Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

On the first page of each journal book, I first write a few things to keep me in the desired frame of mind.

Journal Writing

• A tool for self awareness
• events
• people
• things
• feelings
• insights
• questions
• experiences with ideas
• dreams and fantasies

The Examen Spiritual Exercises

1. Thank God for all gifts
2. Ask for grace to know my sins and root them out
3. Examine my day hour by hour
4. Ask pardon of God for all my sins
5. Resolve to amend with the help of God’s grace