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Today is Journaling Day.
I am loving this day.
In case you are new here, this is the day where I give you a
journaling tip and journaling prompt. It
gives you ideas on what to journal on in case you get stuck. It is not a requirement to read this blog as
I have other days that have no participation.
It may change once I have this new website online. Just Kidding, but I will have more things
that you may want to do in your journaling journey.
Tip for Today: Do not hesitate to convert an old planner
into a journaling planner.
I find this to be a much-needed idea because I am starting
to become a hoarder of notebooks, planners, and journaling books. I still journal online (actually, in MS Word),
but I also am finding myself making journals on gratefulness, blog posts that I
want to write about, and so forth.
A type of journaling I also do is called list
journaling. It started out, I think, as
a way to making a bucket list, but for me, it has become much more. I write down things in the following list
order:
·
Books I read
·
Library books I looked at (which is different
then the books I read)
·
Things I want to do for my business
·
Crafty things I want to make
·
Future blog posts so I will repeat the title of
the subject
·
Vacation points
·
Being grateful
Some I check off, while for others, it is a list.
Currently, I use anything from journals from Dollar Tree,
Target, and Erin Condren. I talked about
the Erin Condren Petite Journal in a video two months ago, and I absolutely the
smallness of the journal. The journal do
not too many pages, which is good for short-term journaling. Sometimes you may want to journal events such
as a wedding you are planning, a pregnancy, or even a trip of a lifetime.
Today’s prompt: Employment
Question from 300 Writing Prompts: As a
Kid, what Job did you Dream you would have as an ADULT? What job do you have
now?
Yes, it is one of those two-part questions, but I like this
question because again, it makes you think about what is going on in your life.
This is an optional
question from me: Are you happy in your current position at
your job?
This is even harder to think about because you are
deciding if you should change your future.
There is always something you can change about your jobs, such as hours
worked, the location, or even your boss.
Some are easy fixes while others are harder to fix. It may mean that you have to leave your
current position, ask for a higher raise, or add on new responsibilities. Remember that one year, 5-year, or 10-year
plan? It might be time to dust it off
and take action. Remember, talk is
cheap, but the action is expensive.
So it is my turn….
I was first asked this question at the age of 6 years. I had 3 dream jobs: A teacher, an Actress, and a dancer. I took the lessons for dance, I learned all I
could to become a teacher, and I thought I would wing it as an actress because
I thought that I was a natural at it, thanks to mom, who thought I was. I was so dramatic as a child.
Later, around 8, I added nurse and model to my list of occupations
that could go after. By 12, being a mommy
was added. Before you ask, nothing was
achieved by the time I was 25. I was a
preschool teacher for a few years, but the others, it was a no, and you can
read about what I did in my life over several blog posts.
What am I doing now, and am I happy with the outcome…
I am a single person with no children. That I am not happy with. I am in marketing, a graphic designer, a writer,
and a stationer. This I am happy with. I
am finally doing what I was meant to do in the beginning. I do not think I would be happy as an actress,
I am too short as a model, and I still can be a teacher, just not a teacher of
children. I am still holding on to be a
mommy. I am an aunt at the moment.
As a person who can do all that I am doing at the moment, I
can teach a person how to do what I do. I
am teaching now as I write this. I am giving
you tips on how to journal, such as what materials to use, and what I use. Teachers make you think, which is what I am
doing now. Teachers give students ideas,
which is what I am doing now.
One last tip:
If you think what I wrote is short, it is, because I have
written my employment life story throughout this blog, My Ambiance Life. I do
not like to repeat myself unless it is necessary. Besides that, I want you to
write your own work life story. What you
have to offer people, especially young people?
I want everyone to remember this as you are writing your work life story:
Your story can make you or break you. you can see your way through or get you to
change. The results are the teachers
that allow you to tell your story. Your story
is not fiction, it is a true story. Talk
about the time that you did not have any money and when you were ready to give
up, a job came along and save you from doing something that should not be doing
in the first place. Talk about the time
when you wanted a raise in position, but the supervisor thought you were not
ready and why. Talk about the customer
that you help, and you felt grateful for your job, but also talk about the
customer who made you so mad that you had to remove yourself. I had one such customer when I was working
for Archiver’s, a Memory Store in 2009.
Your story may be someone’s saving grace and to let them know that they
are not the only one who has not gone through that.
That was my takeaway for this post, and I will leave you for
right now. May God bless you on your
journey to journaling, on your job, and in life in general.
