KEEP A JOURNAL!

Gillie Bolton once said “We can only open our hearts to those we utterly trust, such as the accepting page.” Maintaining a daily journal is one of the best personal growth initiatives you will ever take. Writing your daily experiences along with the message you have drawn from them will make you wiser with each passing day. You will develop self-awareness and will make fewer mistakes. And keeping a journal will help you clarify your intentions so that you remain focused on the things that truly count.

Writing a journal offers you the opportunity to have a regular one-to-one conversation with yourself. If focuses you to do some deep thinking in a world where deep thinking is a past. It will also make you clearer thinker and help you live in a more international and enlightened way. In addition, it provides a central place where you can record your insights on important issues, note key success strategies that have worked for you and commit to all those things you know are important to achieve for a high quality professional, personal and spiritual life. And your personal journal gives you a private place to flex your imagination and define your dreams.

A journal is not a diary. A diary is a place where you record events while a journal is place where you analyze and evaluate the. Keeping a journal encourages you to consider what you do, why you have done it and what you have learnt from all you have done. Writing in a journal promotes personal growth and wisdom by giving you a forum to study, and then leverage your past for greater success in your future. Medical researchers have even found that writing in a private journal for as little time as 15 minutes can improve your health, functioning of your immune system and your overall attitude. Remember, if your life is worth thinking around, it is worth writing about.