Did you know that journaling can help you meet your goals? It really can. Many people equate journals with those diaries that most girls keep as kids. While the concept is similar, as you write down your thoughts, you aren’t required to use a pink, puffy-sticker covered notebook as your journal. Any type of notebook will do. Here’s how keeping a journal will make sure that you stay on track:
Choosing a Journaling Medium
You can keep your journal in any way that you’d like. Some people prefer to write down their thoughts in a word document or start a blog where they can share their progress with others. Some other people like to make things a bit more private, so they choose a notebook and write things down with their favorite pen. You can even use a fancy goal-setting book or anything that you choose. All that matters is that you take the steps necessary for completing your goal while writing them down in your journal at the same time.
Why Keep A Journal?
Changing your life, one goal at a time is not a simple process. You’ll no doubt come up with a number of different thoughts about it while you’re making steps towards meeting that goal. These thoughts might be negative, in which case you need to write them down in order to think through them properly. They might be positive thoughts, which are worth recording because they could help you through your next stalemate or bad moment.
Keeping a journal – in which you can also track your progress – is good for your mental health as you go through this process. It will ensure that you have a record of your thoughts on your progress. No matter what type of thoughts they are, you should write them down.
How Often Should You Journal?
Ideally, you need to write in your journal consistently. While you don’t need to set a specific schedule for this activity, you can, if you want to. As long as you manage to include an entry regularly, such as when you hit a certain milestone or have a major setback, then you’re doing this correctly.
At first, however, try to do this daily. You can journal in the morning before your day has started while reflecting on the previous day. You could also decide to write in your journal at night before you go to bed. No matter what, get into the habit of writing down your thoughts. This will provide you with a log of your thoughts during this process, as well as help you get through things. Journaling is actually very good for your mental health.
You need to try journaling. It will help you get in touch with your thought process towards meeting your goal. You’d be surprised at how therapeutic journaling can be.
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Journalling nightly helps me sleep better as my mind knows I can check it the next day if needed. I seldom need to. When stressed I write more but I want to get back into the habit of writing in it daily again. Sometimes I also use my journal to figure out what I want to do in my writing it helps sort out my ideas into a useable form.