Don’t Worry About It!

Sarah SoonHolidays, Journaling, Writing

“Don’t Worry About It!” This is a phrase I heard continuously in Costa Rica. My husband and I just spent ten days there for our delayed honeymoon. A delightful country especially for nature lovers like us. They have such varied landscape from dry forest, cloud forest, rain forest, the Caribbean Sea, the Pacific Ocean, and 212 volcanos (only 11 are …

Keeping a Commonplace Book: A New, Old Idea

Sarah SoonJournaling

NOTE: Today’s guest post is from Judith Culpepper, a retired educator with over 40 years experience teaching grammar and literature to middle school students in classical schools. She wrote this article because her best friend asked her to and because it sounded more interesting than pulling weeds or wrangling cats, both of which are easier. And yes, she religiously keeps …

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Importance of recording your COVID experience as a Setting

Sarah SoonJournaling, Memoir, Memoir, Writing

During Covid, ever feel like you’re in an apocalyptic movie? That was going through my mind this past spring, during the shelter-in-place order in March and April. As I drove through Tulsa, I felt this eerie chill as I went past empty parking lots of schools, churches, restaurants, and other businesses deemed non-essential. Hardly anyone was driving on the highways …

Have Glue Stick, Will Travel

Sarah SoonJournaling

A Guest Blog by Dee Selby, Professional Organizer Volunteering to write a travel blog during a pandemic might not have been my best move, but I knew I needed at least a weekend getaway and I needed it soon. After several starts, stops, and spurts along the way, four of us pulled off an inexpensive three-day weekend in Hot Springs, …

Journal for Creativity

Sarah SoonJournaling

Note: Today’s guest post is from my writing partner, Kristi Bridges. We help people share their story. We’ve co-hosted the It’s About Time novel-writing webinars and we’re also planning live events for 2020. (Workshops for writing memoirs and devotionals.) She invited me to share a devotional entry for her Option Ocean devotional, published summer 2019. She’s a joy to work …

The Brain Book – A Messy Journal for an Organized Life

Dee SelbyJournaling

NOTE: Today’s guest post is from Dee Selby, a professional organizer. She’s discuss how journaling declutters her life. Dee has helped me organize my office especially to maintain a more workable environment. Currently, she serves as my Virtual Assistant but is more like a marketing guru! She not only helps organize my business, but promotes it with her constant flow …

Tools For Journaling

Sarah SoonJournaling, Tools, Writing

Planner Journal: Want a daytimer and performance journal all in one? A journal where you can track your goals, monitor your progress, and stay focused? Life coach, Brendon Burchard, has created a high-performance planner with a daily journal. You can also track your goals and performance on a weekly and monthly assessment. I use it. Pros:  No Set Date but …

Journal to Write Your Book

Sarah SoonJournaling

Happy 2020! Where did the time go? I’m excited because I’m getting married this year! Doesn’t seem possible since we’ve set our date back in May 2019. What are you excited about? I hope sharing your story comes to mind. If not, I want to challenge you to share. Doesn’t have to be a book. Could be a newsletter, blog, …

Ready to Write?

Sarah SoonJournaling, Writing

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