Do you know how to do a mind map--or what that is? Check out this link if you have no idea what I am talking about or how to do it:
This blog post is on how to do the lazy person's version. It's the mind map simplified you might say.
It's like doing a SOC (Stream of Consciousness) Journaling, or Free Association, but it's in list form.
MIND MAP LIST: HOW TO DO ONE
* Figure out a word you want to focus on and journal more about at this time. It can be anything really.
* Write the word at the top of a page in your journal.
* Then, write any word or short phrase that comes to mind after that word.
* Keep writing words or short phrases as they come to mind, as long as it applies to the original word.
* When you get stuck and cannot figure out what else to write, re-read your original word.
* Do this for ten minutes or more.
* Then, pick another word from this original list and do a Mind Map List of it.
* Make sure to journal about each of the words you used in this list. There is a reason why they came to mind and why they came to mind when they did.
SAMPLE:
2012
Old year
New Year is 2013
Tough year was 2012
Lots of news
Summer Olympics
Elections
Aurora Movie Theater Shooting
Jamestown
Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting
Andy Griffith died
Kate Middleton is pregnant
2012
Whitney Houston died--shocker, but not
2012
12 months
2012
Vacation
2 visits
Busy year
Recommitted to journaling
Hurricane Sandy
TV Shows Revenge, Grimm, Once Upon a Time
Neil Armstrong died
Felix Baumgartner and his jump (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Baumgartner)
Kindle Fire HD 4G
Samsung iii
Tim Tebow
Payton Manning
Denver Broncos
Storykeeper 2121 blog
Family Tree
You get the idea. That's how to do a mind map list.
