When trying to find photos from 2016 (Yes, I tried the trend. I’m currently failing at it.), I found my JUDY BLUME Diary from fifth grade.
It’s half used.
It’s in magic marker.
It’s sort of sad because I tried to have fancy writing with those magic markers like they were calligraphy pens.
But it made me think a lot about journals (not diaries) and how some authors do so well with them.
My version? It’s basically to-do lists, angry poems in one document on my computer and I used to have these daily affirmations, what-I-want focus sentences.
BEYOND THE PAYWALL
The meat of this is below the paywall, which I’ve been forgetting to do. So sorry! This rest of this post is going to be a bit about the Stoics’ approach to journaling and how we can use it as writers, a quick exercise involving a playlist I made, and some links to help and Suzannah Windsor Freeman’s tips on journaling.
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