I’ve always loved writing in my journal. From keeping notes while i was in school to jotting down things i have to do or things i don’t want to forget. I lately have started a daily gratitude journal. Well not just gratitude , it has a few parts a page a night. It includes ; 3 things i am grateful for , the best thing that had happened that day, something i could have done better that day, 3 self-love affirmations, and 5 things i want to manifest, creat ,or experience. I suggest if you don’t already you start a journal as well. Here is some reasons you should start your own journal today.
– You can Brainstorm ideas in your journal.
-Ludwig van beethoven was rarely seen without his notebook , even when he was enjoying a beer with friends, he might suddenly pull out his notebook to jot down an idea that just occured to him.
-Pliny the younger wrote that even on a hunting trip he would think something out and make notes. He said that one should not look down on mental activity of this kind, as “it is remarkable how ones wits are sharpened by physical exercise.”
-Learning from past experiences
– Reading your old journal entries is like reading a good book for the second time. You pick up on new sentences and see the past in a different way.
– Sharpens your memory
-Our beliefs change as we get experience. Journal entries remind you of how you once thought.
-Time will change your face without you noticing , but it will also change your thoughts without you realizing it.
– What you write you learn
-One effective way researchers have found to reinforce learning is through reflective writing, it promotes the brain focus, boosts long term memory, illuminates patterns and gives the brain time to reflect.
If you don’t have a journaling habit already in play in your daily routine, maybe some of these surprising benefits of journaling will make you want to start one. I made a printable to go along with this post with my daily journal props that help me be more grateful. Print some out and give it a try, let me know what you think. Those of you who already journal, what do you journal about? Is it questions like me or just whatever your thinking at the time or something completely different? Let me know in the comments…
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Daily journaling page
Being Becca 