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=== 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>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 my journal everyday. You might not be able to or even want to, so try for a least once a week anyway. <br>But, if you reading good books, watching the news closely, paying attention to your family, and thinking about life in general, you’ll probably want to write more often. <br>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. <br>However, there are other benefits to keeping a journal besides just keeping track of what’s happening. Consider the following items: | 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> | |||
Try to write in my journal everyday. You might not be able to or even want to, so try for a least once a week anyway. <br> | |||
But, if you reading good books, watching the news closely, paying attention to your family, and thinking about life in general, you’ll probably want to write more often. <br>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. <br> | |||
However, there are other benefits to keeping a journal besides just keeping track of what’s happening. Consider the following items: | |||
=== Gives You a Change To Sound Off Even If No One Cares === | === Gives You a Change To Sound Off Even If No One Cares === | ||
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=== Record Conversations === | === Record Conversations === | ||
*You can record conversations with family members. And instead of paraphrasing what was said, try to remember the exact words and put them in quotes. | *You can record conversations with family members. And instead of paraphrasing what was said, try to remember the exact words and put them in quotes. | ||
*Written out conversations are far easier to read than paraphrasing. After all, you don’t see paraphrasing of conversations in novels. | *Written out conversations are far easier to read than paraphrasing. After all, you don’t see paraphrasing of conversations in novels. | ||
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=== Record Reactions === | === Record Reactions === | ||
*Recording facts is good, but what is just as important is your reactions to them. This gives you a chance to see if you reactions were correct as the future unfolds. | *Recording facts is good, but what is just as important is your reactions to them. This gives you a chance to see if you reactions were correct as the future unfolds. | ||
*Again, these reactions may not come back again and if they do they never seem to come back with the same impact. | *Again, these reactions may not come back again and if they do they never seem to come back with the same impact. | ||
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=== Gives You a Chance To See What Interest You The Most === | === Gives You a Chance To See What Interest You The Most === | ||
*Writing about what impresses you in your journal can point out to you what subjects give you the greatest satisfaction to think about. | *Writing about what impresses you in your journal can point out to you what subjects give you the greatest satisfaction to think about. | ||
*Genius has been described as thinking about things which gives us the greatest satisfaction without effort and which we would hate to forego. You may find out what you are a genius at something by seeing what you write about the most. | *Genius has been described as thinking about things which gives us the greatest satisfaction without effort and which we would hate to forego. You may find out what you are a genius at something by seeing what you write about the most. | ||
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*A well know publisher of the past gave this advise to every new employee. Become immediately an expert on anything that interests you and it doesn’t matter what it is. | *A well know publisher of the past gave this advise to every new employee. Become immediately an expert on anything that interests you and it doesn’t matter what it is. | ||
*Keep a record of what you learn. And you will find that you will be attracted to or be attracted by other people of like interest. | *Keep a record of what you learn. And you will find that you will be attracted to or be attracted by other people of like interest. | ||
*Your opinions will be valued and sought for. If you keep up your interest, you may find yourself in communications with others around the world. The Internet has made this a reality. | *Your opinions will be valued and sought for. If you keep up your interest, you may find yourself in communications with others around the world. The Internet has made this a reality. | ||