Benefits of Keeping a Journal
I recently had the pleasure of spending the day with a delightful lady who shared details about her desire to “share her writing someday”. She mentioned she journals regularly and since she is in the travel industry has the opportunity to observe a lot. I encouraged her to continue to journal and seriously consider the thought of publishing her content. Yes, there are always people who like to read the life experiences of others.
I focused on the benefits of journaling. Journaling offers the opportunity to overcome creative blocks by providing a space to explore and work through challenges. When you encounter obstacles or feel stuck in your creative process, writing about them in your journal can help you identify underlying issues, gain clarity, and find potential solutions.
Journaling also provides the writer with quality content to add to a website/blog and then share the article links on Social Media which helps the writer to grow a fan base and build a responsive mailing list.
This report includes nine powerful tips and three actionable steps you can take immediately.
It also includes a list of suggested readings for even more information.
TOP TIPS
Besides the journaling benefits of building a responsive fan base, consider starting a journal if you’re looking for a simple and effective way to improve your mental and emotional well-being. Regular journaling has been shown to help with stress reduction, increased mindfulness, and even better sleep. Plus, it’s a great tool for self-reflection and creativity. Here are nine benefits of keeping a journal.
- It Improves Your Mental Health
Journaling helps you track different emotions you may be experiencing. It helps you to process your feelings. It allows you to dive deep into your psyche to understand what is causing the different conflicts in your mind. - It Boosts Your Emotional Intelligence
Journaling opens you up to greater self-discovery so that you understand your reactions, strengths, and weaknesses. It will help you read your own emotions while boosting your empathy toward others. - It Helps You Achieve Your Goals
A goal is only worth the paper it is written on. Keeping a journal allows you to write down and track your goals. This act tells your subconscious that your goals are important and makes them much more attainable. - It Increases Your Memory and Retention
When you write something down, your mind composes ideas into words, and this helps cement them into your mind. Regularly keeping a journal will strengthen your ability to retain and remember more information. - It Strengthens Your Self-Discipline
When you commit to keeping a daily journal, you are exhibiting self-discipline. When you open that journal and write on a busy day or a day you don’t feel like writing, you are proving to yourself that you can be and stay disciplined. - It Will Improve Your Communication Skills
Writing is a major part of your communication arsenal. Regularly keeping a journal will boost your writing skills. Journaling strengthens your ability to pull your thoughts together and express them coherently to others. - It Can Spark Your Creativity
Stream of conscious writing unlocks your mind’s creative juices. It helps you overcome writer’s block and develop ideas and thoughts. You may even discover the answer to a problem you have been trying to solve! - It Can Enhance Your Critical Thinking Skills
Writing down your thoughts can help you assess any situation you are dealing with. Journaling enables you to work out problems that may be cluttered in your mind. It also gives your mind ways to evaluate new issues that arise in the future. - It Helps Alleviate Stress
Journaling can help you cope and reduce the impact of a stressful event. It enables you to process emotions and discover ways to handle the stress of certain situations. It may even help you avoid burnout and decrease your anxiety.
FAST-ACTION STEPS
- Purchase a notebook that fits your needs. It can be a spiral-bound notebook or a hardcover version.
- Schedule time in your calendar for journaling. Start with 10 or 15 minutes and show up every day.
- Look up journaling prompts on the Internet and make a list. This can help you write when you don’t know what to put down on paper.
By the way, I am looking forward to spending time with that fascinating writer again! ~~smile
A dear friend, author, and client, Harriet Hunter,
has a fabulous course on Journaling
available on her website.
Click on the button and take a look at this huge asset
Journaling with a Purpose
FURTHER READING
Let That Sh*t Go: A Journal for Leaving Your Bullsh*t Behind by Monica Sweeney ![]() |
Creative Journaling by Renee Day ![]() |
The Mindfulness Journal by Barrie Davenport and S.J. Scott ![]() |
The Great Book of Journaling by Eric Maisel PhD (Editor), Lynda Monk MSW RSW CPCC ![]() |
52-Week Mental Health Journal
by Cynthia Catchings LCSW-S LCSW-C MSSW
I truly agree with all the reasoning for Journaling. I learned more than 30 years ago it doing it activates 3 sections of the brain.
1.the thought
2.the physical action
3. the visual realization.
Also I really like to do it on paper. I like to use spiral bounds.
I enjoy re-reading what I have written from many years ago.
Plus, I like to leave them lying around so others can read them.
Thanks, Chuck
I appreciate your comment regarding Journaling, Sam.
It is interesting that many wonderful “memoirs” have resulted being published from journals written by many people from diverse life experienced backgrounds.