English 1A
Journal #6

Purpose: to look forward and back, to create a Day of Reckoning

Introduction:  During the pagan holiday of Samhain, the faithful would spend time reflecting on their lives as they readied themselves for winter.  They would decide what they wanted to leave behind or cull from their lives and what they wished to invite into their lives for the future.

Directions: 

Note: The journals are intended to be a way for you to explore ideas that you might later wish to refine in a paper or a discussion.  I will not censor these journals in any way, nor will I grade them on content or grammar (though, like the seminars, they must be coherent and display some measure of critical thinking about the question at hand). You do not have to answer all the questions, nor do you have to confine yourself to these questions. Write about whatever is on your mind. 

Observe your own Day of Reckoning:

Some Questions/Topics to Consider:

• What are you done with in your life; what do you want to put behind you forever?
• What would you like to invite into your life in the coming year.
• Where do you see yourself a year from now? What will you have accomplished?