{"id":618,"date":"2012-03-13T01:01:21","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T01:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madprogrammer76.wordpress.com\/?p=618"},"modified":"2013-10-10T20:57:50","modified_gmt":"2013-10-10T20:57:50","slug":"journaling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/andrewpallant.ca\/wordpress\/journaling\/","title":{"rendered":"Journaling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Journaling is something that I have been doing off and on for a while. \u00a0I journal using low-tech methods. \u00a0I have a leather bound book and a nice pen. \u00a0I love my pens. \u00a0I used to have fountain pens, but I have no idea where to buy the pens or ink anymore. \u00a0I think chosing my low-tech method is more appealing to me since everything else I do is high-tech. \u00a0There is something to be said about mixing things up a bit, and I believe it makes my journal time more my personal time.<!--more-->Everyone has their ways and methods of journaling. \u00a0Many people journal on line in forms of blogs. \u00a0Facebook is another form of journaling that includes pictures, personal thoughts and video. \u00a0Social media in it&#8217;s traditional form is a method of journaling.<\/p>\n<p>When I write in my journal I ask the the following\u00a0truthfully:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. What did I learn today?<\/strong> \u00a0This question will include everything positive and negative, but since it is learning; it will always have a positive twist to it. \u00a0I believe by writing about my learning experiences, that it will commit them to my memory. \u00a0I want to remember these.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. What can I work on?<\/strong> \u00a0This question help me reflect on the trials of the day. \u00a0When I have figure out the answer to this category, I can add them to the &#8220;What did I learn today?&#8221; category. \u00a0These questions are everything that frustrates me, I do not have answers for or generally the troubles of the day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. What were my success today?<\/strong> \u00a0This is my celebration of positivity for the day. \u00a0This is a way to celebrate everything that went right today. \u00a0Sometimes it is the small things, but they add up to making the day good. \u00a0I always end with this category of questions to help build up, what may have been a bad or blah day.<\/p>\n<p>Journaling is my way of learning, growing and being positive about my every day. \u00a0Sometimes it is personal. \u00a0Other times it is professional growth. \u00a0Either way it is my way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Journaling is something that I have been doing off and on for a while. \u00a0I journal using low-tech methods. \u00a0I have a leather bound book and a nice pen. \u00a0I love my pens. \u00a0I used to have fountain pens, but I have no idea where to buy the pens or ink anymore. \u00a0I think chosing &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/andrewpallant.ca\/wordpress\/journaling\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Journaling<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,26,30,34],"tags":[124,138],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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