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Journaling like the Meditations

Write as your own exacting, humane mentor.

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Use when: reflection, lesson, maxim, self-mentoring

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What you will do

How this guided practice works

  1. 1
    Read the frame

    The Meditations are working notes: reminders, corrections, and admired qualities written by a person mentoring himself.

  2. 2
    Name the situation

    Write the reminder you need in plain language.

  3. 3
    Record what you notice

    Whose quality have you seen lately, and what exactly did they do?

  4. 4
    Choose the next action

    Apply the note to one real trial.