make your journal your best friend: five reasons to get your writing on
Some people travel through life’s journey without ever stopping to document the emotions and thoughts attached to life-altering events. As we get older, it becomes increasingly difficult to recount the circumstances that make us who we are. That’s why it’s important to capture and preserve our insights to reap bona fide change in our lives. The benefits to writing in a daily journey are innumerable, but here are a few reasons to keep a journal close. –marissa mitchell
Harvesting Your Journals:
Writing Tools to Enhance Your Growth & Creativity
Rosalie Deer Heart and Alison Strickland |
1. Relive the Moments – Journaling fosters remembrance of the significant chapters of your life. When you remember periods of your deepest solitude, you gain the strength and wisdom to create your own happiness.
2. Document Self-Growth – In a perfect world, we would know ourselves well enough to avoid repeated mistakes. When we journal our experiences, we challenge ourselves by jotting down the mishaps. By establishing a record of your experiences, you are less likely to make poor choices.
3. Channel Your Creativity – Everyone has a special talent, gift or skill. Our gifts are our contributions to the world. The challenge is discovering your “it” factor. When you journal, you create an atmosphere of freedom. Journaling channels your ingenuity; giving you the opportunity to do more, learn more and most importantly, be more.
4. A Place to Vent – We all need comfort zones. As nurturing and caring individuals, we, as women, often reach out to others when we are hurting. As harsh as it may sound, most of the time your cries fall on deaf ears. Initiate your own healing. Let your tears out on paper.
5. Time to Think – Journals provide speed bumps on the roads of life. Women often juggle many roles at once. We are mothers, wives, best friends, professionals and more. We take out time for other people, often forgetting to take a break for ourselves. Give yourself time to reflect.
Books on the power of Journaling: |
A Year in the Life: Journaling for Self-Discovery
Sheila Bender
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Leaving a Trace: On Keeping a Journal
Alexandra Johnson
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Journaling: A Spiritual Journey
Anne Broyles
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Journalution: Journaling to Awaken Your Inner Voice, Heal Your Life and Manifest Your Dreams
Sandy Grason
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