Start
Today
Journaling is an investment in yourself; it helps you live a
more intense life. Writing your journey unfetters and frees you. So catch the
moment
How To Begin Your
Journal
•Select a blank notebook.It can be ordinary or fancy
—anything that appeals to you. If you want to maintain an online diary,
the computer will be your best friend.
• Use a pen that feels most
comfortable in your hands. You can also use pencils, paints... Write any time,
anywhere about anything. For best results, write often.
• What should
you write about? Start by jotting down your activities. Journaling is not just
about scribbling down what you had for breakfast — though it can be, if
that is what you want. Write down your thoughts, opinions, feelings and ideas.
Mix and match by looking outward as well as inward. Quotes that you want to
memorise and apply in your life, poems and essays that you have written. You can
stick pictures or draw instead. You can even paste mementos of your daily
wanderings: A caricature, an air ticket, the photocopied lyrics of your
favourite song, a movie stub, an invitation
card...
The Write
Rules
• You will not share. Keeping it exclusive will help you
be completely honest when journaling. If you write thinking you may share your
reflections, you may be tempted to write for another person, or even worse, you
may begin writing to that person!
•You will be honest in
self-expression.
•You will not feel obliged to spell correctly,
write complete sentences or even use the right verb. You will write at the
bottom of the page and go up, begin from right and go left...
• You
will date each entry in the journal. You may not see a reason to do this at that
present time.
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