Journal Reflection

    For the English Literature class, we needed to keep a journal. In which we could write everything, could write in class or at home. We promised to accept the anti-rules and we will follow them. These were: 1)Keep your hands moving, 2)Don't cross out, 3) Don't worry about grammar, spelling punctuation, 4)Don't get logical, 5)Don't get rational, 6)Don't think, 7)Go for the jugular.

    When you are trying to do a Journal Reflection with rules that are not familiar to you, everything gets complicated.  My experience with the Anti Rules was definitely satisfactory although at first it was not like that.  At the beginning they all were so difficult to completed but if you kept practicing eventually were easily.  The two more complicated ones were: “Don’t stop. Keep your hand moving.”(number 1) and “Don’t worry about spelling, grammar or punctuation.” (number 3).  These two rules were so difficult because I’m always trying to correct myself at grammar, spelling and punctuation, also crossing out words because most of the time I don’t feel sure if they’re well written.  However, this project made me search for new words considering that writing the same words every time was not something good for me. 

Meanwhile, I started to look for synonyms of every word I kept repeating.  The consistency of repeating words is something hard for me because when I was on middle school I’d remember having a teacher who always correct that and you couldn’t repeat the same word or a phrase all over because she’ll notice and made you look for a synonym.  I’d believe that my writing has changed since I initiated to do journals. I didn’t know I was capable to write for 10 minutes without stopping.  The difference of all my English past works and all recent ones its huge.  I’ll say that one of the thing that I earned from this work was confidence, the confidence of not being afraid of writing or thinking that you can’t do it because it’s in English may be in another time it could get me nervous of not being able to do it but now is not an aspect that doesn’t let me finish my works.

When it was the time of doing the Life Compass in the Journal’s work, I was trying do always to ask myself about what I feel.  My Compass were written from all the things that made me happy or sad, excited or cheerless. Some times you fell like talking to nobody and journal were my friend who listen to you and help you to feel better. At least it’s a work who capture your attention and you can be freely about your own topics.