Here and now
When I make space for quiet time, which usually looks like 10-ish minutes every 2 days, I'll emphasize journalling. A scribbly note-taking of the basic events of the past couple days, with some notable insights. It may devolve into more poetic musings. It may be a chronicle of feelings, or simply a listing of facts. Sometimes work-thoughts are pressing and I'll scribble a to-do list. There may even be the occasional doodle.
Since I was young, journalling has been a way to process what's happening for me. Sometimes I get stuck in season where it seems that all I ever do is give myself an introspective swirly, repeatedly shoving my head in the toilet of negative ruminations, and my journal reflects back to me the stuckness of those times. It has caused me in numerous seasons in my life to give up journalling altogether.
This season, I'm in. For some reason, I've got a rhythm were the note-taking is sticking. The musings aren't getting mired in the negative; they are constructively documen…
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