Some of the most influential people throughout human history have used written journals to document and explore their lives - the good and the bad, the significant and the barely-registered-on-the-scale events. Whether you call it a journal, a diary, or by some other name, keeping a journal serves important purposes.
First - a journal can serve as a permanent record for posterity. Imagine how valuable it would be to find a journal of your parents, your grandparents, or even farther back in your family's history...to see their handwriting, read their thoughts, better understand them through their descriptions of their lives and emotions.
Second - a journal can serve as a "relief valve" for strong emotions - both good and bad. Having a place to get what's going on in your mind and heart out and down on paper can give you relief, and it can also help you process, evaluate, and manage those emotions.
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Thinking tends to be very sequential; one thought leading to the next, which leads to the next. You get caught in a linear track and miss out on the bird’s-eye view of the whole thought process. With journaling, you gain the ability to see things from a third person view versus a first-person view.
Read MoreDreams can be powerful messages about problems or stresses in your life. If you have regular dreams about the same situation over and over, being trapped or running late or being shamed in public, your subconscious is trying to tell you something – and you should listen.
Read MoreThe latest research has found that doodling is a powerful tool for increasing your creativity, focus, and cognitive capacity.
Read MoreYou can record the events of your everyday life, plan a vacation, analyze
your dreams or use a bullet journal to organize your life’s tasks and activities.
Keeping a dream journal will allow you to capture the essence of your dreams and see patterns in the messages coming from your subconscious. Here are five simple steps you can take to start keeping a record of your dreams.
Read MoreYou’ve heard about the many benefits of journaling. You may have even bought yourself a beautiful journal, all ready to get going. But maybe it’s proving to be a little harder to start than you thought it would be.
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Thinking tends to be very sequential; one thought leading to the next, which leads to the next. You get caught in a linear track and miss out on the bird’s-eye view of the whole thought process. With journaling, you gain the ability to see things from a third person view versus a first-person view.
Read MoreDreams can be powerful messages about problems or stresses in your life. If you have regular dreams about the same situation over and over, being trapped or running late or being shamed in public, your subconscious is trying to tell you something – and you should listen.
Read MoreThe latest research has found that doodling is a powerful tool for increasing your creativity, focus, and cognitive capacity.
Read MoreYou can record the events of your everyday life, plan a vacation, analyze
your dreams or use a bullet journal to organize your life’s tasks and activities.
Keeping a dream journal will allow you to capture the essence of your dreams and see patterns in the messages coming from your subconscious. Here are five simple steps you can take to start keeping a record of your dreams.
Read MoreYou’ve heard about the many benefits of journaling. You may have even bought yourself a beautiful journal, all ready to get going. But maybe it’s proving to be a little harder to start than you thought it would be.
Read MoreKeeping a journal is not just for recording the events of your life, or how
you’re feeling at a specific time. It can also be a way of kickstarting or supporting your creative life. It’s a minimally risky, private-as-you-want way…
Journaling is an increasingly popular and effective way of managing your day-to-day stress levels. Here’s how you can put it to work in your life.
Read MoreJournals are not just for recording your innermost thoughts, your dreams, or the events of the day. Using a journal can be a powerful way to ignite your professional development and help you achieve your goals.
Read MoreKeeping a journal can be one of the most powerful tools at your disposal for working through issues, unburdening your problems, and connecting with your authentic self.
Read MoreKeeping a bullet journal can make your life more organized, more efficient, and more fun. Here are some basic tips to help make it easier to get started.
Read MoreIt might seem like a pipe dream (or just a little woo-woo) that writing in a journal could be so beneficial. But the scientific evidence is in, and gratitude journals DO benefit you in big ways if you keep one for the long term and use it daily.
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