Journaling is in my blood and I couldn’t recommend it more. Whether it’s to figure out how I think about certain things, or to record something funny, or to work out a new creative idea that I might be stewing on – my journal is the place I do it all.
Journals are a blank canvas and allow for any kind of written expression. Do you want to make lists? Or sketch? Or write down your craziest dreams in the most extreme detail possible? You can do that and more in the comfort of your own journal.
Journals welcome uncertainty. Don’t even get me started on the feelings I work out on the page. I have journals from my first marriage that I’ve kept as a reminder of the shit that I went through. I read them now and have a lot of empathy and forgiveness for who I was then. It makes me happy that I’ve kept them because the journal is a snapshot and written proof of how far I’ve come.
“In the journal, I am at ease.”— Anaïs Nin
Journals are easy to pack. I’ve taken journals with me on solo trips to other countries where I want to have something to do by myself while traveling, as well as to have a document of where I visited and what I did. Currently my journal acts as a catchall of many things – notes from events I’ve attended, seeds of ideas and next steps, along with pages and pages of what is going on with my life. I’ve been doing a lot of work around manifestation, and the exercises I do involve writing what I want to happen.
Journals don’t judge. Your journal is the place where you can fully express yourself. In the years of my first marriage, I didn’t have many friends and I turned to my journal to get out my frustrations and what I was going through. I couldn’t talk to anyone about what was going on so I wrote about it. I tried to figure it out and it’s apparent when I read those journals now.
Journals help you meet goals. Prompts can help with journaling – an exercise to warm you up and get you writing. Answering questions, digging deeper into your beliefs, and using the writing as a way of manifesting the next chapter. When you put your goals and dreams into writing, there’s a higher chance that you’ll accomplish them. Research shows that you are 42% more likely to achieve your goals if you write them down.
“I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see, and what it means. What I want and what I fear.” — Joan Didion
We know what an important tool journaling is so get to it and let us know how it goes for you. And if you’re unsure how to get started, check out our journaling primer for an easy intro.
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