5 Tips For Keeping A Daily Journal
Kickstart your journaling practice with these daily writing tips.
8 years of journals!
Maybe one of your New Year’s resolutions is to start journaling.
Journaling is a way to record your thoughts and pay attention to the smaller details as we go about our lives.
But the benefits come from daily journaling.
I have practice a new habit everyday, whether its writing or music, until it becomes a part of my daily routine. Small steps day after day is the only way I can make any progress. The same goes for journaling.
I can honestly say that the simple practice of journaling every day has greatly improved my life and writing.
I hold myself accountable. I know what I did yesterday and what I must do today. My journal is a safe space where I can write however and whatever I want without judgment.
A diary is a daily record of the writer’s experiences, observations, attitudes, etc. It can also be a whole lot more!
But I had to practice journaling, just like anything else.
At first, sitting down and finding the time to write wasn’t easy. Now, if I miss a day my mind is scattered.
I journal at the same time every morning with pen and paper. I write whatever comes to mind about the previous day’s events, my thoughts, comments and plans for the upcoming day in a stream of consciousness. I just write, I don’t really think about it.
Journaling is the bedrock of my writing practice and the cornerstone of how I understand myself and the world around me.
Journaling focuses and order my thoughts. I have a daily record of who I am at that moment in time and who I want to be. Starting with the simple act of sitting down with pen and paper every morning, I began writing fiction, blogging, and this newsletter.
Read the rest here: Five tips for keeping a daily journal.
