How to Keep a Well Being Journal
Within the pages of a Well Being Journal or diary, you can
record and track what serves and provides for you, and what does
not. Whether you already keep a journal or want to start a Well
Being Journal, it is an amazing, supportive tool that you can
give to yourself. A WBJ is an easy, simple and rewarding way to
record and track your spiritual, emotional and physical journey.
It has been proven that keeping a journal provides and supports
in so many ways: 1. Reduces stress 2. Organizes and helps
focus 3. Helps with setting and maintaining goals and
resolutions 4. The routine and habit of journaling means making
time for you 5. Can better understand and accept yourself and
others 6. Can compare and explore the times of your life 7.
Creates a good personal reminder 8. Provides personal growth
and freedom 9. Records and tracks business, personal or
financial 10. Becomes a treasured keepsake, a written scrapbook
To start your WBJ you can use a notebook, blank book or a
journal. You can also use your computer to record either your
daily or weekly thoughts. If you keep a journal you can add this
idea to what you are already doing.
To start your WBJ date the entry, then ask yourself how you felt
today. What was the most important feeling for you today? But,
answer that question with only one word, i.e., happy, sad,
angry, confused, joyful, excited, anxious, worried, sick, numb,
afraid, lost, grateful, etc. After you have your one word for
the day, write that word in your journal. Then, with a different
colored pen write your answer to the question, why?
For example if you choose angry, ask yourself, "Why do I feel
angry?" Then, journal that answer. On some days you may have
more than one word, one experience with its feelings to journal,
so journal each separately.
Next, in a third color of pen, journal what you learned from
your experience. What did that experience give to you? What did
that experience teach you? What was your lesson?
Remember to set your journal where you will see it every day: On
your kitchen table, on your desk, in your briefcase or by your
night stand. Also, skipping a day or days is okay and is a part
of keeping a journal.
Remember to tell yourself the truth. This is your journal well
being and it is a relative reflection of your experiences.
Whatever you write is perfect.
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