(Part 2) Best journal writing books according to redditors

Gift cards to places that offer carry out

A bed tray with raised edges (no-spill)

Comfy nightgown or PJ pants

Hot chocolate :) It's super quick to make, and a tasty treat since she can't always go to the grocery to satisfy those sweet cravings

Furry socks

Journal and fun pens (I have to tell you that I love this pregnancy journal!!)

Sudoku

Chocolate

Sour candy (sour jolly ranchers, war heards)

Subscribe her to a magazine if you think she would enjoy it

https://www.amazon.com/Northbooks-Notebook-Journal-Square-Sheets/dp/B015JQZS2O


https://www.amazon.com/Graph-Paper-Notebook-Flowers-Journal/dp/1546498206


https://www.amazon.com/Field-Notes-Cherry-Graph-3-Pack/dp/B00ORZFPWC


https://www.amazon.com/Clairefontaine-Wirebound-6X8-25-Assorted-colors/dp/B002TDO07A


https://www.amazon.com/Graph-Paper-Notebook-Watercolor-Notebooks/dp/1542724147


https://www.amazon.com/Get-Shit-Done-Professionally-Designed/dp/1546612548

oystagoymp's advice is really worth listening to. I can vouch for keeping a journal. I bought the Self-Esteem Journal and it's really helped.

I'm still in what I'd call the 'first stage' where one identifies the reasons and events that caused the low self-esteem. So, for example, if you didn't like your ears or something, and you thought about why you didn't like them, you might have memories back to when you were young and someone teased you about it. It's nice because it's a way of realising what happened, and a way of externalising the feelings, so that you don't feel like you are to blame for how you feel.

So yeah, not really helpful generic advice, but this is what's working for me at the minute so I wanted to share it with you, in the hope it may possibly help. There's no quick fix to fix self-esteem that has been damaged for many years. It'll take time and effort but can be possible. I do suggest seeking help from self-help books, and then therapy if the feelings persist after trying to improve your confidence for a while. There may be some deep-rooted reasons for why your confidence is low, that therapy might help dig out. As you said you're still in education, maybe you could contact a counsellor that works within the establishment - they'd be happy to help.

I spoke with my aunt a little bit. She said the ALS Foundation is where to look for physicians who are experts on ALS.

We spoke a little about my grandma. She wrote down a lot of things no one else would know. The names on the back of photos, every address she ever lived at, recipes, the names of her college roommates, great-grandma's cousin's names and details, etc. Just anything. I'm currently working on a genealogy and photo book using some of this information.

She passed when I was 22, specified that a pair of her earrings were my 30th birthday present.

Edit: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1404113339/
Gave my grandma a book like this when I was in high school, pretty sure the family narcissist stole it.

I just heard about this book today while listening to a podcast. It might be just the thing to get you out of your rut!

Hi, thanks so much for the help. Could you possibly make it a dark red?

Like this shade here: https://www.amazon.com/Journal-Dark-Color-Simple-Plain/dp/1544899793

1. I am a damn good mom. I never feel like I am but my kid is amazing and I'm gonna go with the proof is in the pudding.
   
2. Even though working in my kid's elementary school cafeteria is the pits, I stuck with it and it opened the door for another position for me at the school. I'll be taking the paraeducator test in February! Hooray perseverance!
   
3. My sense of humor. It gets me through everything!
   
   I have been dabbling in the konmari method of decluttering and am interested in her [Spark Joy Journal] (https://smile.amazon.com/dp/0804189099/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2ML47FUCEJZ6Y&coliid=INY0B9R0ZPPYY).
   
   Enjoy your party!
   
   Treat yo'self

The primary issue now seems to be with people having inadequately powerful USB ports. It can usually be solved by shifting the USB cable around the ports on your PC, as some may work while others don't. If none do, you can pick up a PCIe USB expansion card for ~$20. This shouldn't be something you need to think about if you have a semi-modern PC with a not-bottom-of-the-barrel motherboard

Oculus Support is the absolute best in the entire VR market. They're great. If you were to run into any issues, hit them up at https://tickets.oculusvr.com/, with a full description of the issue & any troubleshooting steps you've taken, along with a set of diagnostics logs: https://support.oculus.com/172672339980954/

Your primary concern regarding Rift S should be IPD, the distance between your eyes. The lenses in Rift S are fixed in place, so you can't adjust them to match your eyes. They have a huge sweet spot though, and so generally work for people in a 60-68mm range. You can easily measure this with a mirror & a ruler.

We must plan the date, so we could use these to help plan it! https://www.amazon.com/Monthly-Planner-Stickers-Compatible-Condren/dp/B016TY1HWA/ref=mp_s_a_1_9?crid=JF9TS6X7BT82&keywords=sushi+stickers&qid=1550640044&s=gateway&sprefix=Sushi+sti&sr=8-9 and https://www.amazon.com/dp/1542521246/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_GsoBCb0FR2FKY

It's not the NRSV, but the NIV, but I gifted this version and use it by myself too: Click. It's also available as KJV Bible I think. It's very beautiful and gives you much room for your own notes.

$2.92 with Prime shipping and not an add-on! Butterfly bookmark

Whatever you do, your life is an automatic cycle of your habits. In order to change it in a planned direction, you need to achieve some level of awareness and willpower.

Some people have it naturally, they have bigger prefrontal cortex or they develop it by stuff they do, or the approach they have to it (mindfulness). For some people it's natural, like some people have naturally bigger muscles. They have more willpower and more awareness. But you can work on it like a muscle.

1. I strongly recommend meditation (start with 10 minutes a day) + some reflective work (10 minutes too). If your life seems like a blur that you just cannot escape, you need to put yourself above this cycle. Take a sheet of paper and write about your life every day. Write about your plans, about your pain, about what works and what doesn't, about your fears and hopes, everything your brain pulls out. Even if it's the same stuff every day - it's even better, because writing same things over and over again will irritate you, you will realize you are in a loop, your mind will see it's prison. Stick to it. Talking with a therapist or a priest has same reflective effects. Consider therapy. I've heard that Jordan Peterson (I don't share every view on life he has, he's very conservative, I'm more liberal) has this program that can help with reflection... Yep here it is: https://www.selfauthoring.com/self-authoring-suite If you don't like JP, then read this (JP program is based on this book): https://www.amazon.com/Opening-Writing-Down-Third-Expressive/dp/1462524923
   
2. You are what you consume. Replace games with sports. Replace tv shows/movies/YouTube with books. Eat good quality food, if you don't like healthy stuff, learn to like it. Stop consuming shit or your life is going to be shitty. Obviously don't read heaps of self-help books, it will drive you crazy. Read various books written by intelligent authors (not marketers or coaches), biographies are great.
   
3. Change your environment. If you are interested in some new job, go for a meetups/courses/ that gather people with passion for it. You want girls? You won't get them if you are not in places when you can meet lots of them. You want high pay job? Change town if you are living in a shit hole. You are depressed rotting in your room? Get out of it. It's imperative. You need to change environments. Girls are masters of this, they flock to places where action happens and hot guys are, they expose themselves to opportunities.
   
4. Learn positive coping mechanisms that are at your hand at every moment. If you are feeling down and want to fap and watch porn, but it makes you depressed even more... You need to have alternative activity that's positive and involving. Like punching a bag. Going for a walk without destination. Whatever works for you and can be done no matter what hour it is. If it contains change of environment it's even better. When you are down and horny, it's not like reading a book while sitting next to an open pc is going to stop you from wasting time on porn.

There is 2. Ill go for the more recent, as i can get hardback. ( hate papper backs prefer to have ebook even). Thanks


https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Daily-Stoic-Journal-Writing-Reflection/dp/1788160231/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1543504259&sr=1-3&keywords=the+daily+stoic#customerReviews

Marble can be less or more. Depends on the bit of rock that you cut. Here is how I see white marble.

Here:

https://www.amazon.com/90-DAYS-Exercise-Diet-Journal/dp/1545355185/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1523536290&sr=8-1&keywords=90+day+fitness+journal&dpID=415Z8Ldoo-L&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch

I like it. I just cross out some of the bits and add more keto-centric things.

I saw this fill in books that would be translated to "tell me Grandma!"
Something like this.

They have various questions in them and are to be filled out by grandma and given to the kid later in life. There is also space for pictures and you could help your mother collecting the pictures and dwell in some nice memories with her. So maybe something like this.

Happy Birthday To You - In a variety of styles and mashup versions.
From the following albums:

Happy Birthday Country - Happy Birthday To You! By Buffalo Dave:

iTunes link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/happy-birthday-country-happy/id1146809893

Amazon Link: http://amzn.to/2bJyB5m

Spotify Link: https://play.spotify.com/album/5JfNSRbWrqTYD67uizIds8?play=true&utm_source=open.spotify.com&utm_medium=open

Happy Birthday From the Wolf Rock Band - Party In the House

Link to all places to find music: http://thewolfrockband.tumblr.com/post/103041699680/happy-birthday

Jingle Bells Dog

http://thewolfrockband.tumblr.com/post/103039598460/jingle-bells-dog

Everybody Rock Remixes – We’re Gonna Rock You! Yes, We Will We Will Rock You!

http://thewolfrockband.tumblr.com/post/135978194360/everybody-rock-remixes-were-gonna-rock-you

Surf’s Up Dude!

http://thewolfrockband.tumblr.com/post/116397732040/surfs-up-dude
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Have a very happy birthday!!!

Book!!! This kind of contest is absolutely right up my alley! LOVE your creativity! The book I'd want would be for my grandmother and I'd want it to say "GROW" or "INSPIRE" whichever is easier (cause holy wow this is such a crazy skill to me!) My grandmother and I used to read together every night when I was a little girl, and she is someone I always share my writings with. One of the things we share is a love of sunflowers; we talk about how they are inspiring because they push through the cracks in the sidewalk and keep growing. I'd take the book and probably paint the covers so it had a sunflower design on it to add some more meaning to the whole design. It would be a wonderful Christmas gift.

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For myself, because I can't lie I'd love for you to spoil me, I also have a book-- https://www.amazon.com/dp/0998701912/?coliid=IBO8C197NIWB2&colid=10Q8AAZ2BQVW6&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it-- in mind. This journal is something I've wanted for a while, and I think it would be amazing to start being able to log my positive experiences come the new year. And my fun fact about myself is I'm a high school teacher who looks 16 and started teaching in Oakland at a continuation school with kids a few years younger than me. It was insane...insanely amazing.

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Thank you for having this contest! Happy holidays to you and yours!

Do it yourself autobiography books can be great springboards for knowing all you can about a person - here is a good one - if she isn't interested in filling it out, you could talk about it and record the answers.

Also - recording her reading a few childrens' books could be a priceless heirloom for your family when/if you have young children or even grandchildren.

I'm facing a strong potential for this situation in my near future, and I feel for you.