Write Your Worries
If you find yourself worrying, and ruminating about the future, a simple exercise may help:
Category: Journaling
Weather Report
So forget what I said on Friday about spring weather being around the corner. We are in the midst of a blizzard!
A Sweet List-Making Tip
Next week, I will review my entire 25 for 2025 list and share my 26 for 2026 – yes, it’s commminnngg…
Life Focus Outline
A couple weeks ago, I realized that I felt constantly pulled in different directions, working on various projects and trying to meet different goals, some of which seemed to be in contradiction to one another.
Harry Potter Journaling
Last year I reread most of the Harry Potter series (and need to finish!) and the magic pulled me in all over again. The world of Harry Potter is better than I remembered! Revisiting the familiar places and people was honestly therapeutic.
Expecto Patronum
Dr. Barbara Frederickson studies the science of positive emotions. As we know, experiencing positive emotions is one aspect of flourishing and wellbeing. She identifies the “big ten” positive emotions:
One Thing
I’m reading about hope, and wanted to share a hope-building exercise. In a notebook, date the page for one year from today and write about your life as if things have worked out as best as possible.
Labels
In a therapeutic writing class I am taking, one of the members shared that she did a Cluster of labels that were given to her from a young age. A Cluster is a writing technique also known as mind-mapping or making a brainstorming web. To create a Cluster, you write a key word or phrase in middle of the page, …
Six Word Memoirs
Have you ever tried this fun writing exercise? A six word memoir tells a story or expresses an idea in exactly six words. It’s so satisfying — the constraints really stimulate your creativity. Recently, I used this prompt in a writing group, and I’m thinking of some of my own. Here are a few:
Five Senses Portrait
Gretchen Rubin shared a writing exercise to capture a person or place, called the Five-Senses Portrait. For each of the five senses (hearing, seeing, tasting, smelling, touching), you write a list of five associations to create a sensory snapshot of that person or place. I decided to write a five-senses portrait for my childhood summer spot, but once I got …