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I once heard that you should appreciate your body because it's the only "home" you'll ever occupy. And one way of attending to the mind-body as home is to study it through the art of journaling.
To journal is an internal intake of the self. Some people use a journal as a vehicle for confession, confrontation, adoration, detachment, or any mix of spilling the mind's guts. Journaling may take the form of a daily habit, an occasional retreat, or a once-a-year attempt.
I once heard that you should appreciate your body because it's the only "home" you'll ever occupy. And one way of attending to the mind-body as home is to study it through the art of journaling.
To journal is an internal intake of the self. Some people use a journal as a vehicle for confession, confrontation, adoration, detachment, or any mix of spilling the mind's guts. Journaling may take the form of a daily habit, an occasional retreat, or a once-a-year attempt.
Start a timer to a suitable time frame that feels manageable to your current situation. For me, each morning, I set a 15-minute timer. You could aim for more or less time. However, what flows out of you during that swath of time may become a little surprising and magical.
Start a timer to a suitable time frame that feels manageable to your current situation. For me, each morning, I set a 15-minute timer. You could aim for more or less time. However, what flows out of you during that swath of time may become a little surprising and magical.
With the blank page before you, start. Start anywhere.
But I have nothing to write, says at least one of you out there. Not true. Even in "nothing," something is happening. I am not talking about chronicling your travels. You do NOT need to travel to Thailand, Bali, or New York or have some mountaintop experience to explore the essence of your life. Where you are is all you need.
Use the journal to explore the shorelines of your creativity and the pilgrimages of the self's nooks and crannies.
Some Journal-Writing Prompts
If you feel like you’re getting writer’s block, try to drill down and get small into a detail. For example, do you eat breakfast? No? Then why not? Or maybe it's a yes. Either way, start there—the routine, the likes, the dislikes, the hopes, the dreams, etc. How has the landscape of breakfast changed over your lifetime? Maybe you grew up with no food in the house? There's a landmine of content. Perhaps your parents didn't allow processed frozen waffles as an option? Boom—there's another cultural, familiar moment to unearth and explore.
The point is the routines you follow, probably almost blindly in the most mundane life choices you make, reveal a more profound characteristic or pattern to your selfhood. How have habits helped or hurt the progress you want in your life?
As you write about the mundane details, soon, your mind will go where it wants to go, and you'll end up meandering to some topic you never intended to discuss with yourself on paper. You will surprise yourself with connections!
You're working through something in journaling—acknowledging, revealing, admitting, and performing. Seek your most authentic self - aside from the ego-self that rattles and prances in public life. Whatever change you seek, you'll have to become aware that you want it to happen. And journaling is an excellent way to not hide from yourself.
By Tricia Louvar; All Rights Reserved @2022
By Tricia Louvar; All Rights Reserved @2022
