6 Reasons Journalling Rocks

Posted by on Apr 5, 2010 in Blog, Journaling, Tools | 1 comment In this post, I listed journalling as one of the ways we can get in touch with our true selves and deepen our self-knowledge. So how does journalling work? Journalling Clears Valuable Head Space Journalling gets thoughts out of our heads and onto paper. If you’re a list person, think of it like a ‘to do’ list. Before we write a task list, there are many ideas about what we have to get done...
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To Be Alive: David K. Reynolds on Constructive Living

Posted by on Mar 27, 2010 in Authentic Living, Blog, Inspiration | 1 comment To be alive “Because we live we have desires and hopes. Because we have desires and hopes we have fears of failing to achieve them in the future and memories of having failed to achieve them in the past. How can we cope with the reality that our desires and dreams always extend beyond our abilities to attain them? No amount of effort works satisfactorily; no direct approach to the problem...
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Self-Acceptance: Love After Love

Posted by on Mar 21, 2010 in Authentic Emotions, Blog, Inspiration | 1 comment Love After Love The time will come when, with elation, you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror, and each will smile at the other’s welcome and say, sit here. Eat. You will love again the stranger who was your self. Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart to itself, to the stranger who has loved you all your life, who you have ignored for another, who knows...
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An Interview with 750 Words Creator Buster Benson

Posted by on Mar 19, 2010 in Blog, Tools | 1 comment Yesterday I posted a review of 750 words, an online journalling tool. Its creator, Buster Benson was super kind and gave up his time to answer some questions about the project. What gave you the idea for 750 words? I was a very enthusiastic reader of The Artist’s Way in college, and picked it up again this last year to try to get my head in order to start a new business. I remember loving...
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Journalling Tools Reviewed: 750 Words

Posted by on Mar 18, 2010 in Blog, Tools | 6 comments 750 words (http://750words.com) is an online journalling tool created by developer Buster Benson. The concept is simple: every day you write 750 stream-of-consciousness words. It’s based on an idea in ‘The Artist’s Way’ by Julia Cameron, a workbook to encourage creativity. One of the exercises in the book is called morning pages. These are three pages of stream-of-consciousness writing that are...
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