Filling notebooks is fun, but why not use those old journal entries as starting points for something new?

This exercise can require some lateral thinking, so feel free to adapt it into whatever inspires you.

Reconnect with your written self

1. Take up an old journal and turn to a random entry.
2. Roll a d12 for the first list.
3. Roll a d20 for the second list.
4. Combine.
5. Use the result as the starting point for:
   • another entry,
   • a daily exploration,
   • a refocusing exercise,
   • a story, poem, or article.

ROLL:

1. Study the change in…
2. Shift your perspective on…
3. Enjoy the development arc of…
4. Pretend you don’t know about…
5. Find a portal in…
6. Turn ___ into their opposite.
7. Reimagine ___ in a strange setting.
8. What used to be invisible about…
9. Describe yourself through…
10. Annotate all you love about…
11. Multiply your interest in…
12. Have a conversation with…

THEN ROLL:

1. The everyday
2. The metaphors
3. The characters
4. The first line
5. The last line
6. The numbers
7. The themes
8. The repetitions
9. The unwritten
10. The inaccuracies
11. The preoccupations
12. The unusual
13. The mood
14. The written you
15. The opinions
16. The recollections
17. The reasoning
18. The uncertainties
19. The exceptions
20. The parallels

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