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  • Writing Memoirs

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    In Sunday School yesterday the teacher (I don’t know her name yet) talked about the importance of writing our personal histories for our posterity. I remembered my effort to digitize Dad’s personal history and also of my efforts to digitize all my journals. As I thought about it I realized that those projects are related…

  • Journaling Jumpstart—Day 28

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    Finally in this three-day journey, you need to gather the tools necessary to make your life a masterpiece. Take a look at the article, and define the various tools that you will need and use to work towards those purposes and goals you laid out a couple days ago. I need a mentor, a mastermind group,…

  • Journaling Jumpstart—Day 27

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    The importance of where you live: our home and environment have a tremendous impact on our lives. Take a look at the eight factors that should be considered when choosing where to live. Maybe you’ve never actually chosen, and you’ve just ended up where you are by default. Take the time today to think about the idea…

  • Journaling Jumpstart—Day 26

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    For three days, we’ll work from AoM’s “Craft the Life You Want” series. While many things in life are out of our control, there are more things than we often realize that are in our control. Most often, we simply don’t realize that we have the power to change things in our life when we aren’t happy.…

  • Journaling Jumpstart—Day 25

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    There comes a time in every man’s life where he just feels…meh. He’s not happy about things, but he’s not depressed either. In fact, it’s probably a place where many men spend most of their lives. Take a look at the 5 switches of manliness — the things that ignite passion within us to live fully.…

  • Journaling Jumpstart—Day 24

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    In modern times, men have become more spectators than doers;more consumers than creators. Yet one of the marks of a mature man is being someone who doesn’t just consume the culture around him, but actually helps create it. Think about all the ways you consume the world around you, and the time you spend doing it.…

  • Journaling Jumpstart—Day 23

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    Make a list of things that distract you. Every man deals with distractions, whether at work or at home. It could be the internet in general, it could be a specific website, it could even be something that’s actually beneficial, and yet distracts to some degree from something that’s important to you. Making a list…

  • Journaling Jumpstart—Day 22

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    Imagine you’ve been provided with a livable income for the rest of your life. You have no need to work, but aren’t rolling in money either. How would you spend your time? Your answer will say a lot about you and what your passion may be. Perhaps this discovery confirms your career choice, or maybe…

  • Journaling Jumpstart—Day 21

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    Take a look at our excellent series on the four archetypes of the mature masculine. Read the descriptions, and think about which archetype you most strongly resemble, and that which seems to be your greatest weakness. Write about how you can achieve better balance between all four archetypes and identify the specific ways in which you…

  • Journaling Jumpstart—Day 20

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    Think about the period of your life in which you have the greatest nostalgia for. Once you identify that time period, think of why you’re so nostalgic about it. There’s a good chance that there’s something from that time that you’d like to regain or recapture. Maybe you realize the importance of having close friends,…