When life is hard, journal.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
The Cost of Journaling
Journaling costs as much or as little as you choose.
You can journal for free, providing you have a computer and the internet Or, a cell phone, laptop, or tablet--with internet capability.
Or, you can buy a fancy paper journal for a lot of money.
Journaling can also cost some of your time each day.
However, it's the cost of not journaling that is the most costly.
The lack of journaling in a person's life, for whatever reason, means losing out on the benefits of journaling, of which they are numerous. The lack of journaling means a life that isn't reflected upon or remembered. Its's a life that is not as appreciated or lived to its fullest.
Record of your life
Your journal is a record of your life.
Stacy Duplease
Journalkeeper & Author
* My Storykeeper Odyssey in 2013: Journaling & Memoir
* The Journaling & Storykeeping Encyclopedia of 2013
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
The importance of journaling
Other than praying and reading the Bible, I do not know of anything I could do that is more important to my life.
And, when I pray, I pray journal. And when I read and study the Bible, I journal. Therefore, my life habit, and way of life, of journaling is the most influential thing I do in my life.
-- Stacy Duplease
Journalkeeper & Author
And, when I pray, I pray journal. And when I read and study the Bible, I journal. Therefore, my life habit, and way of life, of journaling is the most influential thing I do in my life.
-- Stacy Duplease
Journalkeeper & Author
Dealing with your stuff: A journaling exercise or prompt
It's important to deal with your stuff, so your stuff does not deal with you.
So, what stuff keeps working on you, coming to mind, chasing you, tapping on your shoulder, pulling you--good or bad? (Journal your response.)
It's important to acknowledge your stuff, so you can deal with it--so it will not deal with you. If you don't, you cannot move on. There will be no forward motion in your life. The days might go by, but you end up being stuck where you stuff first started to collect and brew.
What do you need to deal with?
Start this today.
~ Stacy Duplease
Journalkeeper
Run to your journal
Do you ever feel like you need to runaway and get away from it?
Run to your journal instead. Runaway to the journaling world. It's the safest place to escape--and it will force you to deal with your stuff.
Take some time this day to run to your journal.
Stacy Duplease
Journalkeeper & Author
Journalkeeper & Author
* My Storykeeper Odyssey in 2013: Journaling & Memoir
* The Journaling & Storykeeping Encyclopedia of 2013
The Journaling Path Blog Network: http://thejournalingpath.blogspot.com
Email: storykeeper2121@gmail.com
dba Remembering Your Present, LLC & Storykeeper 2121
Confession and Running To: My Personal Journaling
I have a confession. I need to run to today (not runaway from). I need to run as fast as I can to my Lord who can bring me comfort and tell me that everything is going to be okay. I need to rejuvenate in him and seek some healing.
I have a million things that need to come first. My to do list is long as can be. But, it will wait.
However, there are times when we have to deal with something head on--or it will deal with us. I think the time is now for me. I need to acknowledge some feelings and thoughts that I try to push down. You know... Act strong.
I trust God and his timing. He knows best. He sees things through divine eyes and I only see through my small, scarred, limited, sinful, and human eyes.
But, that doesn't mean that sometimes I don't feel beaten. That doesn't mean I don't feel low and yucky. That doesn't mean I have a lack of faith. It's just that after four+ years, it can be difficult to wait... To be patient... To not know when my prayers will be answered.
And, have you noticed that when other people's same prayers are answered, and yours hasn't been... It can hurt? And, you feel guilty for feeling that way? That's where I am at today.
The truth is in four years, I haven't cried once about this. I've remained strong. I've held to my faith. I've trusted. I have tried to do everything I can to push through, to keep moving forward, to not feel sorry for myself, and to know that God has bigger, better, perfect plans.
He promised me this prayer will be a yes answer. But, it's in his timing, not mine. I know he is preparing me and my husband for this. I know he is preparing everyone else for it, too.
But, sometimes, it's hard to remain forever strong and faithful.
Sometimes, I just want a hug by God. A reminder he hasn't forgotten. A reminder that it just isn't time yet--that it will happen--and he is proud of the race I've run so far.
It hurts.
So, today, I am going to take some time and not be so strong and sort through everything I've dealt with for over four years. It's time.
I am running to--deal with it. Not runaway from and avoid having to do so.
I am running to God and want to see if he has anything to say. I sure could use a word from him. That is for sure.
~ Stacy Duplease
Journalkeeper
Monday, January 7, 2013
Why Journal?
Why should you journal? Why would you want to journal?
There are a million reasons to journal--and that is not an overstatement. I will list a few of why you might think about journaling or what you could add to your journaling. Why journal? Here's why. It's to help you...:
* Remember your life, memories, experiences, choices, and everything about every day.
* Achieve better health: mentally, emotionally, physically, spiritually, and even socially.
* Lose weight or maintain your weight.
* Eat right and healthy.
* Get in shape and be the most fit you can be--and stay that way. To help you train.
* Gain a fresh point-of-view or perspective.
* Learn what makes you who you are. Self-discovery.
* Track your journey.
* Leave a legacy.
* Process things that have happened, or are happening, in your life.
* Financially, get out of debt, track what you spend, help you prepare for retirement, and help you save.
* List the pros and cons so you can make the best and informed decision.
* Figure out your life's purpose.
* List your dreams and then achieve them through the setting of goals.
* Achieve your goals, which lead you to your dreams.
* Vent and throw-up on paper. at times, we can have an ugliness inside of us that needs to explode. It's best to explode on paper and not at people, right?
* Track the patterns in your life and those stand-apart moments.
* Conquer and achieve pain management.
* Reduce stress.
* Reduce anxiety.
* Deal with your past.
* Remember the A-HA moments in our lives, the monumental moments.
* List why we are thankful or list our blessings.
* Acknowledge what God is doing, has done, and will do in our lives.
* Plan to live the most ideal life we can live--and live it.
* Plan for 5, 10, 20, and 25 years from now.
* Find encouragement when we need it.
* List our favorite inspirational quotes or scripture.
* Pray.
* Mediate on an inspirational quote or word.
* Figure out what we think.
* Figure out how we feel.
* Figure out where to go from here.
* Remember the people in our lives--no matter how short-term or long-term they are in our lives.
* Let us know what we need to work on in our lives.
* Plan a trip and vacation.
* Work through a problem.
* Live a better life.
* Creativity and imagination--so they soar.
* Inspire the muse.
* Be better writers.
* Write a book. That book we've always wanted to write--or the one we just thought of recently.
* Write our life story.
* Achieve success.
* Plan to have a baby.
* Raise the kid(s) we've got.
* Draw closer to our loved ones.
* Grow a stronger marriage.
* Grow a garden and appreciate it.
* Remember where we have traveled and to capture the memory of our travels today.
* Remember why and how we fell in love.
* Get through a divorce or break-up.
* Remember where we've lived.
* Remember our school days.
* Remember our workplaces.
~Stacy Duplease
Journalkeeper & Writer
There are a million reasons to journal--and that is not an overstatement. I will list a few of why you might think about journaling or what you could add to your journaling. Why journal? Here's why. It's to help you...:
* Remember your life, memories, experiences, choices, and everything about every day.
* Achieve better health: mentally, emotionally, physically, spiritually, and even socially.
* Lose weight or maintain your weight.
* Eat right and healthy.
* Get in shape and be the most fit you can be--and stay that way. To help you train.
* Gain a fresh point-of-view or perspective.
* Learn what makes you who you are. Self-discovery.
* Track your journey.
* Leave a legacy.
* Process things that have happened, or are happening, in your life.
* Financially, get out of debt, track what you spend, help you prepare for retirement, and help you save.
* List the pros and cons so you can make the best and informed decision.
* Figure out your life's purpose.
* List your dreams and then achieve them through the setting of goals.
* Achieve your goals, which lead you to your dreams.
* Vent and throw-up on paper. at times, we can have an ugliness inside of us that needs to explode. It's best to explode on paper and not at people, right?
* Track the patterns in your life and those stand-apart moments.
* Conquer and achieve pain management.
* Reduce stress.
* Reduce anxiety.
* Deal with your past.
* Remember the A-HA moments in our lives, the monumental moments.
* List why we are thankful or list our blessings.
* Acknowledge what God is doing, has done, and will do in our lives.
* Plan to live the most ideal life we can live--and live it.
* Plan for 5, 10, 20, and 25 years from now.
* Find encouragement when we need it.
* List our favorite inspirational quotes or scripture.
* Pray.
* Mediate on an inspirational quote or word.
* Figure out what we think.
* Figure out how we feel.
* Figure out where to go from here.
* Remember the people in our lives--no matter how short-term or long-term they are in our lives.
* Let us know what we need to work on in our lives.
* Plan a trip and vacation.
* Work through a problem.
* Live a better life.
* Creativity and imagination--so they soar.
* Inspire the muse.
* Be better writers.
* Write a book. That book we've always wanted to write--or the one we just thought of recently.
* Write our life story.
* Achieve success.
* Plan to have a baby.
* Raise the kid(s) we've got.
* Draw closer to our loved ones.
* Grow a stronger marriage.
* Grow a garden and appreciate it.
* Remember where we have traveled and to capture the memory of our travels today.
* Remember why and how we fell in love.
* Get through a divorce or break-up.
* Remember where we've lived.
* Remember our school days.
* Remember our workplaces.
~Stacy Duplease
Journalkeeper & Writer
Anytime, Any Place
Journaling is the most convenient hobby, or way of life, an individual can have. After all, a journalkeeper can write at any time and in any place. All it takes is a way to write, whether paper and pen or cell or tablet.
Also, journaling is inexpensive and easy to do.
Journaling is quite enjoyable for just those reasons.
~Stacy Duplease
Journalkeeper & Writer
Also, journaling is inexpensive and easy to do.
Journaling is quite enjoyable for just those reasons.
~Stacy Duplease
Journalkeeper & Writer
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)