I am not a finisher. In fact, I am
the opposite, I am a starter. I love thinking of awesome ideas and thinking of
creative ways to do them, and then I get excited about them, and then I start them! But
then, after I start my 'brillant' idea, a lot of the time, I realize the idea probably wasn't that awesome to begin with, and it is much harder then I thought it would be, so I stop.
Not finish, stop.
I write, every morning. I have
to. (I have many thoughts, so sometimes writing them down actually makes my
mind stop and think a little more in depth about them.) And this morning I
finished my summer journal! I finished! YAY! I went back and read my
first entry and then I finished my last. I started on May 30th and I finished
September 19th. I finished. Yay. There is something about finishing a journal
and finishing reading a book that just makes me feel super accomplished.
The one aspect of writing I love the
most, is seeing how my life has changed over a time period of one journal. I can
honestly say, my life has taken a drastic shift from May 30th to September 19.
I can gladly say finishing this journal is an encouragement to me because this
'journal of my life' is over. I will never have to experience that time of my
life again. But through the pages I can see the knowledge and wisdom I have
acquired through those times. I've kept a journal since 2nd grade, and let me
tell you, it is so funny to go back and read about things I worried over in elementary
school, especially in comparison to now. I can only imagine I will be saying
the same thing about my college journals a few years down the road.
Anyway, I guess I am just writing to
let you know, I think you should journal. And I'll share my last thoughts in my
journal with you...
Brethren, I do not regard myself as
having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind
and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the
prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Phil 3: 13-14.
I think this verse is a great start
for my next 'journal life' and really, every day. Happy Monday, now go finish something!
I love journaling! Like you said its so fun to see how youve changed as a person and as a writer! Congrats on finishing :) I always wonder whos going to find them one day though when im gone of course and that will be interesting for them...
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