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Journaling - The Write Stuff For You?
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Hi, Ginger
I began journaling in the late '80s; that would mean I've been journaling for almost a half-century. I quake to think it's been that long! (I'm 78.) I tell friends I began journaling before Julia Cameron's Artist's Way and her suggestion that all of us write "morning pages," three pages, longhand, every day. Cameron became––and remains––so popular that, to this day, when I tell someone that I do daily journal writing, they'll invariably say, "Oh, yes, your 'morning pages'." I used to say, "No, no, no!" but I've given up protesting; now I simply smile and say, "Uh-huh, yes, that's right. My 'morning pages'." 🙂
Happy holidays, Ginger!
Ray (@ray666)
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@ray666 I recall taking an "Artist's Way" class in a bookstore back in the mid-90s. I have that book and the accompanying workbook. I also have several of her other books, which I found more to my taste, about writing. I discovered and realized I have been a writer/journaler/poet [but didn't know it!] since a very young age, probably in grade school. To me, the concept of 26 letters in the our alphabet, a fistful of punctuation marks, and off you can go! is simply fascinating.
While I have attempted to write most days, deciding the "when" has been a conundrum. I was following Amit Sood, M.D. Year of Healing https://www.resilientoption.com/ This week, once again, I am committing to writing most days while hooking up to dwell fluids for my dialysis. I am a "captive audience" at that point LOL I write longhand, and in my activity bag that travels with me is always a few pages from my binder/journal that uses A5 size paper, along with crochet, Kindle, and drawing materials. Thoughts/insights often come to me at some weird inopportune times!
Ginger