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February 2009
Reflecting on a meaty quotation is one way to kick start a journal
entry. The first article in this month's newsletter is about how to add
quotes to the LifeJournal software and includes a tip about how to
distinguish your quotes from the ones that came with the program.
The second article is about a journal technique that builds on the five
minute sprint, the technique that I described in last month's
newsletter. This technique takes little time, but effectively moves you
quickly into writing with depth.
I also wanted to let you know about a new "Talking Page" just posted on my blog. The Talking Page
features six people who tell us briefly how journal writing has
benefited their lives. If you are interested in being included on this
talking page, send an email to me at rfolit@lifejournal.com.
Sincerely,
Ruth Folit
www.lifejournal.com
PS THREE NEW WEBINARS are soon to begin! (Sign up now for better rates, and be sure there is still space for you.)
(1) Sign up for a two-session webinar with Sheila Bender
about how to take a journal entry and turn it into a poem. Sheila's
webinars are fun, information filled, and very practical. Allan
Ginsburg took the prose he had written in his journal and changed where
he broke the lines and created poems. You can, too!
(2) During these tough
economic times, many more people are dealing with losses: loss of
employment, loss of income and financial stability, as well as the
ever-present life losses of divorce and death or illness of a loved
one. Journals are excellent tools for working through and managing
loss, and gifted journal instructor Sue Meyn will guide you through
best ways to deal with loss by writing about it. Join Sue and me in a four-session webinar in March on Wednesday evenings.
(3) Who among us
doesn't use our journals at times to try to manage overwhelming
emotions? Psychologist and author Dr. Beth Jacobs, during the
four-session webinar in March on Tuesday evenings, will help you
physiologically understand emotions, how we process them, and how to
work with them using specific journal writing exercises. Join Beth and me in learning emotional management skills which will lead to profound changes in the quality of your life.
AND one more note: There's still time to sign up for Sheila Bender's annual conference--this year the conference is on a cruise in Alaska!
Adding your Favorite Quotes, plus a Tip:
Reflecting on a quote
of a deep thinker is one way to open doors to your own deep thinking.
Quotes from authors and philosophers often carry you into a different
stream of contemplation, into a new vantage point that may illuminate
some corner of life. Of course you don't have to agree with the quoted
passage, but simply reading it may stimulate meaningful internal dialog
as you follow the thread of "what ifs" and "then that means" into new
intellectual territory. All this from one top-quality quote!
READ MORE>>www.lifejournal.com/adding_quotes
Journaling Technique:The Multiple Five Minute Sprint
In last month's newsletter we introduced a journal technique known as
the five minute sprint. As you can tell by the name, the writing
technique involves writing non-stop for five minutes. No warm up. No
planning or forethought. Just sit down and write. It's a way to help
you overcome the feeling that you don't have any time to write, or that
you don't know what to write about, or that the process is
overwhelming. The benefits are that you write more consistently because
you can always find that five minutes in a day to write.
READ MORE>>www.lifejournal.com/multiple_5minsprint
End Quotes
"A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people"--Thomas Mann
"Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold."--Joseph Chilton Pearce
"This is what I learned: that everybody is talented, original and has something important to say."--Brenda Ueland
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