30-Days of the Memory Launch Pad Class

30-Days of the Memory Launch Pad Class 

This is a class or seminar that I will have as a blog post series on my blog and as a series of discussion here:

Official Website: 

http://storykeeper2121.blogspot.com

Official Community: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/113054405863121223338

Official Description:

This is a 30-Day focus of getting as many of our memories on the page as possible.  

 IF YOU ARE INTERESTED

Sign up on the community link just listed. 

WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE?

There will be a weekly blog post about what to review from the previous week and what to do this week.  

Also, at the community, there will be discussion questions and more journaling exercises or prompts.

TO GET THE MOST MEMORIES DOWN ON THE PAGE

You will also want to sign up on the community for each monthly event in 2013. This will help you get all of your memories on the page.

WEEKLY TOPICS

Week 1 Strongest Memories

Week 2 Decades

Week 3 People

Week 4 Objects & Places

This is part of the 2013 Storykeeper Odyssey Class. Nonetheless, even if you are not part of the 2013 class, you can still participate in this January class. 

THE 30-DAY JOURNAL ABOUT THE LAST YEAR: DAYS 6-30

For the rest of the month, we are going to capture as much from the last year as possible in our journals in order to leave a legacy. Moreover, we are going to try to learn from the last year and figure out what all we want to journal more about in the upcoming months and year.

Make sure to take out your journals form the last year, along with your calendar and planner. 

Read them. Re-read them. Jot down anything in your latest journal that captures your attention as you review your previous journals and calendar, along with what you want to write more about in the future. 

MEMORY SNAPSHOT JOURNALING: DAYS 6-20

On Days 6-8, 9-11, 12-14, 15-17, 18-20--complete the entire Journaling Exercise below. On other words, for example, on Days 6-8, you'll do the 4 steps below. Then, on Days 9-11, you'll do it again with new memories, etc. I am sure you get the idea. 

~ 1 List in your journal at least 5 memories of the past year you have or haven't mentioned previously. Give each of the 5 memories a memory title, date (or at least approximate season or month as well as year), how old you were, a paragraph description, and how it's shaped your life.

~ 2 Choose 3 of the memories and write a page about each. List the 6 senses of: discernment/intuition, smell, sound, taste, touch, and sight. Also, answer who, what, where, when, why, how, and what-if questions to that memory. (You may also choose to do a SOC about them as well.)

~ 3 Choose 2 of the memories which stand out to you the most and take 3-7 snapshots/photos of the memory with your imaginary camera. If the memory is crystal clear and you remember lots of detail, make it 7 snapshots. If it's foggy, make it 3. If it's in-between, you decide how many snapshots. Then, describe each in your journal. This will add about a paragraph per snapshot per memory.

~ 4 Take 1 snapshot from each memory and write it from the perspective of a stranger who's looking into the moment. Remember, the stranger doesn't know any of the people or events in the snapshot until the stranger sees this snapshot for the first time. Be descriptive. 

YOUR CHOICE: DAYS 21-30

Do at least 3 of the prompts below each day for Days 21-30. Do A SOC, do a list, or whatever you desire--a minimum of 10 minutes per prompt. Make sure to jot down any future journaling you want to do as well. These prompts are:

~ What were your favorites this year?

~ What were you least favorites this year?

~ What people were in your life this year?

~ What good times did you have?

~ What challenging times did you have?

~ What books did you read? 

~ What TV shows did you watch?

~ What movies did you see?

~ What were your favorite songs?

~ What did you do with each holiday?

~ What was memorable?

~ What lessons did you learn?

~ What happened in the news?

~ How were you finances?

~ Make any big purchases this year?

~ Did you do any redecorating in your home?

~ Describe your home from the alst year.

~ Describe your work from the last year.

~ What were your favorite meals?

~ Where were you favorite places to go?

~ What goals did you accomplish this year? (Remember that goals are the steps needed to be fulfilled in order to lead to your dream coming true.)

~ What dreams did you start to dream?

~ What dreams did you work on fulfilling through reaching what goals?

~ What were the funny moments?

~ What were the frustrating moments?

~ What were the sad moments?

~ What were the enraging moments?

~ What were the stressful moments?

~ What did you learn about yourself and your life this year?

~ What happened in your singlehood, widowhood, or marriage this year--the good, bad, and in-different?

~ What places did you go this year (movies, museums, etc.)?

~ Where did you travel this year? 

~ What did you do for vacations this year?

~ What did you do for time-off?

~ How did you invest in your future this year?

~ What did you learn about your past this year?

~ Any other prompt you can come up with. 

Stacy Duplease
Journalkeeper & Author

The Remembering Your Present Journal Keeping Series

Email: storykeeper2121@gmail.com

Bookstore: http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/hisfiction

dba Remembering Your Present, LLC & Storykeeper 2121

(Image Credit: Microsoft Images Online.) 

THE 30-DAY JOURNAL ABOUT THE LAST YEAR: Day 5

MEMORY LISTS: PART 1

~ Go through each month and write down as memories as you can from each month. 

You might want to pull out your calendar/planner and journals in order to do this exercise. 

Take a lot of time to do today's journaling exercise. Make sure to list every memory you can think of. Then, wait a couple of hours and return to this. Can you think of any new memories you haven't written down for any of the months? 

(Image Credit: Microsoft Images Online)

Stacy Duplease
Journalkeeper & Author

The Remembering Your Present Journal Keeping Series

Storykeeper 2121 Blog and Website: http://storykeeper2121.blogspot.com

Email: storykeeper2121@gmail.com

Bookstore: http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/hisfiction

dba Remembering Your Present, LLC & Storykeeper 2121

THE 30-DAY JOURNAL ABOUT THE LAST YEAR: Day 4

DAY 4: MORE

Read through what you wrote in the first 3 days of this blog post journaling series, THE 30-DAY JOURNAL ABOUT THE LAST YEAR. As you do, find three things you want to write more about regarding the last year and your days 1-3 journaling entries. 

(Image Credit: Microsoft Images Online)

Stacy Duplease
Journalkeeper & Author

The Remembering Your Present Journal Keeping Series

Storykeeper 2121 Blog and Website: http://storykeeper2121.blogspot.com

Email: storykeeper2121@gmail.com

Bookstore: http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/hisfiction

dba Remembering Your Present, LLC & Storykeeper 2121

THE 30-DAY JOURNAL ABOUT THE LAST YEAR: Day 3--Challenges

What challenges have you experienced over the last year? 

1. List as many as you can.

2. Now, go through the list and write a one-sentence description of each. 

3. Have you thought of any more challenges you've endured? Add them to the list. 

4. Write a longer description of each.

5. Pick at least one fo them and do a thorough job of explaining the challenge. What did you go through? When did it happen? Why did it happen? How did it impact your life and did it impact anyone else's life? How? What did you learn? How did it change you? How did it change how you live your life? What new insight did you gain from this challenge? How have you overcome it? How did it shape your year? 

6. Keep adding to this list over the next 27 days. 

~ Stacy Duplease

(Image Credit: Stacy Duplease. Image of tree at Historic Jamestown. 2012.)

A 30-Day Journal About the Last Year: Day #2--The Ideal Year

THE IDEAL YEAR JOURNALING EXERCISE

If you could have lived the ideal year over the last 365 days, what would that have looked like? 

1. Journal your response in your journal.

2. Think on this ALL day long and write whatever comes to mind. Do not censor yourself. write it down even if it doesn't make sense or sounds silly. 

3. At the end of the day, write at least an one paragraph summary of your perfect/ideal year the last 365 days. 

4. Why did you come up short of this? Why? Be specific and list as many things as you can. 

5. How did you succeed in living the ideal/perfect year? Explain why. Be specific and list as many things as you can. 

6. What have you learned for next year? Be specific and thorough. 

~ Stacy Duplease

(Image Credit: Stacy Duplease. Virginia Beach 17 Nov. 2012). 

A 30-Day Journal About the Last Year: Day 1--Welcome

WELCOME TO A NEW BLOG POST SERIES: DAY 1

A 30-Day Journal About the Last Year:

The Remembering Your Present Journal Keeping Series, Vol. 6

Welcome to a new blog post series, A 30-DAY JOURNAL ABOUT THE LAST YEAR.

This blog post series will help us look at the last year of our lives, no matter what day it is we start to read and complete this blog post series. You can start it just as easily on 18 March as the 18th of November. 

What is important to note is that you have lived another year, another month, another week, another day, another hour, another minute, and another second. There is a reason why you are alive. Today marks the day you see why--through looking back to see from whence you have come. In other words, where have you come over the last year? That's what we will investigation over the next 30 days. 

Everyday is going to have enough material for you to spend two to three hours each day journaling. I would rather give you too much information than not enough, after all. Plus, you can do different things every time you look at this book that way. After all, this book is meant to be repeated periodically (at least once each year, preferably twice, ideally three times a year.). Consequently, do not think you have to do it all. I recommend doing at least three items each day, if not more. But, if you are strapped for time, do item #1 at the very least. 

Today is the day we will just look at things off the cuff. Do not look at your calendar or planner. 

JOURNALING PROMPTS:

1. Do not even look at any past past journal entries. Just off the top of your head, journal your response to this question:

What have you experienced the last year? 

Write the first things that come to mind. It does not matter if it makes sense or not. Just write down whatever comes to your mind, when it comes to your mind. Keep writing until you cannot think of anything else to say. 

2. Ask yourself the question again and do the same thing again. Write fast and as much as you can. When you get stuck, stop.

3. Repeat this one more time.

4. Now, go back and read what you just wrote with prompt #1-3. And, see if anything you read sparks any new or different ideas to write in response to the original question: What have you experienced this year? 

5. List as many memories (good, challenging, memorable, and indifferent) as you are able. 

6. What did you do this year? What experiences have you had this year?

7. What do you remember most from this year? List as many things as you can. Be thorough.

8. What do you wish you could do again from this year? 

9. Where did you go this year?

10. Was it a good, challenging, unusual, or indifferent year? Explain your response. 

11. What was most memorable about this year? List your number one item. 

12. What have you experienced this year? Write your response--even if you repeat anything of what you have already written. try to come up with some new material as well. 

(Photo by Stacy Duplease.) 

Stacy Duplease
Journalkeeper Author & Sci-Fi Writer

The Story of John Arundell and Roanoke (A Sci-Fi Time Travel Novel)

& the Remembering Your Present Journal Keeping Series

Email: storykeeper2121@gmail.com

Bookstore: http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/hisfiction

dba Remembering Your Present, LLC & Storykeeper 2121