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More journaling

I have been pretty consistently keeping a 

Daily journal for over 35 years

Early on I established a loose format

Most of the time I would

Read the previous days entries

Then report on how well

I lived up to my stated intentions

Quite often I would write about

What was happening and what 

I was studying at the time 

Maybe the most valuable part was

My intentions for the upcoming day

Breathe, listen to people, chew

Don't sit, see the humor in it

Stay relaxed and aware 

Once in a while something specific

Finish this, starred that, call so-and-so

Then end it with gratitude

And the things I was thankful for

Some things I  have learned since I

Started rereading old journals

1. Always start with local time place and date 

2. Leave spaces paper is cheap and it's fun 

And insightful to leave and read  

comments sometimes made decades later 

3. spend a good portion of the time on

intentions and what needs to be done to get there 

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