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Wednesday, 24 October 2007 10:01 |
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Birthday Journals By Doreene Clement
www.the5yearjournal.com
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Last year, as I turned 50, (FIVE-OOOH!!!), I decided to give
myself a birthday party. Part of the party was to have a
birthday journal, or diary. (I used my book The 5 Year Journal
for two reasons -- #1. I had a lot of copies, and #2. The 5 Year
Journal is dated) I asked my friends to pick a date telling me
why they chose that date, and then write whatever they felt like
writing.
After the journal was passed around the party, I then carried it
with me and had more friends sign throughout the year. I have
now decided that this is my decade journal and it will come with
me, and both my old and new friends will become a part of it
from age 50 to 60 years old. Then I"ll start again, because a
birthday journal is now part of my birthday celebration.
Another part of my birthday journal was writing a yearly
birthday wish for myself. My wish last year was: To be healthy,
wealthy, wise, happy, peaceful. This year my wish for myself is:
To stop, to look and to listen, while staying as quiet as
possible. At the time of my birthday I also write a birthday
wish for different friends, and the world.
In the back and throughout my birthday journal I have pasted
pictures, a fortune from a fortune cookie, my birthday
astrological from the newspaper, and other memories, as they
occur.
Birthday Journals Ideas
For your birthday journal you can do what I did, or here are
some more ideas you can ask your friends to write:
Retell a funny story about you and me. Write a birthday wish for
me, and a wish for yourself. Remember your favorite birthday and
what happened. Write about what your hopes and dreams are for
me, yourself, friends, family or the world. Tell me something I
never knew about you. Recall your happiest time. What was your
most unexpected moment? Write about the silliest time you can
recall. You were most surprised by…… Or ask your friends to
write about any other ideas you or they come up with.
Use your birthday journal to share warmth, memories,
experiences, joy, and love. Take the time to share your love
with your friends, and they can share their love with you.
Copyright Doreene Clement All Rights Reserved
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