I’m undertaking a 1000-day reinvention project, blogging here daily to track my progress. In Monday Musings, I write freely and wanderingly about some topic that’s on my mind.
One of my favorite genres of books is the woman’s daybook, self-help books that provide inspiration and advice in short entries, one for each calendar day.
I decided to start writing my own daybook (as Annie Miraway) here on my blog. Yes, I am starting another daily writing practice. I am writing meditations and inspirations for people, most likely women, who are seeking reinvention at midlife after finding success using the conventional, societally approved techniques in their younger years.
Some daybooks I love include Julia Cameron’s Transitions: Prayers and Declarations for a Changing Life, Daphne Rose Kingma’s 365 Days of Love, Brianne Wiest’s The Pivot Year: 365 Days to Become the Person You Truly Want to Be, Sarah Ban Breathnach’s Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort & Joy, and Melody Beattie’s The Language of Letting Go: Daily Meditations on Codependency.
Something I love about a daybook is that I can dip in and get some sage wisdom without having to wade through long chapters or heavy background or boring anecdotes about other people who may or may not exist.
For me, writing a daybook will help me develop Annie M’s writing voice at the same time that I communicate her emerging philosophy of recklessness in an easy-to-digest way.
I’ve already written three entries:
Along with my daily blog posts here, I’ll be writing these short entries for the daybook each day.