My Journey With the Monk Manual

Not just a regular journal

Christina M. Ward
ILLUMINATION
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7 min readMay 15, 2020

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I wake up every morning with Alexa’s voice ringing out from my echo spot, “Reminder — Monk Manual.” Most mornings I sleep right through it but as I climb out of the bed each morning, I find myself reaching not for my cell phone first, but for my Monk Manual on the…

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Christina M. Ward
ILLUMINATION

Author of "Organic." Freelance word wizard. See her work in LA Weekly | OK! Mag | Village Voice | Men's Journal | VEGAMOUR | Today's Health Sciences and more!