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Journaling - The Write Stuff For You?
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@witsend000 Give yourself 5 minutes to write something down. Positive, negative, the weather, your pet, dinner for the day, anything. When you get to the end of the 5 minutes, stop. No matter what. And the next day set a timer for 7 minutes, do it again. You may find that you are looking forward to writing down something each day as it goes forward! Extend your timing and eventually just write! Make an appointment with yourself to write or be creative to get the negative things addressed. We don't want you to explode, or implode!
How does this sound?
Ginger
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Sounds good Ginger 👍🏼
Also, thank you Theresa for the link to 30 prompts to journaling. I saved it to my reading list so I can refer to it later.
Thank you all for your suggestions and shared experiences!
I guess I’ve always felt that if I’m not doing something productive, then I’m useless…which is the thing I most fear being. I guess in my mind “productive” means working at something or helping someone else with something. I’ve always felt like hobbies, exercise, etc were a waste of time….not in general, just for me. Like the only way I can “earn my keep”’or something is to give way more than I take.
Maybe I should allow myself time to do things like journal, even if it’s just for myself? Just so I don’t wind up so tight I completely lose my mind?