I had this work in my class about a journal. There are some rules : Keep your hand moving, do not cross out (not even thinking about it ) , do not worry about spelling or grammar , lose control, I do not think (do not logical) , go for the jugular. At first it was very difficult for because I had never done anything like this before ... you know, be as honest with yourself. It was weird at first, I 'm not going to lie. Write what is on your mind in a pice of paper? Not me! All my fears were " if someone reads what is in these pages ." Let's be honest our mind is a very dark place , it is very easy to go crazy if you read someone's mind . In this journal you are totally free and no one can judge you.
After a few days my fears about " if someone reads what 's on my mind ? If anyone see how cruel and dark I am? " disappeared and began to feel more relaxing. For now I 'm writing my " big issues " of the day , I found it very relaxing. Sometimes it is very difficult to walk through the world with all your feelings inside. If you are a person like me, you 'll love it. I can also say that I discovered a part of me that was ignoring all this time. I would love to explain what part of me was discovered , but you probably hate it. I'm just going to say there 's more darkness in me than I thought. I also realize that is more easily to think how to resolve a problem if you just write it.
There is a second part in this project "the compass". What it is? Well, a compass but your north is you spiritual, south emotions, east ideas and west physical. You have to rate yourself how do you feel in those point in a scale of 1-3. It was more easy for me that the first part, but the real part of this is that you have to explain why you rate 1 or 2 or 3 in each point. That was my favorite part because sometimes you know how you feel but you don't know why. It's just me? I don't think so. This help me a lot with my internal journal. I really appreciate this opportunity.
Insightful and perceptive comments, Noheli.
ReplyDeleteI can completely sympathize with you on the part with having to explain why we would select a certain # to represent how we were feeling that day. At first I was at a lost on how to explain it briefly. But as time went by I figured. you know, you could just say "I chose a 2 because I could be feeling better, say emotionally, but I just don't. and I know I could feel worse. so there's that."
ReplyDeleteps. is that picture at the end from a book you've read. or is it a random picture with a great quote?
its random lol :)
DeleteWow, very interesting what you're feeling with the journal, the "darkness". I think it's not darkness, I think it's a human part of everybody to have some "darkness" moments every time. Also, I'm with you when you say that it's hard to write about your deep thoughts in a book, a book that anyone can take and read it, but I think the experience is worth it.
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ReplyDeleteI love this blog! To me this work seemed interesting and I liked to do it, even if at first it made me quite difficult. Also like the quote at the end.
ReplyDeleteIn the words of Thoreau: "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them".
ReplyDeleteSometimes subconciously we tend to sucumb to our fears and concentrate on the negative and when we write , it is reflected on our words. I suggest that you concentrate on the happy things, although sometimes we just get carried on by our worries.
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