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Heading into the 2nd Quarter of 2010

I’ve been on this blog in quite a while. It occurred to me that I need to put this blog away, retire it and continue with my writing work blog, The Word ‘Mage Blog. While I was away, I worked on other projects and on my other blogs.

Some interesting things have occurred in my life recently. Hurt feelings, choices, soul searching and prayer have brought me along the way to a positive observation. What helps me is keeping my journal. I write for review and for keeping track of my journey.

On the Right Track

I battle with fear and feelings of inadequacy as I know many people do. And, sometimes those thoughts lead to useful self-evaluating, soul-searching review of what is for me in this world. I’ve asked these questions again early this year for two reasons.

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Sometimes I just have to write. I gain perspective on the thoughts that sometimes assail me. This is my morning routine but I sometimes let it get away from me. When it seems like there’s no time to relax and everything with a deadline was due yesterday, it’s time to write.

It’s not always grammatically correct or complete sentences, sometimes I write lists, phrases or draw pictures and diagrams. It just has to get out through my hand(s). Sometimes I type in a computer journal, but for maximum effect, for me, I find that writing long-hand grants me deeper connection with things going on in my world and how I’m ultimately relating to them.

Random thoughts fly into my head when I’m tired and sometimes I just try to capture them in a shorthand version of what they tell me. Often there are several things at once, phrases and images floating around my mind, or whirring through. When I am in a real hurry, and deadlines and dreams overwhelm me, that’s when I’m forced to take a deep breath or miss something critical—that’s happened too. I find that free writing helps me regain my clarity and focus.

I forget the history of the term “free writing,” or where I first heard of it. I came to fully understand it in a book, The Right to Write, by Julia Cameron. It may even have come from her book. All I know is that’s where I understood the good that comes from just writing what comes up, just for the sake of catching it. The whole process makes everything clearer.