Examples from The Many Faces of Journaling, 2nd edition
August 1990 What a very strange world we've become. Now we have a real live prime-time war. Let's see -- how will the commentary go?
Scuds 1 -- Patriots 2 -- Pass the popcorn...
For the very young, this is no more real than a video game. How awful for humanity!
Add a few statistics of the day of the event to give the future reader perspective:
Jan. 2, 2008 In the world outside my office – the futures price of light sweet crude oil topped the $100 mark for the first time, settling back only a few cents to close at $99.62. The market wasn’t altogether happy about that and the DJA lost 220 points to land just above the 13xxx level. Ah, fun and games ~
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TODAY'S WORLD
... is "happening" non-stop every day, seemingly at the speed of light! Even our own United States never seems to run out of excitement, strife, marches and protests, world championships and state fair surprises.
... is "happening" non-stop every day, seemingly at the speed of light! Even our own United States never seems to run out of excitement, strife, marches and protests, world championships and state fair surprises.
Keep a note pad or journal by your chair and when you see and/or hear news that stirs you emotionally -- excitement, fear, fascination, human events.
WRITE IT WHILE YOU'RE LIVING IT!
Write your anticipation, opinion, hopes
and fears. Make it come alive.
Write your anticipation, opinion, hopes
and fears. Make it come alive.
Next year or decade, your words will reflect those current events AS THEY AFFECTED REAL PEOPLE AT THE MOMENT THEY HAPPENED!
Why do that?
1. You're creating your future book based on "a look back in time."
2. Writing it out, really venting, releases your own momentary stress!
3. By all means, write an addendum the following day or week -- a short term retrospective.
And since it's your book, you can rant, rave or celebrate all you want~
Happy writing
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