As an individualistic society, we must take care of our minds as we pursue success. Devoting all of your time to work is a recipe for disaster because you will neglect to take care of your mental health and, therefore, will be unable to perform to your optimal ability. One activity worth implementing into your busy schedule is journaling.

Sitting down and writing about your feelings and experiences can sound like a redundant and wasteful task if you are not into it. However, if you personalize this practice to your enjoyment, it can benefit you immensely.

Journals are particularly effective in extracting self-reflection of the past and planning for the future. Writing about one’s life tends to increase happiness, organization, creativity, goal-setting, and fulfillment. The time you spend doing this can be helpful in recognizing personal achievement and improving on deficiencies. 

However, despite the wonderful self-improvement that you will experience from applying this routine, forcing yourself to sit down and write is unsustainable You should make sure that you don’t have to fight to genuinely enjoy it.

There are many variations of journaling.

You can write your thoughts in a blank notebook, create an art journal, gratitude journal, poetry journal, ideas journal, or a journal in which you write letters to yourself. All of these should be done in whatever way suits you. You can put pictures, write on post-it notes, collect your memories in a yearly jar, or even create drawings with your writings. You can choose to use your jar ir journal as a means of venting or write about pleasant experiences that you’d like to look back at in the future.

Ensuring that you not only have fun with this activity but also see the value in it, is an essential part of incorporating this task in your life. Embrace self-reflection because it will make you stronger and healthier. Journalism will help you relieve stress in the moment while providing you with documentation of growth and experiences to one day look back on.