3 pages of longhand writing, strictly stream-of-conscious, done as soon as one wakes.They are not meant to be art. Or even writing. They need not be smart, or funny, or particularly deep. It's a form of “brain drain”, a way to expel all that angry, petty stuff that spirals through our subconscious and muddies our days.

Morning Pages

Labeling emotions and acknowledging traumatic events, both natural outcomes of journaling, have a known positive effect on people, and are often incorporated into traditional talk therapy.
Keeping a journal helps to organize an event in our mind, and make sense of trauma.

Journaling as therapy

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<li>Boost in mindfulness</li>
<li>Better memory</li>
<li>Better communication skills</li>
<li>Improves mental health</li>
<li>Better sleep</li>
<li>A stronger immune system</li>
<li>More self-confidence</li>
<li>Higher I.Q.</li>
</ul>

Benefits of Journaling

One of the more effective acts of self-care is also, happily, one of the cheapest. It was my ex-husband who got me journaling again. Our marriage was falling apart, and, on the advice of his friend, he had started to do "morning pages," a daily journaling practice from the seminal self-help book "The Artist's Way."

Benefits of Journaling

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