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Monday Miscellany

01 Monday Feb 2016

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goulet pens, incowrimo 2016, inkycauldron.wordpress.com, journal talk, nathan ohren, susan borkin, write4life

Today is the start of InCoWriMo 2016! As ever I will be participating, starting by tackling my substantial Reply To pile from 2015. Apologies to any pen pals who have been waiting on me; I promise to get to the bottom of the pile this month. Or at least try. Goulet Pens has a wonderful post on this letter writing extravaganza, complete with a link to a list of awesome people to write to. If you want to write to me use the Contact Me button and I will give you my address, and I promise to write back. Eventually!

I listened to a great podcast on write4life.us this week; Nathan interviewed Susan Borkin for an episode of Journal Talk, about her life, influences and new book, The Healing Power of Writing: A Therapist’s Guide to Using Journaling With Clients. What an inspiration! And if you listen to the end there is a bonus for Journal Talk listeners. Well worth listening to! As Susan says, you can’t teach it if you haven’t done the work.

And finally inky cauldron takes us on a tour of her adorable pencil case. Enjoy!

Monday Miscellany

03 Monday Aug 2015

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brian goulet, goulet q&a, jetpens, nathan ohren, parker blue-black quink, thai nguyen, theutopianlife.com, write4life

Calling all blue black ink lovers! I am one of you, and I was excited to see this article posted on JetPens comparing some brands of blue black ink. Great article, but I was surprised to see the swab for Parker Blue Black (each swab is listed under its name). I use Parker Blue Black a lot and mine looks much darker than that. See for yourself.

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This page above is from my ink journal from February of last year and this one below I did about half an hour ago.

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Maybe my ink bottle is old; it was purchased in February of 2014 so it’s possible. Because I can’t see the experts at JetPens making a mistake, especially since they go on to describe the Parker Blue Black as a “teal-leaning blue”. I would not agree but that’s ok. Anyway just something I noticed that seemed to jump off the page at me. If any of you use Parker Blue Black let me know your opinion.

This was kind of exciting: Brian Goulet mentioned inlovewithjournals in his Goulet Q&A, Episode No. 88, in answering my question from the previous week. Check it out here; my question is the first one.

And finally a rousing article from theutopianlife.com, about the 10 Surprising Benefits You’ll Get From Journaling. I heard Nathan’s interview with Thai Nguyen in his podcast on his site, Write4Life and I was moved to check out Thai’s site. This article is great and yes, it will be copied into my journal. Enjoy!

Until next post, happy writing!

 

 

Journaling Expo 2014

12 Sunday Jan 2014

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createwritenow, creativewellnessworks, hannah braime, journaling expo 2014, lynda monk, mari mccarthy, nathan ohren, write4life, writing

So today I tuned into the Journaling Expo 2014 and I must say I thoroughly enjoyed myself. For three hours I, along with approximately 80 other people, listened to three thoughtful and well-spoken experts discuss their journaling challenges and triumphs, strategies for dealing with said challenges, and the benefits enjoyed by all who journal.

This year’s Journal Expo was sponsored by Mari McCarthy, the force behind createwritenow. She introduced today’s forum and talked a bit about the presenters. She is currently offering an online course called 27 Days of Journaling to Health and Happiness.

First up was Hannah Braime, the founder of Becoming Who You Are, the guide to authentic living. The title of her presentation was A Friend When We Most Need It: How to Overcome Resistance to Journaling. I really enjoyed her presentation, even though I do not seem to be resistant to journaling, at least not these days. She gave us her thoughts on the reasons resistance develops, how to identify it, and how to overcome it. The big reason for most resistance is fear; fear of what will come out in our writing, fear of what others might think of our authentic selves, fear of rejection. She also has an online course this month, starting on Jan 20, called Journaling with Heart. She introduced me to 750words.com, an online resource for recording “morning pages” which are traditionally three pages written in the morning to think things through and tackle any problems coming up in the day (at 250 words on average per page, 3 x 250 = 750, hence the title of the site). The great thing about this is it is completely private, so it maintains the personal and private nature of a hand written journal. And to motivate you there is a point system assigned to different tasks on the site. Each month you are awarded so many point based on your activity level. And they send out daily reminders. Kinda cool no?

Then we heard from Nathan Ohren, whom I first mentioned in this post, and is the host of a bi-weekly podcast called JournalTalk. His website is Write4Life. His presentation moved us from the personal to the professional: Journaling for Business and Career Development: Living with Passion, Clarity and Purpose through Journaling. Basically he showed us how journal writing in the workplace can affect our skills and confidence level in positive ways, and could even accelerate our career. His message was to take charge of your professional development instead of relying on your boss to suggest/pay for courses for you. He outlined all the ways journaling can enhance the skills most needed in the workplace: Communicating, Negotiating, Leading and Being Productive. If you are dealing with any stress at work, there are three possible coping mechanisms that involve writing: vent to your heart’s content in an unsent email; list what you are grateful for and what you accomplished that day; and work through a decision you have to make in as many paragraphs as it takes. I really enjoyed his talk and he is also hosting an upcoming 6 week workshop called Journaling for Passion, Clarity and Workshop starting on Jan 26.

And finally we heard from the lovely Lynda Monk, the force behind Creative Wellness Works, who teaches the transformative and healing power of writing. Her talk, Pen to Paper: Journaling for Self-Care and Well-Being, was a real eye opener. She told us her story and introduced the concept of therapeutic journaling, and then she actually included a real time journaling exercise. Through guided meditation she asked us to choose from four journaling prompts and write what we felt. Then we were to pause and reflect on what we wrote, and then write how we felt about what we had just written. And finally we were to affirm our exercise and offer gratitude for the writing just completed. I loved what she said about this part: “Think of this step as a gentle bow to your writing.” She recommended a couple of books I will definitely check out: Write It Down, Make It Happen and Writing Begins with the Breath. Check out her website for courses and and other resources she offers.

There is a Spanish proverb which says: ‘There is no road, we make the road as we walk.’ It is the same with journal writing; we make the path as we write.

In addition to all this writing goodness they offered door prizes and free downloads to participants. I will definitely be signing up next year.

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