{"id":527,"date":"2018-10-15T13:00:02","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T17:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abcexplorers.com\/?p=527"},"modified":"2018-10-15T13:00:02","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T17:00:02","slug":"day-14-post-journaling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abcexplorers.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/15\/day-14-post-journaling\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 14-Post Journaling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abcexplorers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/academic-writing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-528\" src=\"http:\/\/abcexplorers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/academic-writing-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"academic-writing\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve just returned from your trip, responsibilities call.\u00a0 The laundry is piled high, dinner needs to be prepared.\u00a0 You long for those leisurely moments, which you spent with your journal at that wonderful cafe&#8217; along the river.\u00a0 You know the journal isn&#8217;t complete.\u00a0 There are still details missing.\u00a0 You may have pages of hastily scrolled facts, but no substance.\u00a0\u00a0 So how do you complete the task?<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0 Every time you journal, reward yourself with a favorite cup of coffee, tea, ice cream, listening to music, a walk, or some other treat.\u00a0 You&#8217;ll soon look forward to picking up your pen!<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0 Find someplace fun to write.\u00a0 Sit by a river, sip coffee in a cafe&#8217; or wherever inspires you.\u00a0 You can return to this same spot daily, or make a new adventure by finding a different location to write each day.<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0 Connect writing to routine.\u00a0 Do you sit down to watch tv each night?\u00a0 Perhaps try to write for 10 minutes before allowing yourself to turn on the television.<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0 Make an appointment with yourself.\u00a0 Block out a period of time to write, on the calendar.\u00a0 Treat this appointment as you would any other and make sure to follow through.<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0 Post to a blog.\u00a0 Your readers are generally curious about what you are up to, which in turn may provide some incentive for regular posting.<\/p>\n<p>6.\u00a0 Find a writing buddy.\u00a0 We all have friends who are working on something&#8230;getting in better shape, eating better etc.\u00a0 Partner with these people.\u00a0 You write at the same time they are fulfilling a goal.\u00a0 Check in and praise each other as you complete your goals for the day.<\/p>\n<p>7.\u00a0 Try not to think of writing as a chore.\u00a0 Let yourself relive those travel memories for some part of the day, it will be like taking a mini vacation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; You&#8217;ve just returned from your trip, responsibilities call.\u00a0 The laundry is piled high, dinner needs to be prepared.\u00a0 You long for those leisurely moments, which you spent with your journal at that wonderful cafe&#8217; along the river.\u00a0 You know the journal isn&#8217;t complete.\u00a0 There are still details missing.\u00a0 You [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[366],"class_list":["post-527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography-journal-scrapbooking","tag-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcexplorers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcexplorers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcexplorers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcexplorers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcexplorers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abcexplorers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcexplorers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcexplorers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcexplorers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}