Making Sense of Life

I said I was going to add more information to my blog about keeping a journal.

It all started a few years back when I read an article about keeping a diary. I tried it, but I wasn't very successful. I couldn't think of things to say.

Then, back in September last year, I bought a book about improving you artistic tendencies. It suggested keeping a journal every day. In fact, it suggested writing three pages of journal every day.

"Yeh! Right!" I thought. I couldn't even right three pages in a week. But, the book said to just write. It didn't matter what; just anything that came into your mind. You know the stuff that crowds out your brain when you are trying to write an article: "Why is she so stubborn? And the car's playing up again. If she hadn't insisted on new furniture, I could get the car fixed. And I wish the kids would behave and go to school without arguing like they did this morning. . ." and so on.

Well, I tried it. The first few days were just all over the place; a real mess. Everything crawled its way into my journal.

However, something else happened. I suddenly became more creative. My mind found a clarity I didn't know existed. I started to get control of the temper I had struggled with for more than forty years! People started noticing the changes in me, and they were pleased. It seemed that people had very rarely been pleased with me before. This was a new experience and I liked it.

So, I started to look into this a bit further.

More about that tomorrow.