365-Day Journal Your Story Project: Day 13: Changing It Up

If the journaling you did yesterday was quite deep and intense (as was the case of Day 12) , I recommend changing it up and having a fun, easier, or a different type of day of journaling the next day. Give yourself a break today. Then, tomorrow I recommend going deep again. It keeps things fresh, from getting to you, and keeps you from getting bored or frustrated with journaling to the point you want to stop. This is true in general--and not just because of Day's 12 intensity. So, today we are going to take a look at changing it up with our journaling.

HOW DO YOU CHANGE UP YOUR JOURNALING?

There are several ways to accomplish this purpose. 

~*~ For starters, what is your favorite journaling type, journaling exercise, or journaling entry you have done so far? Do you want to do more of that today? If so, go for it. If not, keep reading.

~*~ Make a list. 

List things in 10, 20, 25, 50, 75, and 100. 

List your favorites of something. List anything that comes to mind. List ten things that make you happy. List ten blessings in your life. List ten dreams and goals you have. List ten things you want to do in the next year. List ten of... You fill in the blank. 

~*~ SOC: Stream of Consciousness

Take fifteen minutes to write anything that comes to mind.

~*~ What do you like?

~*~ What do you dislike?

~*~ Pick a favorite word for every letter of the alphabet. Why is each a favorite? What does it mean to you? What memories are associated with each? 

~*~ If your life was everything you wanted it to be today, what would it look like? Answer that for a while. Then, answer this, What would it take for you to move to that point? 

~*~ What lessons have you learned in your life?

~*~ Who has shaped your life and how? For the good or the bad? 

~*~ Look around where you are. Find an object, a person, an animal, sound, or anything from it you can journal for ten minutes. 

~ Stacy Duplease

Journalkeeper