Hi Shannon! I also on my birhday turn another decade so this has been in my mind and heart. How do we want to live? What would I regret not doing in the next ten years? makes you think, doesn’t it? I love the one sentence a day idea too.

Thank you!

Thank you Elizabeth! I am still analyzing and exploring this past decade and its lessons and it is guiding my path into the future too.

How exciting to have a writing group at church. and thanks for sharing my site. The look back on a decade is still affecting how I am living and deciding in life. Journal whenever you want is my philosophy and in what ever manner helps you the best. Thanks again for sharing.

I know we both love journaling!!

Thanks for sharing what worked for you.

And yes, let’s hear it for keeping those journals going yet another year!

I am excited for you and your new practice of journaling. I know it is an essential practice for me and one I missed when I neglect. I find it especially helpful in reflection like I did in this post and on retreats. God is so good and Often I only see His preence in hindsight. Love your word of the year too. Let’s keep growing together as companions on this spiritual adventure with God!

Yes I loved that quote too. Made me think. Glad you stopped by and left a comment!

I come from a family of journal keepers in my dad’s side so it comes naturally to me. I don’t write every day and sometimes it has only been once a month but very often during retreats and sginificant times so I have more than enough entries. It is hard to think a decade ahead – thinking speicific like ages, anniversaries, what I would like to have done helped. Happy growing, Martha!!

Hope I hope this practice feeds your soul, Janet!! Let me know!

Hope I hope this practice feeds your soul, Janet!! Let me know!

I love finding the patterns – they reveal so much. I found my year end summary pages so helpful in this review – glad I continue that practice. I know if I try to go back to find something, those pages help me too. Harvest those journals, Nancy! Treasure lies there. Blessings

Those cannot statements has rung so true for me – each evolving at different times, all during a silent retreat and all ground me and realign me to where God calls me. I do appreicate your comments and your writing too!!

Hi Cyndi,

so good to hear from you. I usually don’t list my speaking engagements – tho I could – as a matter of fact right now I don’t have any as I am more focused on writing this year and my work at my church. Would love to get together sometime. We are pretty close. Thank you for your kind words too. So encouraging.

Just journal as you want/need. I tell people there are only two rules in journaling: Date your work and there are no other rules. LOL. What you are recording now is great and will lead you deeper I am sure. I journal about once a week, sometimes only twice a month. I journal a ton on retreats where often those deep times with God reveal deep things and moments,

Keep open to your word of the year. It will slowly reveal. I read the other day one person’s ended up with different words throughout the year. I have some years where the word never lead to much and others it opens up much.

Again thanks for your comments. Blessings!