Comments on: Note to Self: This Is Not What You’re Looking For http://carrieanddanielle.com/note-to-self-this-is-not-what-youre-looking-for/ Simplify, Beautify and Prosper in all areas of your life. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:54:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Note to Self by Samara O’ Shea is a story of a bitch and whore « Fragments of Dreams http://carrieanddanielle.com/note-to-self-this-is-not-what-youre-looking-for/comment-page-1/#comment-17473 Note to Self by Samara O’ Shea is a story of a bitch and whore « Fragments of Dreams Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:35:37 +0000 http://carrieanddanielle.com/?p=4208#comment-17473 [...] found this review that basically sums up how I feel about this [...] [...] found this review that basically sums up how I feel about this [...]

]]> By: Wendy http://carrieanddanielle.com/note-to-self-this-is-not-what-youre-looking-for/comment-page-1/#comment-12928 Wendy Sat, 20 Dec 2008 03:26:48 +0000 http://carrieanddanielle.com/?p=4208#comment-12928 Traci, don't overthink it! Here is a great trick I use when I get discouraged about my journaling... go back and read some entries from a few years ago, or even a few months ago. Read the entries that are far enough back that you'll have a different perspective on that part of your life. You will be amazed at how engaging your writing is. Probably you just can't see it right now.<br><br>Another thing I find inspiring is reading other people's journals that have been kept over years and years. It's so fun and interesting to have a whole bunch of years worth of journals that it might inspire you to persist. We found a journal in a safe deposit box after my grandmother died. It was her mom's journal and I fell so madly in love with that little book that it help me persist.<br><br>(I haven't read this particular book but I did read her book on letter writing.) Traci, don't overthink it! Here is a great trick I use when I get discouraged about my journaling… go back and read some entries from a few years ago, or even a few months ago. Read the entries that are far enough back that you'll have a different perspective on that part of your life. You will be amazed at how engaging your writing is. Probably you just can't see it right now.

Another thing I find inspiring is reading other people's journals that have been kept over years and years. It's so fun and interesting to have a whole bunch of years worth of journals that it might inspire you to persist. We found a journal in a safe deposit box after my grandmother died. It was her mom's journal and I fell so madly in love with that little book that it help me persist.

(I haven't read this particular book but I did read her book on letter writing.)

]]> By: Erica http://carrieanddanielle.com/note-to-self-this-is-not-what-youre-looking-for/comment-page-1/#comment-11538 Erica Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:11:27 +0000 http://carrieanddanielle.com/?p=4208#comment-11538 You and I have so much in common I think I may have just coughed red wine through my nose. I have been harbouring mortification over my diary being discovered upon my death, read at my funeral and the prospect of all my friends and loved ones discovering just how dull my life really is. It absolutely stops my dead in my tracks - pen dangling over pristine paper bound in leather with a matching bookmark ribbon. I am my diary entry. Or the lack thereof.<br><br>All this existential thinking makes me want to watch Grey's Anatomy until my eyes fall out of my head.<br><br>Stroke your own fear - and remember you're not alone... <a href="http://dooce.com/2008/10/16/mortified">http://dooce.com/2008/10/16/mortified</a> You and I have so much in common I think I may have just coughed red wine through my nose. I have been harbouring mortification over my diary being discovered upon my death, read at my funeral and the prospect of all my friends and loved ones discovering just how dull my life really is. It absolutely stops my dead in my tracks – pen dangling over pristine paper bound in leather with a matching bookmark ribbon. I am my diary entry. Or the lack thereof.

All this existential thinking makes me want to watch Grey's Anatomy until my eyes fall out of my head.

Stroke your own fear – and remember you're not alone… http://dooce.com/2008/10/16/mortified

]]> By: joannag http://carrieanddanielle.com/note-to-self-this-is-not-what-youre-looking-for/comment-page-1/#comment-10251 joannag Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:22:25 +0000 http://carrieanddanielle.com/?p=4208#comment-10251 Traci, I love the idea of journaling the Daily Q&A. Thanks! Traci, I love the idea of journaling the Daily Q&A. Thanks!

]]> By: pearl_mattenson http://carrieanddanielle.com/note-to-self-this-is-not-what-youre-looking-for/comment-page-1/#comment-10182 pearl_mattenson Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:22:55 +0000 http://carrieanddanielle.com/?p=4208#comment-10182 Traci- thanks for this review. I am in a similar place re: journaling and really value your clear and honest assessment here. And I couldn't agree more that the daily Q & A is a great starter place. Makes me think a journal guide might be in C and A's future! Traci- thanks for this review. I am in a similar place re: journaling and really value your clear and honest assessment here. And I couldn't agree more that the daily Q & A is a great starter place. Makes me think a journal guide might be in C and A's future!

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