Writing a Personal Journal: Keep It Private

sunset

If I had a choice in the matter, I'd rig all of my journals to blind anyone who dared open them without permission by a light more blazing than the sun. I think one of the struggles everyone who journals on a personal level encounters is the possibility of someone, whether stranger or close, could read their inner most thoughts. I know it's always been a real concern of … [Read more...]

Writing a Personal Journal: Keep it Honest

Old book with feather and inkpot

When you sit down to write your next journal entry, picture this... In 10 years from now, your older self opens your current journal to revisit the past and reads about what it was like in their life during the summer of 2012. That older version of you will want to know what they were thinking, doing, feeling and experiencing in 2012, so it's up to the current you to be … [Read more...]

Have a Card on hand for All Occasions

All Occasion Boxed Cards

I imagine we've all been there. An occasion calls for a card and we've waited until the last minute to buy one. During moments like that we can either: Be late to the party by making an emergency stop at the nearest superstore... Write a message on a plain note card or piece of paper... Show up empty handed in the card department... Which is why having 'spare' … [Read more...]