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Getting the most out of journaling
- Use pen and paper, to reap the psychological and productive benefits of journaling;
- Make it a habit: Keep your journal in the same spot where you’ll see it at the same time every day.
- Embrace slowness. Resist the instinct to rush through it to get to the next thing.
- Don’t edit; just write.
- Experiment and find out which approaches work best for you.
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What you write, you control
- Recording your thoughts in a medium outside your own head helps your mind to become quieter: It stops returning to the same worn-out mental loops over and over.
- When you recount and reflect upon your thoughts and experiences you are, in effect, telling your own story. Jour...
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What you write, you learn
The key to learning is to stop passively consuming information and start actively engaging with the ideas we encounter.
One effective way researchers have found to reinforce learning is through reflective writing: It promotes the brain’s attentive focus, boosts long-term memory, illu...
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Journaling and personal goals
Journaling about your goals helps you clarify what you want and encourages you to consider the why and how not just the what.
It serves as a tool for identifying what you should prioritize on a daily basis, and what you should let go of. And it also gives you a record of the progress you’v...
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Journaling approaches
- The Gratitude Journal: Simply write about something that you’re grateful for.
- Morning Pages: Before starting work each day, write 3 pages, long-hand, of anything that crosses your mind, to clear your head.
- The Goal Journal...
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- Why: The main goal or purpose of our practice of journaling. We need to decide whether it is just an outlet to remove mental clutter or do we seek to be more creative or at peace.
- How: Deciding how we need to practise journaling and how convenient ...
End with the beginning in mind
Instead of just randomly quitting a task, make sure you leave off at a place that will inspire you to get going next time you’re ready to pick it up.
Before you finish work for the day, capture any open questions that you’re currently working on. Ask yourself: i...
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