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The Five Minute Journal, Blue

SGD 33.00

A Daily Practice in the Architecture of Attention

"We are what we repeatedly do," Aristotle observed. "Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."

The Five Minute Journal is not so much a diary as it is a daily training ground for attention. Where we place our attention shapes the very texture of our lived experience. This slender volume, bound in natural linen with the quiet dignity of a well-made thing, asks us to notice; with intention, with consistency, and with the kind of stubborn devotion that slowly alchemizes into wisdom.

  • Each morning begins with a question that philosophers and mystics have been asking for millennia: What are you grateful for? Three small lines await your answer. Not grand pronouncements, but the granular particulars of your specific life on this specific day. Perhaps it’s the warmth of coffee. A message from a friend. The quality of light through your window. In the discipline of naming these things, we engage in what psychologists call "positive priming, "we attune our nervous systems to register beauty, to become fluent in appreciation.

  • The daily affirmation that follows is not the hollow cheerleading of pop psychology. You write who you are becoming into being. "We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn," Mary Catherine Bateson reminds us, and here, in this tiny morning ritual, we learn the contours of our own becoming.

  • Evening returns us to the day with two gentle interrogations: What made today great? What did I learn? These are the questions that transform mere experience into meaning. As Annie Dillard wrote, "How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." This journal asks us to spend our days consciously. To mine them for their jewels, to extract their lessons, to honor what fleeted past us before it vanishes completely.

Between the recycled pages (FSC-certified) you'll find:

  • Weekly challenges that nudge you beyond the familiar

  • Inspirational quotes from thinkers who wrestled beautifully with being human

  • Structure to guide you without constraining you.

This is not a journal for people who want to capture every detail of their lives. It is for those who understand that transformation happens not in dramatic overhauls but in the patient accumulation of small, deliberate acts.

  • Five minutes in the morning.

  • Five minutes at night.

  • One hundred and fifty-three days of guided reflection.

The science backs it up: gratitude practices measurably rewire our brains for greater happiness, resilience, and psychological well-being. But the magic exceeds the science. The magic is in the ritual itself. The quiet morning moment before the world makes its demands, the evening pause before consciousness dissolves into sleep. The magic is in showing up, day after day, to the humble work of noticing your own life.

Five minutes. That's all.

A lifetime could turn on it.

A Daily Practice in the Architecture of Attention

"We are what we repeatedly do," Aristotle observed. "Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."

The Five Minute Journal is not so much a diary as it is a daily training ground for attention. Where we place our attention shapes the very texture of our lived experience. This slender volume, bound in natural linen with the quiet dignity of a well-made thing, asks us to notice; with intention, with consistency, and with the kind of stubborn devotion that slowly alchemizes into wisdom.

  • Each morning begins with a question that philosophers and mystics have been asking for millennia: What are you grateful for? Three small lines await your answer. Not grand pronouncements, but the granular particulars of your specific life on this specific day. Perhaps it’s the warmth of coffee. A message from a friend. The quality of light through your window. In the discipline of naming these things, we engage in what psychologists call "positive priming, "we attune our nervous systems to register beauty, to become fluent in appreciation.

  • The daily affirmation that follows is not the hollow cheerleading of pop psychology. You write who you are becoming into being. "We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn," Mary Catherine Bateson reminds us, and here, in this tiny morning ritual, we learn the contours of our own becoming.

  • Evening returns us to the day with two gentle interrogations: What made today great? What did I learn? These are the questions that transform mere experience into meaning. As Annie Dillard wrote, "How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." This journal asks us to spend our days consciously. To mine them for their jewels, to extract their lessons, to honor what fleeted past us before it vanishes completely.

Between the recycled pages (FSC-certified) you'll find:

  • Weekly challenges that nudge you beyond the familiar

  • Inspirational quotes from thinkers who wrestled beautifully with being human

  • Structure to guide you without constraining you.

This is not a journal for people who want to capture every detail of their lives. It is for those who understand that transformation happens not in dramatic overhauls but in the patient accumulation of small, deliberate acts.

  • Five minutes in the morning.

  • Five minutes at night.

  • One hundred and fifty-three days of guided reflection.

The science backs it up: gratitude practices measurably rewire our brains for greater happiness, resilience, and psychological well-being. But the magic exceeds the science. The magic is in the ritual itself. The quiet morning moment before the world makes its demands, the evening pause before consciousness dissolves into sleep. The magic is in showing up, day after day, to the humble work of noticing your own life.

Five minutes. That's all.

A lifetime could turn on it.

  • Orders ship within 3-5 business days via SingPost or courier service, depending on your location within Singapore. You'll receive tracking information once your order is dispatched.

    Delivery Time 1-3 business days for most Singapore addresses.

    Shipping Costs Free

    A Note on Timing This is a one-woman operation. During particularly busy periods or when I'm unwell, processing may take longer. I'll update the homepage if significant delays are expected.

  • Returns are handled on a case-by-case basis.

    If something arrives damaged, defective, or significantly different from what was described, contact me within 7 days of delivery with photos. I'll make it right.

    For other situations (changed your mind, ordered the wrong size, or it simply isn't what you hoped) email me. I'll do my best to find a reasonable solution, though I can't guarantee returns in every case.

    This approach allows me to be fair and flexible while sustaining a very small operation.

  • About This Shop

    This shop exists in a transitional moment. The items here are inventory from a previous business. One built with different priorities, questions, and a different sense of what mattered. Over time, that business stopped reflecting how I think and what I want to say. So I let it go.

    What remains are these products: well-made, functional, some I still believe in completely, others that represent a version of my taste I've since outgrown. They're here because I'd rather see them used than stored, and because closing one chapter means clearing space for the next.

    This explains the pricing. These aren't luxury goods positioned at luxury prices. They're priced to move, well below their original retail value, because my goal is completion, not profit.

    What This Shop Isn't

    This isn't a carefully branded lifestyle destination. There's no aesthetic through-line being sold, no vision of the good life you can purchase in installments.

    It's not a manifesto in retail form.

    It's not permanent. When this inventory is gone, this shop may close, transform, or become something else entirely.

    On Selling Things

    To offer something for sale is to enter a complicated exchange. You're saying: this object is worth your money, your space, your attention. That claim should be made carefully.

    I'm making it less carefully here than I would if starting fresh, because these items already exist. They were already manufactured, shipped, stored. The environmental and economic cost has been paid. The question now is whether they can be useful rather than wasteful.

    Some of these things I'd buy again. Others taught me what I don't need. Both kinds are here.

  • For questions about orders, products, or anything else:

    Email: ann@greataveruins.com

    I typically respond within 1-3 business days. I'm running this alone, which means responses may occasionally be slower during especially busy periods or personal circumstances. Your patience is genuinely appreciated.