The Journaling Habit

• Learn from old experiences

  

  When looking back on her previous journal entries, Virginia Woolf remarked that she often found the significance to l...

  The Surprising Benefits of Journaling One Sentence Every Day | James Clear

• Journaling sharpens your memory

  

  Time will change your face without you noticing, but it will also change your thoughts without you realizing it. ...

  The Surprising Benefits of Journaling One Sentence Every Day | James Clear

• Journaling motivates you

  

  There is something about knowing that your day will be recorded that makes you want to make at least one good choice ...

  The Surprising Benefits of Journaling One Sentence Every Day | James Clear

• Proof of progress

  

  When you have a bad day, it can be easy to forget how much progress you have made. But with a journal, it's easier to...

  The Surprising Benefits of Journaling One Sentence Every Day | James Clear

• How to Make Journaling Easy

  Write one sentence per day. The primary advantage of journaling one sentence each day is that it makes journaling f...

  The Surprising Benefits of Journaling One Sentence Every Day | James Clear

• Journaling Prompts

  What happened today? (Daily journal) What am I grateful for today? (Gratitude journal) What is my most important tas...

  The Surprising Benefits of Journaling One Sentence Every Day | James Clear

• The most influential gift

  

  ... is a journal. Journalling initially affords you to get rid of your anger/frustration, into a book (with a pen). ...

  How To Become Ridiculously Self-Aware In 20 Minutes

• You’ll Live In The Moment More

  

  When we write we focus on the details. We write about the little idiosyncrasies of an interaction with someone. And m...

  How To Become Ridiculously Self-Aware In 20 Minutes

• Journalling helps you reflect

  

  Journaling increase self-awareness. Recording your thoughts is like stepping in wet concrete. The outline of you...

  How To Become Ridiculously Self-Aware In 20 Minutes

• How to start journaling

  

  The biggest mistake is to journal only in reaction to something that is going on, instead of letting it be part of a ...

  How to Build a Daily Personal Journaling Habit

• Benefits of a Daily Journal

  When you keep a journal, you can look back on important life events to read about how you felt at the time. You may a...

  How to Build a Daily Personal Journaling Habit

• Set Aside Time Daily

  

  Start your daily journal off on the right foot by scheduling your writing for a set time every day. If you find your...

  How to Build a Daily Personal Journaling Habit

• Use the Right Journaling Tools

  

  There is a traditional way of journaling with a notebook and a pen or pencil. Then there’s the modern method, where ...

  How to Build a Daily Personal Journaling Habit

• Journaling Environment

  

  Journaling is about you and your thoughts. The best way to record those thoughts is to minimize distractions. You d...

  How to Build a Daily Personal Journaling Habit

• Protect Your Privacy

  

  You may consciously or sub-consciously avoid writing about certain topics for fear of what others could think.  ...

  How to Build a Daily Personal Journaling Habit

• Date Each Entry

  

  When it comes to your journal entries, if it’s important enough to record, then it’s important enough to date. Havin...

  How to Build a Daily Personal Journaling Habit

• 3 Types of Journals

  The Freedom Journal is goal-oriented, as it’s designed to help you achieve one goal within 100 days.  The Moles...

  How to Build a Daily Personal Journaling Habit

• Be Honest with Yourself 

  

  Record how you really feel, not how you think you should feel. Share the first thought that comes to mind .  The...

  How to Build a Daily Personal Journaling Habit

• Focus on Simplicity

  

  Journaling is not professional writing. Just get your honest thoughts down on paper as they come to you.  ...

  How to Build a Daily Personal Journaling Habit

• Avoid Censoring Yourself

  

  When you know your journal is for your eyes only, you have the freedom to write whatever you want without worrying ab...

  How to Build a Daily Personal Journaling Habit

• Write by Hand

  

  The slowness of writing by hand is actually better for connecting with your thoughts as you write them. Since it tak...

  How to Build a Daily Personal Journaling Habit

• Sticking with the Journaling Habit

  

  When you start your journaling habit, make that your main priority. Commit to it for at least 30 days, and, to get th...

  How to Build a Daily Personal Journaling Habit

• Benefits of journalling

  

  Journaling can help with personal growth and development . By regularly recording your thoughts, you will gain insigh...

  10 Journaling Tips to Help You Heal, Grow and Thrive

• An effective tool

  Journalling can be used to sort through turbulent emotions and to discover hidden lessons from your experience. Art j...

  10 Journaling Tips to Help You Heal, Grow and Thrive

• Tips to get started

  Start writing about where you are in your life at this moment. Describe your living situation, your work, and your re...

  10 Journaling Tips to Help You Heal, Grow and Thrive

• Types of journalling

  Gratitude journal . Maintain a daily list of things you appreciate, including uplifting quotes. Journal of self-portr...

  10 Journaling Tips to Help You Heal, Grow and Thrive

• Do it Before You Get Out of Bed

  

  Try grabbing your notebook as soon as your alarm goes off and writing for a few minutes before your feet even hit the...

  8 Ways to Stop Thinking About Journaling and Actually Start Journaling

• Use an App

  While many people recommend journaling in a physical notebook to give your brain a break from screens, if you’re havi...

  8 Ways to Stop Thinking About Journaling and Actually Start Journaling

• Don’t Use Full Sentences

  

  Feel free to have your journal as disjointed as you want.  Leo Babatua of ZenHabits says he only writes his...

  8 Ways to Stop Thinking About Journaling and Actually Start Journaling

• Write on a Calendar

  

  Instead of getting a notebook to journal in, get a (large) desk calendar or date book, and then just challenge yourse...

  8 Ways to Stop Thinking About Journaling and Actually Start Journaling

• Make a Template

  Sometimes the hardest part of journaling is staring at a blank page and not knowing what to write about.  Creat...

  8 Ways to Stop Thinking About Journaling and Actually Start Journaling

• Find Fun Prompts

  

  Find a bunch of interesting prompts that you’re excited to mull on and write about, and then spend each day journalin...

  8 Ways to Stop Thinking About Journaling and Actually Start Journaling