How keeping a journal can change you too?

Don’t know where to start?

Browsing through information after information doesn’t really help me.

I grabbed my journal and my gel ink pen. And just let all my thoughts flow.

I started writing in my journal again. Website by the way. It’s an unfamiliar feeling to press the keyboards as I type. I have been scribbling in my journal for the past years instead.

I am more free when it comes to pen and paper. Of how my hand controls my penmanship and observe how my thoughts get transferred to a piece of paper. I started doing my journal in my first year of college. This was back in my University days.

1. HELPS YOU NAVIGATE AND TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR EMOTIONS

It helped me navigate through the emotions that I am going through. It’s like dissecting why do I feel a certain emotion in the moment. And slowly discover the factors that triggered it and how will I sued this emotion for the better.
( Self-examination )

2. GIVES YOU YOUR OWN SELF CRITIC FOR THE BETTER

Also, keeping a journal helped me reflect on how I reacted and handled the things that I did. Asking myself if I handled it the right way or if there’s another way of dealing with a certain situation.

Making sure that in every experience, I will always value the lesson so that I can live my life for the better. I acknowledge that through journal, I know where to pick myself from. ( Self Observation )

3. ASSESSING WHICH OPTION IS THE BEST FOR YOURSELF.

Another thing that it gave me is how to make a decision that I will definitely not regret and suffer from. It helped me to ask more questions based on what I value more than the other.

If there is a situation that I feel that I needed to decide. I just need a quiet place or put some earphones in and face my journal with coffee and water by my side. What are the trade offs for this decision? Am I willing to accept the resources that I need to give up in order to choose a valid decision? How will it affect my over all well-being? My mental health most especially.

My guide to decision making now changed because before I decide on what is right for most people around me that I forgot to include myself in the picture. Please do not do this. I do not want you to burn yourself out, just like I did. But it’s still up to you. It’s your life anyway.

What I learned when in comes to decision making. It’s completely okay to think of yourself first and are you willing to accept the consequences of that decision. Own your decision and be responsible for it.

4. IT'S THE BEST COACH AND THERAPY AVAILABLE. ALSO, IT'S FREE.

Venting without hurting other people and yourself is healthy through self expression. You can also do this through other forms. I have different views about artists. They are capable of turning their pain into power creating something beautiful and inspiring out of it. Some create music, art through drawing or painting, sculpting, writing, dancing, and singing. Find what works for you.

Writing on your journal can help you let go of unwanted emotions. These are the emotions that can drag you down. After releasing this unwanted emotions, it can help you focus more to achieve your dream. What happened in the past stay in the past and through learning from it gives you strength as you paused to take time to learn from it.

Through it, you now think of ideas of how to make yourself better and stronger and on your own to brainstorm of what is your game plan for your own life.

” See it for yourself. Grab a pen and paper now. 🩷 “ – Micah B.