KEEP – Know Educate Enrich Present

Family Event Journal

If the Family Group Code is the heart of the Family Knowledge Process, then the Family Event Journal is the circulation system carrying the blood, giving life to the method.

Common Hobbies over family generations — It’s magic when family hobbies span generations – it gives you a sense of belonging. In this article I’ll share a mini project idea that you can use with the Family Knowledge Process to present and honour family interests for generations to come. A majority of families can find interests spanning […]

Family Hobbies Across Generations

What if family prized possessions are lost, stolen or destroyed — It’s Family History Month – August 2016 Well it’s almost one year on from posting this blog asking the question “what if?” and I’m blogging again with an update. The Northern Beaches Council has made August 2016 Family History Month and I’m working with the Family History Group to share the […]

What if?

Wild Pets That Hang Around — Do you have wildlife around your home? Do these creatures become your wild pets? You know, those you give a nickname too but admire from a safe distance. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/262612606″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] Over the years we’ve had creatures hang around our place long enough to give them […]

Wild Pets, Those That Hang Around

Anzac Day — 25 April – ANZAC Day – 2016 A hundred years ago, in 1916, the war to end war all wars was nearing the middle of its epic 4 year 4 month and 2 weeks of human suffering and death. Thanks to technology today pictures, sounds and written thoughts of soldiers and […]

1916 – Our Generation Keeping Family Real – 2016

Keeping family knowledge of family cars — [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/256372375″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”300″ iframe=”true” /] At the end of the reading the psychic asked, “Do you have any other questions you’d like answered?” In 1996, at the Mind Body Spirit Festival held in Sydney, I decided to have my first psychic reading. At the end of a […]

Your First Car, Remember?

Family Letters and Documents — Consider the time taken to write and post a letter; you’re keeping family knowledge when you group and scan letters. Writing a letter can take 15 minutes or longer. If your letters dated and addressed then you have a GPS time capsule in your hands. Look, I understand the […]

How to KEEP Letters Sent From Friends and Family

Digital Dreaming and using a portable hard drive to KEEP your memories. — I’ve had this problem for a year – I know the power of a classification process is priceless – but how do I show you? So here is my fun way of showing you why I’m passionate about giving you a family knowledge process to support you in honoring your […]

It’s Raining Memories

A Christmas Dear — Therefore I am proud and happy to proclaim that you have presented to the world the best Olympic Games ever.” – Juan Antonio Samaranch, Sydney 2000 Then it shouldn’t be any trouble for you and your family to host the best Family Christmas ever! No pressure OK? I found this on Pinterest and […]

I’m Proud and Happy to Proclaim …

Family Groups — The reason we came up with classifications systems was to give humanity easy ways to learn and pass on important knowledge. I think knowledge of family events is by far the most enriching part of anyone’s education journey. And in a world of grouping and classification systems I found […]

Your Family Group and Journal Event Infographic

Follow a routine and keep knowing — Have you blurted out sentences at work and they’ve come out back to front? Thank goodness I don’t have the problem when I write. At least I can try editing my mistakes, although if you’ve been reading my blog I’m sure you’re not surprised that I blurt out grammatical errors […]

KEEP In Step and Up To Date

HOME — “You took me to see this house at night, I couldn’t see a damn thing.” Her eyes held a glint of contempt and laughter. “Yeah I know I know, but I was excited about a house being for sale in my favorite street.” The tone of his reply asked […]

Journal Event Code: HOME

WW1 Family Keepsake — Lest we forget Marking the 97th anniversary of the First World War in 1918. A war that changed families and communities with the crippling and loss of lives. If you’ve read Digital Dreaming you’ll understand the honouring of the keepsakes handed down as these mementos near the 100th year being […]

Remembrance Day 2015

Memo device ready with questions — I lost one parent in a car accident, and the other was given six months to live. Birth and death events are different for every family in the world. But remember – despite the difference in the events every person within a family can share a gift today. Take the […]

Shy? Ask family questions – you can do it

Journal power — Start today Get your free Family Event Journal Spreadsheet KEEP your family knowledge If you could take only one of the five knowledge steps from Digital Dreaming, it would be number three – journal your family events. Download the Excel Journal Spreadsheet and start a process that’s the key for […]

Journal Power: How to keep your family knowledge

Caring - let us be there — To wish for more time is human, but to be grateful for capturing a story connected to me – that feels eternal. How many decades and how many generations can your own family knowing span? I was fortunate enough to know my four grandparents and through this knowing I feel […]

Eternal Care