I hope your 5-Day Journaling Retreat got off to a good start yesterday. If it didn’t, the beauty is you have today to try to do so.
Today’s Theme is: Letters
Write several of the following letters in your journal. It’s up to you later if you really send them or not. But, you definitely want a copy of each in your journal regardless.
Letter writing is when we write for the sole purpose of reaching out to another. We express our thoughts, feelings, dreams, fears, ambitions, hopes, challenges, and everything in-between. We share a part of ourselves with another who cannot be by our side.
So, what letters are we going to write?
1 Write a letter to each of the 10 most influential people in your life who have helped you become the person you are today. They do not have to be alive, nor do they have to be someone you know. They can be authors, historical figures, etc. You might only get a few done today, but in time, do at least 10 people. Ideally, it would be 25 people.
2 Write a letter to yourself for you to receive the day you are born.
3 Write a letter to yourself to read when you are old.
4 Write a letter to someone who hurt you.
5 Write a letter to someone you hurt.
6 Write a letter to someone who inspires you.
7 Write a letter to God.
8 Write a letter to someone you know who died.
9 Write a letter to your closest friend.
10 Write a letter to someone you haven't seen in years.
11 Write a letter to each of your favorite book, movie, and TV show characters.
12 Write a letter to yourself in 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 1 year, 5 years, 10 years, 15 years, 20 years, 25 years, and every 5 years until age 110. Where have you come, where are you, where do you hope to be, and so on. And write whatever else you want to say. Be thorough. Try to write at least 3 pages of single-spaced type for each of these letters.
13 Write a letter to your spouse in case you die.
14 Write a letter to your spouse and tell them how much you love them. Remember everything you’ve been through.
15 Write a letter to each fo your children and tell them how much you love them. Remember everything you’ve been through.
16 Write a letter to each of your children in case you die.
17 Write a letter to people of the Bible.
18 Write a letter to anyone else you can think of and for whatever reason.
~ Stacy Duplease
Journalkeeper & Memoir Writer
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