Congratulations to Dawn Herring on the fifth anniversary of her wonderful creation #JournalChat Live. In celebration I've written my thoughts about journaling's greatest benefit to me. I also share my favorite technique for writing my journal entries and offer a bit of journaling advice for those who want to start out. Dawn invited me to participate in a live #JournalChat on Twitter and Facebook in early April. (Click the link for a transcript of our journaling conversation.) I couldn't have been more thrilled. Dawn's love of all things journaling has been a huge inspiration to me. Here's to Dawn Herring and an early happy anniversary wish to #JournalChat Live. Greatest Benefit I took up journaling seriously for the first time during my thirties while I lived with my husband and our two sons for nineteen months on a remote island in the South Pacific. I felt so isolated on this tiny island that the best I could do was write long rants every morning before the boys woke up. … [Read more...]