Freaky Friday #148

Today is Friday and that means it’s Freaky Friday. If you need to know more about this journal writing challenge please read the First Freaky Friday entry.
While reading blogs and following links today I came across a great idea shared by Ruth Folit on the Life Journal blog. The idea, preferably for typing while using Life Journal, was to write your potentially toxic or ranting entry and then match your text to the colour of your page. Once saved the entry would not be easily reread. All you have to do is change the text colour, or highlight it, and you could reread at some later point.

I liked the idea of being able to leave the entry unread if you preferred, but that it gave you time to reconsider if you later changed your mind. Reading that entry later would give you valuable insight into your emotion or other events from that moment. Better to be able to have a chance just in case there as something to glean from the emotional charged entry.

You could use this idea in your handwritten journal, too. Simply match your pen or writing instrument to your paper, although you may have to miss out on rereading the entry. Or you could write without any ink. Use the wrong end of your pen or pencil or just your finger. I recall a novel where one of the characters was forced to do this because her parents did not respect her privacy. You gain the action of writing, but not necessarily the burden of reading whatever it is that angered or upset you. This idea might not be for everyone, though it’s worth the effort if you are in a spot where you simply can’t use a pen and paper.

The idea is to gain a different perspective on your life. I hope the suggested journal writing challenge helps you to view your life in a new way. Please leave any comments in the section below.

Heather
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