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<li>Start writing about where you are in your life at this moment. Describe your living situation, your work, and your relationships. </li>
<li>Don’t edit your thoughts or feelings and don’t correct your grammar. Don’t censor your thoughts.</li>
<li>If there’s something you are struggling with or an event that’s disturbing you, write about it in the third person.</li>
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Tips to get started with journaling

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<li>Journaling can be used to sort through turbulent emotions and to discover hidden lessons from your experience.</li>
<li>Art journaling: using mixed media can help you express yourself in refreshing and unusual ways.</li>
<li>Journals can help you reflect. Journaling is a method of allowing the light of understanding and compassion to shine on your past.</li>
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Journaling: An effective tool

Journaling can help with personal growth and development. By regularly recording your thoughts, you will gain insight into your behaviors and moods.
Journaling can be used for problem-solving and stress reduction. It’s been proven to improve mental and physical health.

Benefits of journaling

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<li>Gratitude journal. Maintain a daily list of things you appreciate, including uplifting quotes.</li>
<li>Journal of self-portraits. You can take pictures, draw colors or shapes or collage images. </li>
<li>Nature diary to connect with the natural world. Record the things you notice about the sky, the weather, and the seasons.</li>
<li>A log of successes. Begin by writing the big ones you remember then regularly jot down small successes that occur during the week.</li>
<li>A favorite song log. Write about the moods they evoke and explore that time and space of your life.</li>
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Types of journaling

"The more light you allow within you, the brighter the world you live in will be." ~Shakti Gawain Keeping a journal has many positive benefits. Journaling can help with personal growth and development. By regularly recording your thoughts you will gain insight into your behaviors and moods.