Journal Fetish

I want wealth and power, but I also want the sense and knowledge to wield them both wisely. I want to travel and visit Europe, Asia, Australia, South America, all over the world. I want to learn at least seven languages fluently. I want to be daring and exciting and when it’s my time to leave this earth, I want to be remembered by many as a good person — a person who made a difference in the world for the better.

An entry dated December 14, 2005

Well, it looks as though I’m beginning to realize my dreams as I’ve already holidayed in Australia and Fiji and this year it will be Hong Kong, China. Not only that, but business travel has been extensive along with the growth of my business. It does pay to dream big…

Reliving a New Year can be amazing, especially if you’ve made significant changes in the year past. It’s amazing just how much my life has changed in just one short year.

It’s the first day of the New Year. A fresh start and I am transforming this year into one of the greatest years for myself overall.

I will be happy, I will choose happiness. Today I am loving, I will carry love for all as I go through the day. Today I will take inspired actions and enjoy the day. I will do what I’d like to do this year.

An entry dated January 1, 2006

It’s nice to go through your previous journals and review just how far you’ve come in that time. For the next few weeks, that’s probably what I’ll be doing here, pulling snippets from my past journal entries.

And to get the ball rolling, here’s a nice bit of wisdom I stumbled across today:

…maybe it’s just time for me to take a step backwards and look at the big picture. It’s time for me to ask for a bit of divine intervention. Instead of focusing on what I don’t want, I need to focus on what I do want.

An entry dated February 27, 2006

Everywhere I turned, it seemed someone was fussing about Moleskine and creating a new hack. Frankly, I never cared to try it until I was hold up in a Borders one day. From the corner of my eye, I saw a small stack of them and decided it wouldn’t hurt to see what the fuss was about.

For only $7 for a pack of 3 small ones (I opted for the ones without lines so I could have a bit more freedom), it seemed like a decent buy — so I’d have to do without my Venti Coffee Frappuccino and Rice Crispy square for a day.

Well, after testing out a few pages, which took a lot of will power because I didn’t even want to defile its pages, I must say it’s pretty slick. The weight of the page is just right. I used it with my favorite Stabilo pen and it didn’t soak through to the other side — you can still see the writing from the other side, it just didn’t soak through. That means it’s doing well so far.

I’ll have to continue playing around with them for a few more days before I have my final verdict.