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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T. S. Bauk

May 20, 20221 min read

May 19 Daily Entry -- How am I two people?

Somedays I am no one. I am quiet and small. I want to vanish. Somedays I am powerful and strong and overflowing with creative passion. It...

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May 18, 20221 min read

May 18 Daily Entry -- Winds of Change

I am doing it again. Not doing what I said. Fearing imperfection, fearing exposure. Afraid to work in public. But also, so much is...

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T. S. Bauk

May 11, 20221 min read

May 10 and 11 Daily Entry -- Rule Number 4

I'm doing too much. In my head I'm doing too much. And outside of my head I'm doing nothing. Every day a paragraph. Just stick to the...

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T. S. Bauk

May 8, 20222 min read

Moments in Amber

Once, a long time ago, I saw a vision of myself. I was nearing the end of my undergraduate degree. I left class and sat on a large stone...

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T. S. Bauk

May 8, 20222 min read

May 9 Daily Entry -- Giving The Birth

I feel like I am giving birth to myself right now. In a past life I taught English to non-native speakers, both children and adult. One...

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May 8, 20225 min read

May 8 Daily Entry -- Mother's Day Nonsense

Today was a weird one. I went to bed last night still made as hell about the landlady cashing the rent check she "lost" after I sent her...

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May 6, 20221 min read

May 7 Daily Entry -- My Name

Here, in my journal, I am T. S. Bauk. This is a name I chose, not one I was given. In Serbian mythology, a Bauk is a creature or...

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Mar 2, 20222 min read

Thoughts on a Rock

I have this rock. It's a dark brown pumice stone shaped in a perfect oval, and it is covered in holes. I put drops of paint in the holes...

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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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