Daily Wellness Challenge #18

Hi there! Let’s talk about journaling!

Journaling is a great way to get it all out. It’s purpose is to collect your thoughts and ideas, to allow you to vent and help to take what you might be holding on to and release it from your mind. Whether you write it on paper or in an electronic journal, the concept is one in the same. You're providing yourself with the change to clarify how you're feeling, to organize and focus on your thoughts and allow your mind to quiet. I find that journaling also allows you to get to know yourself better.

Morning journaling:

Don’t worry about grammar, spelling and punctuation....just write down whatever comes to mind. Ideas, thoughts whether positive or negative, reflections, feelings. Morning journaling is free time. Write it down, get it out and leave it be for the day. You can revisit it in the evening, should you decide that you would like to continue journaling that day.

Evening journaling:

Use this time for more in depth reflection and release. Write about your day! Write about what you've experienced. had feeling about, what you're longing for, what your goals and plans are, what your worries, stresses and pressures are. Write down the heavy and painful stuff....the stuff you feel like you can't talk about. Once you release it from your head and put it on paper (virtual paper included)...it frees up space in your mind. I like to think of journaling as a form of therapy for me. I usually journal the tough stuff, especially the stuff that clouds my mind throughout the day. Often, I pull out my phone and make notes in the notepad and then reflect on what I've written, later on.

Middle of the night notes:

So many of us wake in the night with a racing mind. A mind that just wont shut off. Thoughts about the next day, about the previous day, about the future or the past. I suffer from this from time to time. The 3am wake up and the mind that races for hours afterwards. I leave a notebook and pen in my bedside table. When I wake and my mind is going a mile a minute. I start with a few deep, calming breaths and make a some notes on what is on my mind. While this idea isn't exactly journaling....the concept is similar. You're taking the thoughts out of that monkey mind and putting them on paper, allowing your mind to ease.

Journaling is highly recommended by many Psychologists, Counsellors and other mental health care professionals. Being mindful of your thoughts in the present moment, acknowledging the feelings and freeing your mind can help in your journey to live a more simple, happy and healthy life!

xo

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