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Journaling - The Write Stuff For You?
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I have written pages (one, two, or three at a time) in a notebook. The problem with me (one of them) is I didn't always use the same notebook. So, I have pages and pages in little notebooks, big notebooks, legal paper, any kind of paper I could get my hands on at the time. When I say pages and pages, I mean two or three, here and there. I am not consistent with anything. I flutter like a butterfly at times. I used to keep a small diary in school. I wish I had it but my husband at the time threw fits over things I wrote about--he had a horrible temper--things which meant nothing and had nothing to do with him. I got rid of it myself. My mother had gotten it for me. It was a treasure and a keepsake. (gone in first year of marriage). If I had it to do over, I should have kept my diary and got rid of him in the first year. Oh dear, here I go again. Just wanted to say it is so easy to start writing how you feel. I just wanted to say you are the first person who said (that I can remember) sometimes I write prayers because there are times you can't pray. Well, I do the same! I wondered if anyone else does/did. I haven't taken any courses, you can tell, all my writing is one paragraph! I go from one thought to another--as if it were all the same. God bless you all and have a good day.
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I just wanted to let you know you are not alone! I saw myself in so much of what you wrote, marriage and all. Thanks for sharing, sometimes it is difficult to be open but you hit the nail on the head with me. To bad we can't sit down and share!
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@woogie your comment about writing here, there and everywhere made me smile because I have sooo many spiral notebooks and other pads with notes, thoughts, ideas of other writings, poems, inventions, whatever! Like you, I find notes or even a few pages everywhere. I finally discovered it's good to have a primary 3-ring binder to write in because when I find other random pages I want to keep, I can just punch holes in them and file them appropriately in my binder. Tabs for different topics work too. No formal or fancy diary is necessary since I don't always want to keep things I've written spur of the moment. Have fun writing! It's good for the soul!
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@boogie Don't be hard on yourself! There is no right or wrong way to do a journal. Just write! It does not matter the type of paper, the size of the paper, or what you use to write. You can draw in it, you can press leaves into it, or flower petals or who knows what. Or not. That's the beauty of journaling. There are no Journal Police, and no one should tell you that you're doing it wrong. Including yourself. And there's nothing saying that you can't change things up at any time.
I smile when I read about your papers and notebooks all over the place. Two years ago when I was moving, I was trying to be very meticulous about packing. Oh my goodness! you would not believe how many places I found scraps of paper with a poem or an essay or some writings. I tried to corral everything into a central location and just put the word "writings" on beholder. However, I have recently come across other things. It's a never-ending battle for me but it's okay. I look back at the writing and of course I always date things. If I do multiple pages I make sure that I copy the date to the new page and what page number it is.
Sometimes the biggest block is to just get started. I think that my dad had a great idea and this is one I follow a lot, and that is to have a few opening sentences about where I am or the weather or something that helps clear my mind.
Who does a "daily check in" via writing?
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