The Life I’m Living Collection
Gentle Reflections & Free Printables for Taking Stock of the Life You’re Living Now
There are times when we don’t necessarily need a new plan.
We don’t need to reinvent ourselves, set another goal or decide what the next five years should look like.
Sometimes we simply need a little space to notice where we are.
The Life I’m Living Collection is a series of thoughtful reflections and beautiful free printables created to help you do exactly that.
It is an invitation to step out of the noise of everyday life for a little while and check in with yourself — to notice how your days actually feel, where your time and energy are going, what you’re carrying, what you need, what matters to you now and what may have quietly changed along the way.
Not so that everything you discover becomes something else to fix.
And certainly not because there is one particular version of life we should all be working towards.
This collection is about something much simpler:
paying attention to the life you’re already living.
A Little Space to Check In With Yourself
We become very good at keeping track of life.
We remember appointments and birthdays. We notice when someone we love isn’t quite themselves. We keep an eye on what needs doing, what needs buying, who needs to be where and what is coming up next. We manage work, homes, relationships, families, friendships and all the small pieces of ordinary life that don’t necessarily look like very much individually but somehow manage to fill our days.
And somewhere amongst all of that, it can be surprisingly easy to lose touch with ourselves.
Not completely. Not dramatically.
We simply stop asking.
How am I, really?
Do I like the way my days feel?
Where is my energy going?
What am I carrying that perhaps I don’t need to carry?
What do I need more of?
What have I outgrown?
What still matters enormously to me?
What would I like to make a little more room for?
Sometimes our answers will tell us that something needs to change.
Sometimes they’ll remind us of something we’ve been missing.
And sometimes they’ll show us that there are parts of our lives that are already very good indeed.
All of those discoveries matter.
What Is The Life I’m Living Collection?
The Life I’m Living Collection is a growing collection of reflective blog posts, journal prompts and free printable pages designed to help you take stock of different parts of your life.
Each reflection explores one question.
Nothing enormous.
Nothing requiring you to have your entire future figured out.
Just one thoughtful place to begin.
Each article includes a reflection to read slowly, questions to consider and a corresponding free printable designed to help you explore the idea for yourself.
Some printables are traditional journal pages. Others use boxes, maps, prompts, lists or brain-dump spaces. Some invite you to write quite deeply; others may take only ten minutes.
Together, however, they create something much bigger: a gentle record of where you are, what matters to you and how the life you’re living actually feels from the inside.
This Isn’t About Reinventing Your Life
There is no shortage of advice telling us how to become better versions of ourselves.
Better organised. More productive. Healthier. Happier. More successful. More disciplined. More intentional.
And while there can be value in making changes, I didn’t want this collection to begin from the assumption that our lives are problems waiting to be solved.
Perhaps you don’t need an entirely different life.
Perhaps there are simply places where the one you already have needs a little adjustment.
A little more space.
A little less rushing.
More connection.
Less responsibility that was never really yours.
More creativity.
Fewer things competing for your attention.
More rest.
More challenge.
More fun.
Or perhaps, when you stop and really look, you’ll realise there are things you don’t want to change at all.
That’s just as valuable to know.
The purpose of these reflections isn’t to lead you towards a predetermined answer.
It’s to help you hear your own.
How to Use The Life I’m Living Collection
There is no correct way to work through these reflections.
The collection has been arranged in a thoughtful order, with one question naturally leading towards another, so you are very welcome to begin with Reflection 01 and gradually work your way through.
But you certainly don’t have to.
You might arrive here because one particular question catches your attention. Start there.
You might print several pages and work through them over a quiet weekend. You might complete one every week. You might use one as a journal prompt and spend far longer exploring it in your own notebook.
Or you might read an article, think about it while you’re out walking and never put pen to paper at all.
The printables are tools, not assignments.
You don’t have to complete every box. You don’t have to answer every question. You don’t have to reach a conclusion.
And you certainly don’t have to turn everything you notice into another action point.
Sometimes noticing is enough.
Begin With Where You Are
I’d divide the 25 reflections into five chapters of five on the hub rather than presenting one enormous grid.
That gives the collection a journey and will eventually make it very easy to turn the whole thing into a journal.
For the first chapter, I would use:
Part One: Taking Stock
Before deciding what we want to change, it helps to understand where we actually are. These first five reflections look at the life you’re living now — your days, your energy, the things occupying your mind and what you may need in this particular season.
01 · Where I Am Now: A Gentle Life Check-In
How are you, really? Begin with a kind, unhurried look at the life you’re living now — what’s going well, what’s difficult, what’s changing and what you may simply need to notice.
02 · What Does My Life Actually Look Like Right Now?
Sometimes the life we imagine we’re living and the life filling our actual days aren’t quite the same. Take a closer look at where your time goes, what fills an ordinary week and what that might tell you.
03 · Where Does My Energy Go?
Not everything deserves the same amount of you. Notice what drains your energy, what restores it, where your energy is well spent and where it may be quietly leaking away.
04 · What’s Taking Up Space in My Head?
Appointments. Decisions. Things to remember. Things to worry about. Other people’s needs. Make some of the invisible mental load visible — and consider what you might be able to put down.
05 · What Do I Need More of Right Now?
What would make the life you’re living feel a little better? Explore what your body, mind, heart and sense of self may be asking for — and one small way you might make room for more of it.
Part Two: Making Space
A closer look at what you want less of, what you’ve outgrown and where life might feel lighter if you stopped giving quite so much of yourself away.
Reflections 06–10 coming soon.
Part Three: What Matters Now
An opportunity to reconnect with your values, priorities, relationships, interests and the things that make an ordinary life feel meaningful.
Reflections 11–15 coming soon.
Part Four: Making Life Feel More Like Mine
Reflections on identity, enjoyment, creativity, boundaries, time for yourself and the parts of you that can become quieter beneath all the roles you occupy.
Reflections 16–20 coming soon.
Part Five: Looking Forward Gently
Not a five-year plan or a dramatic reinvention, but a thoughtful look towards what you want to carry forward, what you’re ready to leave behind and how you would like the next part of your life to feel.
Reflections 21–25 coming soon.
I love that five-part structure. It immediately turns the collection into a journey rather than 25 unrelated SEO posts.
Create Your Own Life I’m Living Journal
Each printable has been designed as part of the same collection, using a cohesive cream, navy, antique-gold and blue-and-white style.
The layouts change depending on the reflection — because a brain dump needs something different from a life check-in or an energy reflection — but when the pages are printed together they form one beautiful, cohesive journal.
You can print only the pages you need, or collect each new reflection as you work through the series and build your own Life I’m Living Journal over time.
🖨️ Create Your Binder
If you’re planning to print several of our printables in this collection, a few simple supplies can make it easy to create your own beautiful binder to enjoy year after year.
(This section contains affiliate links. If you choose to purchase through them, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for supporting Our Little House in the Country.)
- 📗 A4 Display Book
- 📁 A4 Ring Binder
- 📄 Plastic Document Wallets
- 📎 Adjustable Hole Punch
- 🖊️ Fine-liner Pens
- 📑 Divider Tabs
You Can Come Back to These Questions
One of the things I particularly like about this collection is that the answers don’t have to stay the same.
The way you answer Where Am I Now? today may be completely different from the way you answer it next year.
Something that currently takes enormous amounts of energy may no longer be part of your life.
Something you desperately need more of now may eventually become something you have in abundance.
Priorities change. Relationships change. Responsibilities change. We change.
So don’t feel as though you have to complete these pages once and file them away forever.
Come back.
Print another copy.
Answer the same question in another season of life.
You may be surprised by what has changed — and perhaps by what hasn’t.
A Collection for Real Life
You don’t need to complete these reflections in a silent house with an expensive journal and an uninterrupted morning stretching ahead of you.
You can do one at the kitchen table while dinner cooks.
You can scribble a few thoughts before bed.
You can take a page with you for coffee.
You can think about a question while walking the dog.
You can leave half of it blank.
You can change your mind.
You can decide something matters enormously and six months later realise that it doesn’t anymore.
This isn’t intended to become another thing to keep up with.
It is simply somewhere to return when you need a little space to hear yourself think.
Printable FAQs
Are The Life I’m Living printables free?
Yes. The reflection printables in The Life I’m Living Collection are free to download for personal use. You can choose individual pages or gradually collect the complete series.
What size are the printables?
The collection is designed primarily for A4 paper. Most pages are portrait, although an occasional exercise uses landscape format where additional writing space makes more sense.
If you’re using US Letter paper, select Fit to Page or the equivalent option in your printer settings.
Do I have to work through the reflections in order?
No. There is a deliberate progression through the collection, so working from 01 onwards can create a lovely reflective journey, but every article and printable also works independently.
Begin wherever feels useful.
How long should I spend on each reflection?
As long — or as little — as you need.
Some questions may take ten minutes. Others may stay with you for days. There is no requirement to complete a page in one sitting.
Do I need to use the printable?
Not at all. Read the article, use the questions as journal prompts, think about them while walking or simply take away whatever resonated with you.
Can I print a reflection again later?
Yes. You’re welcome to print additional copies for your own personal use. In fact, revisiting the same reflection at another point in your life may be one of the most interesting ways to use the collection.
Can I share the printables?
Please share the original blog post or collection page rather than distributing the PDF itself. That allows other readers to visit Our Little House in the Country and download their own copy.
What are the terms of use?
All Our Little House in the Country printables are provided for personal use only unless specific permission has been given otherwise.
Please don’t sell, reproduce, upload, redistribute or include the printable files in your own physical or digital products.
Read the full Printables Terms of Use →
A Little Note Before You Begin
You don’t need to emerge from these pages with a new plan for your life.
You don’t need twenty-five revelations.
You don’t need to identify everything that could be better.
Use what is helpful. Leave what isn’t. Be curious about your answers rather than critical of them.
Perhaps you’ll find something you want to change.
Perhaps you’ll rediscover something you’ve been missing.
Perhaps you’ll recognise that a part of your life you’ve barely noticed is actually deeply important to you.
Or perhaps you’ll simply understand yourself a little better than you did before.
There is no particular destination here. The point is simply to give yourself a little space to pay attention to the life you’re living.
Chat soon,
Ciara
Before You Go…
Looking for a little extra inspiration?
Browse our growing collection of free printables, including seasonal calendars, bucket lists, planners, journals and reflection pages designed to help you create a slower, more intentional life.
Printable FAQs
Is this printable free?
Yes. All of the reflection pages in The Life I’m Living Collection are free to download for personal use. You can print just the pages that speak to you, or work your way through the complete collection over time.
What size are the printables?
The printables are designed primarily for A4 paper, which is the standard paper size used in Ireland, the UK and many other countries. If you’re printing on US Letter paper, select Fit to Page or your printer’s equivalent setting and the design should resize neatly to fit.
Occasionally, a reflection may work better in landscape format. Where this is the case, it will be clearly indicated on the individual printable.
Do I need to complete the collection in order?
Not at all. The Life I’m Living Collection has been thoughtfully arranged so that the reflections can naturally lead from one to another, but there is no right way to use it.
You can begin with the question that feels most relevant to you today, move through the collection in order, or simply return to individual pages whenever you need them.
Do I need to answer every question?
No. These pages are invitations rather than assignments.
Some prompts may immediately give you something to write about, while others may not feel particularly relevant to the season of life you’re in. Write a sentence, fill a page, leave something blank or come back to it another day.
There is nothing to complete and no score to achieve.
Can I use the printables as journal prompts instead?
Absolutely. You don’t have to write directly onto the printable. You can use any of the questions or prompts as starting points for longer reflections in your own notebook or journal.
You might also find that one small question gives you far more to think about than the space provided on the page. Follow it wherever it takes you.
Can I print the pages more than once?
Yes. For your own personal use, you can print the pages again whenever you’d like to revisit a reflection.
In fact, returning to some of these questions six months or a year from now could be particularly interesting. Our answers change as our lives do.
Can I put all of the printables together in a binder?
Yes — and the collection has been deliberately designed with that in mind.
Although the individual layouts vary depending on the reflection, the pages share the same cream, navy, antique-gold and blue-and-white visual style so that they form one cohesive journal when collected together.
🖨️ Create Your Binder
If you’re planning to print several of our printables in this collection, a few simple supplies can make it easy to create your own beautiful binder to enjoy year after year.
(This section contains affiliate links. If you choose to purchase through them, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for supporting Our Little House in the Country.)
- 📗 A4 Display Book
- 📁 A4 Ring Binder
- 📄 Plastic Document Wallets
- 📎 Adjustable Hole Punch
- 🖊️ Fine-liner Pens
- 📑 Divider Tabs
Can I share these printables with someone else?
You’re very welcome to share the link to the relevant blog post or collection page so that friends, family or your online community can download their own copy.
Please don’t upload, email, reproduce or redistribute the PDF files themselves.
Can I use these printables in a group, class or workshop?
The printables are created primarily for personal use. If you’d like to use one as part of a class, workshop, group or other organised setting, please contact me first so we can make sure it is being used appropriately and with full credit to Our Little House in the Country.
What are the terms of use?
All Our Little House in the Country printables are provided for personal use only unless specific permission has been given otherwise.
Please do not sell, reproduce, alter for resale, upload, distribute or include the printable files in your own digital or physical products. If you’d like to recommend a printable to someone else, please share the original page on Our Little House in the Country rather than the PDF itself.
You can read the complete Printables Terms of Use for further information.
- What Do I Need More of Right Now?What would make the life you’re living right now feel a little better? This gentle reflection invites you to consider what you need more of — for your body, mind, heart and yourself — and to look beneath the first answer to what you may really be asking for. Includes a beautiful free reflection printable from The Life I’m Living Collection.
- What’s Taking Up Space in My Head?Sometimes what makes life feel overwhelming isn’t only how much we’re doing, but how much we’re trying to remember, anticipate, decide, solve and carry at the same time. This gentle reflection explores the invisible mental load of ordinary life and includes a beautiful free brain dump printable to help you put some of it down.
- Where Does My Energy Go?Where does your energy go — and is everything receiving it really worth the cost? This thoughtful reflection explores energy well spent, the things that restore us and the quiet energy leaks that can leave us depleted. Includes a beautiful free reflection printable from The Life I’m Living Collection.
- What Does My Life Actually Look Like Right Now?What does your life actually look like when you stop and look at an ordinary week? This gentle reflection explores what fills your time, what feels meaningful, what gets squeezed out and whether the story you tell yourself about your life is really true. Includes a beautiful free A Week in My Life printable.
- Where I Am Now: A Gentle Life Check-InWhen did you last stop and ask yourself how you really are? This gentle life check-in is an invitation to slow down, notice what feels good, what feels difficult and what may be changing — without assuming anything needs to be fixed. Includes a beautiful free two-page reflection printable.
