Journal regularly

I have been feeling disconnected from myself lately. I have been busier than usual and I am doing, doing, doing just as 43things would suggest. However, I am focusing on the external… and I am out of touch with what’s going on inside! I would like to reconnect and journaling is a great way to do that!

I love words! They can do so much- make you laugh, cry, bring back a fond memory, record an event that is meaningful in your life, take the sting of anger out of your voice before you have a difficult conversation with someone you love. I want to learn more words, learn to express myself better, record the dreams I still want to accomplish and remember the joys and sorrows that have shaped me. I think journaling can help me do this.

And that is regularly enough for me. Daily entries are great, but as long as I feel like I’m keeping it up, I’ll consider this goal complete. Will revisit again if I start to slack off.

I want to really really write in an journal daily!!!!

I have started and have made a few entries. I don’t think about it much.

I am pretty good at buying journals and then not writing in them past about ten pages. I would like to write all the way through one notebook for once in my life, and then do this regularly until I die.

but going back and looking at your old handwriting and doodles and the emphasis put on various words and everything is so much more enjoyable than re-reading pages of text on the computer. I bought a cute little green notebook not too long ago and i journaled for about a week, however i want to make this a habit. I think I can do it. I have all sorts of ideas for simple things to write about because of all the goals I have read about on here. Such as writing about compliments given and received, things you are grateful for, or even summing up the day in one sentence. So, I think if i can’t write every detail of my day i want to at least write something about it to reflect on later. I am starting a new diet/exercise regime today, why not add a few more goals to the list of things to get started on today?

“The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser—in case you thought optimism was dead. ”
—Robert Brault

I already have a blog, but I think I want to start fresh with this one. I need a name and then I will fire it up at blogspot.

So I went on a three month long road trip two summers ago and wrote in my new journal exactly twice during the whole trip. I was ashamed! I wish I would have had a record of that event. So I’m trying hard to write at least every couple of days. However I’ve noticed my tendency to only write (and write often) when I’m really emotionally stressed and then not write at all when I’m happy or when I’m busy/preoccupied. I’m considering starting a habit of writing before bed each night but haven’t committed yet.

Years ago I went on a trip to the south pacific. It was four months and I journaled regularly. I enjoyed it and even had some guest contributors. I was able to capture how I felt and what I was doing so well. When I reread the journal, which I do every five or so years, I really enjoy it and it brings back a whole bunch of memories that would have been lost forever. I am going to start this right away, I am sick of losing memories of my life. I might start with some stories. Maybe a 2 part thing, part one, whatever I am thinking, part 2 a memory.