Creating a Personal Journal: Difference between revisions

m
no edit summary
mNo edit summary
mNo edit summary
Line 49: Line 49:
A great techinque that is very useful in recording events and reactions is the table below.<br>  
A great techinque that is very useful in recording events and reactions is the table below.<br>  


{| class="FCK__ShowTableBorders"
=== Record Insights  ===
 
*Record personal insights gained because of events witnessed, speeches heard or books read. This will tell who you are better than anything I can think of.
 
*Insights and feelings do slip away. And if they come back, often times they do not come back with the same impact.<br>
 
A great techinque that is very useful in recording events and reactions is the table below.<br>
 
{| style="border:1px solid black;"
|-
|-
| First column  
| style="width:30%; border:1px solid black;" | First column  
*I record the event or passage that impress me.
*I record the event or passage that impress me.


| Second column  
| style="width:30%; border:1px solid black;" | Second column  
*Record why it caught your attention.  
*Record why it caught your attention.  
*Did it remind me of something else I read?  
*Did it remind me of something else I read?  
Line 61: Line 69:
*Here your reader can see what things affect you and why.
*Here your reader can see what things affect you and why.


| Third column  
| style="border:1px solid black;" | Third column  
*If you really want to take this technique a step further, make a third column and write down what you learned about yourself by your reactions. *What is it about you that caused you to be affected as you were?
*If you really want to take this technique a step further, make a third column and write down what you learned about yourself by your reactions. *What is it about you that caused you to be affected as you were?