Monday, January 25, 2010

Happy Endings = New Beginnings.


I'm at the end of another journal. This has been a wonderful journal for such a long time. As always when I come to the end of a journal I feel a bit sad to finish it and a bit joyous to have completed and filled what was once empty pages with life and love. Experience is the essence of living and without it we'd all be blank pages.

Here's a glimpse of a few pages from this journal. This book has been filled mostly with notes from books I've read, lots and lots of dreams with vague half sleepy sketches and questionable handwriting. It's full of notes from Kabbalah classes and a few drawings here and there. Notes from life, doodles and reminders.

- Jen

inauguration day


reminder notes



notes
doodles


a world of dreams...........


So, what do you do when you reach the end of a journal? Do you toss it out, file it, label it, read through it immediately, lock it up in a fireproof safe, or take pictures and post it online? We're curious -- let us know by leaving a comment and you could win a free brand new journal of your own to fill up with all your thoughts, inspirations, ideas and doodles.

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8 comments:

  1. Tommy writes the dates his finished notebook contains with a white or silver pen and files it on the bookcase with all the others.
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  2. I never throw old journals away--perish the thought! I add them to the bookshelf--it gives me a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment to see the completed ones lined up! :-)
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  3. Goes on the shelf with the rest of the finished ones. The dates are contained within, so if I ever look at it again it'll bee easy to tell when it was from.
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  4. i keep my journals... i like to look back and see what made the cut in my brain. it also helps me note areas of growth or even potential problems in my life :)

    Take care and be well.
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  5. I place them in my bookshelf and every year before my birthday I read them all again just to see who I was and to think about who I want to be as I turn a year older. I feel every journal is a part of me so I can never really throw them away. I love the feeling of having parts of my life stored in lined pages.
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  6. I keep my journals. I look back at them to see how much I have grown and overcome
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  7. I am horrible at journaling on a regular basis so I don't fill many notebooks but I most definitely keep them. Always fun to go back and read through them from time to time.
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  8. Congrats to @withoutink for winning the mystery journal giveaway!
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