A year in the life Journaling for self-discovery
Book - 2000
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- Published
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Cincinnati, Ohio :
Walking Stick Press
c2000.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Physical Description
- 224 p. ; 21 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes index.
- ISBN
- 9780898799712
- Chapter 1. Defining the Writer's Journal
- A Definition of the Journiary
- From Evocation We Gain Insight
- Chapter 2. What Psychologists, Scholars and Writers Say About Keeping a Journal
- Journaling Aids in Total Life Development
- Journaling Helps You De-Stress
- Journaling Enhances Creative Thinking
- Journaling Helps You Write Well
- Journaling Increases Feelings of Connection to Self and Community
- Chapter 3. Putting Together a Journal That Works for You
- What Does Your Journal Look Like?
- Putting the Journal Together
- What Your Journal Is Made Of
- Adding in Extras
- Exploring Issues of Privacy
- Exploring Issues of Commitment
- Chapter 4. Hiring the Journal Keeper Within
- Creating a Job Description That Works
- Interviewing the Candidate
- Designate a Start Date and Place of Employment
- How to Proceed Using The Next Chapters
- Troubleshooting
- Chapter 5. First Quarter
- Week 1. Dialogues to Diffuse the Power of Critical Voices
- Week 2. A Lesson From Morrie and Rilke
- Week 3. Letter to a Columnist
- Week 4. Reading, Writing and 'Rithmatic, Taught to the Tune of What I Did
- Week 5. Cider Mills and Burning Leaves
- Week 6. The Interruption That Became an Inspiration
- Week 7. Grandma's Closet
- Week 8. Finding the Tourist Within
- Week 9. Finding the Motto Writer Within
- Week 10. Metaphor for My Life Right Now
- Week 11. The Words They Taught Me
- Week 12. Return to Morrie's Window
- Week 13. Self-Reflection Week
- Chapter 6. Second Quarter
- Week 14. A Walker in the City, Town or Village
- Week 15. Soul Between the Lines
- Week 16. Affirm, Affirm, Affirm
- Week 17. Confetti
- Week 18. Chasing the Caribou
- Week 19. Before and After
- Week 20. I Know How to Do This
- Week 21. There Ought to Be a Word for This
- Week 22. If I Were a Rich Man
- Week 23. This Is a Story About
- Week 24. Things to Do
- Week 25. Burying the Dutch Oven
- Week 26. Self-Reflection Week
- Chapter 7. Third Quarter
- Week 27. Owning a Place
- Week 28. Each Side a Balance
- Week 29. Recipes
- Week 30. Private Moments
- Week 31. Your Perfect Opposite
- Week 32. Gratitude
- Week 33. Shopping
- Week 34. Eating With Others
- Week 35. To Thine Own Self Be True
- Week 36. Admonitions
- Week 37. Six of One, Half a Dozen of the Other
- Week 38. What It Takes
- Week 39. Self-Reflection Week
- Chapter 8. Fourth Quarter
- Week 40. First You Have to Teach a Lesson
- Week 41. Self-Portrait, Self-Portrait on the Wall
- Week 42. Bridges of Your County
- Week 43. Sacredness in Everyday Life
- Week 44. Hide-and-Seek
- Week 45. Whistling
- Week 46. Starvation Hill
- Week 47. Getting Here
- Week 48. Bureks
- Week 49. Here Lies My Heart
- Week 50. Scenes
- Week 51. Penultimate
- Week 52. Self-Reflection Week
- Chapter 9. Journal Writing for Life Occasions and Holidays
- Eight Life Occasions
- Birthdays
- Marriages
- Divorces
- Deaths
- Births
- Anniversaries
- Endings and Beginnings
- Holidays and Other Observances
- New Year's Day
- Ramadan
- Martin Luther King Day
- Valentine's Day
- St. Patrick's Day
- Passover
- April Fools' Day
- Easter
- Cinco de Mayo
- Mother's Day
- Memorial Day
- Father's Day
- Indpendence Day
- Labor Day
- Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
- Halloween
- Thanksgiving
- Hanukkah
- Christmas
- Kwanzaa
- Chapter 10. Resources to Help Journal Keepers Continue Writing
- Books on Journal Keeping
- Centers for Help With Journal Keeping
- Newsletters and Magazines About Journal Keeping
- Appendix. Mini-Anthology of Sample Journal Entries From the Exercises
- Contributors' Notes
- Index