HeyJaredFrom The Pen's Nib: A Commonplace Book on Journaling
Thoughts from a journaler on journaling and the journaling experience.
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We Forget To Look Back (opens the original)
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You might be expecting an edition of “From the Pen’s Nib”.However, this is the last week of the month, and it’s time for my shareworthy thoughts from my journal in my newly separated newsletter, “Take Pen To Paper: When the Pen Meets the Paper”. The first edition came out on Saturday, August 29.You must subscribe to receive it. You can do that <a href="https://susanabeltake
Affirmations Spark Mindset For Change (opens the original)
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Topic: The Journaling BenefitsI’ve written about how journaling can help prepare you for the future (From The Pen’s Nib: Edition 77 and From The Pen’s Nib: Edition 18).Consistently writing affirmations in your journal plays a role in preparing you for future events those that are challenging in nature. They can also help you
When Habit Becomes Need (opens the original)
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Topic: The Journaling Habit and Journaling BenefitsAfter five years of daily journaling, I definitely have a solid habit. The time of day, amount, and elements of an entry may vary, but I show up daily. I’ve been known to stay up a little late after a busy day just to write in my journal. Habits can become needs. I depend on my journaling habit for so many reasons. The primary reason is the benefits I receive.Of course, I want to capture my thoughts. Many of those thoughts are repetitive, frivol
What My Vacation Taught Me About My Journaling Elements (opens the original)
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Topic: The Journaling HabitWe are our habits and sometimes it takes a major event to change what we do. In my case, my habit was the elements I included in my journaling format. The major event was a two week cruise followed by writing in a journal I bought as a souvenir.For as long as I’ve been journaling I have included a section for a daily food diary and another for a task list. The food diary was to look for headache patterns. Was I eating or drinking something that gave me headaches? The t
The Goldilocks Effect Of A Favorite Tool (opens the original)
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Topic: Journaling ToolsI had good reason to push aside some of my favorite journaling tools.The journal(s) I was writing in had substandard paper.We would be traveling.I wanted to concentrate on sketching pictures of the places we were going,So, as the ink ran out of each fountain pen before traveling, I cleaned the pen and laid it aside.Writing with fountain pens requires that the paper be able to handle the ink. No one wants bleed-through, and many journals have substandard paper that won’t wi
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