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10 Things To Tell You

Ep 271: The Birthday Journal

10 Things To Tell You

Laura Tremaine

Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.7930 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

How to mark your special day with a dedicated Birthday Journal.


Whether you're celebrating on your actual birthDAY, or your birthday week, or taking your whole birthday month to look back and look forward on your life, these ideas and prompts will help you make the most of this period of introspection.


The 4 sections of the birthday journal:

Timeline

Who I Was

Who I Am

Who I Want To Be


FULL SHOW NOTES ARE HERE


MENTIONED in this episode:

Ep. 249: 4 Ways To Journal (For People Who Don’t Like Journaling)


ALL JOURNAL PROMPT EPISODES


Other episodes about journaling:


 

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0:00.0

I'm always up before the birds and the kids.

0:02.9

Good thing Costa Express is always up too.

0:07.0

Early starts are easier with great coffee.

0:09.7

And if I grab one for Bob, I might even get some decent company.

0:14.5

Large cappuccino for the bloc who's half asleep.

0:17.2

Oh, you legend.

0:19.6

Now that's a proper coffee. Should kick in Justin Sanfut to remember which end of

0:23.2

the screwdriver to use. Hmm. Costa Express, quality coffee every time. June is a great journaling month. It is the mid-year mark,

0:37.1

it is the beginning of summer. The days are

0:39.6

long. There is just something in the air that feels reflective to me. And so I'm going to host

0:47.0

one of my journal parties on Sunday, June 22nd. The theme of this journal party is looking at your life from 8 to 80. So we're going to

0:58.0

journal together from the perspective of our 8-year-old self and then from the perspective of our 80-year-old

1:04.5

self. We are going to tap into that child we used to be and we're going to imagine the 80-year-old we're becoming.

1:13.8

This is a journaling session that will help you remember who you've always been,

1:18.4

and it will give you clarity on who you want to be.

1:22.7

My journal parties are held on Zoom, and all you have to do is show up at the appointed time with a journal

1:28.4

and something to write with and with an open heart. I will guide us through the prompts and process

1:33.9

together. If you can't make it live on June 22nd, a video replay will be available.

1:40.7

My journal parties are for My Secret Stuff members, which is now hosted on Substack.

1:46.1

It's just $5 a month to become a secret stuff member.

1:50.1

And with your $5 for June, you will get all of the regular secret stuff goodies,

1:54.6

including the 8 to 80 journal party.

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