Refresh with Dawn Herring: Part II #JournalChat Live Facebook Group Discussion with Special Guest, Jill Winski. Topic: Your Journaling: The Meaning of Words

Dawn Herring

One of the things I love so much about keeping a journal is learning more about Who I Am and it's also a way to Honor my Preferences.

This list making, when there is such a contrast between what you love and hate, can really show us how we think and how the meaning of these words can show us how life works for us.

For example, one of the words I noticed come up in my love list is Lighten. I talk about what that means to me in my blog post I posted.

Writing these lists, especially when we see words that keep popping up, can show us elements of our personality and our point of view.

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Jill Winski Yes, I love what you did with that word "lighten", Dawn.

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Madeline Tasky Sharples My lists are mainly to dos, interspersed with thoughts, concerns, rants - or whatever is on my mind for the day. Journaling helps clear it - and perhaps in the process, helps lighten it up.

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Dawn Herring Great idea, Madeline. Welcome back! To dos are awesome to help me stay on track. Journaling is excellent for clarity.

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Dawn Herring I'm still thinking about that word, since it keeps showing up, Jill!

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Debra Marrs I love using lists as well. I make a lot of word lists and/or phrase lists as I "audition" my material. What works? What doesn't work? It has to be laid out in a list for me to ascertain.

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Jill Winski I love your takes on lists, Madeline and Debra!

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Dawn Herring I love your use of the word, Audition, Debra. Welcome! Love how you can use list making to test out words. Fab idea!

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Judy Shafarman Hello. I also love the way you used the word audition. I am going to try writing lists around the page or in some other shape. I am a huge fan of list making. Great to see some fresh ideas here.

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Dawn Herring Welcome, Judy! So glad this inspired you with fresh ideas.

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Sue Ekins Lighten is a great word, Dawn. And what about favorite phrases? I immediately think of "lighten up". Maybe it's really the same meaning.

October 2 at 2:41pm · Like · 2
Dawn Herring Phrases come out with Jill's exercise. We often think and write in phrases and what meanings they can carry!

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Jill Winski Yes, I found as I went on with the exercise, it was hard to stick to single words. And, originally I tried this exercise with kids, and kids like to use phrases.

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Jill Winski Oops, didn't mean to make that odd emoticon!

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Dawn Herring (The comments are editable; I've already used that option!)

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Jill Winski Good to know, Dawn!

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Dawn Herring

October 2 at 2:22pm · Edited

I love the idea, which Debra Marrs suggested, of writing lists but doing it around the page rather than in column format. That can certainly make the visual more interesting and revealing perhaps!

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Jill Winski I agree. I notice that it's much more natural for me to write in different ways on the page, at different angles, anyway! That's partly why I started writing in sketch books a while back.

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Debra Marrs I also create mini-lists in bubble clouds on my sketch book pages. They create mini-clusters of ideas that way.

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Jill Winski Bubble cloud mini-lists! I love that.

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Dawn Herring Oh, like a mind map of sorts, Debra? I've been doing more of those too.

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Debra Marrs My FAVE word is juxtaposition, so the mini-clusters of ideas is all about what goes with what, or DOESN'T, and both are equally interesting

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Debra Marrs I hadn't thot of the bubble clouds as mind mapping, Dawn, since I don't connect them with lines. But NOW you've given me an idea! Brilliant!

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Dawn Herring Juxtaposition. I'll have to look that up for the exact meaning, but I totally get your point, Debra. How things relate or don't to each other. And that's what this list making can show us; it's Such a valuable tool!

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Dawn Herring That's what came to mind; it's amazing how so many different tools can work so beautifully together!

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Madeline Tasky Sharples I have to admit I'm not a creative journal writer. I just type in a word document. It works for me.

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Jill Winski Whatever works, Madeline! Many days I'm quite straightforward about my journaling -- other days I get a little more "creative." But it's all creative!

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Dawn Herring That's okay, Madeline. What you do Honors Who You Are and that's vitally important.

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Dawn Herring And Jill is right; it IS all creative!

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Madeline Tasky Sharples I'm not complaining. My memoir Leaving the Hall Light On evolved from my journals as well.

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Dawn Herring Indeed, Madeline. And an excellent memoir it is!

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Madeline Tasky Sharples Thanks, Dawn Herring. At the time I was journaling I had no inkling I'd end up with a memoir.

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Jill Winski I love the title of your memoir, Madeline!

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Dawn Herring I do too, Madeline.

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Beth Shekinah Terrence I love this idea and love to use the page in various ways. Also, in terms of lists, I am a great fan of the mindmap and find that is another non-linear way to work with lists.

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Dawn Herring Journaling can be full of surprises, Madeline. I'm so glad it has been such a powerful tool for you.

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Madeline Tasky Sharples And because of #journalchat I journal every day.

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Dawn Herring Beth, I've been mind mapping more so lately; very insightful. and Visual.

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Dawn Herring You make me smile, Madeline, to know what a difference#JournalChat has been for you. Yay.

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Madeline Tasky Sharples back at you, Dawn Herring

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Sue Ekins Hmm. Maybe I and others could benefit from putting words randomly all over a page too. I tend to be too analytical and it could open the other side of my brain more.

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Debra Marrs LUV that idea, Sue. Randomness works magic!

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Part II #JournalChat Live Facebook Group Discussion with Special Guest, Jill Winski. Topic: Your Journaling: The Meaning of Words

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