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Where we store all the wisdom in virtual clay jars

On the archive page, you’ll find links to all published posts on Zen-Journal.com. Some posts have to do with ZenJo while others look at the deeper topics of meditation, mindfulness, and a Zen-Based approach to life.

Posts by Category:

  • Z-J Task Management System
  • Awakening
  • Compassion
  • Meditation
  • Enlightenment
  • Kindness

Posts by Date:

January 2019

  • 08: Bullet Journal® Creator Opens Up About a Pervasive Problem and Advice for Correcting It (0)

December 2018

  • 29: My Single New Year’s Resolution and How It Can Change the Rest of “Your” Life (2)
  • 24: My Morning Zen-Journal Workflow (0)
  • 10: 3 Reasons Why You Should (and Shouldn’t) Buy a New Notebook for the New Year (0)

November 2018

  • 29: Why Giving Some Thought to Your Zen-Journal’s Daily Header is a Good Idea (0)
  • 25: A QUICK GUIDE TO ZEN-JOURNAL (1)
  • 22: Why I Don’t Use Separate Zen-Journals for Personal and Professional Use & Why You Don’t Have to Either (0)
  • 19: Why You’d Want to Start Using Zen-Journal – Even If You’re Happy with Your Current System (0)

May 2018

  • 28: Sacredness Is Not Just an Idea, but an Experience (1)
  • 23: Morning Zen: Getting Ready for Work (0)
  • 18: The Key to Effecting Change in the Workplace is Practicing Mindfulness (0)
  • 16: Anti-Awareness and The Miracle of Mindfulness, Revisited (1)

February 2018

  • 12: A Real Life Example of Compassionate-Kindness in Action (0)
  • 01: If You’re Overscheduled, Bad Task Karma Could Be Why (1)

January 2018

  • 19: Work as a Practice for Awakening (0)
  • 10: How You Can Rapidly Switch Between Sections in Your Zen-Journal Even Without a Ribbon Marker (0)
  • 06: My 100% Digital Zen-Journal Experiment (1)

August 2017

  • 21: Which Notebook Should You Use for First Zen-Journal? (1)

July 2017

  • 30: How To Use Mindfulness to Survive and Thrive in Today’s Open Seating Work Environments (0)
  • 10: My Most Meaningful Work – A 40+ Year Path of Gradual Awakening (3)

June 2017

  • 27: 8 Ways Regular Mindfulness Practice Can and Will Transform Your Brain (0)
  • 25: Your Workday Doesn’t Have To Feel Like You’re Living a Scene from ‘The Shining’ (0)
  • 25: No, You’re Not Crazy; 3 Reasons Why Working for a Type-A Boss Feels Like You’re Losing Your Mind (0)
  • 16: From Whom Should You Learn Meditation? (0)
  • 08: Why Most Planning Systems Get It Wrong When Prioritizing Tasks (3)
  • 07: The One Change You Can Make in Your Planning that Will Change Everything (3)
  • 06: The Relevance Filter ~ The Zen Master’s Secret for Preventing Overscheduling, Overcommitment, and Overwhelm (3)

April 2017

  • 06: If You Use More than One Journal, You’re Asking for Trouble (5)
  • 06: 7 Tips for Using Your Zen-Journal for More Mindful Life Planning (3)

March 2017

  • 24: Zen-Journal’s Simple Format Provides Surprising Depth (0)
  • 23: The Top 5 Benefits of Becoming a Zen-Journal User (0)
  • 23: The Pen Beats the Keyboard ~ Why Using a Handwritten Zen-Journal Will Make You Smarter and More Competitive (0)
  • 22: How To Be So Good You Can’t Be Ignored (0)
  • 20: Zen-Journal: The More Mindful Planning System for Creatives, Business Owners, and Planners (5)
  • 19: When Things Fall Apart, Part 2 (0)

August 2016

  • 17: Quieting Your Inner Drama Queen
  • 07: Long Time Gone: Thoughts on Falling Out of Love With Your Path (2)

March 2016

  • 28: What Is It that You Can’t Not Do? (13)
  • 28: When Things Fall Apart, Part 1 (0)

February 2016

  • 24: Ask Baz: Our Greatest Weakness
  • 17: Ask Baz: On Being Distracted
  • 13: Why Labels are Meaningless
  • 07: We Aren’t Anything Unless We Are Compassionate

January 2016

  • 31: 3 Lessons I learned from Venturing Outside my Comfort Zone (1)

June 2015

  • 29: 8 Defining Characteristics of a Spiritual Rebel (2)
  • 26: If You Want to Smoke, then Smoke; If You Want to Drink, then Drink. Who am I to Judge?
  • 26: You’re Perfect Already…and You Need Some Improvement
  • 17: The Non-Secret to Non-Suffering
  • 12: 9 Ways You Suffer Without Realizing It (8)
  • 03: 8 Ways Not to Think About Meditation (4)

May 2015

  • 27: The Mindfulness of Getting Inked
  • 20: The Buddhist Who Says F*ck
  • 16: Compassionate-Kindness in the 21st Century (4)

April 2015

  • 30: Only 3 Things Matter (2)

October 2014

  • 09: How to Avoid Getting Caught Up in Your Own Inner Drama

September 2014

  • 26: How to Kick Suffering in the Ass
  • 23: How Can I Help?
  • 02: 12 Buddhist Books to Light Your Path

August 2014

  • 30: 7 Principles for Living an Awakened Life (1)
  • 21: Rethinking Rebirth and Reincarnation (1)
  • 19: Your Mind is All Your Truly Have
  • 12: Robin Williams, Non-Suffering & Extending Our Compassion
  • 11: Welcome to Zen-Journal.com (1)
  • 08: Why I Practice Buddhism, Don’t Attend Church, and Don’t Hold Any Beliefs

July 2014

  • 30: 7 Insights from my Month-Long Facebook Fast (11)
  • 28: How Christopher Hitchens Helped Me Meditate for 4.5 hours (1)
  • 22: Discovering My Inner Zen Monk (0)
  • 10: Essential Buddhist Practice
  • 10: Focus on the Essentials
  • 03: A Practical Buddhist Response to Violence (0)

May 2014

  • 23: And the Walls Came Tumbling Down (0)
  • 07: What It’s Like Living Without Religious Beliefs (1)

November 2013

  • 16: How a Little Boy’s Wish Turned the City of SF into Superheroes Full of Compassion
  • 01: The End of Existential Angst (0)

October 2013

  • 29: How I Moved On (0)
  • 27: Buddha in Blue Jeans – a Free Download (0)
  • 20: How to Choose Non-Suffering (0)
  • 14: The Kevlar Combo – Yoga & Meditation (0)
  • 12: End Suffering, Live Simply, Be Happy (0)
  • 10: Some Days are Better than Others (0)
  • 04: It’s a Moment-by-Moment Choice

September 2013

  • 28: How to Separate Negative Emotion from Victimization and Suffering (0)
  • 27: His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Love & Compassion
  • 25: What Are You Fighting? (0)
  • 24: Thoughts on Right Livelihood (0)
  • 20: How 3 Simple Practices Can Eliminate Suffering
  • 16: Feeling Compassion, Being Kind (0)
  • 12: The Nourishing Power of Stillness (0)
  • 05: How to Get Along with Your Boss…All the Time (0)

August 2013

  • 19: 3 Valuable Lessons from Untethering from Anger (1)

June 2013

  • 26: Leo Babauta: I Failed (0)

May 2013

  • 29: The Importance of Asking the Big Questions (6)
  • 26: The Cure for Dogma (0)

April 2013

  • 10: How to Live Without Beliefs (14)

March 2013

  • 09: Practical Buddhism and Vegetarianism (2)

February 2013

  • 15: On Belief – an Excerpt from The Practical Buddhist (0)

January 2013

  • 15: How to Practice When You Have the Flu (0)

December 2012

  • 15: Sandy Hook ~A Time for Grieving (2)

August 2012

  • 17: What’s Your ‘Pulpit of Origin?’ (3)
  • 14: Sitting Quietly, Simply Being (6)
  • 02: Excerpt: ‘What is Practical Buddhism?’ (2)

July 2012

  • 29: Evolving my Book: The Practical Buddhist (0)
  • 19: Freeze-Framing Our Lives (2)

May 2012

  • 15: What a Practical Buddhist Does in Times of Turmoil (0)

March 2012

  • 13: What’s Practical Buddhism? (4)
  • 07: Why Seeking Enlightenment is Pointless (2)


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