped all orders which had their surveys answered. There are ~30 people who STILL haven't answered their backer surveys (and haven't collected their rewards, obviously). If you're one of them, please go here to answer the survey and collect your rewards.

A special offer for YOU!

It's a cool thing to be our Kickstarter backer :) WHY? Because you are the first to get our best perks!

Here's a great offer for you: 

We just published a new item in our store "Growth Mindset Printables Kit", which is a collection of ALL our best growth mindset printables for kids, parents, and educators. 

I would like to offer you this kit for FREE!  To receive it please follow 3 easy steps: 

Step 1. Leave a review on our website for one (or more) products.

Click here to review Big Life Journal hardcover

Click here to review Big Life Journal ebook

Click here to review Growth Mindset Poster

Step 2. Send me an email to hello@biglifejournal with the subject line "growth mindset kit"

Step 3. Receive an email with the link to download the kit for free and voila!

THE BEST PART: for every 3 reviews we will donate ONE Big Life Journal to a school in need! 

P.S. If you have previously reviewed our products, please email me to receive your kit! 

P.P.S. We reserve the right to discontinue this offer at any point (had to say this just in case..)

You will LOVE this one

I am a very PROUD backer of this Kickstarter campaign and I believe it has the HUGE potential to CHANGE how parents and kids communicate and connect with each other! 

This is The Time-In Toolkit - an alternative to "time-outs" 

This toolkit takes connecting with your children to a whole new level. No more time-outs. No more yelling or correcting. 

The Time-In ToolKit will give you everything you need to create a calming space for children ages 3-9+ for use in homes, classrooms, daycare centers, therapy settings and more.

Check this campaign out here! 

That's it for now, please don't hesitate to reach out anytime --> [email protected]

Warmly,

Alexandra

P.S. If you haven't yet, join our private Facebook group "Raising Kids with a Growth Mindset". This group is a great (free) resource and has more than 2,000 like-minded parents and teachers!

Thank you for your patience!
almost 7 years ago – Fri, Jul 07, 2017 at 09:08:38 PM

We know you are eager to receive your journals. And we are CAN'T WAIT to ship them all out!

We shipped 1000 journals so far out of total 1400+. We're waiting on the second print to arrive in a 1-2 weeks, which should take care of the rest of the orders.

We promise to ship all orders in July. It might happen that it will arrive to you early August (when you factor in the delivery time). 

Donations to Schools

We will be shipping free journals to the schools nominated by you. If you nominated a school, please emails us at [email protected] and include:

1. contact person's name 

2. contact person's email address

We will reach out to them to coordinate the shipment.

I wish you a lovely weekend! Please don't hesitate to reach out anytime. 

- Alexandra

Shipments started (woohoo!!) + some "behind the scenes"
about 7 years ago – Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 10:41:42 PM

Hey guys! Let's cut to the chase right away!

Shipping the Journals

We began shipping the "first wave" of the journals today!! Woohoo!! 

In this "first wave", we will ship 1000 copies (out of about 1400 copies ordered through Kickstarter). 

The rest of the journals (aka the "second wave") will ship around mid-July. So far we're on track to finish all the shipments by the end of July! Fingers crossed. 

Here's a snapshot of what 500 journals look like in boxes (which is about a THIRD of all Kickstarter orders)! We didn't know we had so much space until we had to find where to put them all inside :).  

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Posters and Ebooks

If you had ordered a growth mindset poster or an ebook, you should have received it already. If you don't have it yet (and you ordered), please email [email protected].

We're so thankful for you sharing your photos of the ebooks/posters on Instagram. They all look fabulous! Please keep it up!! And if you don't follow us there, you absolutely should :). 

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Opportunity for a "Group Buy"

By serendipity, our journal was discovered by a large community of moms in Alberta, Canada. The next thing we know, they ordered nearly 200 journals! And then the same week, we've been discovered by another homeschooling community, they also ordered ~200 journals!!

I'm sharing this because if you're part of any homeschooling or another community of parents, and you think that people in your community would be interested in our journals, please let me know. We can extend a HUGE discount for large orders + there will be a large saving on shipping. 

You can email me at [email protected]

Fulfillment Center in Canada

With so much interest in Canada, we're looking for a fulfillment center there. This will make all Canadian shipments much faster and cheaper. If you can recommend us a fulfillment center, please let me know by emailing to [email protected]. Thank you!

- Alexandra

LAST CALL to Update Your Shipping Address for Big Life Journal
about 7 years ago – Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 03:43:20 PM

The first wave is ready!

PRINTED!!! Can you believe how many journals are there? And this is only the FIRST wave!!

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IMPORTANT! Your shipping address must be up to date.

This is it! We’re finally getting ready to ship our first wave! We will lock down shipping addresses in ~24 hours (you have till June 23rd, Friday 9am ET). That means you can update your shipping address in your BackerKit survey until then. 

If you need to recover your survey, go here and enter your email address to have your survey sent to you again.

Haven't filled out your survey?

For backers that have not answered surveys yet, you will still be able to get your rewards if you answer your surveys after the lockdown date. We will have to ship your journals later than the backers that have responded on time. 

Please give us time! 

We know you're eager to receive your journal(s). We kindly ask you to please give us time to ship all the orders. We promise to ship all orders by the end of July as we planned! 

- Alexandra