How much should I write in my journal?

I tend to write one page in the morning, if i have alot on my mind I’ll write a page and a bit. If i want to write at night I’ll again do another page

I never considered myself much of a journalerEven though it was always something I want to get into. I always struggled when it was just a blank page. So I got a book called the five minute journal at the beginning of the year. www.fiveminutejournal.comUsing it literally changed my relationship with journaling. It’s very easy the way it has one page per entry. The page has a quote, just three questions in the morning and just 2 follow up questions in the evening. I found it literally takes me less than five minutes. Some days I am more verbose and answer more other days I don’t answer the whole thing, and some days I miss it altogether. The key is is that it makes it really easy not to condemn myself for not doing it. And it makes it really easy just to pick it up. I have it in my nightstand right next to my bedtime clothes. I recently decided to just weighed myself in the morning and write the weight in the top of the page, So that I could have an easy place to write it down and make a habit of weighing myself. It works well for me. Sometimes I go back and see what I’ve seen in the past, but most the time I don’t I just move forward. I also don’t make it difficult on myself to try to be creative or think of something new when I answer the questions. I just write down the first thing that came to mind.

As much as you feel to write. There is not maximum or minimum braces. You can write whatever and how long you want. It is about express yourself.

I think writing is very important to reflect on your thoughts and feelings. So sometimes we write in our journals more and sometimes we do not write at all. It should go in a natural way I guess. But whenever I find it hard to start again after a while, I try to write a little every morning and night.

Write down everything. You thoughts, things that you thought were awesome and not so awesome. Just get your feelings and thoughts down to get them off of your mind and heart. The more you write the less weight you feel left on you.

I keep 4 different, nightly journals via 4 apps. A couple of them are more like checklists of what has happened/what I’ve felt like during the day, with little space to enter free text. However, the other two provide space for some deep reflection, pretty descriptive analyses, personal insights, details of setbacks, and so on. For me, all 4 help me feel way more mindful about pretty much everything that has happened during the day.

I always just write whatever I’m feeling like that day. Sometimes it’s just a few words, and sometimes I start writing and end up going on and on. I don’t think there’s a right amount. Just making the effort to get some of your thoughts on paper is a step in the right direction.

It’s important to make a habit out of it, writing in the morning after you finish waking up and again before bed let’s you keep a nice track record of your thoughts and goals. Otherise just keep your journal visable and whenever you get a nice thought, rant, question or find something to be grateful about then jot it down!

As much as you can! I start to burn out around 10 mins of writing, but I’ve heard that around 10 mins is when you start to get into deeper thoughts so if you can challenge yourself and push past that I think it will start to get easier and more beneficial.

It might be best to try and fill a whole page. If nothing really interesting happened that day, you can just write what you’re currently thinking about in a stream of consciousness.