{"id":18676,"date":"2016-07-06T23:07:33","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T20:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lifeadvancer.com\/?p=18676"},"modified":"2016-07-06T23:07:33","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T20:07:33","slug":"benefits-of-keeping-a-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifeadvancer.com\/benefits-of-keeping-a-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Benefits of Keeping a Journal for Your Personal Growth & Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"
What if I told you that the most important book you will read in your life isn\u2019t written yet? Well, at least it is not finished yet. This book is your personal journal and its writer is your inner soul<\/strong> that is craving to come out and show itself through the letters on the paper.<\/p>\n Keeping a journal is one of the simplest ways of self-reflection<\/em> that can also be of great help to increase personal appreciation and awareness. Some of you were keeping a journal in early childhood. Others always wanted to have one but didn\u2019t find the time.<\/p>\n One of the main reasons people pay thousands of dollars for psychological help in the UK and the USA is to have the opportunity to talk about their problems and have somebody who would listen. Maintaining a habit of writing a page about your day regularly<\/strong>, be it in the notebook or on the personal website, will give you this opportunity.<\/p>\n Apart from that, soon you will realize that you aren\u2019t just simply stating the actions you\u2019ve lived through, your mind is looking for their reasons and generating lessons for the future<\/a>. Our body is quite a self-sufficient system. Just give it time plus opportunity and your mind will do most of the work on self-development and personal growth for you. How often do you have time to spare for yourself, sit, relax and appreciate what life has given you? There is so much research into the gratitude practices<\/a> and how being nice is beneficial for our mindset and mood. It\u2019s the little things that make us happy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n So keeping a journal will help you learn the art to notice them<\/strong>. When writing in the journal make a point of pointing out ten (you can begin with three<\/em>) things that you were thankful for during the day. Then one day you might even want to write a separate letter thanking some of the people in your life. It\u2019s up to you whether to send it or not.<\/p>\n The secret to a good journal<\/em> is not research or writing skills, but consistency<\/strong>. I found it the hardest to keep up this habit during my student years when there were so many things to do at the same time. But I knew how much it helped me to organize myself.<\/p>\n So treating this as an assignment that is very beneficial for my routine taught me to be responsible both in a\u00a0professional and personal world.<\/p>\n \u039aeeping a journal is like you have a great time machine<\/strong>. As every other chapter of your life lies in front of you on the paper, you will be able to look back and see how far you\u2019ve come.<\/p>\n A good quality journal often reminds a business proposal. You take what you already have in life, share what you want to do with it and work your way until it is achieved. Sharing your goals<\/a> with a third-party provider that signed a 100% bulletproof non-disclosure agreement (because paper can\u2019t talk, right?<\/em>) will make you feel accountable for the execution of your dream.<\/p>\nHere are some benefits of keeping a journal and writing down everything that happened to you during each day together with the feeling that those events evoked.<\/h2>\n
1. It can provide free psychological guidance<\/h3>\n
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n2. Gives a reason to be grateful and appreciative<\/h3>\n
3. Journal writing makes you consistent and responsible<\/h3>\n
4. Review your achievements and set new ambitious goals<\/h3>\n
5. Preserve your ideas<\/h3>\n