Monday, October 19, 2015
My journals
Dear friends,
It has been a long time since I have been here. No longer interested in blogging but my dear friend Jamie Ridler and others are interested in all the journals I use. I counted 23 but I think there are more....
*yearly diary keeps track of commitments for the year...a month per double page
*weekly diary records the weeks commitments on a single page
*daily journal records what is happening through my day
*special happenings journal for things that happen in my days that are extra special like visiting a gallery, my birthday celebrations
*night journal records in 2 or 3 lines what I am grateful for about my day
*mood journal records my zippy / manic & quiet often down times that I want to understand or remember about my rapid cycling bipolar
*spiritual director journal that records what issues I am dealing with with my spiritual director
*reading journal records what I am reading. This hasn't been kept up as I read so much
*movies journal records movies I see. Am now only listing special ones as I see so many
*visitors journal lists visitors that come for the first or second time or a special event
*anonymous friend journal is a journal for things important to my relationship with one of my friends
*grief journal is for things I am grieving about. The loss of a friend
*the death of my mum journal. My mum hasn't died yet but am already writing little things to help me when she dies
*problems journal lists problems I have that I need to sort out and need extra attention from my daily journal
*my beloved journal is a journal written to my beloved. I am single and never married but often think of my beloved and I write about things I would like to say to him if he were here
*special issues journal. Every so often I have something I want to sort through that isn't a problem and I do it here
*travel journal where I work out my next trips away and ideas for trips
*poetry journal where I keep my poems
*journal at mum's where I write inside beautifully illustrated books
*eating disorder journal where I deal with my eating disorder and anxiety disorder
*spiritual journal where I journal about my spiritual journey
*bible studies journal where I make notes about my bible studies
*hand bag journal where I write when I am out and about
*online / creativity journal where I write what happens with Jamie and other online creatives and my own journey
*dream journal where I write about my night dreams
*home journal when I write about my home days when I don't go out and they are special days not ordinary days. I now have SUndays as a home day and write here
*walk journal where I write about my walks
*spirit guide journal where I write about my spiritual guides and happenings with nature, etc
*seasons and the moon journal where I write about the seasonal changes and the moons travels each month
*travel journal when I am away
*artist journals...I have numerous artist journals and I paint, collage, draw
*sketch journal with my sketching in
Goodness I think that is enough. as you can see I love, love, love writing hope this inspires love from susanJOY
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2 comments:
Look at this amazing array of journals! One of the things I love seeing is how the categories of your journals speak to the things that are important to you. Powerful!
And oh, my, if I count my day books as journals - my number goes up! Thanks so much for participating, Susan! ((bighugs))
Wow that's an amazing list!
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