"My book should smell of pines and resound with the hum of insects … ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Welcome to another Fireside Friday here at Mountain Zen Den. Come on in…

Today we share one of our favorite Personal Growth tools – Journaling.

aka – Scribing, memoir writing, keeping a diary…

Ideas include:

• Why Journal?

• To slow down and observe and record your thoughts
• To better Listen
• For Healing (A cathartic exercise)
• To better understand yourself and the world
• To share your view of the world
• To record favorite quotes, authors and passages
• To remember how you were feeling
• To become a better, more honest and authentic writer
• To leave a Memoire or Legacy
• What kind of journal should I get?
• How to journal (We share a few tips and ideas)
• Keeping a Gratitude Journal
• A few of our personal journaling practices

"The eye was placed where one ray should fall, that it might testify of that particular ray… ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Links to a few recommended books:

A Life in Hand (Creating the Illuminated Journal) by Hannah Hinchman

The Magic by Rhonda Byrne