Jae Malone describes how she uses poetry and prose descriptions of her daily life to improve her personal journaling in this month’s article, “Stalking the Ideal Journal”. Our tip this month is about changing the default font in The Journal, and also serves as a quick introduction to the topic of “text styles”. And Susan has contributed a new set of writing exercises.

This month’s tip makes a first attempt at explaining “external object entries”, a rather obscure–but useful!–feature that was introduced in The Journal 3. So be sure to check that out.

Spring is here in full flower…which for those of us with allergies can be something of a challenge…but Susan persevered to provide us with a new set of writing exercises. And Chuck Gallozzi gives us another article this month, describing how “Journaling both Informs Us and Forms Us.”

This month Chuck Gallozzi of http://www.personal-development.com gives us an article describing how to use “Journaling as a Means to Personal Transformation.”

Bernard Beam, IT Consultant, describes how he used The Journal to help with his job hunt in this month’s “How I Use The Journal” feature. As always, there are new writing exercises and a new tip for using The Journal. So be sure to check those out, as well.

Michael Ham gives us another article this month, this time about using The Journal in conjunction with the book “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen Covey. And even though Linda Harrell doesn’t use The Journal for journaling, she tells what she *does* use The Journal for in this month’s “How I Use The Journal.” As always, there are new writing exercises and a new tip for using The Journal. So be sure to check those out too.

The Journal 3 has finally been released! Michael Ham gives us another article about journaling, this time a “New Baby Journal” for parents. Veronica Armstrong tells us how she uses The Journal, and the quite pregnant Susan Michael has provided some more writing and journal exercises. And don’t forget to check out this month’s tips for using The Journal.

This month’s feature article is “The College Years Journal” by Michael Ham. Michael draws from his own college experiences, plus his experience as a Director of Admissions at St. John’s College, to provide both insight and journaling prompts. And, as always, we have a new set of writing and journaling exercises, and a tip to help you get the most out of The Journal. This month’s tip is about The Journal’s clipboard viewer.

This month’s “How I Use The Journal” is a bit different. Stevan Lockhart shares with us how he setup The Journal for use under Linux using the Wine Windows emulator. Also, learn how to export The Journal entries as HTML files in this month’s Tips & Tricks, and check out the latest writing exercises.

The Journal had some “press coverage” this month in Personal Journaling Magazine. See The Journal News below for the story. As always, we have a new tip for using The Journal (Style Options Explained) and a new set of writing exercises. And Susan Michael, the author of the newsletter’s writing exercises (she’s also my wife, for those who don’t know), explains how she uses The Journal to help organize her home schooling materials.