Help With Journaling

The Reciprocal Journaling Practice is an iterative method of journaling that heavily centers meta-cognition. It is broken into 8 parts: Awareness, Curiosity, Meta-Awareness, Agency, Application, Evolution, Reflect,  and Reciprocate. What is a 'journaling practice'? A journaling practice is habitual, focuses journaling on particular themes and ideas. Practices are a part of your life, rather than being a chore or task. They are intentional, ongoing, and evolve as your needs do

Is it an analogy or is it just how learning works? You know what's funny about a journaling practice that has become meta? Analogies are everything. They're everything in learning and everything in growth. Schemas are nothing but analogies. Without analogies, our learning would the absorbing of isolated facts. Instead, we group things with their likes. To utilize our different groups together (synthesis) we find associations between them, connections, or opportunities for the

What you find when you look up "how to journal" advice online is some prompts, some structures, some guidance but journaling is way too personal to be plug-and-play.

Reciprocity shows itself in journaling often. The beginning of my journaling practice was a trial and error stage. I made additions and subtractions, slowly creating my own journaling philosophy that cultivated an environment for authentic journaling. The changes I made to my journaling practice fed back into my journaling philosophy. Then, my journaling philosophy fed my journaling practice. This looping is the reciprocal effect. Why does this matter? Why isn't it just a fe

Reflect on this journal entry with me, and we'll fish out what brings the entry depth.