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''Journal writing is a voyage to the interior.'' (Christina Baldwin) | |||
=== Constant updates to add for your personal history === | === Constant updates to add for your personal history === | ||
If your personal history hasn’t been published posthumously, you are still alive and you will have more life to write about. Well, what do you do until you are ready to update it? Keep a journal. <br> | If your personal history hasn’t been published posthumously, you are still alive and you will have more life to write about. Well, what do you do until you are ready to update it? Keep a journal. <br> | ||
Now, we're not talking about a diary. A diary is usually just a record what you’re doing everyday. A journal, on the other hand does that too, but it includes thoughts, opinions, reactions, insights, feelings, etc. <br> | Now, we're not talking about a diary. A diary is usually just a record what you’re doing everyday. A journal, on the other hand does that too, but it includes thoughts, opinions, reactions, insights, feelings, etc. <br> | ||
Try to write in your journal everyday. You might not be perfect, but it's good to strive for daily entries. | Try to write in your journal everyday. You might not be perfect, but it's good to strive for daily entries. | ||
Where can you find inspiration of what to write? If you read good books, watch the news closely, pay attention to your family, and think about life in general, you’ll find plenty of material. <br><span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1333672255255_448" /> | Where can you find inspiration of what to write? If you read good books, watch the news closely, pay attention to your family, and think about life in general, you’ll find plenty of material. <br><span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1333672255255_448" /> | ||
It is amazing how the mind almost compels us to want to record our reactions if we are actively keeping a journal. And keeping a journal, in turn, seems to cause you to pay more attention to what is going on around you and in your family, especially if you have children. | It is amazing how the mind almost compels us to want to record our reactions if we are actively keeping a journal. And keeping a journal, in turn, seems to cause you to pay more attention to what is going on around you and in your family, especially if you have children. | ||
However, there are other benefits to keeping a journal besides just keeping track of what’s happening. Consider the following items: | However, there are other benefits to keeping a journal besides just keeping track of what’s happening. Consider the following items: | ||
=== Gives You a Chance To Sound Off Even If No One Cares === | === Gives You a Chance To Sound Off Even If No One Cares === | ||
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*Insights and feelings do slip away. And if they come back, often times they do not come back with the same impact.<br> | *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> | A great techinque that is very useful in recording events and reactions is the table below.<br> | ||
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