{"id":6161,"date":"2012-01-11T05:54:16","date_gmt":"2012-01-11T10:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/?p=6161"},"modified":"2012-01-12T13:45:21","modified_gmt":"2012-01-12T18:45:21","slug":"keep-a-calendar-journal-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/?p=6161","title":{"rendered":"Keep a Calendar Journal\u2013 Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Keep a Calendar Journal Part 1<\/a><\/p>\n

So why would someone want to keep a journal on a calendar, writing a sentence a day for two, four, five or even seven days a week?\u00a0 Here are a few reasons:<\/p>\n

1. At the end of the year, you will be able to read about what all you did.\u00a0 You will gradually own a collection of notes for your autobiography.<\/p>\n

2. Reading the sentence will spark the memory and bring back the event and its feelings even more clearly. \u00a0Funny how quickly a person can forget an event.\u00a0 “Gosh, what a lovely date we had.\u00a0 I’ll never forget this,” you will say, but then time passes and Whoosh!, the memory is gone.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Writing a sentence a day on a calendar is an easy way to start writing if you’re not already.<\/p>\n

4. Writing, large amounts or small, benefits the writer in many ways.\u00a0 It is valuable, beneficial, healing.<\/p>\n

5. Writing even a sentence a day or three a week gets (or keeps) the brain active, moving, and sharp.<\/p>\n

Here are a few more ideas about writing the actual sentences:<\/p>\n

* Be creative.\u00a0 Start by writing something like: Took a walk with my wife.\u00a0<\/em> Now, play around with the words a little.\u00a0 Find another word that means the same thing.\u00a0 Sauntered down the street with my spouse<\/em>, for example.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

*Write about feelings or thoughts.\u00a0 No need to limit yourself to activities.\u00a0 You could write things like:\u00a0 Finally learned the meaning of life<\/em>, or Got in touch with my inner child<\/em>, or possibly, I was filled with an amazing glee all morning<\/em>.<\/p>\n

*Quote someone else.\u00a0 From time to time, write down something you read that strikes you as profound or inspirational or funny.\u00a0 Even copying, though not writing something original, can be beneficial.<\/p>\n

*Tweet what you write.\u00a0 In a way, this is nothing new.\u00a0 People are writing what they are doing on Facebook or Twitter or other such places all the time.\u00a0 The difference with the Calendar Journal is that I’m suggesting what you write be a little more thoughtful.\u00a0 That’s why I suggest first writing the sentence on a separate piece of paper or in a notebook to edit it and make it better.<\/p>\n

It’s never too late to start.\u00a0 You don’t have to wait until New Years Day or early January when calendars are easy to find in stores.\u00a0 Start anytime in the year.\u00a0 Writing two or three or four sentences per week is an easy and satisfying way to do something that will yield benefits now as you write, and at the end of the year as you read over what all you’ve written.<\/p>\n

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