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Guide to the Perfect Mother’s Day Gift
Mother’s Day is the day that’s set aside to honor the women in your life who are mothers. It’s a day intended to show the love in your heart through acts of kindness, expressions of love, and by giving gifts that they’ll treasure. Being a mother is a 24-7 job — with middle of the night shifts caring for sick children or waiting for teen drivers. It’s a job that’s peanut butter and jelly handprints on the table and toys scattered on the floor. But it’s a job that mothers gladly undertake because they love their children. You want to take the time to show your appreciation and gratitude for…
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How Stream of Consciousness Writing Works
Last week, I published a post about stream of consciousness journaling. This week, I decided to go more into detail about this style of writing. One of the easiest forms of journal writing is stream of consciousness. What is it? This is where you just start writing about anything and everything. You don’t have to pick just one topic, use a prompt, or even make sense. Just write what comes to mind for a certain amount of time or until you’re done writing, and that’s it. It takes all the pressure off journaling about the right topic and just lets you do a big brain dump. Here are some things…
How Often to do Stream of Consciousness Journaling
With stream of consciousness, there are no rules except to get words on paper. You can bounce around to different topics, write a certain number of pages or set a timer, or just write what you want until your hand gets tired. But how often to do it? Here are some things to consider. When You Don’t Know What to Write About You can do stream of consciousness writing at any time, but a good time to take advantage of it is when you aren’t sure what you want to journal about. It helps get your thoughts going and puts words on the page. What often happens is that you…
How to Journal Just Once a Week
If the reason you can’t stick to journaling is that you don’t have the time or interest to do it every day, then don’t! There is no rule that says if you don’t write in your journal every day, you aren’t doing it right. Maybe you just have time once a week for a journal entry – that is okay! Here are some tips for writing in your journal just once a week. Write an Overview of Your Week If you only have time for one short journal entry every week, then just use that time to write an overview of your week. Write about how your week went, what…
How to Journal in Just 5 Minutes a Day
Journaling is a wonderful practice that provides endless benefits, improving nearly every part of your life. While it may seem like we all have so much time on our hands with everyone staying at home, for many of us, life has gotten busier. Homeschooling children, still doing your job (if you have one), making meals at home — all take up a lot of time. But if you find it tedious or that you just don’t have the time to journal, why not dedicate just 5 minutes a day to it? Everyone has at least 5-10 minutes they can find in a day to write a few things down, then…
How to End Your Day the Right Way
When you’re creating a healthy daily routine, it’s common to focus more on the mornings. However, if you want to reduce stress, feel happier and be more productive the next day, you’re going to want to also put effort into how you end your day and your nightly routine. Here, we’ll look at some of the things you can add to your routine to end the day the right way. Write a gratitude list Studies have shown that making a list of the things you’re grateful for before you go to bed can deliver great benefits. It forces the mind to focus on the positive, helping you to sleep better…
Start an Art Journal
Journals come in all shapes, sizes, and varieties. Some people choose to keep a daily journal, while others prefer the gratitude or goal-setting journal. If you are turning to journaling as a way to express your creativity, art journaling is probably for you. Here are some tips for starting your first art journal. Use a Sketchbook The number one thing to remember is that this is not like a traditional journal. You are using mostly art supplies for your journal pages, which means you need a type of paper that can withstand chalk, acrylic paint, watercolors, and more. Find a sketchbook that allows for multi-media art pages. Watercolor takes a…
Journaling Tips for Teens
Last week, we looked at journaling for kids. This week — we look at teenagers. Our teens are dealing with a lot of different emotions and could use a way to release those emotions and thoughts in a safe way. Journaling can do that for them, and it’s so flexible and easy to do, that it really is great for all adolescents. Here are some tips to help your teens start journaling. Buy Your Teen a Hip Journal If you want your teen to love writing, they need to love what they are writing in. This includes a journal or notebook that is just their style, along with some fun…
Journaling Tips for Kids
Have you ever considered giving your kids a journal? When we say journaling is for everyone – we mean it! If you have young kids that are learning how to write and put their thoughts onto paper, journaling can be a great practice for them. My husband and I did this for my son. We bought him a bound journal at the beginning of each school year and he was supposed to write in it every day.** The number of words increased with his age until middle school. Here are some tips to help your kids get started with journaling. Make Journaling Fun for Kids If you want your younger…
You Need Journaling Routines
Everyone talks about their morning and nighttime routines. We can now add journaling routines. Yes, it is optional and you can write in your journal whenever you want, but there are definitely some benefits to turning it into a routine. Routines Are Essential to Building Habits When you have habits in your life, they are typically things you are so used to doing that you rarely even think about them anymore. But to get to that place, you need to first create a routine, then start incorporating additional things into it. To make your journaling practice simpler, just add it to one of your current routines, such as your morning…
