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    Journaling Every Week: 52 Topics to Get You Writing
    Journaling Every Week: 52 Topics to Get You Writing
    Journaling Every Week: 52 Topics to Get You Writing
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    Journaling Every Week: 52 Topics to Get You Writing

    By Kelli A. Wilkins

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    Journaling Every Week: 52 Topics to Get You Writing

     

    Whether you are experienced in journaling or completely new to the process, this book is designed to get you thinking about—and writing about—your life, relationships, patterns, goals, and some of your fondest memories. You'll benefit from writing about these thought-provoking prompts and learn something about yourself along the way.

     

    Journaling is a useful tool for self-discovery. In your journal, you can explore a wide range of subjects, themes, and ideas, revisit the past, and vent about anything (or anyone). In a way, you play counselor to yourself by digging deep into your innermost thoughts and emotions and writing about how you feel.

     

    This fun and innovative book is filled with hundreds of journaling prompts that cover your childhood, friendships, beliefs and values, your career, coping with grief, fears, forgiveness, your purpose, and much more.

     

    Sample prompts include:

     

    * What are your favorite childhood memories? List at least ten, and then write about each one.

     

    * What did you want to be when you grew up? Are you that now? If not, when did that idea change? Why? How is your current job different from the one you thought you wanted?

     

    * Write for fifteen minutes about the changes in the last ten years of your life, and change in general. Do you embrace change? Resist it? Why? What feelings or emotions does the thought of change bring out in you?

     

    Start journaling today, and begin your adventure of self-discovery!

     

    Genres: Journaling / Journal Writing / Self-Help / Happiness / Personal Transformation / Writing / Non-Fiction / Creativity / Relationships / Emotions / Interpersonal Relationships / Sharing / / Self-improvement / Journaling Prompts / Journaling Suggestions / Family & Relationships / Personal Growth 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKelli A. Wilkins
    Release dateJan 3, 2021
    ISBN9781393739265
    Journaling Every Week: 52 Topics to Get You Writing
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    Kelli A. Wilkins

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR Kelli A. Wilkins is an award-winning author who has published more than 100 short stories, 20 romance novels, 3 horror ebooks, and 7 non-fiction books. Her romances span many genres and heat levels, and she’s also been known to scare readers with her horror stories. In January 2021, Kelli released Journaling Every Week: 52 Topics to Get You Writing. This fun and innovative guide to journaling is filled with hundreds of thought-provoking prompts designed to get you writing about your feelings and emotions. In 2020, Kelli published Love, Lies & Redemption, a western romance set in 1877 Nebraska. This novel blends a sensual love story with mystery and danger. She released Romance Every Weekend: 104 Fun Ways to Express Your Love, a non-fiction guide to romance in 2019. The book features 104 fun and easy ways you can express your love to that special someone in your life. Perfect for men or women, it focuses on tender, everyday gestures that let your partner know how much you love him or her. Kelli published Extraterrestrial Encounters, a collection of 18 sci-fi stories, in 2019. If you like horror fiction, don’t miss her disturbing novella, Nightmare in the North. Her writing book, You Can Write—Really! A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Fiction is a fun and informative guide filled with writing exercises and helpful tips all authors can use. Kelli posts on her Facebook author page: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorKelliWilkins and Twitter: www.Twitter.com/KWilkinsauthor. Visit her website www.KelliWilkins.com  to learn more about all of her writings.

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      Journaling Every Week - Kelli A. Wilkins

      Introduction

      Welcome to Journaling Every Week!

      Whether you are experienced in journaling or completely new to the process, this book is designed to get you thinking about—and writing about—your life, relationships, patterns, likes, dislikes, and some of your fondest memories. You’ll benefit from writing about thought-provoking prompts and learn something about yourself along the way.

      The Benefits of Journaling

      Why journal? Journaling is a useful tool for self-discovery. In your journal, you can explore a wide range of subjects, themes, and ideas, revisit the past, get to know yourself, and vent about anything (or anyone). In a way, you play counselor to yourself by digging deep into your innermost thoughts and emotions and writing about how you feel.

      As you journal, you may discover things about yourself that you didn’t know before—or might not have recognized or acknowledged. Your journal makes a great place to work through grief, express forgiveness, dump baggage about a person or a situation, heal the past, and form goals for your future.

      Studies have shown that journaling helps relieve stress and can lower blood pressure. Journaling is also great for your mental health. It helps you calm your mind, release pent-up emotions, work through problems, and focus on positive aspects of your life.

      About Your Journal

      What kind of journal you use is up to you. Many people prefer to write journal entries with paper and pen in longhand because the act of writing brings them closer to their feelings.

      If you’re on a budget or want to keep things simple, a notebook will do fine for journaling. If you want to get fancy, you can buy a specially-made bound book with lined pages, or you can even make your own journal using expensive writing paper.

      Whatever you choose to write in, remember that your journal is yours. So feel free to write with colored pens and decorate the cover (or internal pages) with drawings, stickers, ribbons, or anything else that makes it special.

      Of course you can always keep your entries in an electronic journal if it’s faster and easier for you to type. If you’re using an electronic journal, you can save each journal entry as a separate file, or keep all your entries in one continuous file. If you want to, you can print out what you’ve written and save it in a special binder or folder.

      Above all else, your journal is private and personal. The contents are for your eyes only. Don’t share it with your friends or your family members. Keep it in a safe place away from prying eyes.

      How to Journal

      There is no wrong way to journal. You’re simply writing about your emotions, thoughts, and memories. Read a topic and think about it for a few minutes. What memories does it evoke? How does it make you feel? Gather your thoughts and start writing.

      Don’t worry about spelling or grammar, and don’t censor what you write. It’s important for you to express yourself freely.

      Put the date at the top (or the bottom) of each journal entry. That way, you’ll know when you wrote about a subject. Later, if you want to write about it again, you can see how your thoughts or feelings have changed over time.

      When to Journal

      Basically, you can journal anytime, anywhere. You can get up early and journal before going to work, journal during your lunch break, or set aside time to journal at night.

      How often you journal is up to you. Some people like to journal every day. Others journal several times a week, and if you’re really busy, once a week might be all you can manage. Don’t worry about missing a journaling session. Journal as often as you can. Even journaling for fifteen minutes a week has benefits.

      No matter when you journal, it’s recommended that you find a quiet, secluded place to get in touch with your thoughts. It’s important that you’re not disturbed by loud noises, phones, or other distractions. Ask family members to respect your private journaling time. If you can’t get the time or privacy you need at home, you can journal in a park, a library, or even sit in your car.

      Not everyone journals the same way, or journals with the same frequency. Do what feels right for you.

      How to Use This Book

      This book is comprised of 52 topics with specific suggestions and questions to write about. Focus on one topic per week. (In a year, you should have gone through all 52 topics.)

      Each main topic contains several journaling prompts. You can write about all of the prompts during the week, write about your favorite three or four, or pick the one that resonates most with you. It’s your choice.

      To break things up and make this journaling book yours, every tenth week you choose your own topic. You can either pick a few prompts from the suggestions listed for that week, or free write about whatever is on your mind. Free writing is simply stream of conscious writing. Let your mind wander and write down whatever pops into your head.

      When it comes to journaling, nobody is checking on how much you write, and you don’t have to follow the topics in order—or at all. Jump to the prompts that appeal to you, and skip the ones that don’t. If you need to, modify the writing exercises to your specific situation and comfort level. Remember, this is your journal, and you can write about whatever you want.

      Have fun with your journaling, and enjoy the process!

      Topic 1: Your Childhood

      Your childhood years can set the tone for your life. How you viewed the world, how your parents treated you, where you lived, and what you enjoyed doing all shaped your formative years. Think back to your childhood (up to about 11 years old) and write a few paragraphs about these experiences:

      * What is your earliest childhood memory? Who is with you? What are you doing? How do you feel?

      * Find a photo of you as a child. Do you remember the day the picture was taken? Do you recall being the child in the photo? What was life like back then? What made you happy?

      * List

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