May’s Theme: GETTING THROUGH THE TOUGH TIMES
By Marcia Thornton Jones
How do I make it through tough times? I’m a little ashamed to admit that when faced with life’s challenges I often find myself
- Eating
- Shopping
- Crawling under the covers and napping
- Whining…and…yeah…
- Wining.
- Walking
- Yoga
- Meditation
- Petting a cat or two
- Spending time with family and friends
- Reading…and
Journaling is by far one of the best ways for me to ride out tough times. My journals are a hodge-podge of
- Writing
- Doodling
- Collaging
- Scribbling and…obviously…
- List-making.
- Make a list of five actions you can take. Things you actually have control over. This day. Right now. Then do them and cross them off the list with a flourish.
- Write what’s bugging you on the page. Make it teeny-tiny. Then take a black marker or crayon and let your inner child scribble all over it.
- Write everything you know about what’s bothering you. See if an emotion, preference, decision, or action emerges.
- Vent. Get raw. Scream on the page. Worried about someone seeing it? Not a problem. Trace an innocuous picture on tracing paper. Smoosh some bright watercolors on the tracing paper and then paste it over your rant so that just a hint of the original writing peeks through. Or use that crayon and start scribbling again.
- Write your favorite inspirational quote in big letters. Collage magazine pictures around your quote as a border and add a few doodles.
- Hand over the tough times to your story characters. Write a scene where your character has to deal with them instead of you.
Just might be something worth journaling about…
May your tough times be overshadowed with love, joy, and good fortune!
Write on!
I love you you use your journaling to wake up your muse.
ReplyDeleteLaurie
I love the suggestion to mark all over the thing that's bugging you. I'm going to try that one out...
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