Transitions

This beautiful list was composed with help from the lovely Ms. Chase,
who created a majority of it with her great love for you...

Now, plopping transitional phrases (or words from the thesaurus) without purposeful intention creates disjunction. We're going for more of the junction, right?

Here's some help:
OWL Purdue made a lovely list as well!
University of Richmond Writing Center
Excellent advice from Rachael Cayle’s Explorations of Style blog

To imply order or relation...

In the beginning
First
Before
Earlier
Secondly
Next
During
After
Later
Already
Now
When
At the same time
Immediately
While
Then
Since
Last of all
Finally
As a result
In retrospect
In conclusion
In summary
In the end

To continue or support an idea...

In addition
Furthermore
Again
Moreover
Also
Likewise
Similarly
Therefore
As a result

To show an example or explanation is coming...

For example
To illustrate
For instance
Similar to
In the same way as
Specifically

To offer a counterpoint or concession...

Although
On the contrary
Otherwise
Despite
On the other hand
However
Different from
Conversely
Yet
In spite of
In contrast
Even though
Nevertheless
Opposite of this