Journaling
Why journal?
However you decide to journal, or however you find yourself journaling, hopefully you will soon notice some benefits.
If your journal practice is one where you write down all the stuff going through your busy brain, you might notice a feeling of lightness afterwards.
If, for you, your journal is a place where you explore what’s going on, maybe with some lists of pros and cons, some explorations of different possible outcomes, this might help you making decisions.
Or is your journal practice a safe place for you to describe what has happened and tell your story? If you can write about what it was really like for you, you might notice new understandings of your past and how it has impacted your present.
But the practice that might bring you the quickest and maybe best benefits is a Gratitude Journaling practice.
Regularly listing things you are grateful for, or that you have enjoyed can help your brain look for more of those things.
Journaling can be done every day, or whenever you feel the need – it’s up to you!
How to journal?
Journaling can be whatever you want it to be.
A place you describe the main events of the day. And maybe you also include how you feel about these events.
A place you explore your deepest darkest feelings and secrets, in detail.
Start the day with some intentions, plans and hopes.
End the day with three things you are grateful for.
End the week, month or year with a list of your highlights.
Your journal can be a notebook, a scrap of paper, or your phone.
Sit down in a special place with a beautiful notebook and pen to write.
As the thoughts and feelings come, catch them in a notes app, or on any paper you have to hand.
