Stories & Earned Values

Though I do advocate for the forming of your own, unique journaling ventures, I cannot have my own journaling philosophy without a "story" to anchor it in. The philosophy is in the connections between what I learned. The recurring themes that resurface and connect my journals is what my philosophy is based on. No rules, habits or "supposed-tos". I tracked the happenstance that was already governing my journals and acknowledged them as law. Awareness came first. I practiced be

The Value: One of the values I've earned from journaling is that I am really in my body. This means being fully aware of all of the pains, all the pleasures, the boredom, uncertainties, clumsiness, brightness, fears, hope, love, etc. and also recognizing the tension and relationships between them. It is recognizing I have a mind, a body, a spirt, and I'm the observer of all of it. I'm also the villain, the hero, the victim, and the perpetrator. It's coming out of autopilot t