i dont have much of a system. i've been keeping a journal since i was 15 (i have them all!) and i pretty much just address my book as i would a friend.
a typical entry starts out as "hola libro, it's me madge on 26 june 07. i'm on the train on the way home -- got a seat! woot! -- after kind of a long day but no need to bore myself with the details of the database that fell. last night i met a really interesting person ..."
my intuition pretty much guides me along into writing about what i need to write about.
sometimes i find myself writing about the same things repeatedly. seeing that pattern helps me to break it rather than just drop into broken record mode where i bitch about the same thing for months on end without doing anything about it.
i try to keep todo lists out of my journal. i have other notebooks for that kind of stuff. my journal is simply a way for me to talk to myself, to figure out what the current trends are on madgeworld, and how to alchemize what's going on into what i want to be going on.
also, i have a lot of fun in my life, and i like to document it.
recently i've restarted the practice of ending every journal entry with a list of things i'm grateful for. everything from a beautiful day to the bluejay who visits my backyard to my grandma's amazing memory. this really helps me get into a good headspace for coming out of introspection mode and getting back into action.
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