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Note To Self

NOTE TO SELF is a guide to journal-writing that explores the act of journal-writing as a means to self-discovery and improvement. With dozens of real journal entries both the authors and those of historical figures the book also feeds the readers natural instinct to know what goes on inside other peoples journals. Much like she did with letters in her first book FOR THE LOVE OF LETTERS OShea shows why journal writing is fun why its effective and why you should do it. She points to the journal as the tool that helps us learn and grow uncover our motivations and come face to face with our own realities. While journaling is essentially a personal solitary experience Samara shows how to get the most out of it. Each chapter includes one of the authors journal entries from throughout her life which are alternately moving edgy and hilarious as well as charming anecdotes about the journal experience all of them relayed in Samaras elegant prose. There are also insights into the act of journaling; suggestions on journal writing techniques (including blogging); exercises and tips on how to enrich the journal-writing experience and the journal entry of a notorious diarist including Tennessee Williams Anais Nin and 80s model Gia Carangi. A celebration of journaling geared toward a young hip audience NOTE TO SELF reveals both the therapeutic qualities of writing a journal and the guilty-pleasure joys of reading one.
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