Right now. Really.

Pick up a piece of paper and pen or pencil.

Any paper: a page in your diary, the back of a till slip,

whatever is in easy reach.

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Where are you? Write it down.

What's the date and time? Write it down.

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Look for signs of nature. Look for wonder.

Notice what you hear, feel, see and sense:

the weather, the sky, something growing -

perhaps in the crack of the sidewalk, 

birds around a bus stop or taxi rank.

Write down one thing that you notice. 

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Do you have questions? Write them down.

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What does it remind you of? Write it down.

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You have your first journal entry! 

Turn the page and repeat the process.

If you started with a scrap of paper, put this page in a notebook.

Now keep going.

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