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

Wendy — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:26:48 -0000

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.)

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

Erica — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:11:27 -0000

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

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

joannag — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:22:25 -0000

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

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

pearl_mattenson — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:22:55 -0000

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!