A year in the life Journaling for self-discovery

Sheila Bender

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Published
Cincinnati, Ohio : Walking Stick Press c2000.
Language
English
Main Author
Sheila Bender (-)
Edition
1st ed
Physical Description
224 p. ; 21 cm
Bibliography
Includes index.
ISBN
9780898799712
  • Chapter 1. Defining the Writer's Journal
  • A Definition of the Journiary
  • From Evocation We Gain Insight
  • Chapter 2. What Psychologists, Scholars and Writers Say About Keeping a Journal
  • Journaling Aids in Total Life Development
  • Journaling Helps You De-Stress
  • Journaling Enhances Creative Thinking
  • Journaling Helps You Write Well
  • Journaling Increases Feelings of Connection to Self and Community
  • Chapter 3. Putting Together a Journal That Works for You
  • What Does Your Journal Look Like?
  • Putting the Journal Together
  • What Your Journal Is Made Of
  • Adding in Extras
  • Exploring Issues of Privacy
  • Exploring Issues of Commitment
  • Chapter 4. Hiring the Journal Keeper Within
  • Creating a Job Description That Works
  • Interviewing the Candidate
  • Designate a Start Date and Place of Employment
  • How to Proceed Using The Next Chapters
  • Troubleshooting
  • Chapter 5. First Quarter
  • Week 1. Dialogues to Diffuse the Power of Critical Voices
  • Week 2. A Lesson From Morrie and Rilke
  • Week 3. Letter to a Columnist
  • Week 4. Reading, Writing and 'Rithmatic, Taught to the Tune of What I Did
  • Week 5. Cider Mills and Burning Leaves
  • Week 6. The Interruption That Became an Inspiration
  • Week 7. Grandma's Closet
  • Week 8. Finding the Tourist Within
  • Week 9. Finding the Motto Writer Within
  • Week 10. Metaphor for My Life Right Now
  • Week 11. The Words They Taught Me
  • Week 12. Return to Morrie's Window
  • Week 13. Self-Reflection Week
  • Chapter 6. Second Quarter
  • Week 14. A Walker in the City, Town or Village
  • Week 15. Soul Between the Lines
  • Week 16. Affirm, Affirm, Affirm
  • Week 17. Confetti
  • Week 18. Chasing the Caribou
  • Week 19. Before and After
  • Week 20. I Know How to Do This
  • Week 21. There Ought to Be a Word for This
  • Week 22. If I Were a Rich Man
  • Week 23. This Is a Story About
  • Week 24. Things to Do
  • Week 25. Burying the Dutch Oven
  • Week 26. Self-Reflection Week
  • Chapter 7. Third Quarter
  • Week 27. Owning a Place
  • Week 28. Each Side a Balance
  • Week 29. Recipes
  • Week 30. Private Moments
  • Week 31. Your Perfect Opposite
  • Week 32. Gratitude
  • Week 33. Shopping
  • Week 34. Eating With Others
  • Week 35. To Thine Own Self Be True
  • Week 36. Admonitions
  • Week 37. Six of One, Half a Dozen of the Other
  • Week 38. What It Takes
  • Week 39. Self-Reflection Week
  • Chapter 8. Fourth Quarter
  • Week 40. First You Have to Teach a Lesson
  • Week 41. Self-Portrait, Self-Portrait on the Wall
  • Week 42. Bridges of Your County
  • Week 43. Sacredness in Everyday Life
  • Week 44. Hide-and-Seek
  • Week 45. Whistling
  • Week 46. Starvation Hill
  • Week 47. Getting Here
  • Week 48. Bureks
  • Week 49. Here Lies My Heart
  • Week 50. Scenes
  • Week 51. Penultimate
  • Week 52. Self-Reflection Week
  • Chapter 9. Journal Writing for Life Occasions and Holidays
  • Eight Life Occasions
  • Birthdays
  • Marriages
  • Divorces
  • Deaths
  • Births
  • Anniversaries
  • Endings and Beginnings
  • Holidays and Other Observances
  • New Year's Day
  • Ramadan
  • Martin Luther King Day
  • Valentine's Day
  • St. Patrick's Day
  • Passover
  • April Fools' Day
  • Easter
  • Cinco de Mayo
  • Mother's Day
  • Memorial Day
  • Father's Day
  • Indpendence Day
  • Labor Day
  • Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
  • Halloween
  • Thanksgiving
  • Hanukkah
  • Christmas
  • Kwanzaa
  • Chapter 10. Resources to Help Journal Keepers Continue Writing
  • Books on Journal Keeping
  • Centers for Help With Journal Keeping
  • Newsletters and Magazines About Journal Keeping
  • Appendix. Mini-Anthology of Sample Journal Entries From the Exercises
  • Contributors' Notes
  • Index