Journal Jar

This is a picture of my Journal Jar. A few years ago Becky, who knows how I love to read and write gave me this jar along with a journal, and more than likely some pens for Christmas. She explained that she had just recently gotten custody of her nephew Calvin and money was pretty tight so she was having to come up with inexpensive ideas for Christmas. She loves all her babies so much, and though I am not biological I am lucky enough to be called one that she loves. She loves us all so much that she knows us like the back of her hand, and knowing me she came up with this neat little way to give me something that I would love.

As much as I hate to admit it, I haven't used this wonderful Christmas gift yet. Now that I have this blog though, I have found a way to use this jar to my advantage. Although its called a journal jar, I find that when I sit down to actually write in my journal its usually a bunch of jumble. Its usually things that I wouldn't put in my blog, things like anger, frustration, and stress, things of mine that I don't want to put on anyone else. There is never really a time that I sit down with my journal, that I don't have something to say so for me the journal jar isn't really handy for the actual journal. Now, when it comes to blogging most of the time I am at a loss. I will sit in front of the computer, looking at it, wanting to start typing but nothing will come out. Now when I want to blog but have no motivation or no subject in particular to blog about, I will take out my journal jar, pull out a little strip of paper that has a subject on it and I will start typing! I'm excited about doing this, and can't wait to see what some of the subjects will be and what answers it I will come up with.