One word a day is all my journal gets, and it earns its keep the same way your fourth question does, admitting the day happened and then closing the notebook on it. Also, thank you for saying outright that it won't solve burnout, half the journaling internet would have promised you it does.
Thanks Kelly. You have described perfectly how the reminents of my burnout mind continue to operate. My daily journaling has been helpful in confronting the churn but I think I'm ready to try a new approach. Your prompts have given me some more good ideas from where I can start.
If you haven't had a chance to read The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life by Suleika Jaouad, I suspect you would love it.
One word a day is all my journal gets, and it earns its keep the same way your fourth question does, admitting the day happened and then closing the notebook on it. Also, thank you for saying outright that it won't solve burnout, half the journaling internet would have promised you it does.
The bits that stick around because they never had a place to land. That is a precise way to name what makes closing the laptop not enough.
Thanks Kelly. You have described perfectly how the reminents of my burnout mind continue to operate. My daily journaling has been helpful in confronting the churn but I think I'm ready to try a new approach. Your prompts have given me some more good ideas from where I can start.
If you haven't had a chance to read The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life by Suleika Jaouad, I suspect you would love it.