Future Journaling List Journaling Exercise and Prompt

CLARITY

I have discussed the Future Journaling List in previous blog posts. However, as of today, I want to make sure I am absolutely clear about what it is and what to do with it. 

So, what is the Future Journaling List? 

SO, WHAT IS IT?

The Future Journaling List is something you create as you go along with your journaling. In other words, the Future Journaling List (the FJL) is the list you create while you journal, after you mark in your journaling that you want to journal more about later regarding something you mentioned. It includes memories, thoughts, questions, or anything else you want to make sure to journal more about in the future. 

This is how you get your life on the page and leave a legacy--without any time gaps. In other words, you get your entire life on the page and do not forget anything. The more time gaps you have in your journaling for your legacy will leave future readers confused. Therefore  make sure to fill in the gaps and write all about your life from your birth to today. 

Also, I come from a family where dementia is a possibility. The FJL ensures I will remember my life--and if not, I will have it here to pass on in the future.

HOW DO YOU DO THE FJL (FUTURE JOURNALING LIST)

As you journal, make sure to make a notation of some kind, from now on and throughout all of your journals in the future), where you can look at it and see you want to journal more about later. 

Then, once a day or once a week, add them to your Future Journaling List (FJL). 

That's it. It's that simple. 

But, here's the catch. (There's always a catch, right?) 

JOURNALING FROM THE FJL

* Once a day, ideally (once every other day is the bare minimum), journal more about something from your FJL. Do a SOC (Stream of Conscious Journaling Exercise), a list, a memory snapshot, use a journaling prompt to help with it, or anything else you want to do with it. Do it for a minimum of 10 minutes. 

* Once a week, do three of these--on top of the other ones you have done already. 

* Once a month, do three more of these. 

Stacy Duplease
Journalkeeper & Author

The Remembering Your Present Journal Keeping Series

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