2-Minute Journal Prompts That Inspire Real Change
These ideas, from the authors of Your Life is a Book, get you writing quickly—about the things you most want to examine. (Our advice: Fill in the last blank of each one with at least a paragraph.)
By Brenda Peterson and Sarah Jane Freymann
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Illustration: Jen Troyer
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Illustration: Jen Troyer
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Illustration: Jen Troyer
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Illustration: Jen Troyer
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Illustration: Jen Troyer
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Illustration: Jen Troyer
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Illustration: Jen Troyer
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Illustration: Jen Troyer
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Illustration: Jen Troyer
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Illustration: Jen Troyer
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Illustration: Jen Troyer
These journal prompts were adapted and excerpted from Your Life is a Book: How to Craft & Publish Your Memoir by Brenda Peterson and Sarah Jane Freymann.
Published 12/19/2014