The BookMooch Journals

As part of the BM community, I thought it would be fun to create my own BookMooch journal! “Hmmm, what can I do that might not have been done before?”

So something that really hits close to home is the foreign activity of self-care, self-soothing, and just plain ol’ taking care of yourself! After years of pushing myself too hard, a few years ago, I had a breakdown. Not only had I been hospitalised and in/out of inpatient/residential facilities multiple times for an eating disorder, but I literally had no clue how to relax, nor did I have an identity outside of school, work, and taking care of others. It didn’t click until I finally had to be admitted to Remuda Ranch Inpatient Facility for Anorexia/Bulimia Nervosa; there, they taught us how to take time for ourselves, and cultivate non-competitive and fun ways to rest our broken bodies and minds.

What do YOU do to take time to relax and take care of yourself? Whether you are a student, career-driven, homemaker, mother, father, guardian, athlete, or professional, I would love to read some of your techniques. I’m sure others who participate in this journal would love to read them too! Use your talents to draw, scribble, write, colour, doodle, or WHATEVER! on a page, in order to share your own “1001 Ways to Nourish Your Mind and Body”!

Notes:

• Please stick to one page in the journal per person- we want as many people as possible to share!
• Do not change or edit or add to anyone’s entry- they are unique, just like you or I am, so respect their addition to the journal.
• If you feel up to it, share a little about you…as little or as much as you want! (Don’t forget to share the ways you relax, though!)
• IF YOU USE THE LAST PAGE IN THE JOURNAL, PLEASE CONTACT ME, AND I WILL MOOCH IT BACK FROM YOU!

Thanks, and TAKE CARE OF YOU! 🙂

-Lily

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Twitter is an online service for people to communicate through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?

This little journal is like Twittering, except it’s done the old fashioned way, with pen and paper rather than a keyboard, and through snail mail, not cyberspace. Mooch the journal. Jot down a brief thought… perhaps something new you learned today, something that’s on your mind, note what you’re doing at that particular moment, a funny joke you heard. Whatever is on top of your head. Don’t put too much thought into it. Write what first comes to your mind and then pass it on. Feel free to have others “tweet” in the journal before you send it off for the next Moocher. Sign your entry, include name, BM ID, your location and the date.

Twitter.com limits entried to 140 characters in a message, so we’ll use that as a guide, too. As soon as you receive this journal, add it to your inventory. Since it’s not an extensive entry, it shouldn’t take long to make your entry. Feel free to add a couple entries, but do not take up more than one page. Keep it clean. G rated. Do not change anyone’s entry. When the journal is full, please email me through BookMooch or email me at mbpta@comncast.net and I will mooch it back from you.

-mmb

This journal has finally been returned to its creator and will be circulating again.

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