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BAUK'S BOOKS

A Micro-Journal by T. S. Bauk

Below you will find my journal. I journal as a means of self-expression, born out of a need to process my thoughts and experiences and a desire to feel heard.

You'll see short, daily entries. I make these entries in order to build a habit and maintain a practice of journaling. I do this to build mental health, heal past wounds, treasure old memories, celebrate moments of beauty, and create my understanding of myself and my world.

You will also find entries categorized as FFR (ForFutureReference). These are ideas I have that I may want to explore or revisit later. These are scraps that I may weave together someday into an insight, a practice, or a project. Or I may forget them and move on from. I leave them here for now, just in case.

I don't intend to seek an audience, but if you have found this site, feel free to explore. Sift through my memories. Weigh my ideas. Take what is useful and leave anything that is not to your liking.

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THE MICRO-JOURNAL OF T. S. BAUK

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October 23 Daily Entry - Step One

I took a first step today. I went back to the trees. To a place that is quiet and secret and secure. I told nobody where I was going. I...

October 24 Daily Entry -- Forbidden

I cleaned. But I did it for myself today. Not because I had to. I did it to show love for me. I deserve a clean home. I deserve sheets...

Daily Entry October 21 - There is no god.

There is no god. There is only you. You invented god because you did not want to be alone. You are alone, but that's okay. You are alone...

Sept 30 Daily Entry -- The Magic People

If you are stressed or anxious, watch for the Magic People on the streets. See if you can recognize them.

September 29 Daily Entry -- Work

I do not work for money. I work for the place it gives me in the world. I work because it grounds me. Remember when you work that you...

September 28 Daily Entry -- Happenings

Things that (may) happen are not good or bad. They just are. They have different consequences. But you will face the consequences when...

Sept 26 Daily Entry - Crossing bridges

If it becomes a problem, I will handle it then. Until then, I don't need to worry.

Sept 22 Daily Entry -- No

I am done. I am done making you all happy. I am done caring what you all think. I am done trying to get you all to like me. From now on,...

Sept19 Daily Entry -- What if

I am so sad. It feels like I am carrying an enormous boulder on my back. It is so heavy, and it is a miracle I can lift it. What if I am?...

Sept 7 Daily Entry -- The mothers

Standing on the shore i ran to the mothers, clothed in their white gowns, and the mothers said to me, "you cannot only send out energy...

Sept 3 Daily Entry -- Purpose

I believe that all the words we use every day are simply clothing for real communicative purposes underneath. If we go to the deli to...

Sept 1 Daily Entries -- Forgiveness

To my enemies. I forgive you, and I hope that you will forgive me. I misunderstood you. I thought you were larger than you are. I thought...

Aug 24 Daily Entry -- Close

That night in Tampa, in the hotel, after the plane didn't take off, I got close to something. I don't know what it was, but I got close...

Aug 22 Daily Entry -- Draw Inward

I have sent too much energy into the world, and for no reason. It is not reciprocated. It is not rewarded. It has no effect. It is time...

Aug 18 Daily Entry -- Pieces

I left pieces of myself all over town today. At this meeting and that appointment. I said words to these people and left impressions with...

Aug 17 Daily Entry -- A Prayer

To the universe around me, of which I am a part, but which is greater than me. Thank you for this morning, which is glorious. I sit in...

Aug 16 Daily Entry -- Different Trees Again

Different trees again. Different birds. Different light. This park feels like sadness. It feels like old age. I sit in it, and everything...

Aug 11 Daily Entry -- New Trees

I was wounded and I couldn't find the courage to continue doing what I felt led to do, because I began to doubt whether there was any...

Aug 7 Daily Entry -- The Soup

The soup is the primordial soup from which we all emerged. Before you were born, you were a cell in your mother's body. You were not an...

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WHO AM I?

Thoughts from Inside My Lair

I'm not a naturally consistent journaler, but I have built the habit because I thought it would be a useful tool to strengthen mental health, to express myself, and to explore my own ideas.

To get myself journaling consistently, I came up with the idea of micro-journaling according to a set of guidelines developed to take away the intimidation I felt every time I tried to start a journaling about. (You can read about that here.)


And if you would like to journal, but need a little prompting, consider subscribing to my "nudge" service. Subscribers will receive a daily email prompting them to journal and offering a question, prompt, photo, or other springboard for thought.

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