Journaling Exercise: The Stop Doing List

  For a lot of people, the main reason why they don’t have enough time or money or resources to do what they want is because they spend all the time, money, and resources doing things they don’t want to do.  Please don’t give me excuses about  your responsibilities. For most people, it’s about the [...]

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Journaling Exercise: Poet for the Day

    When was the last time you read a poem? If you can’t recall, or if it was before last month, then your first assignment is to read a poem.  Any poem. Just google poem, and you will have tons of choices. Here are some of my favourites:  The Road Not Taken by Robert [...]

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40 Things to Do Before 40

  Today, I’m 30. I know it doesn’t change anything. I don’t feel any different than what I felt at 29. But still, it’s a new decade, and so it’s nice to make a big deal out of it.  As I love having lists and projects, I decided make a list of 40 things I [...]

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How to Get Your Inner Censor to Shut Up

This post is a result of an email from a reader. Nigel Burns mentioned in his email that he struggled to get his inner censor to shut up. I promised to write a post about it because this is an important topic. Nigel is not the only one, nor is he in the minority for [...]

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Journaling Exercise: I Remember…

  Whether you are trying to write your memoires, or simply attempting to remember the past, this journaling exercise will help. This will also help if you are going through a process of self-discovery, because memories play an important role in that journey. This is a simple but powerful exercise. For the maximum results, do [...]

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Kaizen Journaling – 12 Lessons Learned in 12 Months AND Two Announcements

    Kaizen Journaling officially launched on April 17, 2012. I can’t believe one year has gone by so quickly. When 2012 began, I honestly had no idea I was going to do this. The only thing I had thought about was that I wanted to do journaling workshops some day. That’s it. That was [...]

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On Attachment (of Human Kind not Emails)

  Irma and Anthony – Photo by (c) Dolly Garland As most of you probably know, I’m in Ecuador at the moment, volunteering for three months working with children to promote literacy and arts. They are a great bunch of kids, and having been here now for month and a half, I’m getting to know [...]

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Win A Free Course – Who Am I?

  You have a chance to win a free place on “Who Am I” course, starting on April 1st. Explore the unique terrain that is YOU. Go on a journey of self-discovery for two weeks.  To win a free place, all you have to do is answer this question in the comments below: Why do you [...]

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Finding Patterns in Your Journals

Once you have filled a few journals, even as little as two or three, those pages would become a trove of information that you can mine through. The process of journaling is usually about here and now. When you write in your journal, you are immersed in the present moment. You may be whining or [...]

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I Can Be Good At Whatever I Want to Do (And so can you)

  When I say to people in my life, “I can be good at whatever I want to do” some people laugh, others admire my cheek, and some think I’m an arrogant bitch. They miss the key word in that sentence. Read it again: I can be good at whatever I want to do. WANT [...]

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