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The Progress of My Current Writing Project: A LOVE OF JOURNALING: THE 2022 COLLECTION EDITION (An Update)

on April 20, 2022

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How's Your Journaling (Journaling Prompts or Questions): A Check-In

on April 20, 2022

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Journaling Prompts and Questions of the Day #8 (Wednesday)

on April 20, 2022

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Journaling Prompts and Questions of the Day #7

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SOC or Journaling Sprints: Do This Daily

on April 19, 2022

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The 25 Cent Journals: Using One Subject Spiral Notebooks (An idea for paper and pen journaling and journaling hint and tip)

on April 18, 2022

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A New Daily Journaling Template

on April 18, 2022

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Daily Journaling Templates: A Complete List

on April 18, 2022

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Journaling Prompts and Questions of the Day#6 (Monday)

on April 18, 2022

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Journaling Prompts or Questions of the Day for Those of the Faith, Day #1

on April 18, 2022

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Journaling Prompts and Questions of the Day#5 (Sunday)

on April 17, 2022

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Happy Easter

on April 17, 2022

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Change of the look of this blog

on April 16, 2022

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A new rock garden: Personal Journaling

on April 16, 2022

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Photo for inspiration in your journaling #1

on April 16, 2022

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Journaling Prompts and Questions of the Day#4

on April 16, 2022

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A new and additional writing project: A LOVE OF JOURNALING 2022: The Small Book (And 2023 writing plans and goals)

on April 15, 2022

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Personal journaling about Day 1 of writing and editing: A Love of Journaling: The 2022 Collection Edition

on April 15, 2022

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Every moment of your life matters

on April 15, 2022

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Journaling Prompts or Questions of the Day #3

on April 15, 2022

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My latest journaling and writing project is...

on April 15, 2022

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The latest blog description

on April 15, 2022

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Stories shape our lives

on April 15, 2022

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Good Friday (A Christian blog post)

on April 15, 2022

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April 14 Journaling Prompts or Questions

on April 14, 2022

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Regarding A LOVE OF JOURNALING: THE 2022 COLLECTION EDITION: This will be a mainstream edition

on April 14, 2022

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Your journal is your refuge

on April 14, 2022

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A LOVE OF JOURNALING: THE 2022 COLLECTION EDITION: An Introduction

on April 14, 2022

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Journaling Prompts or Questions of the Day #2

on April 14, 2022

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When you have had a busy time journaling (journaling through the busyness of life)

on April 14, 2022

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Every blog post is meant to be a journaling prompt and inspiration

on April 14, 2022

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Questions asked on this blog are meant to be a journaling prompt

on April 14, 2022

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I cannot imagine what it would be like to live a life without journaling

on April 13, 2022

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The Personal Journaling of JKSD: April 13, 2022, Wednesday

on April 13, 2022

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Journaling Prompts or Questions of the Day #1

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What is a journal?: This blog defines a journal as...

on April 13, 2022

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Journaling Prompts or Questions of the Day: An Introduction

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A new focus on journaling

on April 13, 2022

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The grass is greener! Wait. Or is it?

on April 13, 2022

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Think

on April 12, 2022

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First thing in the morning journaling: 3 things to journal: Journaling Prompts or Questions

on April 11, 2022

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Distractions: What keeps you from doing what you should be doing

on April 07, 2022

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Fiction Writing and Nonfiction Writing

on March 31, 2022

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What do I mean by journaling?

on March 29, 2022

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Listening matters

on March 28, 2022

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Reading the Book of Genesis and Thinking It Through

So far I have read Genesis 1 to 25 as I slowly, carefully, and purposefully read, think, journal, and pray through the Bible cover to cover. Never has reading through the Bible been so fulfilling. I am loving it. It's been a very special time. And it's changing me. Journaling Prompts or Questions: How about you? Are you reading (or studying) the Bible right now (any chapter or book)? What are you getting out of it? (Add a comment at the end of this blog post. I would love to hear your response and we can share in our journey through the Bible.)

Personal journaling about Day 1 of writing and editing: A Love of Journaling: The 2022 Collection Edition

As you know from reading this blog, I am in the process of writing and editing this journaling and writing project: ******** A LOVE OF JOURNALING: THE 2022 COLLECTION EDITION (The big book of everything you ever wanted to know about journaling) A Love of Journaling Series By Stacy Duplease A Love of Journaling, LLC ******** I started to work on this again on April 14, 2022, Thursday... and I do not think I can begin to describe how much it has blessed me. A LITTLE BACKGROUND: I started working on this back in 2010 and have looked at it, and worked on it, from time to time ever since, including in January of this year. How could I forget how passionate I am about this project? How could I forget how much it matters to me? Journaling matters. Stories matter. Journaling makes us better people and we live better lives through and because of journaling. It's important to capture our lives on the page. After all... Stories shape our lives. {Journal your thoughts on what you just read

Journaling Prompts and Questions of the Day#6 (Monday)

How are you? How is your family? How are your pets? How are your friends? How is your home? How was your night last night? How did you sleep? Explain. How are you this morning? Are you excited for the week, nervous, stressed, neutral? Explain your answer. What do you hope from this week? What do you need to do this week? What do you want to do this week? What are your plans today? What do you hope from today? What do you need to do today? What do you want to do today? What are your plans today? List at least three memories you made yesterday. List at least three memories you have made in your past. List at least five things you are grateful for from your past. Journal about anything and everything else that comes to mind.

Journaling Prompts and Questions of the Day #7

Grab your journal and, well... journal about each of the following: How are you today? What do you want to do today? What do you hope to get accomplished? What's on your 2Do List? What are your plans for the rest of the week? What's on your 2Do List? What are your plans for the next month? What's on your 2Do List? How did you sleep last night? What is on your mind? What is in your heart? Is anything bugging you? List at least eight blessings. Are you focused, distracted, or a bit of both? Explain. What's the weather like? Do you like Spring? Do you like the weather from the past few days? What are three memories you made yesterday? What are three memories you have made in the past? What are your goals and dreams? What are you doing to live them and bring them to fruition? How was your journaling yesterday? How has your journaling been this last week? How has your journaling been the last month? Do 3 SOCs today. For information about how to do a SOC, look at this post

Journaling Prompts or Questions of the Day for Those of the Faith, Day #1

How are you this morning? How are you the day after Easter? How was your Easter? What did you do for Easter? What are three memories you made for Easter? List ten things you are grateful for about Easter. Did you seek God as much as you would have wanted on Easter? What did you read in the Bible on Easter? What did you pray about on Easter? What would you do differently to celebrate Easter next year? Did you focus longer on His death or on the resurrection? Why? Explain your answer. What chapter/s of the Bible are you reading today? What verse/s of the Word of God are you reading today? List at least ten things you thank God for today. What do you want to pray for today? What verse/s do you want to carry around with you and meditate on today and tonight? Journal anything about what you have read here today. Journal about anything else you would like about Easter. Journal about everything else that comes to mind or is on your heart. NOTE: Make sure to also do the regular/mainstream jo

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MORNING How are you right now? List 5 blessings in your life today: How is your day today? What have you done so far today? What do you hope to get done today? How can you make today a good day? Focus for today How was your day yesterday 1-word summary for yesterday 1-sentence summary for yesterday 4-sentence summary for yesterday 2do (to-do) list for today 2do list for this week 2do list for this month 2do list for this quarter 2do list for the next 6 months 2do list for the next year SOMETIME TODAY 2do list for the next 5 years 2do list for the next 10 years 2do list for the next 20 years Three to ten past memories. Three to twenty-five blessings. Journaling an extended past memory. I'm currently...: Weathering Thanking Listening Reading Watching Journaling Reviewing Eating Drinking Wearing Doing Remembering Feeling Wanting Needing Thinking Enjoying Wondering Loving Trying Cooking Calling Texting Doing on social media Going Hating Discovering Hoping Celebrating Smelling Con

The Progress of My Current Writing Project: A LOVE OF JOURNALING: THE 2022 COLLECTION EDITION (An Update)

Good day. It's time for me to give an update about my current writing and journaling project. And it's about time, too. My how things have changed for me this week regarding this project. So what is this project? It's: ******** A LOVE OF JOURNALING: THE 2022 COLLECTION EDITION, Vol. 1 (The big book of everything you ever wanted to know about journaling) A Love of Journaling Series By Stacy Duplease ******** This is the book I want to write, edit, and publish as soon as possible. It's an everything you ever wanted to know about journaling project. That's the simplest description I can give you of what I am working on at the moment. This has been a book I've tried to write many times since 2009. This is also a book where I am taking every blog post I have ever written about journaling from 2009 to 2022, along with the couple of books I have published on journaling prior to now... and I am expanding most of them and editing all of these blog posts and books. I h

The 25 Cent Journals: Using One Subject Spiral Notebooks (An idea for paper and pen journaling and journaling hint and tip)

Three weeks ago, I went on a writing (journaling) retreat where I was reminded of the importance of SOC Journaling. Moreover, at the retreat, I was reminded of a really good book, which I have been slowly reading. It was from this book I was reminded of what types of mediums to use to do paper and pen journaling. I learned the benefits of using the old type of notebooks used in school. You know, the spiral type that are one to 5 subjects. I was told to grab myself a one subject spiral notebook and make it my goal/aim/plan to fill one of those each month. I was told to fill in every quarter-inch of white space. That saves on trees. Also, there is something rewarding about filling a page. Then, I was told one of the benefits of using an inexpensive/cheap one subject notebook is that it is not pretty. Pardon? I asked myself and thought that through. When I spend the money and get a fancy journal, it is pretty. Whether conscious or not, a fancy or pretty journal slants my writing/journ

Journaling Prompts or Questions of the Day #2

Take a moment and breathe a few deep breaths in and out. Do this at least five times. Journal anything that comes to mind. What do you need to let go? What can you do to enrich yourself and your life in this moment? Count ten blessings. Stop. Look around you. What do you see? What do you hear? What do you smell? What do you feel/touch? What do you taste? What do you see? Who do you see? What do you not see? What do you not hear? How are you? What is new? How is life right now? What is nice about this moment? How are you living purposefully in this moment? How can you live with more purpose and meaning in this moment? What about in the next? What can you do to be more grateful today? What can you do to enjoy this moment more? What can you do to live well in this moment? What can you do to live well today? This week? This moment? This quarter? This year? This half-decade? This decade? How can you more fully appreciate your life? Journal anything and everything else that comes to min

Journaling Prompts and Questions of the Day #8 (Wednesday)

Can you believe it is over halfway through the workweek already? What have you done this week? What memories have you made? (List at least six.) What things are you counting as blessings from this week? List at least ten. What do you want to accomplish between now and Friday? What is on your 2Do List? Do you drink coffee, tea, or soda? Journal about the times you've enjoyed them this week. What were you doing as you drank them? List five memories from your past. What three memories did you make yesterday? What three memories have you made today so far? What has been the most important things you have journaled this week? Explain. Journal about anything and everything else that comes to mind now.

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I am in the process of creating/writing and editing: A LOVE OF JOURNALING: THE 2022 COLLECTION EDITION (The big book of everything you ever wanted to know about journaling): A Love of Journaling Series By Stacy Duplease I have 1,022 pages as of April 15, 2022, 925 a.m.

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Appreciating life as it is: Counting our blessings

A Journaling Thought: Appreciating life as it is: Counting Our Blessings If we do not appreciate what we have now, how can we ever appreciate what we do not have and wish for. The misery, and the feeling that something is missing, in our lives is often caused by failing to count your blessings for your life, as you know it, right now and in this moment. Being thankful for what you have in the present tends to help us live better lives. Count your blessings, not your challenges or cursings or shoulda-woulda-coulda’s. Our lives are deeply blessed, if only we would slow down long enough to look for our blessings, count them, and write them in our journals. Journaling Questions or Prompts: Count 25 blessings fast in your journal. Do this every day for the next month. Do this every day for the next year. How different would your life be if you counted your blessings rather than worry, get upset, etc.?

Reading the Book of Genesis and Thinking It Through

So far I have read Genesis 1 to 25 as I slowly, carefully, and purposefully read, think, journal, and pray through the Bible cover to cover. Never has reading through the Bible been so fulfilling. I am loving it. It's been a very special time. And it's changing me. Journaling Prompts or Questions: How about you? Are you reading (or studying) the Bible right now (any chapter or book)? What are you getting out of it? (Add a comment at the end of this blog post. I would love to hear your response and we can share in our journey through the Bible.)

What is Journaling?

What is Journaling? Journaling is capturing your life on the page. That’s the simplest definition. Journaling is writing about your life on the page, whether it’s one sentence or millions of words. It’s writing about who you are, what you do, about your day, about your life, what has meaning to you, what you think, what you feel, your dreams and goals, your memories, lessons learned, reflections, to-do list, buy-list, your hopes, your fears, your blessings counted, your challenges, books you read, and so forth.

Life has changed

My life has changed. Thoroughly. And it will never be the same. So what now? Lots of journaling is the answer.

The year 2021 (What a year!)

WHAT A YEAR What a year 2021 has been for me. I think with how little I have blogged that you can guess how it has gone for me. After all, you will see great gaps where nothing was shared. This is not like me. I am a journal keeper, but just haven't done much of that either, until rather recently. I am a writer, but nothing has stuck this year. I haven't wanted to continue to writing whatever I've tried. 2021 has been a hard, painful, busy, life-changing year. My dad died. It wasn't expected. My husband and I moved across country, again, to move into my dad's house. Moreover, we had that house fixed-up and I am now trying to sit down and figure out what I want to do with my journaling and writing as I take stock of how to proceed from here. 2021 has been a year of transition and changes. I am not sure if I want to look back on 2021 or if I just want to look forward. I guess time will tell. ANOTHER NEW BEGINNING This is the start of a new era in my Journal Keep

QUESTION FOR YOU AND THE BOOKS PLANNED

As you might have read HERE on this blog, I do plan on taking these blog posts and turning them into books that I (the journal keeper and writer of this blog, JKSD) will publish. I will edit them, expand them, and add additional material to them. The first books will be of the blog posts in chronological order. Later, and once I get enough written about journaling on this blog, I will then do topical books on journaling. I plan on publishing these books in paperback and as e-books. I plan on having the text be a little larger than standard books because there's nothing more frustrating than trying to read a book on journaling, and complete the prompts and questions, but you cannot read it easily because the text is a little too small. This disrupts and stifles the muse. So, given that, would you like a 6 x 9-inch book? Also, how many pages would you want the book to be at a maximum? Can you, please, answer these questions in the comments at the end of this blog post?

Having an Extended Sacred Retreat During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Social Distancing (A Time of Blessing)

A Personal Journaling Thought I’ve said it a few times before and I shall say it again: We live in some crazy and unusual times. Just yesterday, the governor of my state said we will be in social distancing conditions until May 08th, 2020. Gulp. While this was not a surprise, it just reminded me of how important this time was: this forced slow down and forced time at home; this removal from the world and everything in it. Yes. My reaction was a different one. I thought how this additional time was important and was something to value and cherish. The truth is, if I have not been journaling like I have been, I would not have had the fortitude or skills to know to look at this extension of social distancing as something different. I would not have been able to look beyond all the anxiety and terrible repercussions this brings, all the heartache (pain), financial strain, death, sickness, and every challenge imaginable. Through journaling, I have learned that there is alw

Take a Look at the Other Blog: A Blog for Journal Keepers

If you are a journal keeper, you might want to take a look at my other blog of: www.ALoveOfJournaling.com

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QUESTION FOR YOU AND THE BOOKS PLANNED

As you might have read HERE on this blog, I do plan on taking these blog posts and turning them into books that I (the journal keeper and writer of this blog, JKSD) will publish. I will edit them, expand them, and add additional material to them. The first books will be of the blog posts in chronological order. Later, and once I get enough written about journaling on this blog, I will then do topical books on journaling. I plan on publishing these books in paperback and as e-books. I plan on having the text be a little larger than standard books because there's nothing more frustrating than trying to read a book on journaling, and complete the prompts and questions, but you cannot read it easily because the text is a little too small. This disrupts and stifles the muse. So, given that, would you like a 6 x 9-inch book? Also, how many pages would you want the book to be at a maximum? Can you, please, answer these questions in the comments at the end of this blog post?

Appreciating life as it is: Counting our blessings

A Journaling Thought: Appreciating life as it is: Counting Our Blessings If we do not appreciate what we have now, how can we ever appreciate what we do not have and wish for. The misery, and the feeling that something is missing, in our lives is often caused by failing to count your blessings for your life, as you know it, right now and in this moment. Being thankful for what you have in the present tends to help us live better lives. Count your blessings, not your challenges or cursings or shoulda-woulda-coulda’s. Our lives are deeply blessed, if only we would slow down long enough to look for our blessings, count them, and write them in our journals. Journaling Questions or Prompts: Count 25 blessings fast in your journal. Do this every day for the next month. Do this every day for the next year. How different would your life be if you counted your blessings rather than worry, get upset, etc.?

A Dedication: An Old One and a New One

I dedicate this Journal Keeper SD (JKSD) blog to journaling about my walk of living daily as a daughter of the King and walking through his word as I try to seek him first, pray about everything and at all times, always give thanks, rejoice always, and meditate on the Bible day and night. Today marks a new dedication (and repeat an old one) as I will try to live a life of constantly living in his presence praying continually and pondering his word. I want to study a book of the Bible every day as well. I will journal about my journey as I focus on these things.

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MORNING How are you right now? List 5 blessings in your life today: How is your day today? What have you done so far today? What do you hope to get done today? How can you make today a good day? Focus for today How was your day yesterday 1-word summary for yesterday 1-sentence summary for yesterday 4-sentence summary for yesterday 2do (to-do) list for today 2do list for this week 2do list for this month S OMETIME 3 to 10 past memories 3 to 25 blessings Journaling an extended past memory EVENING How was today? Describe it. What did I do today? Summarize your day. Memories I made today (at least 3) Count 3 to 25 blessings in your life, whether from the past, today, or what you anticipate in the future 1-word summary for today 1-sentence summary for today 4-sentence summary for today Goals for tomorrow To-do list for tomorrow and beyond

What is Journaling?

What is Journaling? Journaling is capturing your life on the page. That’s the simplest definition. Journaling is writing about your life on the page, whether it’s one sentence or millions of words. It’s writing about who you are, what you do, about your day, about your life, what has meaning to you, what you think, what you feel, your dreams and goals, your memories, lessons learned, reflections, to-do list, buy-list, your hopes, your fears, your blessings counted, your challenges, books you read, and so forth.

RULE #2 WITH JOURNALING

I realize how earlier, I said there are no rules with journaling. Then, I said how that was not entirely true. I added Rule 1, the journaling rule of thumb as I call it: With journaling, the more you put into it, the more you get out of it. But, now I need to add a second rule. Sigh. (I know, I know...) I hang my head. There is a reason, though. The rules I am adding are not style or grammar related. Rather, they are to help your journaling work the best for you, and thoroughly enrich your journaling and your life. The rules are not to create boundaries, but are meant to free you. The second rule is this: Do not lie in your journal. Do not put any partial truths or falsehoods. Be fully honest. Another lie is that of omission. That is not sharing something you should. That is not journaling everything that comes to mind. Not only is this a lie, but it can be running from something or denying something. Truth always sets us free. Lies, partial truths, and omitting (withholding) tr

Reading the Book of Genesis and Thinking It Through

So far I have read Genesis 1 to 25 as I slowly, carefully, and purposefully read, think, journal, and pray through the Bible cover to cover. Never has reading through the Bible been so fulfilling. I am loving it. It's been a very special time. And it's changing me. Journaling Prompts or Questions: How about you? Are you reading (or studying) the Bible right now (any chapter or book)? What are you getting out of it? (Add a comment at the end of this blog post. I would love to hear your response and we can share in our journey through the Bible.)

THIS YEAR (2021): JOURNALING PROMPTS OR QUESTIONS

How has your 2021 been so far? What do you hope to do in 2021? What are your plans? What are your goals? What do you hope to accomplish in 2021? What can you do to make 2021 your best year yet? What do you hope to journal in 2021? What do you hope to get from your journaling in 2021? What do you plan on doing in 2021 because of COVID (the coronavirus)? Do you have any getaways or vacations planned in 2021? Are you moving in 2021? Are you changing jobs in 2021? Are your writing a book in 2021? What memories do you hope to make this year? Journal anything else that comes to mind about 2021.

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