Handwriting my thoughts and ideas, is the best way for me but you know there’s that saying “Everyone in this world has their own unique style towards something”
Go get a real notebook with lines in it. I am currently using a Happy Journal (Walmart hobby lobby carries them.) It doesn’t matter if your hand writing is awful. Only you are going to see your journals unless you share them. I like writing things down, it is therapeutic and also in your own thoughts and words. Trust me on this one. The true writing experience will empower you like you are making a contract with yourself.
I usually write as if I am talking to my best friend with constant reassurance especially in times of uncertainty and stress. I read somewhere that talk to yourself as if you are talking to your best friend. We don’t belittle our friends. We pick them up when they are down. We give uplifting encouragement and remind them of what they are capable of and how proud we are of them. We have to remind ourselves to ourselves of that same mindset. I try to keep my journal writing positive. There are some anxieties that sneak in there but I always end with how proud I am of me.
They current layout is pretty good. They only thing is I’m not sure if there’s a different journal topic per day and it seems that if I miss a day the journal topics won’t change… if there are different entry topics I would like for them to change whether I wrote in my journal or not. This way I’m getting as much inspiration as possible, because I do take the time to go back and review what I’ve written or things that I’ve missed in general.
I just write as I am speaking to myself. Write how you would speak out loud, if you were talking to yourself. I always end my entry with a goodnight to myself
Whichever one works for you, if it becomes too tedious you’ll stop writing. It might be just plain text or something more complicated. Try and don’t be afraid to give up on something that doesn’t work
Anyway you wish… make your own rules! Find what you love! Don’t worry about proper punctuation or how messy you may write some days. Just write. Maybe a jotted note, a happy memory, a story, a poem, bullet points, to do list, gratitude lists, goals and action plan, progress and achievements, self celebrations!!! You got this! Hope this helps!
I love free writing. Just scribbling down what comes to mind without being too limited by structure etc. can be freeing. Occasionally changing the way you write in your journal also makes the habit itself more interesting. Switch up between poetry, prose, random phrases or just symbols that are meaningful to you.
I think we should do daily journal writing. We should write about our feelings that we felt the whole day and how our day went . This journal should be our friend whom we talk to about our whole day . And also keep a column called Today’s achivements coz I think it’s a form of self care where we get to acknowledge what we did achieve.
I use an app because I want it immediately available wherever I am. Sometimes it’s only a phrase or a quote or a thought so proximity and always on availability is what matters to me.
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