Some of the journal writing techniques I’ve suggested in this blog have included the unsent letter. Sometimes life gets overwhelming for anyone. If you’re feeling a bit that way, especially at this time of the year, perhaps you need to write a letter to God. Apparently this time of year many such letters arrive at the post office in Jerusalem. So, I suppose if you write a letter to God and post it, maybe it might end up there and someone will read it. It’s a strange thought to me, but writing an unsent letter is always a good way …read more

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.
I’ve written about unsent letters and using letters to yourself in the Freaky Friday prompts before. Today spend some time writing in your journal as your past self from a specific time in your life. Take some thought over what was happening in your life at that moment. Was it your engagement, marriage, break up, death of a parent or spouse, starting a new job, leaving home, whatever was an important moment for …read more