Oh, what an excellent idea to use the journal entry as a vertical line echoing the strips of papers. The circular frame draws the eye straight to the image. So well composed.
Thanks for joining the challenge and giving a unique version.
Love how you used yourself as the focus of this page. Very nice idea to list all of these things that tell so much right now about where you are in this time. And I completely sympathize with the college decision stage...we are at the same place.