Rat Fuck Footprints<\/em>, for another capstone class. I was amazed by the extensive amount of writing she had done. Upon request, she told me her secrets: \u201cSometimes I just write down random poetries in class, or anywhere really, and later I will pull stuff directly from my journal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe raw thoughts of random or even bizarre ideas may not make any sense at the beginning, but they are like fuels that you can store up for future use. Besides poetry, she also incorporated doodles, scenes from plays, and diaries into her journal to enrich her life experience. Koada said these writings not only facilitated in compiling her chapbook but also in overcoming hardships in life. For example, it was also a way to grant her an escape from negative emotions that were caused by an abusive partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By the time she finished the entire project, she felt exceedingly relieved. \u201cI am so much better,\u201d she signed with a smile. It was exhausting but effective; it was a self-help tool for mental difficulties. Koada realized that healing and reflection came along with a sense of self-actualization. Although it was unintentional, keeping a journal helped to rip off her grief that was embedded in family traumas and unpleasant moods caused by the interactions between humans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the meantime, journaling makes people face up one\u2019s own demons \u2014 <\/span>Koada accepted the fact that she couldn\u2019t be as organized as the average Mac kid, but why so speedy? What\u2019s the point? Take your time and write stuff that may not make a difference at the present moment, but in the long run, you will see the pay-off.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFolks, listen to Koada\u2019s suggestion: \u201cWriting journals is Good For You. You should all start using it.\u201d Thank you for letting more people see the benefits of doing it. Here are her favorite quotes from her journal so far:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cold man. Oliva skin, well manicured mustache, smoking ciggies & doing scratch offs.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“it’s xmas tomorrow. which u loathe. bring it on.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bring it on<\/em> and write your own journal.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Ash Ma ’21 Consider this question: when was the last time you wrote down a sentence of your thoughts on a piece of paper? Today? Last week? Last semester? Or…never? If you haven\u2019t developed the habit of writing in the blue\/black English major\u2019s journal yet, more often than not you are likely not to […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":319,"featured_media":0,"parent":2542,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2572","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/319"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2572"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8949,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2572\/revisions\/8949"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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