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Note to Self: This Is Not What You’re Looking For

Started by Daniel Gibbons · 8 months ago

There have been periods in my life when I’ve journaled frantically, recording the day-to-day details and meanderings as though my memory relied on it. And there have been times—like now, for instance—when journaling seems like a silly thing for me to do. As a rule, ... Continue reading »

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  • pearl_mattenson

    8 months ago

    Traci- thanks for this review. I am in a similar place re: journaling and really value your clear and honest assessment here. And I couldn't agree more that the daily Q & A is a great starter place. Makes me think a journal guide might be in C and A's future!
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  • joannag

    8 months ago

    Traci, I love the idea of journaling the Daily Q&A. Thanks!
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  • Erica

    7 months ago

    You and I have so much in common I think I may have just coughed red wine through my nose. I have been harbouring mortification over my diary being discovered upon my death, read at my funeral and the prospect of all my friends and loved ones discovering just how dull my life really is. It absolutely stops my dead in my tracks - pen dangling over pristine paper bound in leather with a matching bookmark ribbon. I am my diary entry. Or the lack thereof.

    All this existential thinking makes me want to watch Grey's Anatomy until my eyes fall out of my head.

    Stroke your own fear - and remember you're not alone... http://dooce.com/2008/10/16/mortified
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  • Wendy

    6 months ago

    Traci, don't overthink it! Here is a great trick I use when I get discouraged about my journaling... go back and read some entries from a few years ago, or even a few months ago. Read the entries that are far enough back that you'll have a different perspective on that part of your life. You will be amazed at how engaging your writing is. Probably you just can't see it right now.

    Another thing I find inspiring is reading other people's journals that have been kept over years and years. It's so fun and interesting to have a whole bunch of years worth of journals that it might inspire you to persist. We found a journal in a safe deposit box after my grandmother died. It was her mom's journal and I fell so madly in love with that little book that it help me persist.

    (I haven't read this particular book but I did read her book on letter writing.)
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