One of the habits that I am beginning to cultivate
these days is to “Journal Daily” . Journaling is nothing but recording
the activities and events of the day. It would be much similar to
“Personal Diary Writing” except that there are much more benefits to
extract out.
First benefit of a journal is that it captures
the thought. This is important because if you dump it on the paper you
would get rid of thinking about it again which is a freedom from “tyranny of impoverished thinking”. The next time the thought arises you would be thinking how to act on it.
Second benefit of a journal is the Perspective. Lets
take a scenario where an argument cropped between you & your
friend that turned nasty. As you record this event in the journal, you
are surely bound to record it as a narration from a third person’s
perspective. This account will definitely be more sober which will
really help you understand the crux of the issue without the emotional baggage.
Third benefit of the Journal is the Progress.
As you record the daily events, you will inevitably record the habits
that you are picking up. For example, You would absolutely want to log
in the journal the amount of time you spent in the physical exercise.
Another example is to record your debt periodically and feel for
yourself the effect of the reducing “Debt Melt”.
Fourth benefit of the Journal is the Priorities.
Once you become regular at Journals,you will see recurring patterns of
items that are priorities of your life appearing in it. In my case it is
about Family, Health & Hobbies. You would need to focus on these
items in your daily life more for gaining happiness along the way.
Final benefit of a Journal is the Reminiscence factor.
Journal is a verbal photography of the day. Would you not be interested
in knowing what you were doing this day exactly 10 years back?